Ken Block is one of the most skilled drifters on the planet, so if there’s anyone who can get an 8000-pound diesel-powered dually pickup truck sideways, it’s him.
Block thought it would be a good idea to slide his massive 2019 Ford F-450 Super Duty tow rig around an empty parking lot at Utah Motorsports Campus for a recent YouTube video after one of his Hoonigan colleagues snapped the half-shafts on his Mk 2 Escort.
With a curb weight well over four tons and a suspension designed to tow 35,000 pounds, the truck isn’t exactly the best-suited drift machine. But thanks to a 6.7-liter Power Stroke turbo-diesel V-8 making a massive 935 pound-feet of torque under the hood, Block somehow makes it work. And he does it in spectacular fashion.
By keeping the truck in third gear, Block is able to pull off some truly impressive slides, linking transitions and executing perfect donuts around his broken Escort. And because he has so much room to play with, there’s a lot of speed involved too. Leave it to Ken Block to turn a tow rig into a competent drift missile.
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Source: Motor - aranddriver.com
