i totally half to agree with viss1 on this one. noway in hell did ford start this trend gm had this market well before ford did. gmc produced the powerful typhoon and its pickup counter part the syclone these little trucks held that title fastest production pickup untill the gen 2 lighting came out. basically the power plant was designed after the grand nationals setup v6 turbo with a corvette automatic trans. do a search you guys for these trucks and you will see some sick video af these vehicles whipping ass on loads of hot cars like 911's and others.