Shelby Stuffed 1,000 HP Into the F-150 Raptor R Because the TRX Made It MadShelby American has been fiddling with the Ford Raptor formula since 2013, and apparently the company decided this was the year to stop being polite about it. For 2026, the tuner has yanked 1,000 horsepower out of the F-150 Raptor R, a number that exists for one reason and one reason only: to make the Ram 1500 TRX SRT feel small.The heavy lifting starts under the hood, where the 5.2-liter "Predator" V8 that first showed up in the 2020 Shelby GT500 gets a fresh 3.8-liter Whipple supercharger bolted on top. To make sure your friends know it is not a stock blower, Shelby finished both the supercharger and the intake manifold in a Bengal Red powder coat and threw in a numbered plaque for bragging rights. A performance air intake, a billet aluminum throttle body, and a beefy dual-core, dual-pass intercooler keep the air flowing and the temperatures honest, while a Shelby-tuned Borla exhaust handles the noise.Outside, nobody will mistake this for a Raptor R with a lift kit and good intentions. The fender flares are smoothed and repainted to clear 18-inch off-road wheels wrapped in 37-inch BFGoodrich KM3 Mud Terrain rubber, and the speedometer and tire sensors have been recalibrated so the dash does not throw a tantrum over the bigger tires. Up front there is a repainted grille, a vented hood, and a high-clearance bumper from Addictive Desert Designs complete with recovery points, a 30-inch light bar, and a pair of Vision X lights in the corners.AdvertisementAdvertisementAround back, a new bumper hides two 10-inch Vision X reverse lights, and the Shelby Baja bed rack carries a power-actuated light bar plus two full-size spare wheels mounted for maximum desert-racer cosplay. Power running boards with integrated lighting, rock guards, Shelby stripes, and wordmarks round out the exterior. Inside, you get carbon fiber trim, billet foot pedals, a serialized plaque, Shelby seat covers, badging, floor mats, and tinted glass to keep the cabin livable when the sun is doing its worst.Not ready to commit to four-figure horsepower? Shelby will give the EcoBoost V6 Raptor nearly the same cosmetic makeover, but the mechanical changes are limited to a high-performance intake with a heat shield, a new intercooler, and a Borla exhaust. That bumps the 3.5-liter twin-turbo V6 from 450 hp to 555 hp on 93-octane fuel, which is hardly a consolation prize. If you would rather have a four-figure-horsepower Raptor without the V8, Hennessey will happily oblige elsewhere.Here is where the desert dream meets the spreadsheet. Every Shelby build gets logged in the official Shelby Registry, and that paperwork costs real money. The V6 Raptor rings up at $146,795, while the 1,000-hp V8 Raptor R asks a staggering $194,795. For context, the 777-hp TRX SRT that started this fight sneaks in just under six figures. Shelby wins the horsepower war by a mile, but the Ram wins the receipts. A fairer rematch may have to wait until Roush shows off its own tuned Ram, or until Ford's own V8-powered Raptor super truck finally arrives.