The Ford F-150 has always had a massive aftermarket following, but few shops have pushed the platform as far as Velocity Parts & Performance. Based around high-horsepower truck builds, the shop has developed a reputation for turning ordinary-looking F-150s into brutally quick street and drag machines.
A recent feature from That Racing Channel on YouTube put the spotlight on Velocity founder Russell Guerra and the kind of builds his team is producing. The video showcased two especially serious F-150s, including a 10-speed truck making roughly 1,500 horsepower at the wheels and a more race-focused TH400-equipped build capable of well over 2,000 horsepower with nitrous.
What makes these trucks fascinating is not simply the power number. Velocity has focused heavily on making its fastest F-150s stable, repeatable, and surprisingly refined for machines producing supercar-humbling output.
For enthusiasts who still think of trucks as work vehicles first, these builds are a reminder of how wild the modern F-150 platform has become. With the right parts, tuning, and development, America’s best-selling pickup can become a legitimate drag weapon.
Two Very Different F-150 Builds
The first truck featured in the video uses a twin 64/66 turbo setup with a Daylight Performance kit and retains the factory-style 10-speed automatic transmission. According to Guerra, this configuration represents the type of high-powered street build Velocity commonly produces for customers.
Despite the extreme output, the 10-speed truck keeps functional cabin features such as air conditioning, heat, and a working radio. It also uses a stock-style fuel tank with upgraded pumps and a methanol system, making it far more usable than its horsepower figure suggests.
The second truck takes a more serious racing approach. It uses larger 72/75 turbos, FuelTech standalone management, a TH400 transmission, a fuel cell, nitrous, weight reduction, and a more stripped-down wiring setup designed specifically for drag and no-prep racing.
Why the TH400 Build Goes Further
Guerra explained that the transmission choice plays a major role in how far each build can be pushed. The stock-style 10-speed setup works impressively well, especially for fast street trucks, but the TH400 gives tuners far more control over converter behavior, gear ratios, launch strategy, and boost management.
That added flexibility allows Velocity to run larger turbos and more aggressive boost settings without sacrificing consistency. The TH400 truck is also approximately 800 pounds lighter than the 10-speed example, thanks to changes such as a narrowed rear differential, simplified wiring, lighter brakes, carbon components, and a dedicated fuel system.
The result is a truck aimed less at comfort and more at serious competition. Even so, it still retains a full dashboard, carpeting, two seats, and a cage, showing how far Velocity can go without completely gutting the vehicle.
From Ford Lightning to F-150 Specialist
Guerra’s path into the performance world started with a 2001 Ford Lightning, followed by years of modifying cars and trucks on the side while working other jobs. He did not come from a traditional racing family or formal shop background, but his interest in making vehicles faster eventually became a full-time business.
Velocity’s breakthrough came with Guerra’s own 2018 F-150, a Magma Red truck that helped establish the shop’s reputation. That build eventually ran in the eight-second quarter-mile range on a stock engine, giving the team valuable data and credibility within the F-150 performance community.
From there, Velocity continued refining its formula through customer trucks, grudge racing, no-prep events, and track testing. Guerra says that relentless testing is what separates the shop from others working on the platform.
Daylight Performance and Custom Parts
Velocity’s work now extends beyond complete truck builds. The shop has developed its own product line, including carbon splitters, mirror caps, wings, bumpers, wheels, and other F-150 components.
It is also closely tied to Daylight Performance, a turbo-kit brand developed alongside Midnight Performance. Daylight now offers kits for F-150s and Mustangs, including S550 and S650 applications.
That Racing Channel also highlighted Midnight Performance’s record-setting S650 Mustang, which reportedly ran a 7.80-second quarter mile at around 175 mph using a Daylight twin-turbo kit and 10-speed transmission.
The F-150 Platform Keeps Getting Faster
Modern F-150 performance has moved far beyond simple bolt-ons. Between turbo systems, built transmissions, standalone management, lightweight parts, and extensive data logging, shops like Velocity are proving that full-size trucks can compete in territory once reserved for purpose-built drag cars.
Guerra says the shop’s goal is to treat every customer truck as if it were one of its own. That attention to detail appears to be a major reason Velocity has become one of the most respected names in extreme F-150 tuning.
For anyone chasing four-digit horsepower in a Ford truck, Velocity Parts & Performance has made a strong case for being one of the kings of the platform.