Ford Built A 1,200-HP Bronco With A Supercharged Godzilla V8
Ford Racing used SEMA 2026 to introduce the Megazilla 2.0, a supercharged 7.3-liter V8 crate engine making more than 1,200 horsepower and over 1,000 lb-ft of torque, officially the most powerful crate engine any automaker has ever built. To prove it’s more than a spec sheet, Ford dropped it into a one-off Bronco called Frostwarden, which rides on 42-inch BFGoodrich tires, 74Weld portal gear lifts, and Dana 60 axles.
The Megazilla 2.0 is built from the same 7.3-liter Godzilla architecture found in Super Duty trucks, but Ford says this isn’t a case of bolting a blower onto the existing engine and calling it a day. It got its own development program, and the Frostwarden Bronco exists specifically to give that program a stage.
What Makes The Megazilla 2.0 Different From The Original
Ford Racing Parts built Megazilla 2.0 around a 3.0-liter Gen 6 Whipple supercharger, but getting there required a stronger engine block to survive the added cylinder pressure, a camshaft designed specifically for boosted duty, upgraded pistons, bigger fuel injectors, and a reworked belt drive and damper setup. CNC-ported heads and forged internals round out the package.
Michael Goodwin, Ford Racing Parts’ product manager, said he tasked engineers with hitting at least 1,200 horsepower from the 7.3-liter platform, and the final numbers landed right at that target on race fuel. Ford hasn’t published a pump-gas figure separately. The engine is listed under part number M-6007-MZ73MD, and Ford plans to sell it through the Ford Racing Parts catalog for restomod and custom builds ranging from classic Mustangs to modern pickups.
The Frostwarden Bronco Was Built To Match The Engine
Frostwarden started as a pitch for an Arctic search-and-rescue rig, which explains the roof-mounted spare, front winch, off-road lighting, and rear-mounted external fuel tank. Underneath that theme sits serious hardware: 42-inch BFGoodrich tires on custom 18-inch Weld beadlock wheels, lifted further by 74Weld portal gears, along with Dana 60 axles, a 10R100 transmission pulled from an F-Series Super Duty, and custom Bilstein remote-reservoir dampers.
The build moved fast once it got going. Ford’s team started work in February, but the project didn’t really ramp up until June. The finished Megazilla 2.0 went straight from Ford’s dyno to Kincer Chassis in Tennessee, where the Bronco itself came together, and the completed truck wasn’t finished until October, just ahead of SEMA.
What This Means For Builders
Ford has been clear that the Megazilla 2.0 isn’t tied to the Frostwarden alone. It’s a standalone crate engine aimed at drag builds, off-road rigs, and classic-car conversions well beyond the one-off Bronco that introduced it. No pricing has been announced yet, though the naturally aspirated Megazilla 1.0 starts well over $20,000, and a 3.0-liter Whipple supercharger alone typically runs $7,000 to $15,000, which puts Megazilla 2.0 solidly in five-figure territory before anyone starts tuning it.
And tuning is where this engine will really get interesting. A supercharged big-block with this kind of headroom won’t stay at its factory rating for long once shops start pushing boost and fuel beyond Ford’s baseline. The Frostwarden itself isn’t headed to production, but as a showcase for what Ford Racing Parts can hand a builder straight out of the box, it does its job.
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