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FD vs Lightning
I am coming back from Silver Dollar today and a Ford F150 lightning starts trying to get me to race. I am betting that the numbers painted on my Windows from the races are prevoking him. We are at about 60mph and there are no cars around so I say what the hey. I crawl up to his truck bed and he guns it. I down shift to 3rd and do the same about .5 second later. I quickly pull about 8 car lengths on him. I looked as if he dropped an ancor or something. I shut it down at around 110mph and a couple of seconds later he drives by and gives a thumbs up.
Him SVT lighning with some kind of exhaust and rims.
Me: 1993 RX-7, GT35R, etc. etc.
Him SVT lighning with some kind of exhaust and rims.
Me: 1993 RX-7, GT35R, etc. etc.
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Originally Posted by 855m0n0
Him SVT lighning with some kind of exhaust and rims.
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I seriously doubt that the rims were supercharged. That would be an interesting technology if they were. It also had a fraternal order of police sticker. Those add lots of power.
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Originally Posted by Kory_yahi
It's sarcasim. He mentioned the fact that the lightning had rims when he mentioned mods. I thought it was a tad bit funny since rims don't do anything when it comes to racing.
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Originally Posted by Mr rx-7 tt
There is a couple fast ones around here...One ran a 10.98 at 124...
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The faster lightnings are the ones that have "altezza" style tail lights. If you beat one of those, you pretty much can kill all the other ones.
Good Kill.
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Originally Posted by TT_Rex_7
Are you kidding?! You do know that wheels are considered unsprung weight right? Unsprung weight has a greater effect on acceleration than weight supported by the suspension. 100 pounds of stuff in your vehicle will knock ~ a 10th of a second of your quarter mile time. Just 20 extra pounds of unsprung weight will have a MUCH greater effect. Reason being is that it takes more power to turn the heavier wheels.
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exactly what i was thinking
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Originally Posted by Fatman0203
10 at 124 that doesnt sound right? I would guess for him to have a higher trap.
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Are you kidding?! You do know that wheels are considered unsprung weight right? Unsprung weight has a greater effect on acceleration than weight supported by the suspension. 100 pounds of stuff in your vehicle will knock ~ a 10th of a second of your quarter mile time. Just 20 extra pounds of unsprung weight will have a MUCH greater effect. Reason being is that it takes more power to turn the heavier wheels.
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-Alex
While we're on the topic of fast trucks, anyone ever race one of the srt-10 trucks?
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