Thunderbird V8 vs 380HP Supercharged Beast....

Yes. "I finally got some money for food" I thought to myself as I was sitting at the redlight, making a right turn onto the main, two-lane road (each way) that leads to town, heading towards the local pizza joint.

Light turns green, and I make my right turn, and just happen to check my rearview mirror to see what got stopped at the red light. Hmm.. something with foglites pretty low to the ground, and another random vehicle. Probably some wanker in a BMW or something. I think nothing of it. I continue on down the road, with some Jason Aldean blasting, but then I get into a bottleneck. An '05 Mustang V6 in the right, and a newer Impala in the left. Sweet. Stupid idiots clogging traffic.

That allows for time for this mystery vehicle to catch up. I look over.. hm.. I say to my friend "Hey.. I've seen this Lightning at the drag strip before.." the first thing I notice were the triple A-Pillar gauges... then I notice the bling-bling 20" rims... then I see "LIGHTNING" on the fender.

Since were both kinda held up in traffic, me and the Lightning passenger exchange glances.. it went something like this..
Me: :naughty:
Him: :sly:
Me: :lol2:
Him: :nono:

We both kind of simutaneously slow down to let those two fudge packers ahead of us, get way ahead.. we're pacing each other at about 45..

We exchange a quick glance..
Me: :iceslolan
Him: :headshake

Then all of a sudden.. WHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR the sound of a twin screw roots type super charger at WOT... The Lightning instantly gains a car length on me, by the time I click it out out of over drive. The 1st Gen 4.6L 70mm Throttle Body opens up wide, allowing the cold night air in, to be atomized. The RPM's shoot up, and I'm thrusted into my seat. But all is lost. By the time we get to 80 I had fallen behind about 3 or 4 car lengths.. :owned:

But I just had to have more ownage. The Lightning tail gates the Impala untill he moves, and we both fly past the Mustang and Impala. Once again we pace eachother at about 50.. and exchange more looks..

Me: :eek:
Him: :biggrin:

Then, again, the sweet sound of the blower fills my ear, and the truck squats, and takes off like a rocketship. I click it out of O/D again, and try my best to keep up with this much more superior vehicle. This time we get up to about 90.. with me about 6 car lengths behind..

I pull up once more to the Lightning..
Me: :headshake
Him: :rofl:

Its about at this time I notice my turn is comming up............

sweet, i always wanted to race a lightning from a roll. but everytime i catch one, its always in heavy traffic.

yeah those things can be beasts, i remember i was standing next to the road one time and this kid with a modded lightning i know came off a turn and gunned it... those sound sweet as hell. it was movin pretty good too.

you raced a pick up truck?? hmmmmmmmm.....

you raced a pick up truck?? hmmmmmmmm.....what's this suppose to mean?

a pickup truck thats faster then 90% of production cars..

those trucks are quick i raced one with my 89 vette when it was stock and just barely inched him from a stop. I was left behind from a drop.

you raced a pick up truck?? hmmmmmmmm.....

I'm pretty sure this "pick up truck" is much better competion then half the cars in my town. (Werent you like the forum idiot at one time, if i recall correctly?)

at one time???

If thats the case then the time period is extended.

Great death!

I dont get Rice(er)s comment either. That pickup truck is beastly, ive raced me before, and it wasnt pretty.

I dont get Rice(er)s comment either

Well....i have all respect for all vehicles on the road, but i wouldn't go chasing pick up trucks to race with, truck owners around here are old dads just minding their own business and knowing nothing about racing, yeah....people dont really pick on them unless they start shit first, you know the drill.......

well I garrentee you people who buy 13 second pickups don't drive like old people...

Well....i have all respect for all vehicles on the road, but i wouldn't go chasing pick up trucks to race with, truck owners around here are old dads just minding their own business and knowing nothing about racing, yeah....people dont really pick on them unless they start shit first, you know the drill.......

Dude... do you even know what a ford lightning is? do some research. because that comment makes even less sense than the last one.

Well....i have all respect for all vehicles on the road, but i wouldn't go chasing pick up trucks to race with, truck owners around here are old dads just minding their own business and knowing nothing about racing, yeah....people dont really pick on them unless they start shit first, you know the drill.......


Young Jedi... much to learn you do...

Clouded your future here on AF is...

Knowledge you seek? Google where answers you find...

/Yoda

So did you get the pizza? wtf man you can't leave us hanging like that...

nah, just kidding, nice death.

And Ricer... :slap: ...everytime I read one of your posts, I need an 2 advil and a beer.

Too bad you probably would have won if you were in the SS :loser:

with his SS being Auto I'd say it'd be a drivers race.

Well....i have all respect for all vehicles on the road, but i wouldn't go chasing pick up trucks to race with, truck owners around here are old dads just minding their own business and knowing nothing about racing, yeah....people dont really pick on them unless they start shit first, you know the drill.......

You should try keeping up with some of the old men just playing with you in trucks around here..
I know a guy that owns a speed shop that has a lightning that he drives over his supercharged late 90s mustang and he claims it's just because it's his work truck..
Shoot try picking on the "farm truck" that's prowling the streets and watch the old man laugh as he just toys with you. Pretty sure he's running low 12's high 11's in this "farm truck" (another lightning). :grinyes:
Hell if they are to much for ya pick out a seemingly stock early modle s-10 and see how you fair.

Edit: Very sorry just found the trucks best time and it was 10.5@130mph.

^^^^jeez, yall haters......a 13 sec truck, but its still a truck in the end imo, hauling the trailer, the boat, the horses, the piggies, chickens....etc.....

^^^^jeez, yall haters......a 13 sec truck, but its still a truck in the end imo, hauling the trailer, the boat, the horses, the piggies, chickens....etc.....

By that logic, anyone who supes up a civic or anything other than a pure muscle car should keep their car nice and calm for getting the groceries. All the aftermarket support would die.

And that truck can still haul, all the while outrunning most cars on the road.

Posted by RACER D12 - 12-16-2005 at 02:02 PM
Too bad you probably would have won if you were in the SS :loser:

Haha, trying to get him to race with the SS makes it into every story. I bet eventually he will if we keep pestering him.

i love the lightning. that truck is faster then a RX-7 TT stock for stock. and it looks great.

^^^^jeez, yall haters......a 13 sec truck, but its still a truck in the end imo, hauling the trailer, the boat, the horses, the piggies, chickens....etc........so its a truck?

you show me a 13 second car that still has the versitility of a lightning.

great races...good death...decent exit at the end...

"it was about this time that i notice that my turn was coming up..........."

haha

Okay...that's it...I'm never reading one of your posts ever again unless it starts out "Camaro SS vs...."

:D

^^^^jeez, yall haters.....


Yop

you raced a pick up truck?? hmmmmmmmm.....
Trucks are slow, everyone knows that :p

I think nothing of it. I continue on down the road, with some Jason Aldean blasting, but then I get into a bottleneck...

As a country boy myself, I love the fact that you were listening to country music and racing a pickup. I myself wanted a pickup but it just didn't work out. Seeing another street racer that listens to country music brought a smile to my face :biggrin: .

^^^^jeez, yall haters......a 13 sec truck, but its still a truck in the end imo, hauling the trailer, the boat, the horses, the piggies, chickens....etc.....

I'm not hating at all just saying you should open your perspective and see that it doesn't really matter how old or what you drive, anything can be made fast or is pretty fast stock.

Personaly I would love to have a big block in an s-10 just beacuse I could light the tires up and let the smoke roll when ever I want but that's not going to happen any time in the near future.

oooh, me likes the new pic bad360rt, it looks mean

I'm sorry ric(er), but there are a lot of TRUCKS that can haul balls... Cyclone and Typhoon for one. Lightning and the SRT trucks for two... And there are some diesel trucks that can terroize your ass at the track one minute, and haul their big gun back the next. You'd be suprised what some of these big trucks can do...

Good loss. I've stomped 2 Lightnings thus far. I have yet to get snarfed by one.

oooh, me likes the new pic bad360rt, it looks mean
Thanks! It's from my last trip out to Atco a couple weeks ago. Cut a new best 60' time, 1.605 :biggrin: Now I just need to get enough fuel in her to make a full pass, new fuel pump is going in soon, then I'll see what she can really do :wink:

^^^^jeez, yall haters......a 13 sec truck, but its still a truck in the end imo, hauling the trailer, the boat, the horses, the piggies, chickens....etc.....
You are one pathetic loser!
A lightning is not just any truck and now that i think of it what car do you drive again? Its probably some grocery getter or nothing at all, am i right? Give respect where respect is due.

^^^ok ok, sollie fellas, jeez......im not hatin or anything, i guess this is just my opinion about trucks, if i wanted a 13 sec vehicle, i'd buy a car, if i wanted to haul a boat or trailer, i'd buy a truck....<---thats just meh, im jus saying....allright....

what car do you drive again? Its probably some grocery getter or nothing at all, am i right? Give respect where respect is due.

and wtf is this, you may be 6 yrs older than me but i never make fun or flame someone for the car they drive in real life or on AF, i could've choosen a faster car for college but i choose not to, maybe you should give respect for people less fortunate than you

Well....i have all respect for all vehicles on the road

I have been dusted by a Lightening already. It was one of the few races I have lost, granted I haven't raced many fast cars. They are seriously no joke.

Trucks are slow, everyone knows that :p

Go Pull A Stump j00!





stupid people with their low 11 second 1/4 mile times.... :headshake






:smooch: :biggrin:

ive never gotten to race a lighting in my 350z but would love to see how far ahead he would be at the end. Good death, how fast is your thunderbird

sweet, i always wanted to race a lightning from a roll. but everytime i catch one, its always in heavy traffic.

They are bricks and the L owners that I know don't usually like to run from a roll, GREAT from a dig though

So the Lightning had an aftermarket blower? Cause you mention a twin-screw. The lighting has a Eaton M112 which is a roots blower.

So the Lightning had an aftermarket blower? Cause you mention a twin-screw. The lighting has a Eaton M112 which is a roots blower.

I thought a twin screw was a roots type blower? But I'm assuming this L had an upgraded Kenne Bell blower.

The only question I have for all you racing truck owners, do you atualy use it for truck stuff? A while back, when I was still in highschool, one of our freinds had a lightning, and we were doing a class remodling project for the school, and we had to haul a bunch of mulch, so I asked my buddy with the Lightning if we could throw it in the back of his truck, and he said no. Its been the same with other fast truck owners I know. They never want to use it to haul shit, and Im like, well, if you aren't gonna use the bed, get a damned car.

The only question I have for all you racing truck owners, do you atualy use it for truck stuff? A while back, when I was still in highschool, one of our freinds had a lightning, and we were doing a class remodling project for the school, and we had to haul a bunch of mulch, so I asked my buddy with the Lightning if we could throw it in the back of his truck, and he said no. Its been the same with other fast truck owners I know. They never want to use it to haul shit, and Im like, well, if you aren't gonna use the bed, get a damned car.

I don't know man, mulch is pretty heavy, if I had a regular F150 I wouldn't want to haul a giant pile of mulch either. With that kind of thing its easy to over load your truck. Saying that not hauling things makes the fast truck pointless is really a stretch. I don't let people sit in the back seat of the mustang, I don't think it makes the car a waste. People who don't take their subarus on dirt trails aren't driving a useless car. I am sure your friend did use the bed for other tasks, it really isn't a work oriented vehical though.

The only question I have for all you racing truck owners, do you atualy use it for truck stuff? A while back, when I was still in highschool, one of our freinds had a lightning, and we were doing a class remodling project for the school, and we had to haul a bunch of mulch, so I asked my buddy with the Lightning if we could throw it in the back of his truck, and he said no. Its been the same with other fast truck owners I know. They never want to use it to haul shit, and Im like, well, if you aren't gonna use the bed, get a damned car.
I don't haul like mulch or rocks or anything like that, but I have hauled furniture and boxes, stuff like that. It's also nice, because I can put all four of my racing wheels, my jack, tools, and a cooler in the back :iceslolan So, it's definitely not a "work" truck, but I use the bed on a regular basis. I've got a bedrug and a fiberglass tonneau cover, so it's like a really big trunk :thumbsup:

I thought a twin screw was a roots type blower? But I'm assuming this L had an upgraded Kenne Bell blower.
Nope, they are 2 different superchargers, but they do look similar. A twin-screw is alot more effiecient and blows cooler air.

http://www.kennebell.net/techinfo/general-info/twinscrew-vs-roots-fromcatalog.pdf

Some info on the differences.

I Read up on the Lighting and Srt-10 ram Regular cab They really arent Built to haul heavy things. they are as use to haul "light objects" The SRT-10 quad cab can Haul Things Like a work truck. so if i had an Srt-10 reg. cab i would use it as much as i use my trunk in my car, which is rarely

I Read up on the Lighting and Srt-10 ram Regular cab They really arent Built to haul heavy things. they are as use to haul "light objects" The SRT-10 quad cab can Haul Things Like a work truck. so if i had an Srt-10 reg. cab i would use it as much as i use my trunk in my car, which is rarely

the srt-10 sucks.............................on gas that is...lol

i love the lightning. that truck is faster then a RX-7 TT stock for stock. and it looks great.

but the rx7-tt = SEX in a big way.....

shit i had a 95 t bird u super charged it and it was pretty damn fast!!! talk bout buyin tires all the time shit wish i had it back