i can do that with the dump truck


the turbo whine is really neat



...zap!

 

I had a 98 F150 Supercab 4.6L and my brother had a 2001 5.4L Supercab and he would stomp me every time from a dig or from a roll.

My 4.6L was so slow. But, it was THE MOST reliable truck I had owned to date.

 

There is actually a place you can put it against other diesels

Click on the image to go to thier site.



Those things scream!

They will also be on ESPN2 next month and Xtreme 4x4 in Jan.!
2005-12-04 DHRA on ESPN2 (2:30AM EST)
2006-01-14 DHRA on Xtreme 4x4, Spike Network
2006-01-15 DHRA on Xtreme 4x4, Spike Network


Has anyone ever watched a big rig drag race?
7000 Horse power barreling down the track! (Rock on with a hard on!)
Someone did a special on them on satelite a few months ago and they showed on doing tight doughnuts spinning all 8 rear tires, another rig did a burn out burning all 8 rear tires. More smoke than I've ever seen from one burn out!

 

There was an old KW last summer at the track he was running all evening in the high 12's. Diesel sure sounded interisting. He was running faster than i was.

 

yeh those things are bad ***.. anyone seen that twin engine one doin the burn out?

 

Lightnings are heavy?? You don't get much lighter of a pickup than a short bed, flareside, regular cab, 2-wheel drive pickup??!! Dude, quit now to save yourself embarrassment!!

BTW, this thread is worthless without timeslips!!

 

lightning 4670lbs
* 2001 Ford F-150 XLT (2wd SuperCab)
* Class: Large pickup
* Weight: 4,475 lbs.

heh the super cab style side weighs 200lbs less then a lightning!! enough said.

 

if i posted a video of me running down a drag strip then yes it would be worthless without time slips... unless u cant count the seconds shown on the media player

 

Yeah, that's almost believable.....so my 2001 4x4 is lighter than a Lightning? Let's see, my title says my truck weighs 4358 pounds. You say a Lightning weighs 4670?? That must be one friggin' heavy supercharger!

 

Well, let’s see here. Let’s do the math and see where we end up…

2001 figures:

4.6 V8 – 220 hp @ 4750 – 265 ft-lb @ 4000
5.4 V8 – 260 hp @ 4500 – 350 ft-lb @ 2500 (non-supercharged)

So far we see the standard non-supercharged 5.4 “spools” up quicker then the 4.6, especial for torque which gets you off the line and out of the hole.

Now, let’s see who has the weight advantage. We will use the weight of the Lightning to see what might happen if the supercharger was taken off.

Lightning weight = 4670 lbs, if you took the supercharger off it probably weighs at least 70 lbs, but for the hell of it let’s leave the weight at 4670 lbs.

4.6 – 4475 lbs – 20.3 lbs per hp, 16.9 lbs per ft-lb
5.4 – 4670 lbs – 17.9 lbs per hp, 13.3 lbs per ft-lb

Not only does the 5.4 (non-supercharged) spool faster it also has more horse power per pound and more torque per pound of curb weight.

Well now, ain’t that something…

 

I don't care about the video, just show me the timeslip, on second thought, I would love to see the video of you ATTEMPTING to drive!

 

It’s not just the supercharger but bigger heavier wheels, brakes, transmission, drive shaft even though its aluminum it is 4 ˝” round, intercooler, intercooler coolant, tow hitch that comes standard (I don’t know if all trucks come standard with the tow hitch, if they don’t that’s about 100 – 150lbs there) and a few other goodies…

 

Exactly, Thats why i have the stang. Almost 390HP at the wheels and mid 11's @ 116mph on a stock short block with over 115K miles

 

You have to remember a Lightning is not a standard F150. It has the super duty brakes (bigger and weigh more then std F150), a super duty transmission that has beefier internals then a super duty (weighs more then a std super duty trans).

It has the supercharger but along with that is the intercooler, intercooler coolant tank, and air cooler up front like the transmission cooler up front. I believe it has a bigger capacity radiator (could be wrong on that one, but pretty sure)

It also has the 18”x 9 1/2” wheels which are wider then the stock F150 wheels, more weight there, as well as the tires. Sway bars up front and in the rear. Most likely a few other things I can recall at the moment…

 

SWEET Stang you have. So, what do you think of the new ones?