'World's Fastest Production Pickup Truck
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From: Hammer Lane
Originally posted by temp1
Would an extra 50hp Give a Lightning more than 7mph top speed?
Would an extra 50hp Give a Lightning more than 7mph top speed?
Kudos to Dodge BTW. What's more cool than a Viper motor in a pickup truck?
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GEN 3 LIGHTNING WILL BE 165+ STOCK
From what some are saying about the production of the lightning with 500+ horsepower and its gear ratio will top 165 stock i wish they would make some of them with automatic transmissions.
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From: Topeka Kansas
Originally posted by TXSVTLIGHTNING
Hey Tex, you're gonna rile folks ups posting pictures like this. (good job, hehe) Where the hell were you able to get it at? One of the Dodge web sites maybe?
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lets see, it goes 155mph, gets 3mpg, doesn't tow or haul anything, and all they can make are being scooped up and people are paying dealer adjustment on top of the 50K (out the door) price. ever wonder why most of this planet wants to keep us in the double secret jihad mode, or something
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Wow, a site of sore losers, who would've thunk it. At least welcome the competition, and be a man about it. They have the fastest truck out there, no need for further excuses and justifications. RUSLOW didn't have his truck at his speed within a month of the L's first coming out. It's just further incentive for Ford to come out with something bigger and better.
Just think, if the SRT-10 was only 400HP, SVT would've gotten by with producing a 420HP truck. Now that it's 500HP and 154MPH, the bar is raised higher, and we all win.
Just think, if the SRT-10 was only 400HP, SVT would've gotten by with producing a 420HP truck. Now that it's 500HP and 154MPH, the bar is raised higher, and we all win.
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Heh, Dodge just put Ford into the false advertising realm...
http://www.svt.ford.com/vehicleLightning.asp
Hmm... Do I feel a major management decision coming on?
Change the website... or... Roll the new Generation Lightnings off the production line next week?
http://www.svt.ford.com/vehicleLightning.asp
Hmm... Do I feel a major management decision coming on?
Change the website... or... Roll the new Generation Lightnings off the production line next week?
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cool
the gen 3's are gonna be super sick now.
Hey, good for them, they may have the fastest, but we still have the quickest and I know there aint anywhere around here were gonna hit 150 mph, so let's just keep stamping these trash trucks "owned"!!!!!!
Just wondering, would the 2000's top out at a higher speed then the 03's?? I know there's a hp difference but what about the rear gear difference??
Hey, good for them, they may have the fastest, but we still have the quickest and I know there aint anywhere around here were gonna hit 150 mph, so let's just keep stamping these trash trucks "owned"!!!!!!
Just wondering, would the 2000's top out at a higher speed then the 03's?? I know there's a hp difference but what about the rear gear difference??
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WTF?
Temp1:
All rightie then...
If you look at the commonly reported empirical equations for rolling resistance...
Recognize that "empirical" means "fit to a pile of data", not "derived from scientific first priciples"...
A 5500-pound vehicle, at any speed (actually less at high speed due to aerodynamic lift, but...) has about 72 pounds of rolling resistance (this is the only place that weight comes into play and it's not a function of vehicle speed).
The total resistance (aero drag plus rolling resistance) that exactly balances (estimated) 425 RWHP at 155 MPH is 891 pounds. That's 72 pounds of rolling resistance (a function of weight, but not a function of speed) 819 pounds of aero resistance (a function of speed, but not weight).
A those kinds of speeds, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE AERO DRAG AND ENGINE OUTPUT!
Put 500 pounds of sand in the bed and you increase the total drag by 6.5 pounds, or about 0.7 percent! Effectively NOTHING.
You seem like a bit of a stalker.
All rightie then...
If you look at the commonly reported empirical equations for rolling resistance...
Recognize that "empirical" means "fit to a pile of data", not "derived from scientific first priciples"...
A 5500-pound vehicle, at any speed (actually less at high speed due to aerodynamic lift, but...) has about 72 pounds of rolling resistance (this is the only place that weight comes into play and it's not a function of vehicle speed).
The total resistance (aero drag plus rolling resistance) that exactly balances (estimated) 425 RWHP at 155 MPH is 891 pounds. That's 72 pounds of rolling resistance (a function of weight, but not a function of speed) 819 pounds of aero resistance (a function of speed, but not weight).
A those kinds of speeds, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE AERO DRAG AND ENGINE OUTPUT!
Put 500 pounds of sand in the bed and you increase the total drag by 6.5 pounds, or about 0.7 percent! Effectively NOTHING.
You seem like a bit of a stalker.
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Re: cool
Originally posted by tallimeca
the gen 3's are gonna be super sick now.
Hey, good for them, they may have the fastest, but we still have the quickest and I know there aint anywhere around here were gonna hit 150 mph, so let's just keep stamping these trash trucks "owned"!!!!!!
Just wondering, would the 2000's top out at a higher speed then the 03's?? I know there's a hp difference but what about the rear gear difference??
the gen 3's are gonna be super sick now.
Hey, good for them, they may have the fastest, but we still have the quickest and I know there aint anywhere around here were gonna hit 150 mph, so let's just keep stamping these trash trucks "owned"!!!!!!
Just wondering, would the 2000's top out at a higher speed then the 03's?? I know there's a hp difference but what about the rear gear difference??
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From: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA/ LIGHTNING FAST
Re: GEN 3 LIGHTNING WILL BE 165+ STOCK
[QUOTE]Originally posted by tlfwatch
From what some are saying about the production of the lightning with 500+ horsepower and its gear ratio will top 165 stock i wish they would make some of them with automatic transmissions. [/QUOTE
Remember the lightning is still the king of trucks comparing trucks to trucks the lightning v-8 vereses v-10 is still king one run in july the other in feb i wouldn't trade my lightning for one just wait till the new lightning arrives.
From what some are saying about the production of the lightning with 500+ horsepower and its gear ratio will top 165 stock i wish they would make some of them with automatic transmissions. [/QUOTERemember the lightning is still the king of trucks comparing trucks to trucks the lightning v-8 vereses v-10 is still king one run in july the other in feb i wouldn't trade my lightning for one just wait till the new lightning arrives.