This is a stupid neverending arguement.

 

hey aaron...can you please refresh my memory and tell me what car dodge put that 528 hemi in from the FACTORY?...i must have forgot...OH WAIT! no i didnt, they never put an engine that big in any vehicle that ever rolled off their assembly line! if you wana start bringing in crate engines into the whole thing, why dont we throw a sonny racing engine in our ford truck (2100 hp) and im sure ud be checkin out our *** then!

 

I see why this bloke has a feather up his ***.

hes canadian!

Too many anti-americans up there. Ungrateful(!) to say the least.

I'm all for the FOX News Channel Led Block on buying canadian goods, sjust as the French!

(a few exemptions are obvious, not all canadians are ultra left goons)

 

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I'm a ford guy through and through. But I do have one question for all the Lightning guys.

Why is it so hard to believe that a 500hp viper truck can run a 12.9? If indeed it is 500flywheel horsepower, which would equate to around 430-440 whp, i think it would be pretty easy to run 12s. Here is a link to a bonestock dyno, with exception of the throttlebody.

http://www.srt10forum.com/attachment...ttachmentid=26

I mean what does a 400/500 hp lightning run the 1/4 in? If the weights are similar why is it so hard to believe that it ran a 12.x. Seems like it would be pretty easy to roll one off the showroom floor, slap some nittos on it and pull off a mid 12 second run.

 

cause the weights aren't similar, the truck has 22 in heavy *** rims. And i think 500 fly wheel lightnings are running what? low 12's in general?

I believe it can do it, i just don't believe most people can do it.

 

I believe it has the power to run 12's stock. I think most people believe that also. But being a good enough driver to launch with a 6 speed and that much torque is a totally different thing. Already read about the one that ran 12.70's with a cai but even the owner who is a very experienced racer couldn't break 13.30's; took a pro racer to run 12's with it. How many of the owners will be able to pull this off?

When they roll out with an auto trans it will be a much easier truck to race.

Jody

 

EDIT: 330 lb difference in curb weight as listed by the manufacturers. so that is about 3 tenths difference in the 1/4.

So what is the weight difference? Do you know for sure there is a large difference in weight? Just because it has 22s doesn't mean it ways that much more. Remember 100 lbs is only a tenth of a second in the quarter.

take a lightning running 435rwhp and it will probably run a low 12 right? now add 600 lbs and you have about half a second, so a mid 12? That is if the difference is 600lbs.

I do agree on the 6 six speed argument, however I do believe there are advantages to running a six speed as well, if you are an experienced racer. It is probably fair to say the most guys can't go out and run a 13.5 in a bonestock lightning either. Due to the same reason someone can't do it in a srt10. Throu drag radials on it and it becomes a lot easier because traction is less of an issue.

Like I said, I'm a ford guy through and through but I do find some competition intriguing and healthy for our lightnings.

 

Where was the former fastest production truck in the world made? I do believe my L and every other gen 2 L is Canadian.

Maybe you shouldn't by an Lightning since it is Canadian goods and go by a hemi or srt 10

Btw Lightning vs hemi - there is no comparison

 

the weight of the rims affects more than just the total weight of the vehicle. And the only person i think the manual is helping is pro drivers.

 

The SIZE of the rim kills your time too.

 

Its good to know there is someone without a biased opinion on this board.

 

Talk about the pot calling the kettle black!!!!!!!!!!!!! I personally am a hot rodder. I can't leave anything alone and modify all my cars. I've owned more Chevy's than anything else, but have had a couple of Dodge's and Fords thrown in also. The Lightning was the funnest thing I could buy in 2003 that was a truck. I knew I'd be modifying it and never bought an extended warranty because of that.

I liked my 95 Dodge truck also, but can understand why some people think they're ugly. I think it's great that Dodge jumped in with the SRT-10, and wish Chevy would bring competition also. Competition is good and I can see good and bad in all the brands. It would be a very boring world if everyone liked and drove the same thing.

One thing though, I understand that if I jump on a Dodge or Syclone board bragging about Lightnings that I'll receive a lot of grief. It's to be expected, people here aren't going to agree with your views necessarily.

Jody

 

Hey V!0,

Get this through your Dodge skull.....The engine being released in the GT has not been given to the mags for testing. What the customers are getting and what has been tested are two different engines with different HP and torque ratings.

As for your SRT and hitting 12's stock. Show the slip or video! Also, why don't you ask the mag's editor that ran the 13.1 on the SRT why a month earlier thay couldn't get the first SRT 10 they had into the 13's. SRT gave them a second truck and all of a suddon it's a 13.1?

It was a ringer. If you did 12's stock....Go throw 600lbs in the back of your truck and see what times you get. The truck had help hitting those times. I also heard they worked with the truck in the pits to do all they could to get those times.

Do you think Dodge could afford to release this truck at a price tag of $45K and have bad numbers in the article and show slower than a Lightning? Mag's get $$$ from the car manufacturer's. This has been a practice for over 35 years.

There would be no viper if chrysler didn't buy Lamborghini to benchmark and copy a sport car design. They didn't have the people to do it. So they purchased a company to copy! That is where your viper technology came from.

The GT's torque on the new engine is over 560. It's going to kick the chit out of the viper. It's only going to get better as time goes on. You can stay on here and run your mouth all day. The majority of members on this board can down right run circles around your SRT.

The L is still the "Best bang for the buck." And is still the superior truck on the street and track. Just because you have more hp doesn't mean it's the better truck. Ford with it's 5 year chassis design has a better engineered suspension that can deliver power to the pavement, take a high payload and pull 5Klbs.

How do the DCX engineers say , "SUCKER" in german?


"That will be $45K" Pleeeeease!

And the fine print says, no warranty on the clutch.


You think you got your $$$ worth. This is the best that dodge could come up with? Get on here when your SRT's are actualy wining races....

 

The 528 still has the same block as the 426. If you want to get stupid you can compare a 10L Hemi which will make 2,500hp easy.
Does Ford (or FoMoCo) even produce the Sonny Racing Engine?

As for Unoid, you have no idea of what an *** your making youself out to be. You dont know me or anything about me so dont try and tell me what I am. So go back to eating your clam chowder (or chowdah for you) and shut up.
You give Americans a bad name, and yes I am an American. I was born there and lived there for most of my life. I moved here with my parents when I was in High School. So your conspiricy theory doesnt work. Nice try though