4lbs - E.T.'s ?
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From: MA
Originally posted by Lightning/Asp
Thank you all for your responses. There were eleven first person quarter mile E.T. reports. The average was approximately 12.6 seconds. The lowest was 12.31. The highest 12.9. I did not use some of the warm weather reports where the time was a hair over 13 seconds flat. The mods were sufficiently similar to suggest that the .59 second difference between the lowest and highest E.T. is due to driving skill. What the reports also show is that for under $1500.00, a 1999 - 2004 lightning can be upgraded from a fast vehicle to a very, very fast vehicle that, in a quarter mile race, will prevail over most vehicles on the road today. Considering the modest base price of our trucks, this has to be one of the greatest performance bargains in automotive history.
Thank you all for your responses. There were eleven first person quarter mile E.T. reports. The average was approximately 12.6 seconds. The lowest was 12.31. The highest 12.9. I did not use some of the warm weather reports where the time was a hair over 13 seconds flat. The mods were sufficiently similar to suggest that the .59 second difference between the lowest and highest E.T. is due to driving skill. What the reports also show is that for under $1500.00, a 1999 - 2004 lightning can be upgraded from a fast vehicle to a very, very fast vehicle that, in a quarter mile race, will prevail over most vehicles on the road today. Considering the modest base price of our trucks, this has to be one of the greatest performance bargains in automotive history.
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From: Orlando, Fl
Originally posted by whip
Very well said, but I wouldn't consider mid 12's as FAST considering some of todays vehicles. I call that quick. I think below mid 11's is FAST, but that is just me. BTW I go 12.7's all day on a 2lb'r
Very well said, but I wouldn't consider mid 12's as FAST considering some of todays vehicles. I call that quick. I think below mid 11's is FAST, but that is just me. BTW I go 12.7's all day on a 2lb'r
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From: Cuyahoga Falls, Akron & Canton
I do a lot of racing on the street and strip. Most vehicles really are not to quick...everyone says they have 10, 11, 12 second rides...yet somehow at the track they run 14, 15, 16's...even worse.
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From: Allen, TX, USA
Originally posted by Lightning/Asp
Thank you all for your responses. There were eleven first person quarter mile E.T. reports. The average was approximately 12.6 seconds. The lowest was 12.31. The highest 12.9. I did not use some of the warm weather reports where the time was a hair over 13 seconds flat. The mods were sufficiently similar to suggest that the .59 second difference between the lowest and highest E.T. is due to driving skill.
Thank you all for your responses. There were eleven first person quarter mile E.T. reports. The average was approximately 12.6 seconds. The lowest was 12.31. The highest 12.9. I did not use some of the warm weather reports where the time was a hair over 13 seconds flat. The mods were sufficiently similar to suggest that the .59 second difference between the lowest and highest E.T. is due to driving skill.
At auto trans with a stock converter is not hard to drive well.
The variations are due to 3 things: 1) air quality/conditions at a given track on a given day. I realize you threw out the warm weather times, but power in these trucks will vary significantly even if you're talking about racing at 0'DA compared to 500' DA. 500' DA is considered excellent air in many venues, but there are others that get to consistently race in negative DA air. The result will be higher boost pressures/power than their counterparts given the _same_ mods.
2) traction/track prep. Bolt slicks on any of these vehicles at the _same_ track and they most likely will run within .20 of each other 3) mild variations in mods.
#1-2 is why I think you have to do what you did and just take an average. Then take into serious account where you race, and what kind of "air" you will typically get when you race. Then you can make a good assumption of what your truck will run.
Whether the results make you consider your truck "fast and/or quick" is all in the eye of the beholder. Compared to other vehicles that consistently race at the track a lot... I'd say its not that fast or quick (mid-12s). Compared to anything off the showroom floor that is not considered an exotic... it is quick.
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From: Northern California
I cant think of a whole lot of cars i would ever run into that would beat me if i was running mid 12's.
Even mentioning the exotics there are still quite a lot mid 12's would beat:
V12 Aston Martins
Ferrari 360 Spider F1, 456m, 550 marnello, etc.
Almost all lambos earlier than 2000
The list goes on and on, but the above cars are all I really need to pride myself in being an L owner...I just cant wait till the day I wipe the smile off a $200,000 ferrari owner's face.
Even mentioning the exotics there are still quite a lot mid 12's would beat:
V12 Aston Martins
Ferrari 360 Spider F1, 456m, 550 marnello, etc.
Almost all lambos earlier than 2000
The list goes on and on, but the above cars are all I really need to pride myself in being an L owner...I just cant wait till the day I wipe the smile off a $200,000 ferrari owner's face.
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From: Southern ILL.
My buddy has a Lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary it is a 1989 and his car brings flocks of people at the car show but I will try to line up aginst him as we are leaving or through town during cuize night and he just revs it up just laughs. I don't think have enough power to beat him yet but it would look pretty bad if he can't leave me in his little door stop of a car... That makes me proud to ba an L owner also