rec'd new Truck Trends yesterday, and the cover story was Factory Hot Rod Trucks available with full warranty.

a toyota V-8 (stock) truck with TRD offroad stuff

a dodge durango r/t 5.9L v-8 (stock) with ground effects

a chevy v-6 blazer (stock) with ground effects

and the "L" killer, a Sierra HT (hot truck)
4800 V-6 motor only, shortbed sports truck, with color co-ordinated steering wheel to match hot/yellow/green/blue paint scheme.

Please top off your bottles, i don't want to see any of you listed on some "kill section" on the web.

 

BBQ,

Any numbers on these trucks?

-tvw

 

I guess they said nothing about the Lightning? Maybe my 7 year 100,000 mile warranty doesn't count. They should have titled it Factory Hot Rod Trucks available with full warranty (except ford).

 

tvw,

Numbers: all SLOW

MRBBQMAN,

Regarding the Sierra HT, the 4800 is a V8 not a V6.

Beginning to shake. I was really disappointed that the L didn't come with a neon steering wheel. This crappy black leather one is for the birds.

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2000 Red Lightning Born 3-8-00 / Delivered 3-22-00
22% Window Tint, Clear Corners, MPulse LoPro Tonneau, AIM 2" Drop Shackles, Bed Rug, PSP Filter Kit

'99 Yukon Denali - Silver, Lowered 1", Borbet CW4's, 285/60R18 Toyo Proxes S/T's, Hotchkis AntiSways, Edelbrock Shocks

2000 Red Trans Am Ram Air WS6, 6 Speed - Delivered 2-15-00 - Awesome Looking Car

 

This is a joke, right? The listed trucks are hopeless slugs, and as a group post no competition for the mighty Lightning. In a race (of any type) it would be nothing but rapidly shrinking tail lights, tire smoke, and screaming blower whine for any of them (at best). The stoutest of the bunch (the R/T) is a good second or two slower than a stock Gen 2 Lightning. I realize that this is going to set off a firestorm from the R/T gang (check out all of the threads on the NLOC board), but we could frankly use the entertainment.

 

Im pretty sure the Yellow (LIMITED EDITION SEIRRA can be bought with choice of engines but comes with a 4800 as reg equipment.Thre 5300 is available.I have yet to see one at a dealership

 

If you want the "HT" series with the yellow steering wheel, you get the 4800. these were not standard paint colors. it's nice to see the general caveing in to their customers demands, and offering some competition.

what04, do you have the article. i thought it said V-6 and maybe i was mistaken about the displacement (4300-4800?)

 

I saw an R/T Durango, he wanted to run, why certainly. What a terd. He got b&^%h-slapped into humiliation (by his obvious soccer mom) wife) after I kicked his Mopar-lovin-keister the curb. Mrs. Speedin Bob laughed except when I said "Looky" and pointed to the boost guage at WOT. Got her trained good.

KING LIGHTNING>>>>> RAH RAH RAH

About the 'yota and Blazer, ROFLMAO.....make it stop MRBBQMAN.....NO..it hurts too much....HAHAHAHA....

OBTW, got my 3 yr 36 and the ESP to boot.

They (Truck Trends) been smokin' somehtin



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See ya at the Apex,

Speedin Bob
'99 "Pi$$ed Off" Red Lightning #2504 Built 6/17/99
NLOC # 438
13.98 @ 98 mph (Rookie Session)
Latest Mods:
Airaid w/ S&B Powerstack filter retrofit
Clear Corners & Tails
Bug Shield
Duraliner (first addition)

 

Anyone know any websites with some information about the Sierra HT. Whats the deal with that thing?

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2000 Lightning
- Black
- Stock
1978 Z28 Camaro
- Black
- Red Interior
1997 GMC Yukon
- Forest Green
- Stock

 

1badtk


woops!



[This message has been edited by 1BADTK (edited 06-15-2000).]

 

Read the art. and the stated 16s for the 1/4 mile and if I remember 8 something 0-60 my Wife Grand Prix GTP and handle that.

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1999 Red SVT Lightning
#3466 of 4000
NLOC #428
99 Grand Prix GTP Red

 

Holy Smoke, I better get that 4.10 and chip installed in a hurry, before one of those Blazers comes looking for me.

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I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.

'84 Alan Record Carbonio, Aerospoke wheels, Campy brakes.
'00 SVT Lightning, silver, G-tech Pro, JBA headers, cam bolts, 4.10 gears
(soon, Swanson's chip and MAF, Cal-tracs)

gmvye@pacbell.net

 

dbl, sorry





[This message has been edited by alphadoggy (edited 06-15-2000).]

 

Sorry bout the v6/v8 thing, and i hope no one has been given a false sense of hope in defeating one of the "Hot Trucks", because of my shoddy reporting

 

Note that the R/T Durango is nothing more than a lowered 5.9L Durango with 17" wheels and ground effects. No performance enhancements at all.

Love that post Speedin Bob.