Title Are Lightnings Really Really Fast- IMO no 13`s 1/4 mile is not fast a top fuel dragsters 1/4 is fast. But hey this is my onpinion of a 1/4. Now lets compare apples to apples here, We have a single cab- short wheel base truck that weights 4500-4750 lbs, So If we take any other truck that fits its size and weight then the Lightning is fast- you say well thats because it has a supercharger well SO put a supercharger on a chevy 327 it still dosnt beat the L in performance in the straight Line or in the twisty`s. I just depends whats fast to you- yea the truck is fast for its size and coming from the factory.

 

I still think if we drop a 529cui SC aluminum block in this bitch wouldn't it be pretty interesting, don't YOU think? Right now it's pretty boring, lets gets happy or does this take 3-4 years to accomplish

 

F1Car- I do like your idea- but im not gona do it other things need to be paid for but it is a cool concept im sure someone will have a jason brown 99 or 00 lightning,

 

Pssst Hey

White is fastest

CA

 

Looks like Mad (sorry betty) is up to his old tricks. Didn't you get booted off this board once already?

 

Sure, you could do all that, all it takes is money. What's the point? I bought my truck to tow my boat, not to race. The good performance at a low price was just a bonus. I didn't plan to modify it, except to improve the breathing a little with headers and a filter. So, I got headers, and am waiting for the ProM. I said I'd never swap gears- well, it has 4.10s in it now. I said I'd never chip it- that's next. I said NOX was out of the question- well, maybe not. And a roll bar- ridiculous- Not. But there are obvious limits as to how far you can go with this truck and still keep it a reliable daily driver. If I wanted a really fast street car I'd get a used Supra twin turbo and boost the hell out of that puppy- there are streetable Supras making close to 1000 h.p. Anybody got a copy of Auto Trader?

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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)
2001 Kevlacat 2400, twin 115 Evinrude FICHT, Raytheon VHF, Radar, and Sounder/DGPS chartplotter

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