This morning I come up to a red light and an older cowboy gentleman pulls up next to me in a Supercrew dually with the powerstroke diesel. As the light is about to change he starts revving it up. I'm thinking WTF?? No sooner does the light turns and this guy hammers it and I might add, takes off really hard. Ok, so now I'm really thinking WTF???--A supercrew dually? I mean I'm just confused here. So I nail it and pull by him, but damn, I gotta say this caught me totally off guard and he sure did pull hard. I bet he had a chip and exhaust in it. I have heard that with that combo those things produce some incredible torque and horsepower numbers. Geez, what the heck is next I'll pull to a light and a bicyclist will try and run me??

 

Got to watch out for those sleeper diesels. I have had numerous 'WTF' want to race me also. Miata's, exclipe's, you name it.

 

I would say 9 of 10 people I talk to don't know the Lightning is fast. Even car guys, most of the them seem to think it is a Gen1 with a new bodystyle.

 

Jordan, I have badly beaten each of the generation GT's including the previous generation Cobra.

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Sandy (Spider) Scott
Skydive69@msn.com
Apopka, Florida
99 White Lightning #2091 DOB 6-8-99
Airaid air box (S&B Filter) & Superchip
Kills:
Last 4 generation Mustang GT's (Including Cobra)
Audi S4
Dodge R/T

 

I've run into that sometimes too. I did try to get a race with a Z28-SS the other day, pulled next to him, gave him the race glare, he started to pull a little, I nailed it hard, took off, then let off because he didn't seem to be catching up... I kept slowing down more and more, and he would do the same, once I got to 50mph again, I gave up trying to let him get next to me again.

I don't know why he was afraid, would have been a good run.

Daniel

 

You have to watch out for those dually's. There's one in town that has dual turbo's running tons of boost that runs in the high 12's.

 

with gas about $2.15 a gallon here in norcal....

if they want to race, and it isn't obvious who the winner will be; then they need to prove to me they are worthy....

or they can just give me the gas money up-front for wasting them....

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99 RED Lightning
90 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1
67 Mercury Cougar XR7 GT

 

well thanks for the confidence booster guys. I've only had her for about a month. She's already fast enough to keep me in trouble but ive got the bug, my goal is to be able to run with you guys. She already smokes my old ride, see sig.

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92 reg cab flareside 302 w/8.8 rear. Custom cat back exhaust with glasspacks and dual chrome tips. Summit performance headers, K&N air filter. Performance accesories 3" body lift, 33x12.50 sport kings on 15x10 chrome mod rims. Better built diamond plate toolbox. Aiwa cd player with JBL amp to two 6-1/2's and two 10" subs in boxes. NEW: Ford the best never rest floor mats (pretty sharp) Best mod to date: taking off the huge egr hood deflector.
Check out my truck at http://geocities.com/fattron/jb.html

 

I have heard the turbo-diesels with chip and exhaust will run 14s. I've seen one in an adjacent suburb literally smoke the tires for 80'...yes, it was incredible, and no, I'm not exaggerating.

They won't outrun an L, but it would be a sleeper, for sure.

Jordan, it will take only a few mods to get you into the high-13s, and if you can afford heads, cam, intake, exhaust, you will be deep into the 12s. That will take care of 95% of the L's out there.

Sure, a stock L will absolutely crush a stock, near stock 5.0 Mustang, and will also crush the 2v 4.6s, and beat most (but not all) 4v 4.6 Cobras. And while the L is an easy low-13 on _stock tires_ vehicle with $500 in mods, if you're beating every Mustang you race then there are a lot of slow/stock Mustangs where you live.

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Wes Tarbox
90 LX 5.0 (10.69 @ 134.7)--597rwhp/590rwtq
96 Cobra (12.34 @ 115.8)--392rwhp/433rwtq
99 Lightning (13.20 @ 103.8)--364rwhp/444rwtq
00 Expedition XLT 5.4
http://members.aol.com/Wa2fst/index.html

 

Jordan-
Nice truck. (I just checked out you website). I guess it's you that I've been seeing around town. Not too many trucks like yours up here. If you see me around town, give me a honk or the finger or something.

DUCK

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November 18, 1999 We will not forget.
The fallen 12 will live in our hearts forever.
Fightin' Texas Aggie Bonfire 1999

 

BTW-
What do y'all know about running propane with a diesel? I was talking to a guy at the track in Navasota and he said his old Dodge was on propane and that it is kinda like us being on the bottle. WTF?

DUCK

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November 18, 1999 We will not forget.
The fallen 12 will live in our hearts forever.
Fightin' Texas Aggie Bonfire 1999

 

i have a 91 gt, and i was wondering if any of you guys have raced cars like mine. I was just wanting to know how i would fare against the ltrain.

 

Yeah, Anything!

 

hey Jordan read this post, I waisted a slightly modded GT: https://www.f150online.com/f150board...ML/005873.html

 

Hmm. I have trouble getting people to race me. In particular, the c5 vettes. Although mustangs are usually good for some fun.