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Dec 5, 2004 | 05:10 PM

slyws6

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The power of the Ford Lightning...

...lol, here's a vid my brother took of me stepping on it from a stand still in my 03 Lightning, I took it to show the difference in elevation, I'm in Texas right now but live in Asheville NC (the mountains) and it won't do this up there. Enjoy.

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Dec 5, 2004 | 05:16 PM

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umm, nice burnout.....??

Dec 5, 2004 | 05:20 PM

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The thing is, up in Asheville if I step on it from a stop it will only spin a little then hook up and go. Here in Texas it smokes all 4 gears which is kind of crazy compared to what I'm used to.

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Dec 5, 2004 | 06:49 PM

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hey, that's all i've done. For some reason i've never tried to burnout before. Oh yeah i don't have the $$$ to get new tires anytime soon.

Dec 5, 2004 | 10:52 PM

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Good grief, dude! I don't think anyone can lay one down that long up here.

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Dec 5, 2004 | 11:01 PM

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Nice vid

but you can thank the light rear end on that sucker for the burnout......

Dec 5, 2004 | 11:15 PM

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Got the same thing going on here in Albuquerque. I can't even break my stock 235s loose in any gear at any speed unless I swing the back around on a turn or dump the clutch. The thin air robs the torque.

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Dec 5, 2004 | 11:53 PM

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Badass Take off

lightning is about the only ford i really like... for muscle..

Dec 6, 2004 | 07:46 PM

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That's awesome Sly.

Dec 6, 2004 | 08:21 PM

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I dont think it is the elevation, Maybe the road quality. There is a road here where I live where I can spin'em when I punch it at 60mph. And my car is mostly stock. Nice strip of rubber though.

Dec 6, 2004 | 08:23 PM

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Damn bro. what u doing in texas?

Dec 6, 2004 | 08:32 PM

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Damn bro. what u doing in texas?

Yeah...first he started driving a Ford and now he is in Texas....go figure....

Dec 6, 2004 | 10:10 PM

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Good grief, dude! I don't think anyone can lay one down that long up here.

Josh

I know of a blacked out '97 SS that can...he's in Charlotte btw....

Dec 7, 2004 | 01:26 PM

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I dont think it is the elevation, Maybe the road quality. There is a road here where I live where I can spin'em when I punch it at 60mph. And my car is mostly stock. Nice strip of rubber though.

Elevation plays a huge role. Think about it, a second lower in ET here comes from a solid loss in power and torque. I had my car down in Phoenix (about 3000-3500 lower elevation) two weeks ago and I could break the tires loose just by getting on it, and it worked on pretty much every road.