CoolAid

SVTRyan: 2001 SVT Lightning, Modular 5.4/A4. Whipple 2.3 @ 15psi, Trick Flow Heads, Cams, TB, MAF, Catless LTs, Forged Bottom End, Built 4R100 Trans, Circle D 2,800 Stall, 3.73 Gears, DRs, 4,8xx# Race Weight. Lightning has made 548whp/608wtq through the old slipping trans/converter. Lightning has run a best of 11.60@117 w/ 1.65 60ft in +2,200 DA on ET Street slicks.

RagnZ: 2000 Camaro Z/28 Convertible, LS1/A4. 243 Heads, 24x Cam, LS6 Intake, Catless LTs, Forged Rods/Pistons, 125 Shot, Circle D 3,800 Stall, Built Trans, 3.73 Gears, No P/S or A/C, DRs, 3,2xx# Empty, ~3,550 Race Weight (its gutted) w/ Camera Man. From memory Camaro made 380whp Motor, 48xwhp 125 shot.

(720p available)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgFrsByms3c

Filmed outside of Caborca, Mexico.

FOG52

Nice video. I thought the truck was going to lose.

BayAreaSS

iTrader: (10)

that camaro is beat lol. And it doesn't run that good. Truck pulls hard for a truck

Bramlok

iTrader: (7)

Damn that Lightning is quick.

HioSSilver

iTrader: (8)

RagnZ needs sometuning or something. He should have no problem taking that truck on motor.

ohioborn80

iTrader: (2)

Good runs...Your car sounds sick...

WSsick

iTrader: (13)

Why did he buy a vert then do weight reduction? Seems kind of strange to me. Good runs though.

BayArea ws6

Lightning moves out for sure!Cool video.

snake95

Because the rag top makes it a grand total of 5 different colors instead of 4.

Just kidding OP, good deaths.

got-a-ls1

iTrader: (12)

so a head cam nitrous camaro cant beat a 117mph trap truck? i would think that camaro should have hung close win or lose.. on motor and put a good walk on with the nitrous... but i guess on the street...

CoolAid

The Lightning is the **** and is a culmination of a lot of money and time and work.

The Camaro is (IMO) a POS and is a culmination of second hand used parts and spotty 1 hour dyno tuning.

Let this be a lesson to the many bench racers out there that a race on paper is different than a race in real life with real life variables. Just because you plug a bunch of random parts into a combo doesnt mean its going to deliver performance.

WSsick

iTrader: (13)

Keep in mind that the Lightning can have all the power in the world, but it's still going to have the aero of a truck. It suffers a lot more up top than a car does, cutting down it's trap speed. The Camaro seems to be a hunk of **** though.

got-a-ls1

iTrader: (12)

exactly but the aero never came into effect. something is wrong with that car im thinking. i wouldnt go as far as saying hunk of **** though

BoricuaHec01

I always thought Lightnings were quick ******* boogers.

WSsick

iTrader: (13)

Are you serious? They ran to 140 a bunch of times. Trucks start feeling drag at like 80mph, and by 100-110 or so they are really fighting it. By 130, that is a brick wall in the wind. It looks like a hunk of ****, the tune sounds like crap and the numbers on the spray aren't very impressive (barely 100 on a 125 shot). Usually that comes back to the tune.


edit: just realized who I was responding to, now it makes sense.

BoricuaHec01

We meet again WSsick

CoolAid

This.


Lets not forget the Vert is a svelte 3,5xx with occupants. The flying dump truck was 4,8xx + the bad aero. It moves though for sure. Heres the recently posted video vs heads, cam, intake, exhaust, gears LS3 M6 Camaro spraying a low bottle pressure 75 shot from a 40 roll:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qql8SnaWafQ

That drive train would fly in a Cobra. Either way the truck is fast up top. He needs to focus on Digs and 20s though, a point which I keep trying to beat into him. He didnt think he would need to bolt his slicks on to handle the Vert from a dig and he found out the hard way. That POS Camaro can stand on the gas from a dig on motor and barely squeak its 245 DRs. When **** chirps out on you as you paint the street in rubber it can be a killer. Next time I'm sure he will bolt on his ET Street slicks and make sure he hooks it. RagnZ didn't think the L had anything for him though. Whupps.

Buford17

iTrader: (4)

I want that Lightning

s346k

iTrader: (4)

Lightning has made 548whp/608wtq through the old slipping trans/converter. Lightning has run a best of 11.60@117

someone is definitely sandbagging. truck prob went 117 blowing through the verter and trans. it is obviously more than 5xxwhp...or the camaro is way less than 48x whp.

SVTRyan

No sand bagging here sir. Truck made those numbers last summer on the broken trans, should be making more then that.

My truck is actually top 10 maybe top 5 in the country for my setup on pump gas. Just about all the guys running sub 11.50s are on 100 octane or better with higher boost.

The Z28 isn't sandbacking either, its just a pile.