Jake98WS6

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My good friend has a 99 GT Mustang. He has an intake, x-pipe, underdrive pullies, 3.73 gears, 100 wet shot of nitrous, NOS kit I think, and Nitto D/R. It's a five speed.
The lightning has exhaust, intake maybe, and the pulley mod. I think he is on reg. nittos. I am not sure what year model.
Any idea who would win from a dig and from a low roll (maybe around 20 mph so traction isn't an issue)????

REPCobra10

From a roll the Mustang GT should win by virtue of the 100-shot. However, the Lightning will rip the Mustang GT a new a**hole if you go from a dig. Trust me, I used to have an 03' Lightning with full bolt-ons running about 16 psi boost on Nitto Drag Radials. That thing was damn near unbeatable off the line on the street. Once you get moving though, lots of cars can stay close with you. The GT's best bet is to go from a roll. Take it easy.

Superman09

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Didnt you have trouble hooking up with that much power in a truck? No weight out back? Id think the GT would have the advantage out of the hole. I dont get out much so i may be wrong, or maybe i mthinking too much. Should be a good race but id give the nod to the GT

LS2 KLR

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I'd say out of the whole it could go either way but the roll to the gt.

REPCobra10

Hell no! That truck was a damn monster out of the hole. That thing what hook hard, you just had to know how much initial throttle input to put in and how fast you can roll into the throttle. If you get it perfect, which you will after much much practice, it's nearly unbeatable out of the hole. I don't understand why people think trucks don't hook well. It has a huge heavy bed over the rear axle. When I had my L, I pulled consistent low 1.7x 60' times. Take it easy.

Joegt38

The GT will win both from a roll and a dig, with that set up most GTs will run mid 12s and some even better. We wont even talk about a roll race but from a dig the L won't do it. the GT will be pushing around 350rwhp give or take and weighs 3200#s. Most pulley Ls Ive seen are in the higher part of the 12s. If they both hook the L might pull out but then the GT will roll past.

Jake98WS6

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Yeah the GT dynoed around 330 with a 75 shot. I think his tq was in the low 400's. I was guessing he was somewhere around 350rwhp with the 100 shot. I will try to get it on video and maybe post it up.

Joegt38

So he'll probably be a bit over 350rwhp and around 430torq maybe more, I gotta see thins if the GT don't f@ck up I think he (GT) will do more then fine.

SSilverSSurfer

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i also htink that stang will win from both parts...but u never know in the street

grey03mach1

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I have a buddy with nearly the same setup in his GT + drag radials that runs 12.8 @ 109 mph on the spray.

Joegt38

That seems kinda slow with that set up, 100shot? my buddy pulled on average 12.4-12.5 @111 on a DR and a 12.2 on a boot

REPCobra10

My Lightning was running 12.20's @ 112 mph with low 1.70 60's on 305/45/18 Nitto Drag Radials. It had full exhaust, intake, 6# Lower, 2.76 Upper, and a bad *** tune. I see you guys all think the GT will win, but I think the L will surprise the GT. All, take it easy.

Jake98WS6

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Thanks for the info guys. Maybe I can set the race up this weekend. They will probably race from a dig and from a roll so we will see what happens. This is the guys second lightning. He could never beat my brothers Z-28 with the first one so I think he is hoping for a win this time. Poor fella....

Jake98WS6

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ttt...Well they raced last night.

First Race: was from a 20 roll with the Mustang going to spray. But, he was out of nitrous and only got to spray what was left in second gear and I'm really not sure if he even got to spray in third.. Anyway the GT banged the rev limiter in first and managed to stay ahead by about a quarter of a car until they let off. The lightning guy just bought the truck so he is not sure what size pulley he is running and the tune is from a Predator tuner. So I am not sure if the truck is running as strong as it should be. He has a mangaflow exhaust, pulley, and the tuner. No intake.

Second Race: was also from a 20 roll. The GT jumped out instantly but the lightning reeled him in and passed him up top. I think they went up to 125mph. I think he had maybe a car on the GT.

Third Race: dead stop. GT spins too much and misses second. Race over.

Overall I was expecting the lightning to pull on the GT a little faster when he wasn't spraying, but I am not sure if the lighting's tune is that great. We got it on video and I am going to post it up as soon as we can put a little video together.

Joegt38

SO the GT held close without spray? So what do you think the outcome would be if the GT sprayed on a full run?

grey03mach1

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Here is a couple of runs between me and a buddys 04 L. My only mods (at that time) was a catback. He only had a CAI,Exhaust,Diablo. It wasn't even really that close. The videos are short but the DL is about 1-2 mins..sorry.
Race 1 Race 2

Jake98WS6

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Well the GT owner said he thought he would have left the lightning pretty easily if he would have had a full bottle. I guess he is right from the way the races went. I don't think the lightning could catch him if he was spraying like he was suppose to.

TARZAN

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Motor to motor, it should be a decent run....With a 100 shot, the GT is out front...

-Will

Joegt38

Thats what I thought, Ive seen GT run real well on spray and only having about 345rwhp but quite a bit of torq. The L is just to heavy compared to a average weight 3300# GT

wickedwarlock

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He said the tune on the L was bad. I've seen those at the track running 12.5-12.7ss on street tires at capital raceway in croften maryland. Just as the other guy has posted, those Ls should have no problem running low 12s on DRs.