Z28 v. Lightning
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Z28 v. Lightning had some pre planned races tonight with a built Lightning....not sure what alls done...i know for sure
-Camed
-Stalled
-Built Motor
-Ported Eaton
-Supposed HP~460
my major mods are in my sig.....MAYBE making 350 and thats pushing it..plus i was on M/T streets
30 Roll-only went to 80 b/c of traffic but he jumped out at first and i pulled him in by the time we hit 50
40 Roll-jumped a bit, but was slowly pulling till 110
50 Roll-side by side till 80..pulled car and half by 120
all in all good fun, just some friendly races with a car club buddy....wish we would have got some video's but nobody had a camera.
-Camed
-Stalled
-Built Motor
-Ported Eaton
-Supposed HP~460
my major mods are in my sig.....MAYBE making 350 and thats pushing it..plus i was on M/T streets
30 Roll-only went to 80 b/c of traffic but he jumped out at first and i pulled him in by the time we hit 50
40 Roll-jumped a bit, but was slowly pulling till 110
50 Roll-side by side till 80..pulled car and half by 120
all in all good fun, just some friendly races with a car club buddy....wish we would have got some video's but nobody had a camera.
Last edited by The Postman; Nov 29, 2007 at 12:16 AM.
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thats exactly what i was thinkin...and so was he....it basically came down to my top end....he wouldn't go from a dig cuz he was on street tires.....idk man, i was surprised with the outcome....
what tires u running? nevermind jsut saw it in the original post. prolly has to do with going from a roll or the extra weight he has...but does anyone know how much those trucks weigh???im curious, i can google it right now...what year is his car
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I have no idea....like a 01-02....idk..i was running mickey thompson ET streets
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Yeah it takes a ton to move a brick through the air. Back in high school I had a 87 5.0 tpi a4 with 3.73s and a catback. One of my best friends had a 99 lightning for a while and I kid you not it was a drivers race when his was cold and after I ran him and got the s/c nice and hot I would walk him after 80 or 85. My car was pretty nasty for a stock 305 though.
Nice kill. Weight and aerodynamics easily explain that outcome. Lightnings are cool, but they're still trucks, so you have to expect the need for about 150+ extra hp just to keep up with most of our cars.
Now if you're running a GT500, that's a different story.......10-15 more rwhp is all it takes.
Now if you're running a GT500, that's a different story.......10-15 more rwhp is all it takes.
Good kill....
For once i agree with 88blackgt... Sticky tires on the Lighting & from a dig, and it'd be a hell of a race...
Somehow, even tho there's gotta be absolutely no weight in the rear of that truck, those things hook up very well from what i've seen...
For once i agree with 88blackgt... Sticky tires on the Lighting & from a dig, and it'd be a hell of a race...
Somehow, even tho there's gotta be absolutely no weight in the rear of that truck, those things hook up very well from what i've seen...
Forgot to say good kill OP
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preciate it guys...yea he did intimidate me before we ran though....did a 30mph rolling burnout for abour 40 yards......but as soon as we launched my buddy in the passenger seat couldn't believe i was actually pullin on him......anyways...good fun with some friends.
I raced a pullied, tuned, bolt on lightning in my White car all motor and beat him by about half a car. That was a bolt on LT1. On the juice I took him by 5-6 cars.
He has since rebuilt his motor, ported heads, cam, ported blower, Drag Radials and what not. He wants to race the new Bird.
He has since rebuilt his motor, ported heads, cam, ported blower, Drag Radials and what not. He wants to race the new Bird.
