How fast are Ford Lightnings?
 

I have a friend that bought a 99 svt lightning and I just turboed my civic. He has been talking so much ----, that he will smoke any 4 cyl turbo charged or not and smoke any import. I have a d16 vtec pushing 8psi intercooled and I don't think I can beat him but I was just wondering how fast his truck is cause it does not really feel that fast?

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13 second quarter miles off the lot... mid 13's

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low 13's mid 13's or high 13's theres a huge diff..

they are quick and all the white gansta boys drive em..

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I thought they were heavy? Oh well I guess a SC V8 makes up for the weight.

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they're like 14 flat in the 1/4 almost as fast as svt mustangs

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:D Haha, yeah shortyz your right, theres got to be a dozen white gangsta shmucks in my area and they all have the same friggin truck, but each one thinks his is faster than the other... Hahaha, guess it's up to a honda to show em' different.

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Driving/Racing a for lightining is like the special olympics..... You may when they race, but you're still a ------- retard.

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I just saw two supercharged lightings at our local dragway here in Union Grove Wisconsin. I therefore can tell you that they both were close and ran 14 flat at 115 mph in the 1/4 mile. It was great while they were doing there burnouts in the waterbox because at the high rpms you can here those superchargers hissing from the bleachers like a bunch of jets. Very cool trucks but so expensive.

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Lol They are ------ fast.. A freind of mines is a sub 12 car..

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you can beat one if he cant drive but that dumbass spent 10 times as much on his truck and dosent get 30 mpg .. hah cheapasses win again.

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beat one if he cant drive?...you really have to suck to not be able to launch an auto at least decently

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you guys should just listen to me, i called 14 flat before that guy proved it lol.

that guys that said the special olympics thing, you shouldn't try and coin phrases that have already been coined.
http://www.crpud.net/~jbliss/pics/H_retard.jpg

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hahaha funny ---- random, you god damn hick

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hahaha random ,i think those cars push like 430 hp or something but you have to consider the weight to power ratio. If your car pushs close to the same you will win.

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i can second this, either toolbag rich kids or old men drive them

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ya all i have seen drivin them are rich ass kids... and there this other dude with a dodge sst with nitrous he thinks he's all badass but all he ever does are massive burnouts.

i bet those trucks handle like a small yacht, pimpin!

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you guys are total ---- heads, they don't handle that bad.

what makes you think that because something is big it can't handle? i mean seriously whats the major ------- difference between the suspension on a honda and on some other domestic car. NOTHING. they all use the same type of suspension. christ that ---- really annoys me.

http://autos.yahoo.com/newcars/detai...src=autos/home

5.4l SOHC SEFI v8
380hp@4750
450ft-lbs@3250

terrible gas mileage 12/16

maybe if it was a pushrod it'd get better :)
so much for OHC always meaning rev high right?

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WTF are you talking about? Every company does drastically different things to their suspensions! Lots of cheaper cars use McPherson struts, which don't handle very well, but most Hondas on the road use double wishbone suspension, which is why it's not very difficult to make them handle well. My point is that there are MAJOR DIFFERENCES between different cars and suspension setups.

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honda civic

· Independent MacPherson Strut Front Suspension With Gas-Filled-Type Honda Progressive Valve (HPV) Shock Absorbers
· Independent Twin-Link Double Wishbone Rear Suspension With Gas-Filled-Type Honda Progressive Valve (HPV) Shock Absorbers
· 13-mm Rear Stabilizer Bar

chevy cav

· Independent Front Suspension With Sport Ride Type
· Semi-Independent Rear Suspension With Sport Ride Type
· 19-mm Rear Stabilizer Bar

neon

· Independent MacPherson Strut Front Suspension With Coil Springs and High Performance Ride Type
· Independent Chapman Strut Rear Suspension With Coil Springs and High Performance Ride Type
· Rear Stabilizer Bar

vette
· Performance and Handling Independent Front Suspension With Transverse Fiberglass Leaf Springs
· Performance and Handling Independent Rear Suspension With Transverse Fiberglass Leaf Springs
· Front Stabilizer Bar



where is the huge difference? they all use independant suspensions.

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i hate fords, and the attitudes that come with them.

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random is our ford defender on here..


i will stay outta this one. :-*

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I was talking with my friend (the lightning owner) again and again he was talking smack. I hate these v8 punks that have to get off on picking on 4cyl cars. I have made it my mission to smoke him. I have some more work to do on the civic before I take his ass out to the friday night races.

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just ------ go to a track and race that v8 gas sucken poluten fucker. If you loose atleast you tried, then just build the internals and raise boost. whoop ass. Go to the track by yourself and practive launches.

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i typed a big speech exposing the little kids who know nothing except 4 bangin'

but the server lagged out and erased it so whatever.

btw i'm not a ford defender, the only fords i like are 69 mustang mach1, svt cobra mustangs, svt f150s, and the harley truck ohh and svt contours.

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LOL... What the hell are you talking about that makes no sense. You obviously have a bad attitue also to make a stupid comment like that. What do you drive?

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Man a 69 mach 1 is a nice car. Trucks have bad weight ratio front to back and that is why they dont handle as well and of course the high ride height but that can be changed.

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y'all are funny...

I like the Ford Lightning, but I show no respect for them factory. I take notice only by the work someone has put into a car.

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i hate the v8 gas sucking heavy muscle cars/trucks and the attitudes of the people that drive them. whats so hard to understand?

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yea, seriously...what is so hard to understand. ok guys its a fact of a life....whoever argues the fact that 4 cylinders are better then V8's for drag are psychos. i am definetly more of a 4 cylinder guy, but still

Dane

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I have a 78 Ford 4x4, 68 Chevy hotrod and a 95 Civic... Can't we all just get along? ;D

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as if it really matters, V8s are going to start dying out in 10 years so all ya muscle headed rednecks better buy them up quick.
I mean look, Ford is focusing more and more on its Fuckus. Chevy is producing a 220 horsepower Cavalier (turbo). Dodge is producing the SRT4-NEON, Chrysler has its piece of ---- ugly ass, brick in the wind, PT Cruiser.

And its going to get funnier because all these dumb ---- pro-american only people are going to have to start insulting their beloved Ford, and Chevy, and Dodge because pretty soon it wont be just neon's getting riced out.

---- I see mustangs with stickers and underglo kits, but no one ever says anything about that...

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I have nothing against v8 people or v8 cars at all, my first car was a 75 vette stingray. My dad had camaros, challengers, baraccudas, chevelles and others (he loved stripping them and rebuilding everything), but it is funny how they think that there is no chance that a well tuned 4cyl can beat them. Now that I hooked up my civic my dad is all into helping me work on it (I taught him about how a turbo works on a our cars and he helped me install it and even came up with great ideas while doing it. I am going to do some more work on the civic just to shut my friend up. I will post pics of my car once I get a digital camera.

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lol chacko is eurotrash.

when you turbocharge an engine you're effectly doubleing, tripling, maybe more the amount of gas it can intake. so maybe chacko you're just as guilty of burning too much gas as anyone who drives a 8 cyclinder car.

most normal people like all types of cars, why does it matter what kind of engine they have in them, as long as they're a good platform to work on. of course people have prefrences and thats great. but why do you have to hate on someone else. and i'm sure the reason v8 KIDS are so cocky is BECAUSE THEIR CAR IS FASTER. whats the hottest 4cyc turbo car you can buy? evo8? wrx? a run of the mill z28 camaro/gt mustang just as fast, or more likely faster. if you car came stock faster than someone else's wouldn't you brag? or at least show it off? why the ---- not?

i don't understand the immidiate "redneck" calling of people who drive v8 cars. what about austin martins, bmws, benz, land rover, toyota, ext. you just hate what you don't know and are probably just jealous.

people already insult domestic rice, how is that new in any way? american made cars have used 4 cyclinder engines for a very long time. why would anyone care about that, you think all of a sudden BRAND NEW NEVER BEFORE SEEN 4 cyclinder american cars are coming out? get a ------- grip.

http://autos.yahoo.com/newcars/detai...src=autos/home
s2000 MT
2.0L I4
240@8300
153@7500
gas mileage: 20 / 26, combined 23

http://autos.yahoo.com/newcars/detai...src=autos/home
2003 corvette z06
5.7L V8
405@6000
400@4800
gas mileage: 19 / 28, combined 22

http://autos.yahoo.com/newcars/detai...src=autos/home
2003 Evolution
2.0L I4
271@6500
273@3500
gas mileage: 18 / 26, combined Not Listed

http://autos.yahoo.com/newcars/detai...src=autos/home
2003 Mitsubishi Eclipse GTS
3.0l SOHC v6
210@5750
205@3750
gas mileage: 21 / 28, combined 24

http://autos.yahoo.com/newcars/detai...src=autos/home
2003 Acura 3.2 TL Type-S
3.2l SOHC v6
260@6100
232@3500
gas mileage: 19 / 29, combined 24

http://autos.yahoo.com/newcars/detai...src=autos/home
04 Mazda RX-8 MT
1.3L R2
250@8500
159@5500
gas mileage: 21 / 23, combined Not Listed

http://autos.yahoo.com/newcars/detai...src=autos/home
2003 Nissan 350Z Performance
3.5L V6
287@6200
274@4800
gas mileage: 20 / 26, combined 22

http://autos.yahoo.com/newcars/detai...src=autos/home
2003 Nissan Sentra SE-R Spec V
2.5L I4
175@6000
180@4000
gas mileage: 23 / 29, combined 26

http://autos.yahoo.com/newcars/detai...src=autos/home
2003 Ford SVT Mustang Cobra 10th Anniversary Coupe - 325A
4.6L DOHC 32v V8
390@6000
390@3500
gas mileage: 16 / 22, combined 19

http://autos.yahoo.com/newcars/detai...src=autos/home
2003 Maserati Spyder GT
4.2L DOHC 32v V8
390@7000
330@4500
gas mileage: 11 / 17, combined 13 <--- OUCH european v8
weight 3792! ouch can you say svt mustang blew my doors off.



those evo8s are pretty sweet cars, i'd love to have one. 273ft-lbs of tourqe is cool. and retail price is only 28k. but its weights more than the z06 and has 134 less horsepower. but that evo is a pretty good price/performance car. better than s2000

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you know what tho... if you heavily tune your car. Iam talking to the guy thats going to race the lightning, heavily tune it, ,meaning dyno time, you will smoke his ass

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my buddy works at a mitsubishi dealer you cant pick up a evo for less than 42 thats a ------ markup they have sold everyone they have gotten in at that price.
at least the lightining is better than the harley davidson version.
my problem is not with the v8 but the cheap cars they come in the inteior of a z06 (plastic) doesnt compare to any bmw i have seen. im not a big fan of huge cars, i dream about owning a elise not a escalade. the gforces from a trans am taking feel amazing but, not for me.

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the roadster version of the vette is a lot better with the interior. i know an old guy who bought a 03 roadster cause he wanted a converitbke, and had the dealership put the ls6 intake manifold (main difference between ls6 and ls1) and headers on his engine. and it made 430hp from 385. and the interior was very nice. leather, good looking dash and it had a HUD.