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Old 07-15-2008, 11:51 AM
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05 TL vs. Ford Lightning

So I was on road yesterday and I pulled up to a stoplight. (This is on one of the rural highways with stoplights in between long stretches of road). The light turns green and I slowly accelerate then I look in my rearview mirror and I see a red Ford Lightning. So I floor it then he floors it and we go from about 30 to 120 and we are pretty much dead even. Then I had to slow down because of traffic. He passes me and I catch back up to him and pull alongside him and we go for another run this time from about 50 to 120 and we are side by side. It was probably the closest race I have ever had against anyone. I then pull alongside him and give him a thumbs up and he gives me a thumbs up back. I believe he had an aftermarket exhaust and I could definitley hear the supercharger but I dont think he had anything else done to it.
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Are those them F-150 SVT Lightning trucks? Badass trucks. JW, are you modded?
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Originally Posted by ts_vaj
Are those them F-150 SVT Lightning trucks? Badass trucks. JW, are you modded?
Yes, those are the only Ford Lightnings I know of and they are all SVTs=supercharged. Those trucks run in the 13's i believe.
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Originally Posted by '03TL-S
Yes, those are the only Ford Lightnings I know of and they are all SVTs=supercharged. Those trucks run in the 13's i believe.
Just checkin...i'm not familiar with all the ford models that ever came out.

That's good to know though...are you modded?
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wow... a TL was dead even with a 380 horsepower monster.. very nice bro
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Its a much better race for you from a roll. Nice run.

From a dig he would have the advantage. His aerodynamics are not very good for high speed runs plus the TL is great from a roll. He probobly was stock.
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Wow, nice race, I guess 0.27-0.29cd of the TL helped you there!
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Pick ups are bulky looking, but they don't weight as much as you might think - 1/2 the truck is an empty bed.
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Originally Posted by SatinSilverAV6
Its a much better race for you from a roll. Nice run.

From a dig he would have the advantage. His aerodynamics are not very good for high speed runs plus the TL is great from a roll. He probobly was stock.

Yeah he probably would have won if we had gone from a dead stop, and yes the TL is very quick from a roll. The only mods I have done to my car is an AEM cold air intake and a comptech exhaust. I also removed the spare tire and the carpet from my trunk.
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Good thing you caught him from a roll. You would have been destroyed from a dig.

I have got my ass handed to me by so many lightnings it is not even funny. Stock guys are running 13.1 on street tires.

There is a car club in houston for lightning owners called Halo and they are every were. http://www.haloclub.com/index.html

On the bottle they are retarded fast.

Good race though.
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Originally Posted by TLdriver022
Yeah he probably would have won if we had gone from a dead stop, and yes the TL is very quick from a roll. The only mods I have done to my car is an AEM cold air intake and a comptech exhaust. I also removed the spare tire and the carpet from my trunk.
The intake and exhaust gives the TL a nice boost for roll races!
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Originally Posted by ts_vaj
Just checkin...i'm not familiar with all the ford models that ever came out.

That's good to know though...are you modded?
Yeah I am, just a CAI and headers. Need to change headers cause my flex pipe has a hole in it from scraping too much lol.
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Originally Posted by bent09
Good thing you caught him from a roll. You would have been destroyed from a dig.

I have got my ass handed to me by so many lightnings it is not even funny. Stock guys are running 13.1 on street tires.

There is a car club in houston for lightning owners called Halo and they are every were. http://www.haloclub.com/index.html

On the bottle they are retarded fast.

Good race though.
my boy had an o1 ford lightning with an intake,catback bosani exhaust, and a diablo chip tune and ran a consistant 13.00 on street tires. (he was pissed he could never break into the 12's)
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