Anyone think their TL-S can beat a Ford SVT Lightning?

 

ahahaha, are you freaking kidding me!! um no, i have a 02 tl-s also, and if you even think it'd be close your smoking somthing. V6 at 260hp pulling 3600lbs vs 5.4L V8 with a blower, 360+hp, good luck if you do though

 

lightnings are low 14 trucks stock if not high 13's. they can run to 60 in low to mid 5's. no chance tl-s can take one stock.

 

It'll smoke your TL-S.

TL-S is NOT 265hp as they stated. 2004 TL has 258hp SAE, I'm assuming SAE numbers on TL-S is about 253 or so.

 

lightnings are fasssttt...

 

No way in chance. Coming from my brother's 03 Harley Davidson F-150, those trucks are quick as hell.

The mods:
6LB pulley
Magnaflows
K&N Intake
ECU reflash
Oil catcher
Boost bypass valve

I sure do miss that truck

 

The engine from the Lightning is also the same motor that powers the Ford GT thats a supercar we cannot compeate with that.

 

New SAE ratings are irrelevant concerning the lightning, since it is rated under the old system as well. Under the old system, the '03 TL-S is rated at 260 hp and 232 ft.-lbs. of torque pulling around 3558 lbs.; the '04 Lightning is rated at 380 hp and 450 ft.-lbs of torque ( ) pulling around 4670 lbs.

Depening on when you shut it down, looks to me like you'll get

 

I did not even wright that. It was my cocky room just trying to mess with you guys. Still I have drove behind him before and kept up with him just fine.

 

Back in the days when I did not know any better (circa 2000), an SVT Lightning actually drove a circle around me on the NJ Turnpike.

I was in my Accord (F23A - 4AT) with delusions of grandeur regarding the dyno tuning of my mods (CAI/H/E/Pulleys/FPR/VAFC) from whence I was returning when I decided to mess with an SVTL. Cocky Honda driver that I was, I rolled up next him doing 75-ish, glanced over and then "took off" (at least as much as a 4 cylinder Honda with bolts on can). Next thing I know he was next to me in the left lane pacing me, then he pulled ahead effortlessly, then pulled in my lane ahead of me, then into the right lane slowing down enough for me to pass, then circled around behind me, and then took off on me in the left lane. Needless to say, my perspective changed a lot after that occurrence.

If I had a TL-S instead of the Accord F23A, it is likely the same would occur.....only at measurably higher speeds. (same deal with my 02 Maxima as well ) The SVTL is monster. Period.

 

i have an 06 6 speed and dare not, but it still would be interesting.

 

black2001tl could whoop a lightning I bet with his turbo spooling the lightnings owners ears off.

 

:surrender Not laughing at you, I'm laughing with you

 

i highly doubt it man. if anything it would be a close one, wiht the TL in back

 

For that little adolescent indescretion, I laugh at myself!!!

 

Depends on what color your TL-S is? I think only red ones can beat a SVTL..any other color will get walked.







lol. jk.

 

i will never buy a ford again. in fact... i will walk where I go if Ford is the last car company left on earth and they were giving their cars away for free (whiich they should because of the complete junk they are, anyways). Not denying that the SVTL pickup is a VERY fast truck. Heck, there have been some comendable performance vehicles out of the Ford stables... still. ford is a non-issue for me since II could care less about their products, service, business practices, et all.

 

Using a 1/4 mile calculator I found on the web, 3558 lbs and 260 hp gives 13.9 sec. 4650 lbs and 380 hp gives 13.4 sec.
Using the same calculator, you'd need upwards of 290 hp on a TL, plus some way to get it really hooked up on the launch, to have a chance against a stock Lightning.
You might be able to get that done by bottle feeding your baby.

 

Meh.. i'm sure there are some 3rd gen supercharged 6ATs that wouldnt back down from such a challenge?

 

Hey yall, TL-S is faster than Lightning....

 

eh?
0-60 around 5.1s
1/4 mi around 13.6

 

no contest. tl-s will lose.

 

I would love to drive cirles around someone heh




I think im going to try that to the next unsuspecting ricer for shits and giggles

 

my 3rd gen tl w/ sc and cat back smokes my friends lightning w/ long tubes, no cats and cat back, and intake. He weighs 400 lbs LOL but i beat him everytime that we have raced. he can get me out of the hole but then i pull on him by two cars. I ran 13.60's spinning to the sixty and he runs 13.80's. From a second gear roll i pull almost a car off the hop.

 

i had a fairly quick CL-S 13.90's with I/E/H and my friends old lightning with intake whooped my ass up to about 80 then i started pullin on him but by that time...space is runnin out

 

It would take quite a few mods on any TL just to keep up with a stock lightning. I have a buddy with an 03 and stock it ran a 13.45, I won't list what all he's done to it, but now he's running mid 12's.

I can almost hang with him on the highway from a punch at 60, but from a standstill my TL doesn't stand a chance.

 

I dont think that we would have a chance. I know I could even stay close too a lightning.