dumbasses at work...

[richard head]

I wait tables at an italian restaraunt. My friend was telling me his SRT-10 pickup would lay waste to my firebird and that the manager's SRT-6 crossfire wasted him, that he would beat me even worse. Manager doesn't want to run but I have hit a best of 13.2 in my car when it was untuned and before a few of the free mods I did. Crossfires are supposed to run 13.5's and, this far from sea level, I figure he'd be doing great to run a 13.8. The SRT-10 is supposed to run 13.8, so he's probably in the 14's at 1000 ft or so.

I think i got them both covered but I'm not sure about the lighting pickup with 550 rwhp that he was telling me about, I think he supposedly owns that as well but maybe my bolton ls1 could take it? it sounded to me like it would be a heavy pig and he probably even exaggerated the numbers it made because all he said he had was pully, tune and intake.

I don't want to run these guys for money because I have traction issues from hell now that my Eagle F1's are getting old (10k miles lol) but are my estimates about right here? I might have to setup a run from a roll and I'm pretty sure I would badly mangle any of the above except the lighting and on a highway roll, i might even beat that.

My mods include the free mods, lid, exhaust cutout and a MAFless SD tune I wrote myself that has been checked out by the pros, my car runs well but is old with 165k miles now and it has overdrive issues on the highway. The fastest car I've beaten was a Mach 1 with gears, tune, intake and exhaust and m5.

[big hammer]

just race them that'll tell ya who's faster

[Mike's TA]

just race them that'll tell ya who's faster

Agreed. Let me know when and where you're going to race. I would like to watch.

[doozjamann]

You can't win them all. Just race and have fun. Win or lose.

[big hammer]

You can't win them all. Just race and have fun. Win or lose.

x2....

[richard head]

hey mike, do you know any good places to run 'em around here? the restaurant is the macaroni grill on i35 just north of 45, very south end of williamson county and round rock. i don't know any cop/danger free places around here yet

[Mike's TA]

hey mike, do you know any good places to run 'em around here? the restaurant is the macaroni grill on i35 just north of 45, very south end of williamson county and round rock. i don't know any cop/danger free places around here yet

Eww, North is not a good place for runs. Especially not in williamson county. A lot of people have told me williamson county cops are real a#%holes.

I live way south and will run into some on southbound mopac every once in awhile. Sometimes around the Y in oakhill.

Do you know about the "Car Shows" every saturday night?

[richard head]

nope, never heard of 'em. might have to start going though, i need to make some car buddy friends and find someone who can point me to a good, cheap transmission guy lol.

[Boomer Sooner]

I wait tables at an italian restaraunt. My friend was telling me his SRT-10 pickup would lay waste to my firebird and that the manager's SRT-6 crossfire wasted him, that he would beat me even worse. Manager doesn't want to run but I have hit a best of 13.2 in my car when it was untuned and before a few of the free mods I did. Crossfires are supposed to run 13.5's and, this far from sea level, I figure he'd be doing great to run a 13.8. The SRT-10 is supposed to run 13.8, so he's probably in the 14's at 1000 ft or so.

I think i got them both covered but I'm not sure about the lighting pickup with 550 rwhp that he was telling me about, I think he supposedly owns that as well but maybe my bolton ls1 could take it? it sounded to me like it would be a heavy pig and he probably even exaggerated the numbers it made because all he said he had was pully, tune and intake.

I don't want to run these guys for money because I have traction issues from hell now that my Eagle F1's are getting old (10k miles lol) but are my estimates about right here? I might have to setup a run from a roll and I'm pretty sure I would badly mangle any of the above except the lighting and on a highway roll, i might even beat that.

My mods include the free mods, lid, exhaust cutout and a MAFless SD tune I wrote myself that has been checked out by the pros, my car runs well but is old with 165k miles now and it has overdrive issues on the highway. The fastest car I've beaten was a Mach 1 with gears, tune, intake and exhaust and m5.

nice to see another f-body thats just now gettin "broken in". :yup:
mine just turned 175xxx a week ago and still runs like a bat outta hell.

[JoshieDoom]

Rolled over another triple digit tonight..

Beat the piss outta it!

[Boomer Sooner]

Rolled over another triple digit tonight..

Beat the piss outta it!

these(ls1's) last forever! :yup:












knock on wood :hide:

dont want to jinx us.

[wooddaniel]

hey mike, do you know any good places to run 'em around here? the restaurant is the macaroni grill on i35 just north of 45, very south end of williamson county and round rock. i don't know any cop/danger free places around here yet

If you can( I know it's far) get on 190 West through Killeen. There is also a drag strip in temple. After Belton I have never seen any cops on 190 aside from the occasional state trooper. I was stationed at fort hood for years and I used to run people all the time on 190. Anywhere in Williamson County or Travis county you are asking for trouble though... I know from experience

[Chris Arnold]

I think you'll be fine against he crossfire and the SRT10. Who knows about the lightning. One thing's for sure, if 550 rwhp is accurate, you don't stand an ice cube's chance in hell.

Chris

[Mike's TA]

I think you'll be fine against he crossfire and the SRT10. Who knows about the lightning. One thing's for sure, if 550 rwhp is accurate, you don't stand an ice cube's chance in hell.

Chris

Well you also have to consider that it's a lightning with 550 rwhp. Sure that's a lot, but there's not a ton of weight back there. I'm sure he won't stick immediately at WOT. All depends on a lot of factors, of course. I'd like to see that race for sure though.

[richard head]

problem is, i don't have traction either. my aging goodyear f1's were fine for the first 10k miles but now they spin just shifting into second at normal throttle if i'm turning a little bit... i think i need to wait on the races 1 until i get my tranny fixed and can drive to the drag strip and 2 until i can get some DRs and a set of all weather 255's for normal driving.

[Too Fast]

Don't be scared. I have seen a few SRT10s at the 1/4 running just what you predict: 14.0 at 100 MPH or so. You should be near a 12.999 now. Even if you don't hook up right away, our cars less weight will shine, I bet you are trapping nearly 108. Those trucks are too heavy, and remember they are like a brick going thru the air, especially over 70 MPH! You would smoke him, do it at the track and shut him up.

[richard head]

these(ls1's) last forever! :yup:












knock on wood :hide:

dont want to jinx us.

they really do. especially considering how hard we flog em lol

[richard head]

guy brought in an n20 scion today, the guy with the lightning and the srt10, and started talking about smoking me so we went out after work and dear god, did i shut him up. went from a 20 roll, i pulled on him AS I GOT SIDEWAYS and after that it was a joke. then we went from a 40 roll and i let him have a headstart but man, as soon as i punched it i was showing him tailllights. he got behind me and turned off and i haven't seen his shit-talking self since :) ROFLROFL

[Mike's TA]

guy brought in an n20 scion today, the guy with the lightning and the srt10, and started talking about smoking me so we went out after work and dear god, did i shut him up. went from a 20 roll, i pulled on him AS I GOT SIDEWAYS and after that it was a joke. then we went from a 40 roll and i let him have a headstart but man, as soon as i punched it i was showing him tailllights. he got behind me and turned off and i haven't seen his shit-talking self since :) ROFLROFL

Nice!!!

[DIRTY JERZY]

(SRT10)BUT I HAVE THE VIPER TRUCK HOW CAN THIS BE:think:

[Justin93]

guy brought in an n20 scion today, the guy with the lightning and the srt10, and started talking about smoking me so we went out after work and dear god, did i shut him up. went from a 20 roll, i pulled on him AS I GOT SIDEWAYS and after that it was a joke. then we went from a 40 roll and i let him have a headstart but man, as soon as i punched it i was showing him tailllights. he got behind me and turned off and i haven't seen his shit-talking self since :) ROFLROFL

Glad ya kicked his ass even with your tranny limping on ya. I cannot stand shit talkers when it comes to racing, Just shut up and race lol.

[Gundlach9]

guy brought in an n20 scion today, the guy with the lightning and the srt10, and started talking about smoking me so we went out after work and dear god, did i shut him up. went from a 20 roll, i pulled on him AS I GOT SIDEWAYS and after that it was a joke. then we went from a 40 roll and i let him have a headstart but man, as soon as i punched it i was showing him tailllights. he got behind me and turned off and i haven't seen his shit-talking self since :) ROFLROFL

Damn straight!

[flash]

you beat the scion did you try the lightning yet?

[richard head]

nope... i wanna take that one out to the drag strip :)

[flash]

Lightning gonna be tough "IF" it has 550rwhp.That thing should be in the mid 11s@around 117-121.They usually hook u pretty well for being a truck.

[95camaroZNC]

I dont get guys with trucks that think their super fast.... some guy with a 5.9L dodge dakoda RT thinks he can take my car.... with ease he said... he wont race though.

Dont they run like 15s stock?

[devil6rr]

+1 on that i agree the viper truck is a bunch of hype :ar:

[flash]

You know they are capable of mid to low 13s right.This is the single cab im talking about.

With a driver.

[richard head]

stock? this one's not stock so he should be in the 12's or even 11s if he's really running all that boost but he needs tires (as do I, playing field should be relatively level).

[richard head]

actually, car and driver rates the 380 hp version as running a 13.8 stock. picking up 100 or so rwhp wouldn't sound too bad to me for his mods, even considring the pulley, but without internals or headers it seems odd to me that he claims to have picked up somewhere around 250. I think i'll probably beat this thing.

[Too Fast]

I've witnessed a couple SRT-10 trucks at ORP here in Indy, I've never seen one quicker than a 13.9 @ 100. Quick for a truck, yes, but still a heavy pig that gets maybe 17 MPG highway LOFL!!!!

[flash]

Read thru this......http://www.lightningrodder.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9217

This is a stockblock with a kenne belle 2.3 and some juice.Even has stock manifolds on it.

your right about the 13.8 even the svt owners manual says the same thing,but most usually run a little lower than that.Should be a good race either way.as long as its for fun who cares win or lose.

[flash]

I've witnessed a couple SRT-10 trucks at ORP here in Indy, I've never seen one quicker than a 13.9 @ 100. Quick for a truck, yes, but still a heavy pig that gets maybe 17 MPG highway LOFL!!!!

17 I think they are more like 8-10mpg.

[richard head]

Read thru this......http://www.lightningrodder.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9217

This is a stockblock with a kenne belle 2.3 and some juice.Even has stock manifolds on it.

your right about the 13.8 even the svt owners manual says the same thing,but most usually run a little lower than that.Should be a good race either way.as long as its for fun who cares win or lose.

well i do like to win... i know for a fact this guys not running a kb supercharger or any undisclosed amounts of spray and if 20 lbs and a 100 shot are required to run 550 hp out of a stock block, he's nowhere near that. do you know stock dyno #s for a factory lightning? I'm not doubting that it's fast, especially with the pulley, but with just CAI and tune to go with it, he probably isn't making much more than 400, MAYBE 450 rwhp and I doubt that heavy pig'll move down a 1/4 mile quicker than my lighter car that's only 100 or so rwhp short.

there's a 470/580 lightning running 12.7's on that board, now that i look at it :ar:

if he was saying 550 instead of 450, 450 being accurate, i think i should be able to take him - this guy not having the nittos that were on that truck and lacking a lot of his other mods probably isn't making even 450 hp, that was probably rounded up from like 430 or something and it would probably not be in the 12's at all.

just some speculation but i want to take him out and whip him up some more, got a good reaction out of him when i demolished his scion :kick:

[Too Fast]

17 I think they are more like 8-10mpg.

Wow. Even worse than I thought. If I'm gonna get that poor mileage, I want my '67 GTO back with my .030 over 428 in it. It only ran mid-upper 13s @ 104.x, and got 8-11 MPG. Sure as hell looked better than any truck in my opinion.

[slims00ls1z28]

You know they are capable of mid to low 13s right.This is the single cab im talking about.

With a driver.

Yes and removing the tailgate, swapping rims etc. I've been on their forums they average the high 13/low 14's. Saw one here run a 14.0 at like 99. I had a shit talker at work with a SRT 10 smack talking to everyone here. Laid 200$ on the table and said lets go and haven't heard from him since.