Local VP fuels distributor bought a brand new Ford Lightning and had it at the track yesterday. Showroom quality, nothing done to it. Calgary's altitude is 3500 feet and the density altitude yesterday was between 3200 and 3900 feet. That's fantastic air for Calgary. The Lightning dialed in at 13.77. Quick enough to run in Pro ET in a stock factory truck.

Too bad ford had to use a supercharger to get that kind of performance.

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87 IROC-Z SuperPro ET Bracket Race Car
461 naturally aspirated Big Block

Best ET on a time slip: 11.242 altitude corrected to 10.69
Best MPH on a time slip: 121.52 altitude corrected to 127.76
Altitude corrected rear wheel HP based on power to weight ratio: 504.5
Best 60 foot: 1.546

Racing at 3500 feet elevation but most race days it's over 5000 feet density altitude!
Member of the Calgary Drag Racing Association

87 IROC bracket car, 91 454SS daily driver, 95 Homebuilt Harley

 

I was thinking the other day, the only reason ford is alwasy slower is thier engine is way smaller than our 5.7 liters. Isnt the ford lightning a 5.0 or 4.6?

 

It's a 5.4.

As far as the displacement thing goes, Ford just put in the engine that they found best suited to be in the cars. Its their own fault if they arent as fast

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1991 Firebird Formula
305 TPI,Auto,Custom 3" Mandrel bent I-pipe, Flowmaster 80 series muffler, 3" hi-flo cat, Accel Cap & Rotor,Taylor Spiro Wires,Bosch Platinum Plugs, K&N Filter, Grant GT Steering Wheel, 5% Rear tint, Pontiac Windshield Decal, Fresh paint

Former owner of an 88 2.8 Firebird....RIP

 

Now wait one second....I know most people here hate Fords, but I happen to love all kinds of fast cars. Now correct me if I'm wrong, but wasnt the 5.0 GT in the 80's faster than our cars? Thats pretty much the only thing FOrd had ever done right for a change. Go read the magazine articles on this site....5.0 LX's and GT's win just about all of 'em. It wasnt until we came up with the late model L98 (91-92) and LT1's that we started winning. And yes, the Lightning does need a Eaton-Roots type supercharger to get that kind of performance (380hp, 440lbs tq), but we're talkin a 4700lb truck here...i dont exactly remember the 454SS being a speed demon without a supercharger either.
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1988 Pontiac GTA 5.0 TPI
K&N Filter, Hypertech Air Foil, Hypertech Perf. Chip, 2.5in Flowmaster Muffler, Catco Hiflow Cat

Maryland Int. Speedway Bracket Racing Trophy Winner

15.32@88mph 2.077 60-ft.

Kills
94 Probe GT, 95 Mustang GT, 96 Impala SS, 85 Thunderbird 5.0, 95 Accord V6, 98 Integra VTEC, 70 Chevelle Malibu, CRX w/ Turbo and Intercooler (have it on tape to prove it)

[This message has been edited by 5.0GTA (edited May 07, 2001).]

 

We could have kept up with The ford's if we got factory headers and factory dual exhaust.If we got those from the factory instead of having to shell out a hell of a lot of money we would be smoking them in the straights the corners and the stop signs.

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1987 Trans AM GTA
305 5SPD
Hypertech airfoil
gutted maf
kn filter
High Flow Cat,
3"Walker pipe
Dynomax Super turbo Muffler
Custom Air Intake.
Nothing To Fear all you can see is my Rear.

 

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