Here I am

just slapped a lightning

Attention: TDR Forum Junkies
To the point: Click this link and check out the Front Page News story(ies) where we are tracking the introduction of the 2025 Ram HD trucks.

Thanks, TDR Staff

Boost Gauge Questions

was out on college drive and i see this little red truck pull up and i don't even really pay attention i thought it was like a toyota or something then i hear him rev it a bit and tries to lunge forward. I still just kinda shrug then he does it again and my lady says that's a lightning. I've only raced one before and that was a while ago with just the six gun and injectors, and i held my own with it back then but this kid was in the front seat scrunched with 2 other MALE members. ( must be something about those fords) anyway i keep the xcellerator on extreme on all times and i went ahead and put my six gun up to 3 since that's the setting that i achieved the greatest numbers on the dyno. Then i hammered it and smoked a ton and left that little punk a ways behind me. There was a little bit of traffic ahead so i got around it and then was going to get a light with the guy and was just waiting and when he saw we were gonna get the red light he turned off like a coward... ... ... ... . what a chump. I mean literally we were both on the move so i cannot say what would of happened from a stop but i do know that i would of got that boost to 20 lbs and then gave it to him. I can't believe that he ran away it's not every day that a guys gets a chance like that u know... ... ... ...
 
IN my younger (and even MORE ignorant) days, *I*sure would have been embarrassed to get beat by a DIESEL! :D



Not many performance gasser guys realize how fast some of these trucks can run - sure is fun wiping the grins off their faces! ;)
 
Hey Matt,



Been there. Done that. Stock lightings ain't that much. You should see the look on a corvette drivers face when you beat them at Bandimere. This guy just left the track. He did not even stop to get his time slip.
 
that's awesome i have only really had that one chance before and i wasn't sure if he was holding back at all and last night i was sure this guy wanted some at least for a second i told my lady i'd kill him but i was not totally positive... ... (i think i'll kill anyone i line up against)... ... . well i have only lost 2 times messing around and those were early on in the mod process... ... ..... now 22k later it's pretty sweet... ... .
 
My boss has an 2003 lightning,I raced him a few times with my 03 6 speed. He could get me off the line by about 2 lengths then stayed the same the rest of the way. My 05 auto should smoke it.
 
i bet so i think that kid last night was upset that he picked on a truck ready for him then he got spanked lol i remember when those things would kill my 03 hemi 2500 those days were gloomy
 
I have a neighbor down the road w/a hopped up s-10 w/a 383 he claims. I stopped & talked w/him last summer & asked what he had & he told it's a stroker 383 & then he says there's not many people around that can beat him so I ask if he wanted to race he says what you got & pointed to my truck he smiled like I was crazy & said you wanna race that?? a Diesel I said sure.

We went out of town,he said go when you want & I'll cath up. He didn't

we stopped he asks you got nos or ??I said just a few minor mods,he just shook his head & said maybe he needs to tune his truck or some cuz I shouldn't of beat him. . cuz diesels are slow.

Bob
 
i have to admit in my younger days, i thought diesels were slow. i love to just be able to put the throttle down and go. ill never go back to gas. mark
 
I was coming home from town today on I94 and a new clean jeep pulls up next to me with a couple college kids driving there moms jeep, Sooo I turned the box on 2 and sped up enough to play with them... so they sped up, and slowed, finally on the 3rd time they kept on it. well I kept on it harder and pulled away without any problems! As the girlfriend smiles sitting in the middle I was happy Oo. too. "Another one bites the smoke" from the somewhat stock looking wicked whistler!



Ian
 
I was in Ft Coliins on new years eve and a guy in a 04 Mustang Gt with Flowmasters, 5spd, pretty girlfriend and I don't know what else, pulled up beside me at a light and started to rev it up. I had the Downloader on extreme and the EZ on level 3 and had 4 other friends. I wasn't even gonna do anything because I figured he had me pretty good with the way his car sounded. Well, just as the light changed, he looked over and gave me a sarcastic smirk! I was like, "We'll see who has the smirking rights here in about 15 seconds. . " and I hammered it. I didn't have time to reach for the 4wd so I left a little rubber on the intersection, but after I got the 315's to grab I left him in the smoke. By the time we hit 85 I was at least 2 car lenghths ahead of him. At the next light he went to the far left turning lane and stared straight ahead; his girlfriend was looking at my truck and laughing hysterically!
 
hawkeye,





after beating him you should have rolled down your window and yelled to the guy if that was his sister and then remarked that she was cute. :rolleyes: :-{} :eek: :-laf
 
Back
Top