Re: 13.72 Lighning

From: Robert Trottmann (rotrottmann@davidson.edu)
Date: Sat Apr 10 1999 - 15:20:52 EDT


Yes, the computer was tamed down....which means that computer upgrades will get
big increases.
The only way to settle this is, of course.....on the street. I'm on the prowl for
one, in my rear view mirror.

HEMI@charter.net wrote:

> Unless I am mistaken , haven't the Ford legal eagles put the Kibash on some
> of the trucks performance for production ?
>
> I had heard somewhere , maybe here , that they have detuned the production
> truck .
>
> At 06:24 PM 4/9/99 +0000, you wrote:
> >Just got my Truckin'. The Lightning did 13.718 @ 99.939mph in the Truck Of
> the
> >Year competition. This is bone stock, no mods. It seems like it went slower
> >when C&D tested it.
> >Anyhow, my point is that they admitted that the Ford *badly* beat the
> >chebby(15.25@88) in *every* category but that they couldn't in a clear
> >concience(???) give the ford the win over the chebby because of "production
> >numbers". What a quandry they were in; on one hand you have a clear
> >winner(ford) on the other hand you've got their biggest advertiser. Oh me, Oh
> >my, What should we do? "I KNOW" shouted a geek in the corner "We'll call it a
> >tie!"
> >What a crock of shit. (Zipping up my nomex suit) I wonder if a Lightning can
> >fit through my garage door?
> >Dr. Pat
> >
> >
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>
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