Jon,
Yeah, Im real happy about being able to beat that without juice or a
breathing apperatus.
Eric
Jon Steiger wrote:
>
> On Sun, 26 Sep 1999, Eric Kurtz wrote:
> [...]
>
> First, congrats! The Lightning is a tough competitor! Must be
> nice to be able to do that without a bottle or blower. :-)
>
> > What are the times quoted for this vehicle. It does have tons of
> > HP. It was comin on strong towards the top end. It just cant get out
> > of its own way from the jump. Last one I ran was the same way.
>
> Well, the sales literature says 14.6, but that's obviously for the
> insurance companies. I have personally witnessed a brand new Lightning
> with an obviously inexperienced driver behind the wheel run in the
> 13.9s. Rumors abound that Ford had to take a lot of the power out of
> the engine via the computer due to insurance reasons, so some people
> say that a bunch of power can be had as soon as someone comes out with a
> dialed-in computer. Wether its true or not I don't know. So anyway,
> figure very very low 14's or high 13's for the Lightning in stock trim.
>
> -Jon-
>
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