ainfante19

Me and my friend went out for a ride in his DB Z, to make a long story short, At a light on the highway black lightning pulls up, revs his engine, light turns green he pulls hard we caught up and he sat door to door with us up to like 120... Dam those things are fast...

ainfante19

Surprisingly, no comments

failsafe

Yes, very fast for a 2 ton truck. But that's what 380 hp and 450 tq will do for you.

BlackDemon

Yah they move pretty good for weighing close to 5klbs and having the aerodynamics of a brick..
Good run

gotti

IMHO I don't think it was stock, a Z should have no problem running the doors off that thing. I'm not sure but i think it 0-60 is like 6.5 and 1/4 is 14.8 or something around there....I could be wrong but still off the line you should see nothing but oval in your rear view. FORD

Mr B

iTrader: (2)

Uh... correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought the Lightnings did the quarter mile under 14 seconds. Something like 13.5 if you can get traction. I've seen some slightly modded Lightnings at the track do 13.8's with some traction problems at Palmdale. To give you an example of what high alttitude can do to a car, I've seen stock Z28's run 14.8's and Mustang GT's run 15's on that track.

NoRulzat140 MPH

yes..lightnings are good for consistent mid 13's generally

JamRWS6

Last time I was at the track a guy was there with his 03 Lightning with paper plates. Someone was showing him how to line up and everything (so he obviously was a newbie) and he was still running 13.7 @ 100+ all night long.

Stock for stock from a dead dig a Lightning should eat a 350Z........from a roll it should be an interesting race.

A friend has a 02 Lightning with a few upgrades running slicks he can knock down consistent 12.3s @ 109 like its no thing. Awesome trucks.

ttheisen93

Plus the Z 0-60 and quarter mile times aren't done with a passenger or a full tank of gas, so if the vehicles are pretty close on numbers, you've just shot yourself in the foot performance-wise. I know I feel a big difference when its just me and I get down to about a quarter of a tank or less. For him it won't be as big a deal because 200 lbs of passenger or gas is much less of a percentage weight change in that heavy *** high torque truck than it is in a 3200 lb Z.

mcduck

From the specs I have seen, The Z has a quicker 0-60, but the Lightning evens it up in the 1/4 mile. They pull really hard after they get off the line.

Of course, throw in a curve or two and watch 'em disappear in the mirror.

350zSpeedRacer

Yeah. Lightnings run 13.6s pretty consistently with no mods. Change the pulleys and up the boost, you've got a 12 second truck.

Zmeflyby

lightnings are really good 1/8 mile cars.
from a roll, they r just another big heavy truck

BlackDemon

umm 0-60 well under 6 secs...
1/4 average is a mid 13@103 or so...
Pulley swap and your in the 12's..
Not bad for a 4700lbs truck with shitty aerodynamics....
From a dig the 350Z has no chance....

BTW I have a Ford you can **** on

jackie chan

iTrader: (1)

this is funny....the guys that dont respond or respond..."yeah the lightning is fast"...are guys that have actually been to the strip or have seen cars race and not used magazines to educate them on how quick everyones car is. The others are just stupid and should keep their comments to themselves. $500 and a z will need nitrous to keep up on a roll.

JamRWS6

Personally i think from a roll it would be decently close....if its a 5 spd auto Z i would say the Lightning would be pulling away....if a 6 spd i'd think it would be pretty close against a stock L. Just a pulley change and a little N2O will be needed....
and for the record my friends L that runs low 12s.....i can pull him from a roll so i STILL think a Z would need N2O to run with a correctly driven LS1 car.

ainfante19

Well put

350zSpeedRacer

I remember seeing a Lightning show up at the Texas Motorplex when they first came out. I was out there with my Camaro.

The guy had paper plates and I talked to him a bit later--he bought the truck that day! Watched him run a 13.5 without breaking a sweat! Needless to say, I was VERY impressed with that truck. It weighs a ton, and has horrible aerodynamics, and they've since upped the boost and changed a few other things.



Only truck that's impressed me more is a twin turbo set up done by Lingenfelter. A Chevy 1500 Z71 that actually ran 12s in the quarter! Now, THAT'S my kind of truck! lol

BlackDemon

Overrated....
A current Lightning will outrun the new dodge....

The new 5.4 DOHC S/C'ed Lightning with the supercooler will simply destroy it....

The new Lightning will be very badass

sA'X

ford sucks anyways

BlackDemon

Yea and they are slow