04 F150 SVT Lightning meets Mr. Hemi!!
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All superchargers net approx. 15hp to the crank per psi of boost. You can get more depending of if you can cool the load or not.
From Kenne Belle.
"Note that 1psi boost is approx. 11-13 RWHP"
http://www.kennebell.net/techinfo/fo...ulleyRatio.pdf
From Kenne Belle.
"Note that 1psi boost is approx. 11-13 RWHP"
http://www.kennebell.net/techinfo/fo...ulleyRatio.pdf
Guys, I own the same truck as you do, I know what it is and isn't capable of. My only advantage is that I've also owned the Lightning.
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I totally understand the comments, I to expected the lightning to eat my lunch big time. But the Hemi pulled away both times from 70 to 100 mph. Again given what happen when we launched from 30 mph, I saw that the lightning has the big 0 to 60 advange over my Ram. I figure in a straight up 1/4 mile drag, I would be playing catch up the whole way, unless he has traction problems. Like the other user stated, my Ram feels real slow out of the hole and then explodes past 4K RPM.
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I hear you man. The only downside to those blowers is you can't cool the boost. That is one advantage I have with my paxton. My neighbor drives a lightning and twice a month or so I catch him at a stop light or on the road. We run and its always close.
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RGVram99, you did good. Only thing I can think of is you hit second gear at 60 and he hit third. I could see you pulling on him then. That is the good thing about these five speeds with the taller gears. Mine starts to really pull hard starting around 75.
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that's the first thing i thought of as well. I can see the ram winning over 60 mph as the lightning is a 1/4 mile truck
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Here is a video of a stock Lightning vs a 6.1 cammed Rumble Bee.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0Nvcx_npQM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0Nvcx_npQM
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You're right how could I argue with that rock solid proof, only there's one problem with it. You're comparing a high horsepower low torque four cylinder against a mid horsepower high torque eight cylinder. We're comparing trucks, both mid/high horsepower high torque. Of course the eight cylinder will own the four cylinder off the line, that is all of them but the neutered Hemi.
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Here is a video of a stock Lightning vs a 6.1 cammed Rumble Bee.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0Nvcx_npQM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0Nvcx_npQM
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I was going home late at night on the express way with my windows down, when I here the whine of a supercharged truck pull up next to me. It was an 04 SVT lightning and he wanted to race. I had a crappy day so I said what the heck lets have some fun. From 65 mph roll, we both hit the gas. I was shocked, my 09 CC 2 wheel drive w/ 3:23 gears pulled ahead of him by 3 truck lenghs until I hit my governer hard at 107. He caught up and we hit it again with the same result, my Ram pulled him by two to three trucks. We exited the expressway and slowed down on the feeder road for a 30 mph roll, this time his truck pulled me by two lenghts. We waved off and called it a night. I later found out that the Ford Lightning has 380 HP and 450 ft/lbs of torque, not to mention his rcsb has a much lighter foot print than my CC. The top end on our trucks is impressive. I can't wait to work on improving the 0 to 60 times with some lower gears and maybe a power programmer. Right now all I have is a K&N drop in and magnaflow muffler.
Excellent! Thanks for sharing that one. A supercharged 5.4L is only 380HP, yawn..... Compared to you he may be lighter but then he is also underpowered
Good job.
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Having owned a 2000 Lightning and running it at the track regularly, I have to say there was something wrong with that '04 you "raced". Mine with the stock 3.55 rear end would run 13 flat in the quarter at 105 mph with only a 4lb lower pully, I haven't seen a stock or slightly modified Hemi truck come close to that. I know my buddy with an '02 Camaro SS couldn't run with it until the 1000 ft mark.
That engine is way underrated....they put down 360 to the wheels, more than the 390 rated hemi does.