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Old January 19th 05, 11:25 PM
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"Erik D." > wrote in message
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>I wish I would pull up to you at a light in my old 165,000 mile stock '94
>lightning. It's old, and it has its problems, but the only hemi trucks
>that even come close have nitrous. I'm not saying anything bad about the
>Hemi or dodge, just certain HEMI owners who think they are king. Oh, and
>I've raced about 25 Hemi powered trucks at the track with my old pile and
>i've only been beaten by one, and he had a 100 shot on top of every other
>bolt-on imageinable and unbolted exhaust. He had a regular cab, shortbed,
>5 speed with the 3.92 axle. He ran a 14.6 at 94 compared to my 14.8 at 91.
>Basically, it took him 200 extra horses to beat me by .2 seconds and 3 mph.
>Again, i'm not saying these trucks are bad, they are just not built for
>drag racing or speed. The lightning on the other hand, was made for
>speed(sure, its not that fast, but it runs ok for a 4500 lb stock pickup
>with 165000 miles). The lightning also works very well for towing and
>hauling as I have used mine to tow a race car on a few occasions and use it
>all the time for hunting. Mine has never had a valve cover off and the
>transmission is still going strong as well. When your dodge is 11 years
>old with 165,000 miles we'll have to line them up at the track.
> Erik D.
> '94 white lightning
> '01 white mustang
>


BLA BLA BLA BLA BLA...

I hear the same thing every day, yet none has won...

Let's hear the story on what you did to a Dodge SRT-10.

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