Nice Ben, way to rep the GMs lol. my buddy keeps beating my ear about racing my Sierra, he has a HAMMERED and tired 01' L wit pulley and programmer that he didnt even put on himself, he bought it like that. i cant wait to show him whos boss

 

It kinda sucks to hear a lot about fast trucks everywhere. I live around nashville and their aren't any that are worth racing, other than a couple Lightnings. I've only squared off with a joe gibs 5.3 5spd once, which he did good for what he has. My truck is still un-pullied.

 

mine's pretty much full bolt ons with cam and stall... extended cab.

 

OUCH!!! thats gotta hurt an L owner

 

I know everyone's not like this but I get really sick of the lightning owners around here thinking they're invincible... and when I ask them to go to the track and run, they pretty much always decline... There's a guy I know on here from this area but he doesnt have an L anymore, his was actually pretty nice and ran pretty good... but he had a ton more money in the motor than I did... and I still gave him a run for his money...

 

Just for informative purposes a stock Lightning weighs about 5000 pounds. Pretty much the same as an extended cab chevy (if not more in cases such as ap2002). Thats what they get for having heavy ***, power robbing, strong, drivetrain components.

 

Ford SVT F-150 Lightning

Engine: 5.4-liter SOHC V-8 with Eaton supercharger and water-to-air intercooler

Output: 380 hp @ 4750 rpm; 450 lb-ft @ 3250 rpm

Transmission: Four-speed automatic, rear-wheel drive

Length x width x height: 208.0 in x 79.1 in x 70.9 in

Wheelbase: 119.8 in

Curb weight: 4670 lb

EPA City/Hwy: 13/17 mpg




bout 300+ lbs shy of 5k which is about the weight of a loaded rcsb 2wd GM too

 

Weights are going to vary between trucks, so I'm sure some do weigh that. But I've owned a lightning, been to boards where they post their weight, and it is anywhere from 4700-5100. With around 5000 being the most typical. 5000 is pretty close to what an extended cab chevy weighs is all I was saying. In fact Silver-mod-o is SIGNIFICANTLY lighter (4180) than that. From what I've seen, 4670 for a regular cab GM is way heavy. Curb wieght is measured on a full tank with no passengers and is a generic number. All I was trying to say is, it came off like you felt the lightning should have felt bad because he lost to an extended cab because of the weight. Well if the weight is the same or less than that particular reason doesn't matter. If you still wanted to say that his NA truck took out a supercharged truck then that would have made more sense. In the end I was just posting up info. Not trying to take anything away from Silver, who obviously has a fast.

 

understood, not trying to start an argument... i just found it hard to believe that they are that heavy and found that curb weight so i figured id post it. regardless im sure like you said youve been in and around them alot more than me so im sure you would know.

generally the LS models and loaded up models of a GM truck though do weigh 4300-4500 depending on gas and what not. my truck weighs 4050 with pretty much a full tank of gas and w/o me in it.

Ben is your truck a W/T model, how the fug did you get it that light LOL

 

Fully loaded LT, dual power seats, bigass middle console, and overhead console, the works

I've done a little weight reduction

even still, my N/A, "smaller" motor took out something with more displacement, and a blower... They are rated at 380/450, I put down 305/315 last time on the dyno

-And he still got handled.