tundragoat
11-01-2007, 12:17 PM
First off I don't own a Lightning, not that I haven't tried. I have loved them since I first saw a white 94 back in school, and have wanted one ever since. But by the time my insurance premiums went down (turning 25) I started working a job that requires a bit more ground clearance than the lightning can support.
BTW I know this is Texas North owners club, but I hardly got any responses from the Austin area lightning club, so I wanted to say hey here.
Anyway to get to the reason I am here, I currently own a Reg Cab Short Bed 2007 Tundra with the 5.7L V8. Pretty nice truck, helps me with work and zooms around when I need it too. Obviously no real comparison to a Lightning since they were born sporty. That being said I took my bone stock truck to the track to get a baseline before the modding started, and low and behold I ran a 14.2 @ 97 mph. I was pretty impressed. Again obviously not neck and neck with stock Lightnings but respectable all the same.
Anyway I just wanted to let you know that I am planning alot of trips down to the track in Seguin, San Antonio Raceway, and I would like to get together with some Lightning folk and have some nice races, err maybe really bad races where I see a blur and hear a loud whine as you fly past me. But I haven't run anything other than another 5.7L Tundra, and the last time I was there, only one lightning showed up. He proceeded to spend a hour changing to slicks, but then never ran the truck. Then a puss in a Trailblazer SS pulled up, parked and never ran. :nono:
Anyway just wanted to throw out an invitation to you guys, because I love watching Lightning run at the track. Can't get enough of the SC whine!:bows
Here is pic of my two runs, you will notice terrible reaction times and pretty lame 60 fts, as I was launching at idle, anything more and I would break loose. DRs are my next purchase.
Video after the Slips
http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/3835/whiteyellaresizepw1.jpg
Click Me for Video (http://www.vidilife.com/video_play_1087130_Two_Tundras_Racing.htm) - Filmed inside a RCSB 5.7 Tundra, I'm the blue one.
Let me know what you think. Thanks in advance if you made it this far!
BTW I know this is Texas North owners club, but I hardly got any responses from the Austin area lightning club, so I wanted to say hey here.
Anyway to get to the reason I am here, I currently own a Reg Cab Short Bed 2007 Tundra with the 5.7L V8. Pretty nice truck, helps me with work and zooms around when I need it too. Obviously no real comparison to a Lightning since they were born sporty. That being said I took my bone stock truck to the track to get a baseline before the modding started, and low and behold I ran a 14.2 @ 97 mph. I was pretty impressed. Again obviously not neck and neck with stock Lightnings but respectable all the same.
Anyway I just wanted to let you know that I am planning alot of trips down to the track in Seguin, San Antonio Raceway, and I would like to get together with some Lightning folk and have some nice races, err maybe really bad races where I see a blur and hear a loud whine as you fly past me. But I haven't run anything other than another 5.7L Tundra, and the last time I was there, only one lightning showed up. He proceeded to spend a hour changing to slicks, but then never ran the truck. Then a puss in a Trailblazer SS pulled up, parked and never ran. :nono:
Anyway just wanted to throw out an invitation to you guys, because I love watching Lightning run at the track. Can't get enough of the SC whine!:bows
Here is pic of my two runs, you will notice terrible reaction times and pretty lame 60 fts, as I was launching at idle, anything more and I would break loose. DRs are my next purchase.
Video after the Slips
http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/3835/whiteyellaresizepw1.jpg
Click Me for Video (http://www.vidilife.com/video_play_1087130_Two_Tundras_Racing.htm) - Filmed inside a RCSB 5.7 Tundra, I'm the blue one.
Let me know what you think. Thanks in advance if you made it this far!