OT: SVT Lightning Does The Autobahn

Marvelous, simply marvelous.

Don manning

Awesome! :) Brings back memories of when I was visiting family in Germany this past August and drove on the autobahn for the first time. It was exhillerating to say the least! It would have been nice to drive on it with a Mustang, but I was stuck with a rented VW Polo :(

Blower whine makes me hard.

-Mike

-- A happy kid behind the wheel of a 98 Mustang GT Cold air intake FRPP 3.73 gears Steeda Tri-Ax Shifter Flowmaster 40 Series mufflers (self-installed woohoo) Hi-speed fan switch

255/60R-15 rear tires Subframe connectors

Wow! I haven't had much chance to poke my nose in here lately but I'm happy to find a link like this upon my return! I think Oklahoma needs an "Oklabahn".

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1998 GT Coupe 5-spd. Bright Atlantic Blue K&N FIPK, Tri-Ax, 3.73's, FRPP Coated Shorties, SpeedCal, P&P 2K Heads, 2K Intake, Bassani X-Pipe, Bassani Cat-Back, Subframe Connectors, JMS Chip, GMS MAF, Accufab Throttle Body, Eagle Alloy Wheels

And with maybe a little less traffic, too.

Joe Calypso Green '93 5.0 LX AOD hatch with a few goodies Black '03 Dakota 5.9 R/T CC

"Michael Johnson, PE" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@comcast.com:

I thought that is what the Hefner Parkway was? Now that cops can't turn around anymore.

Don Manning

I wouldn't mind seeing a Mustang GT doing it.

Don Manning

Dang! and I just saw a Gen 1 Lighting with a Vortech for sale. sounds like fun, might have to give it a look.

MadDAWG

If you buy it, you will not be dissapointed!! Gen 1's are fun. Erik D. '94 white lightning '01 white GT

Joe,

What does the speedo go up to on the Lightnings? Patrick '93 Cobra '83 LTD

Not sure. But from that video it looks like it needs more or bigger numbers. The speedo needle stopped while the tach kept creeping upward.

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Over in the Dodge group they said the speedo topped out at 140. It's too hard to tell on the video.

Joe Calypso Green '93 5.0 LX AOD hatch with a few goodies Black '03 Dakota 5.9 R/T CC

It is 140mph.

Don Manning

DP Pics of the cars:

ALSO, on this truck it's in kph. The top number is 220, which is just shy of 140(137.5 mph).

By watching the tach after the speedo buries, I calculate they hit about

157.5 or 158 mph at just a tick over 4800 rpm.

Rob

Insanity. Thats just plain sick. I bet it was alot of fun though ;) Erik D. '94 white lightning '01 white GT

Good lord. How much HP does it tack to shove a Lightening through the air that fast. I didn't get the details on the truck.

I think the latest lightning was rated at 380 hp. I'm impressed with how quick it reaches the end of the scale also. It doesn't need that much space to reach it. Remove NO-SPAM from email address when replying