I was driving to work a bit fast and hopped on the interstate. I was going around a bend and passed a big, new, jacked up diesel pickup at about 75-80. A moment later I see him following me pretty close--especially considering I was going about 85 and traffic about 75--so I (in 5th) step on the gas some, close to WOT but not pedal to the floor, just to make a gap and get him off my back bumper. He obviously hit it, because he started picking up speed too. Intrigued by the fact that he didn't start to fall back right away at higher speeds, I gave it all it had, but I still didn't downshift into fourth. He kept right behind me within a car length (well, at least within half his truck's length) up to about 110! At that point it was getting too excessive, so I gave him a thumbs-up and got out of the way so he could pass. He took off and took the next exit. I didn't think those things were at all fast at high speeds because of the astronomical drag!

I'm in salt lake city at 4000ft, so by density-altitude, I lose neighborhood of 15% of my horsepower (NA) while the turbo diesel loses nothing, but I was still quite impressed. I know people can get the power up pretty easy on those trucks, but I thought those things were absolute tanks at higher speeds. Live and learn, I guess!

 

Super Chip! My wife's 7.3L drags a 30ft fifth wheel cruising in the low to mid 80s with gusts up into the mid 90s.

That fifth wheel stand 12ft 9in tall and has the aerodynamics of a house brick.

 

hahahah your reply sounds almost like the weather channel.

 

LOL, some of those things can be putting out 700-1000ft/lbs of torque. I full ou raced a dodge one time and only beat him from 0-80 by about 2 truck lengths. Might be heavy but 1000 ft/lbs is sick when the truck only revs to 3500-4000 rpm. Dain

 

So those boys faster than the SVT Lightning?

 

some..

 

Wife's F-250 weighs 7,000 lbs. so I would expect the SVT to collect all of the tickets in Traffic signal drags. Now hang a 10,000 lb trailer on the back and go running around the mountains and that would be a completely different story.

Coming back from Louisville(with 30 ft RV behind), a couple of years ago, we ran along with a 2500 Chebby pulling a horse trailer for a hundred miles or so. I think he was gas. He would come flying by us on the downhills and we would pass him on the uphills.

 

i dont know if any of you guys watch a show on speed channel called pass time but there have been a few f250's running the bully dog with mods that put down 12.4 1/4's

 

 

Yep! I saw it in person at LACR ... before they closed it