Abut 5 years ago a Ford F150 Lightning pulled along side me. I dropped into 2nd gear and nailed it. My side-oiler was making awesome noise and the tires were roasting. But, the F150 was right beside me for about 5 or 6 seconds. I backed off for two reasons; embarrassment and fear of getting caught drag racing.
My tires were hard Yokohamas. I've since changed over to the Goodyear Billboards.
My engine at the time:
427 with aluminum heads that flow 325 cfm.
Tunnel Wedge intake with a pair of 600 cfm Holleys
Roller rockers
Solid roller cam; 252/262, .633 & .667 lift.
12.0 to 1 compression.
Aluminum flywheel.
4 speed David Kee aluminum Toploader wide-ratio.
3.70 to 1 rear end ratio.
Horsepower is wasted unless you can connect. Obviously I wasn't connecting with the asphalt during the short burst with the F150 mentioned above.
