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turboMiata
12-14-2002, 12:20 PM
Interesting account. He's even drawn satellite maps of the encounter.

http://forums.audiworld.com/s4/msgs/1063402.phtml
GreenLude
12-14-2002, 01:11 PM
i really like this part

She then taunts me with "I thought you said this car was fast", giving me a devilish smirk. "You just got beat by a truck. In Texas!", she adds.
:rofl: :rofl:
importadrenelin
12-14-2002, 01:14 PM
got to love those maps.....ahahahha
T5_X
12-14-2002, 03:15 PM
ahhhh the lightning, today's closest vehicle to a muscle car. Weighs tons, has gobs of torque from a small block V8 and leaf spring rear suspension.

But lets see which vehicle could rip around a snowy turn safely, the S4 or the Lightning ;)
300rwhp
12-14-2002, 04:11 PM
doesnt have leefs
its struts in the back
T5_X
12-14-2002, 06:22 PM
Originally posted by 300rwhp
doesnt have leefs
its struts in the back

The lightning has a 5 leaf spring suspension under a solid rear axle, they do not have struts.

Front is A-arms and coil springs.

here are just a few sites that can verify this:
http://www.pickuptruck.com/html/2001/ford/lightning/first_drive.html
http://www.stangnet.com/featured/lightning/indexpage1.htm
http://www.fordmuscle.com/archives/2001/11/2002lightning/index.shtml
http://www.autoworld.com/news/Ford/2000SVTF150.htm
http://www.hotfords.com/svt/lightning/spec's.htm
FiveFreshFish
12-14-2002, 06:59 PM
I'd much rather have this than the Lightning.
DSM Power
12-15-2002, 02:50 PM
That guy gets mad props for originality in telling the story! :thumbsup:
szw
12-15-2002, 02:58 PM
Oh man those maps are great!
turboMiata
12-15-2002, 08:59 PM
Originally posted by FiveFreshFish
I'd much rather have this than the Lightning.

:werd:

but wouldn't you rather have this?

http://www.s-cars.org/rs4/Gallery/RS4000008.jpg
FiveFreshFish
12-15-2002, 09:22 PM
Originally posted by turboMiata


:werd:

but wouldn't you rather have this?

http://www.s-cars.org/rs4/Gallery/RS4000008.jpg

It would be nice! Too bad the RS4 was never sold in North America.
VWhooligan
12-15-2002, 10:15 PM
gimme an rs6 please. 0-60mph in 4.4 seconds.
ninspeed
12-16-2002, 12:01 AM
Originally posted by 300rwhp
doesnt have leefs
its struts in the back
I have only ever seen one truck with a IRS.. and it was a custom jobby.. :D very nice set up too
T5_X
12-16-2002, 12:06 AM
Originally posted by ninspeed

I have only ever seen one truck with a IRS.. and it was a custom jobby.. :D very nice set up too

Yah, no trucks to my knowledge came with IRS. The only pick up suspensions I've seen out back (in the past 20 years of production) are leaf springs or torsion bars.
FiveFreshFish
12-16-2002, 12:07 AM
Originally posted by ninspeed

I have only ever seen one truck with a IRS.. and it was a custom jobby.. :D very nice set up too

Does the Hummer count as a truck?
T5_X
12-16-2002, 12:13 AM
Originally posted by FiveFreshFish


Does the Hummer count as a truck?

No, lots of SUVs have IRS now, the only ones that are still based off of pickup trucks are the larger domestics (yukon, suburban, dakota, exped etc) and the xterra... Maybe the seqouia, i'm not sure.