L vs Terminator; 1 & 1

[Dr. Matt]

Ran a '03 cobra convertible tonight from a 40 then a 60 roll. He blew the launch on the 40 roll, got wheel hop and I left him by several lengths easily. The 60 roll was right in his "sweet spot" and he put a car on me right away while I waited for my L to downshift, then he pulled a couple more slowly to about 125. We didn't run from a dig because with temps around freezing and both on street tires it would be just a test of who babied it enough to hook better.

Him: '03 terminator convertible with exhaust and tune.

Me '04 L built motor with Stage 3 heads, stage 2 cams and all the bolt ons but still running a ported Eaton and on my "winter" lower pulley (6#). Guess I should have slapped on the 10#er before trying to run up top with a Terminator.

Lots of fun, cool guy. Now I want to try it at the track.

 

[Jroc]

Nice runs. If he's having wheelhopping issues at 40 then I think you would kill him from a dig.

 

[Dr. Matt]

Yeah a dig would really go in my favor. He got in the same runs with a SRT-10 last week that I've tried to get a piece of so we really ran just for comparison. The cobra owner is starting to mod this weekend so I wanted to run him before he pullies it. He thought the same thing, from a dig I would have the advantage as is.

 

[bmfgsxr]

good run man.. how much do you have invested in your L's engine at this point. i have a good idea of what it would cost to have that set up, but just curious about what the real $ is. im debating on picking up another L down the road to build.

 

[16kOrBust]

Nice runs. I would imagine the Cobra's in the 410-420rwhp range? Your truck must move out pretty well. Time for a new blower and pulley and then walk his ass.

 

[Dr. Matt]

I really haven't kept track of costs. I do all my own work except bought the Long block from DMP. I would guess about $15K total with all mods to my L but that counts slicks/skinnies, Line lock, tru trac, bigger tranny cooler, lowering, t-bars, converter, VB, etc. Times in sig were last year when I dyno'd lower at only 466/534 and was running on Hankooks. This year I've added track shoes, stall converter, and will be on the 486/600. I figure my 60' should be better than the 1.91 I got last year and am hoping to get in the 11's.

 

[SVTkel]

Sounds like fun. Your TQ numbers are impressive.

 

[MaCaNs]

:nono:oke::bash::bs:

 

[Dr. Matt]

:nono:oke::bash::bs:

????

 

[Dr. Matt]

Sounds like fun. Your TQ numbers are impressive.

Spinning the heck out of the Eaton though. IAT's at the end of the 1/4 climb to over 160* When I switched from the 6 to 10# lower my HP peak dropped from 5300 to 4800 RPM. These DMP 5.4's are awesome, I just need a lot more blower to feed it. With a KB or whipple my torque wouldn't dive so bad over 4000 RPM.

 

[drex]

Sounds like you have a very strong Lightning, good runs man

 

[AirForce Hemi]

I got something for your L this year. DR. Matt.....lol

 

[xonecrazyx]

nice running l