---
title: "Watch a Lifted Ford Crown Victoria LTD on 30-Inch Rims Hit the Drag Strip"
description: "How to fight inertia, gravity, and sensible design all at once."
date: "2017-05-19"
modified: "2017-05-22"
authors:
  - name: "Kyle Cheromcha"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/10464/watch-a-lifted-ford-crown-victoria-ltd-on-30-inch-rims-hit-the-drag-strip"
categories:
  - "Ford News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Watch This"
tags:
  - "Crown Victoria"
  - "Drag Race"
  - "Ford"
  - "lifted"
---

# Watch a Lifted Ford Crown Victoria LTD on 30-Inch Rims Hit the Drag Strip

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-td/content/2017/05/drag-race-vic2.jpg>)
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Hi-risers have always been one of the more maligned automotive subcultures. Chalk it up to either geographical limitations or artistic differences, but you can't throw a 30-inch rim without hitting someone who has a *strong* opinion about their value. Doesn't jacking up an [old American boat](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/9434/the-rolling-unicorn-1982-oldsmobile-delta-88-royale-brougham-coupe-diesel-with-44000-miles>) and stuffing massive spinners and low-profile rubber bands underneath ruin the car completely? In some ways, yes. In other ways, like drag racing, it turns out the answer is no, not really.

It's not every day you see a late-1980s Ford Crown Victoria LTD roll up to the line on 30-inch chrome rims rocking a flamboyant Family Guy-themed paint job. And lest you think it's all for show, the owner immediately lays down a tasty pre-run burnout as if to say "yes, we are doing this." By the sounds of it, the standard anemic 4.9L V8 has either been scrapped for something entirely more sinister—not to mention the [addition of nitrous.](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/3174/jay-lenos-nitrous-boosted-89-ford-shogun-is-insane>)

And while the modified suspension and thin tires could make this tank a handful in the quarter-mile, the first run at 0:50 puts that notion to bed. It's definitely not what we would call *quick* off the line, but momentum is a [powerful force,](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/4151/five-things-i-learned-at-skip-barbers-advanced-racing-school>) it tracks straight, and the nitrous appears to give it some serious legs in third gear. Unfortunately the finish line is out of sight, so there's no way to pin down an exact time. An extremely unscientific examination of the final run yields something in the range of 10-15 seconds.

Not bad at all for something that's about as far from a drag-built car as you can get. The only thing missing from the video is someone in the opposite lane—but then again, the field of qualifying hi-rise competitors is probably pretty damn small.

https://youtube.com/embed/3lvPlOsEtBE

## Author
Overseeing an expert staff of writers and editors from his lair in Los Angeles, Kyle shapes The Drive’s singular approach to covering the automotive industry and car culture. He’s been with the site as a writer since 2017, taking over as editor in 2019. On a daily basis, Kyle is responsible for directing The Drive's editorial news and car review content strategies, setting special coverage priorities, managing complex reporting projects, and ensuring what you read on the page meets our high internal standards for quality and trustworthiness. He is also the executive producer of The Drive's YouTube channel, which was relaunched in February 2024 to great acclaim and has accumulated over 14M new views in its first year back on the scene. He hosts a biweekly series on the channel where he breaks down fascinating and complicated stories from the automotive world.

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