My guess would be that the ranger probly has a super on it. Not sure though, but regardless, on a powerstall its not that hard to get a massive burnout if you dont mind losing a couple hundred dollars worth of tires.
Question for Cougar-Have you ever driven a Lightning? I have, its fast, REAL fast. Its not going to be outrun by a Ranger that doesnt have a TON of money into it same goes for the SRT-10. SRT and SVT dont have the credibility they do by beaing outrun by a Ford Ranger (BTW just for the record, I consider rangers a glorified car at best).
What would be impressive is if a guy could make a Ranger outrun one of the two with $1000 budget and some elbow grease. But considering its a majority thought that the video's are a fake I guess its nothing to harp on.