red lightning on campus, who is it.

[MachME]

Its red, lowerd(slammed), dark tinted windows, some sort of chrome wheels(always moving when i see it so idk what they are), exhuast work done, 3 gauges on the a pillar, maybe a pulley.

[Kelvin]

im sorry

[LNKMK8]

He was out a Sam's at least once last fall. Real young guy as I remember. Pretty sure it has a Steig ported blower and pulleys also. As I recall, he bought it that way.

Thomas

[C.J.]

i see this idiot all the time, he drives around campus in and out of boost getting that ***** whining. It is nice to see but then again he is probably going to hit one of the idiots who just walk out into the street.

[roo]

lightning larry

[MachME]

ya every morning i see him, he romps on it a little jsut enough to hear the heaton for a sec.

SO he bought it just like it is?

anyways, if it has a ported blower and ****, thats awesome, it will pwn people.

[MachME]

lightning larry

:rofl:

[C.J.]

i bet it is slow

[MachME]

i bet it is slow

lol ok, thats what a lot of people think....then the expression after getting beat by a full size truck is priceless.

[C.J.]

i have never seen a fast lightning in person

i like the idea of them, just wish they were faster

[MachME]

if his does have a ported blower and upper and lower pullied, its fast, and if its an 01+ it has 373 gears, they launch good too.

[4 cam torino]

if it's a 99-00 it's probably still slow.

[C.J.]

i dont know how to tell the difference

[coop]

only the old ones were cool imo

[4 cam torino]

Grills, head lights, taillights, turn signals, cargo lamp, wheels (if stock which this said these were not). In addition to this, the blower case, MAF, and intake tract pieces, and gears. Probably missed something.

[C.J.]

I still dont know what one would look like compared to the other.

[Yngvar]

its a truck enough said

[lowPSITSi]

Those newer lightnings are fast for trucks, not so much street. I like the mid 90s though, those look nice modded out.

[Cobra Commander]

just wish they were faster

What do you mean? Bards (when stock) ran within a tenth of your SS in stock form.

[Cobra Commander]

lightning larry

:rofl:

Bwahahhahaa!

I'll never forget that night at Club Dirty.

[Cobra Commander]

if it's a 99-00 it's probably still slow.

It's true.

[LastPewterZ]

just wish they were faster

What do you mean? Bards (when stock) ran within a tenth of your SS in stock form.

I do not recall seeing or hearing of this race:confused:

[GTPpower]

I test drove one about 2 years ago, just for fun. It was the newer SC'd version....wow did it do nice burnouts!

[4 cam torino]

just wish they were faster

What do you mean? Bards (when stock) ran within a tenth of your SS in stock form.

I do not recall seeing or hearing of this race:confused:

I'm pretty sure Brook is referring to actual track times that were run with each vehicle in stock form. I have a stack of 13.5 time slips. The slightly better 13.5's were even on hot laps. It's even run multiple 13.5's on different tracks.

[Cobra Commander]

That is what I was speaking of. ^^

My only point was that LS1's are considered a very quick out of the box car, so I don't see how anyone can say the Lightning (01-04 at least) isn't all that quick when Bards, for example, has ran within a tenth of CJ's.

Their trap speeds are a different story though. It's kinda hard to throw a brick through the wind and expect it to be aerodynamic. :lol:

[Cobra Commander]

I test drove one about 2 years ago, just for fun. It was the newer SC'd version....wow did it do nice burnouts!


I test drove a True Blue one years back, and I honestly feel sorry for what I did to it. The guy let me have it for over a half hour. Mother of god.... :woot:

[Johnny]

why are the 99-00 slower? No blower?

[Cobra Commander]

Taller gears, less power/boost, etc. There is a lot of little things, but I don't remember now. :(

[LastPewterZ]

Their trap speeds are a different story though. It's kinda hard to throw a brick through the wind and expect it to be aerodynamic. :lol:

:rofl: Ya, just like any other performance truck. They always fall short in the weight and aerodynamics category.

[4 cam torino]

It still traps 101. I've seen C&D claims of 104, do they use a G-tech for that?

[Cobra Commander]

Ya, never happen.

[4 cam torino]

why are the 99-00 slower? No blower?

Slightly revised lower intake and blower designs. 80mm MAF vs. 90 mm MAF, and obviously different intake tract plumbing corresponding to each. 3.55's vs. 3.73's. Steel driveshaft vs Aluminum driveshaft. That's all the speed stuff.

99-00 had egg crate type grills compared to the charcoal colored horizontal bar grills in the newer ones. 99-00 had standard F-150 corners, head lights, cargo lamp, and taillights, plus on the 99-00 trucks the reverse lights were on the center rib of the taillights where as on the 01+ F-150s the reverse lamps on those were in the top rib of the taillights. The 01+ Lightnings have the nice completely transparent headlight lenses, clear corners, LED third brake light/cargo lamp, clear tails which if switched out like I did require usage of the 01+ red tails that have the top positioned back up light. 99-00's had decent wheels, 01-02 had ugly huge spoke block wheels, 03-04 had FTW wheels. 03-04 had stiffer springs in the back that make the rear end sit higher but give it 400 lbs more payload (800 for the 99-02 and 1200 for the 03-04). 03-04 also have heads that are revised for more spark plug thread engagement.

At some point Goodyear actually changed the tread compound in the tires too but at this point I'm going to guess that there are no Lightnings that still have the stock tires on them and if they do they're old and hard as **** tractionless junk anyway. My truck hooks real good with the tires on the back now. I really wish I would have rotated them before I was there for Americuirse. The current back tires were on the front then.

[Cobra Commander]

01-02 had ugly huge spoke block wheels

Take that back, asshole!

[4 cam torino]

01-02 wheels are ugly and had i bought a used 01-02 I would have been confused on what to order for it first, new wheels or new taillights.

[Cobra Commander]

You are an evil man.

[LastPewterZ]

Are the auto trannies in the Lightnings built to withstand the power you can produce with them or is the tranny the weakest link?

[cole]

yeah i used to see this kid every morning last year...sounded pretty wicked

[Cobra Commander]

Are the auto trannies in the Lightnings built to withstand the power you can produce with them or is the tranny the weakest link?

The transmissions aren't all that bad from what I've heard, but there are cheap little upgrades to them.

The weak link is the rods. Surprise surprise. Oh, and the 01-02ish spark plug threads. :lol:

[LastPewterZ]

^^ Oh so no Manley rods in the Lightnings?:( That sucks

[4 cam torino]

The Lightnings got better than normal pistons so no breaking ring lands which is the first thing to go in an N/A mod motor but they still have crappy rods. I think the rods are the weakest link followed by the trans probably. It's a decent trans but not greatly over built by any means I don't think. You can get into the 11's though with the stock bottom end and trans I'm pretty sure.

[LastPewterZ]

The Lightnings got better than normal pistons so no breaking ring lands which is the first thing to go in an N/A mod motor but they still have crappy rods. I think the rods are the weakest link followed by the trans probably. It's a decent trans but not greatly over built by any means I don't think. You can get into the 11's though with the stock bottom end and trans I'm pretty sure.

Hmmm, that's pretty decent:)

[Cobra Commander]

I would like a 93-95 Lightning.

[C.J.]

ide like a 93-95 lightning with an 03/04 swap and lowered to the ground.

[Cobra Commander]

Or both.

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i306/Brook32v/94%20SVT%20Lightning/000_0024.jpg

[Cobra Commander]

Holy **** I want one now. Haha

http://thumbs.streetfire.net/29a3420f-8435-4eeb-b7f2-98220113e9d3.jpg (http://videos.streetfire.net/video/29a3420f-8435-4eeb-b7f2-98220113e9d3.htm)

[4 cam torino]

Lightning powered Mustangs are ****ing retarded. Not retarded cool, retarded as in really ****ing dumb and any one that builds one should just be smacked in the head.

I still want a sleeper as hell 1st gen Lightning. Make it look mostly stock even with the hood popped. I'm sure the stock intake would be somewhat limiting but some extrude honing and things like that I'm sure would help it out. Build the hell out of a 351W engine and plumb all the nitrous I could find into the underside of the intake so it couldn't be easily seen. Some good heads with any incriminating markings removed and maybe even stock type markings recreated. Some over the top **** like that. Stocking looking engine that makes 700+ HP on the bottle. It'd be sweet. If I were going to build something that was mostly for general fun and straight line I think that would be it.

[Cobra Commander]

Lightning powered Mustangs are ****ing retarded. Not retarded cool, retarded as in really ****ing dumb and any one that builds one should just be smacked in the head.


I edited that picture, and replaced it with some dude blowing off his tires in 2nd gear. :lol:

[Cobra Commander]

I still want a sleeper as hell 1st gen Lightning. Make it look mostly stock even with the hood popped. I'm sure the stock intake would be somewhat limiting but some extrude honing and things like that I'm sure would help it out. Build the hell out of a 351W engine and plumb all the nitrous I could find into the underside of the intake so it couldn't be easily seen. Some good heads with any incriminating markings removed and maybe even stock type markings recreated. Some over the top **** like that. Stocking looking engine that makes 700+ HP on the bottle. It'd be sweet. If I were going to build something that was mostly for general fun and straight line I think that would be it.


That is quite possibly the coolest idea I've ever heard. A virgin like my dad's would be a perfect candidate. It's hard to find them in his L's condition.

[Johnny]

^^it is very nice

[MachME]

ya the rods are what suck, they always ***** how there motors arent as good as the cobra motors.

Also, they take polls to see how many stock guys will blow there motors in winter/cold air:icon_poke:

[Cobra Commander]

^^it is very nice


If I had the money I would unbolt his front bumper and have it painted for him as a Christmas present. The front has a lot of rock chips from our stupid Nebraska roads. That is really the only thing wrong with the truck.

[MachME]

also, the lightning on here has a short antenna and what appeared to be some 6 spoke chrome wheels only saw em for a sec.

Again this morning he came down 14th and got on it twice.

[Cobra Commander]

ya the rods are what suck, they always ***** how there motors arent as good as the cobra motors.

Also, they take polls to see how many stock guys will blow there motors in winter/cold air:icon_poke:

Ya, it really sucks that those engines are at a stopping point pretty quickly once you start bolting pulleys and exhaust on them. 400whp jumps up there pretty quick. :(

[4 cam torino]

I still want a sleeper as hell 1st gen Lightning. Make it look mostly stock even with the hood popped. I'm sure the stock intake would be somewhat limiting but some extrude honing and things like that I'm sure would help it out. Build the hell out of a 351W engine and plumb all the nitrous I could find into the underside of the intake so it couldn't be easily seen. Some good heads with any incriminating markings removed and maybe even stock type markings recreated. Some over the top **** like that. Stocking looking engine that makes 700+ HP on the bottle. It'd be sweet. If I were going to build something that was mostly for general fun and straight line I think that would be it.


That is quite possibly the coolest idea I've ever heard. A virgin like my dad's would be a perfect candidate. It's hard to find them in his L's condition.

I have had this idea for, let's see, I've had my truck three and a half years, so I'm going to say I've had this idea for 4 years now. If I remember correctly I think most first gens had dual tanks. Run pump gas in one tank with it's own pump, when you were ready to spray flip the switch to turn on the spray which also flips you to the other tank which you have full of race gas and it's own pump. I was originally looking for a 1st gen and had lots of ideas to go with the already expressed ideas but I couldn't find a nice truck for a reasonable amount of money so I went and got a 2nd gen.

[Cobra Commander]

If I remember correctly I think most first gens had dual tanks. Run pump gas in one tank with it's own pump, when you were ready to spray flip the switch to turn on the spray which also flips you to the other tank which you have full of race gas.

Yep. My dad filled his rear tank with 100 octane from that west O U-Stop years back when they still had it. He always thought he was cool when he had two different tanks with two different fuels. :lol:

[4 cam torino]

I'd even repaint the tops of whatever fuel injectors I ended up running to make them look like they were still the stock injectors. Maybe it would be possible to stick the guts from a 42 lb injector into the plastic shell of a 24 lb or whatever first gens came with. That'd probably work better than paint.

Damn, if only I had money, the Torino could be done, I could have my GXP swapped Chevette, and my crazy stock looking 1st gen lightning, and some of the oh so many other great ideas I have.

[Cobra Commander]

Sleeper?

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i306/Brook32v/Random%20cars/7882-11420-165299.jpg

:lol:

[C.J.]

nice lightning

"so what kind of window tint is that?"

[4 cam torino]

Oh yeah, any tubbed truck with lexan windows definitely qualifies as a sleeper. Is the engine in that still loosely windsor based?

[Cobra Commander]

Ya, surprisingly. :lol:

[4 cam torino]

That's cool, I don't think it would be as cool of a truck if he used a mod motor or big block.

[C.J.]

here is a picture of it, found it on facebook

http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v149/61/57/17200508/n17200508_34181707_346.jpg

[MachME]

yeppers, thats the one.

seems like hes got all the good mods done to it, lowerd, headlights, pulleys etc.

[junker1244]

Pat Gilson drives the lightning
Jeff Casey drives the LS1

[cole]

yap i've seen that ls1...sounds tittays with the gmmg and a cam

[C.J.]

HPE s-cam

i saw on the kids facebook that he put the lightning in a ditch the other day haha

[toom1h]

Wouldn't bother me too bad if it stayed there.

[4 cam torino]

yeppers, thats the one.

seems like hes got all the good mods done to it, lowerd, headlights, pulleys etc.

assuming it's 01+ the headlights are stock.

[MachME]

by someone giving me hsi name above, i looked it up on face book, here it what he said to hsi buddy with the ls1 in that pic above.

So... i put the truck through its first ditch tonight....

ls1-Ummm how? where? and is there any damage?

um... cold street, cold drag radials, blip of the throttle.... no damage

ls1-Whew. I'm glad there's no damage. I didnt think SVT meant offroad... But maybe I was missing something.

it has a lil bit more oversteer then i remember....

lol i should send him a message and ask him why he always floors it going to class, but i wont.

he also has a really nice r1 i guess by looking at his pics, which i saw a lot before it got cold too. Must have laoded parents.

[4 cam torino]

Cold weather is no excuse for putting it in the ditch. Clearly just a spoiled noob that can't drive. Poor truck

[Cobra Commander]

That owner needs to be punched in the face for actually driving that truck with those wheels on it.

[David]

Your user title is lame as aids now and so is your sig... FIX IT!!!! Pm for title change.

[Cobra Commander]

I like my sig. Stock rods too.

I'll think of something for the title.

[David]

look harder at your sig noob sauce.

[Cobra Commander]

I DON'T SEE IT;asldfyhta;lsjkasd;lfjasd;lfjlsdf

[Cobra Commander]

**** it. I guess it can't be ****ed up if I just delete everything. :lol:

[David]

quit thinking picture newb.

[Cobra Commander]

Hoooow about now?

[David]

:woot:

[Cobra Commander]

hahahaa

Damn, I deleted a bunch of stuff for nothing. Oh well. Time to steal a sig off LS1Tech. :woot:

[C.J.]

Cold weather is no excuse for putting it in the ditch. Clearly just a spoiled noob that can't drive. Poor truck

no kidding and this is the same guy who floors it down the streets on campus

[00dakotav8]

^ Yeah I saw it this morning on the way to class...and got dayum does that ***** whine like a mofukka.