Will we ever see another Lightning?

stvdman said:

My recipe... N/A Coyote 5.0 with 500+ HP (forged internals for STRENGTH ), gears (4:10's?), revised suspension front and rear, maintain 75% tow/haul rating and let it rip!

IMHO

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stock coyote already has a forged crank and rods have been forged since the gen 2 motor. The pistons however are still hypereutectic, however these motors have reliably handled forced induction in the 700-800 range, guys have pushed them further, but generally on borrowed time past that. 500+ NA and the stock motor will live forever.

Forged pistons are a mofo if youre sensitive to sounds.

I'll take hypers all day long where they can live reliably.

AustinJ427 said:

Forged pistons are a mofo if youre sensitive to sounds.

I'll take hypers all day long where they can live reliably.

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my motor with diamond pistons sounds no different than it did with stock terminator pistons, even when it's 40 degrees out. If it makes any additional noise it's not enough to hear over the procharger.

DSG2003Mach1 said:

my motor with diamond pistons sounds no different than it did with stock terminator pistons, even when it's 40 degrees out. If it makes any additional noise it's not enough to hear over the procharger.

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LOL those are literally the Crème de la crème of forged slugs....I am more of a beer budget wiseco guy

5.2 Voodoo in a lightweight F150? Can a 10-speed trans handle the RPM? THAT would be interesting! Towing and Hauling may go out the window though.

kevinatfms said:

Powdered Metal Rods for the time were a step above cast rods without the expense of certain stronger metals. They were stronger than the OE cast rods of the regular 5.4L but they still had limits(which happened to be between 450-500hp).

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I was fortunate with mine. It lived for quite a while at 501/582 on my street tune. It lived through my race tune too.

Sinister04L said:

I was fortunate with mine. It lived for quite a while at 501/582 on my street tune. It lived through my race tune too.

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Mine vented the block at 480whp + 150shot on the highway against a Z06. Expensive fireworks display and it wasnt even the fourth of July.

stvdman said:

5.2 Voodoo in a lightweight F150? Can a 10-speed trans handle the RPM? THAT would be interesting! Towing and Hauling may go out the window though.

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That would be awful in a truck. Maybe a stripper 2wd ranger

blk02edge said:

That would be awful in a truck. Maybe a stripper 2wd ranger

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ya I cant remember if it's a gen 1 or gen 2 but somebody had a voodoo and manual trans put in their truck.

DSG2003Mach1 said:

ya I cant remember if it's a gen 1 or gen 2 but somebody had a voodoo and manual trans put in their truck.

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In a 150?

blk02edge said:

In a 150?

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ya, they did the swap in their lightning...makes 0 sense to me

kevinatfms said:

Mine vented the block at 480whp + 150shot on the highway against a Z06. Expensive fireworks display and it wasnt even the fourth of July.

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Same thing happened to me, except at 900+whp.

Was quite the smoke show on the 10 freeway.

DSG2003Mach1 said:

ya, they did the swap in their lightning...makes 0 sense to me

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It probably runs pretty well..

Between the engine and tranny it probably saved 200lbs of weight.

That 10 speed really cranks up the wheel torque too. Even in second gear it's shorter than first in the 4r100, and the ratios are so close the engine probably doesn't dip much below 500hp during a pull.

AustinJ427 said:

That 10 speed really cranks up the wheel torque too

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they put a manual in it though

DSG2003Mach1 said:

they put a manual in it though

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Oh jeeze I read 2 separate posts and combined them in my brain.

My bad.

DSG2003Mach1 said:

ya, they did the swap in their lightning...makes 0 sense to me

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Think "NASTRUCK". Which still kinda makes 0 sense, but looks like fun.