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    new to forum 02' Lightning- "it takes a village build"

    Just to play devil's advocate... I recently got my lightning and installed the Hotchkis stage 2 TVS System. The ride is rough over bumps and potholes, but it handles amazingly otherwise. Driving down my street is a nightmare because you will feel every single bump in the road and cringe if...
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    3" Exhaust on Stock Lightning?

    A buddy of mine has a set of headers from either American racing or cannon that he has left over from parting out a totaled lightning. Id need the rest of the exhaust, but it should come out to less than what a full 2.5" would cost if I got it new... My problem right now is that I want to...
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    3" Exhaust on Stock Lightning?

    Would a 3" Full exhaust be that bad on a stock 00 lightning? I'm currently looking for an exhaust at the moment, but I can get a full 3" exhaust with long tubes for a similar or cheaper price than the 2.5" exhausts online... I know that the stock exhaust is fine for the lifetime of the stock...
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    Best Options for fixing (replacing) a 99-00 intercooler/intake

    Wow, nice find and thanks... Looking into this now.
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    Best Options for fixing (replacing) a 99-00 intercooler/intake

    So my intercooler has a small leak in it (surprise surprise, 140,000 miles on the stock intercooler). What's the best route for replacing the intercooler? Unfortunately my truck did not have the recall performed on it. From my POV, I'd either need an aftermarket replacement for the 2000 intake...
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    Oil in throttle body from driver side PCV???

    I thought the air is supposed to be pushed through the driver valve cover... I definitely messed up somewhere. Guess they're going to have to get returned and time for another hot tanking for my intercooler...
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    Oil in throttle body from driver side PCV???

    I should have listened to you the first 5 times I read about this, but I was being skeptical and stupid. Is there any way to fix this? (1 way PCV valve?) This seems like a very weird problem to have, and especially with the amount of oil they suck.
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    Oil in throttle body from driver side PCV???

    I've looked into the PCV system and fixes for lightnings for while now, and I'll admit it, I'm probably stupid and am missing something obvious... Sorry in advance as i know the PCV system has been talked about dozens of times and I'm beating a dead horse here, but I'm just really frustrated...
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    Rocker Panel and Floor Support Repair?

    I have some pretty bad rust on my cab and need to replace the rocker panel and at least one of the supports underneath (pictures attached)... Does anyone sell replacement floor supports or would I need to make something myself or cut one off of another truck?
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    Help Identifying Bracket(s)?

    Also figured that one out... Sorry, probably should posted an update stating that. The larger one was on the back of the passenger cylinder head.
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    Help Identifying Bracket(s)?

    Yeah, unfortunately i figured this out as soon as my engine was back together... If I'm understanding it correctly, It gets sandwiched between the block and supercharger cage/bracket?
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    Hesitstion/studdering & smoke on startup/higher rpm?

    Wait... I'm dumb and didn't notice this until i watched my own video... The boost is a little funny...
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    Hesitstion/studdering & smoke on startup/higher rpm?

    So I finally got my truck back together after tearing it apart and putting remanufactured cylinder heads on it... The truck seems to have some hesitstion/studder when accelerating and burns oil on startup & higher rpms (blue-ish smoke). I'd guess valve seals are bad, but the heads were just...
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    Help Identifying Bracket(s)?

    Thanks for the help. I definitely would have spent longer than I'd like to admit trying to find that out. Sent from my Phone using Tapatalk
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    Help Identifying Bracket(s)?

    So I'm getting close to having my engine back together, but I'm having trouble figuring out where these brackets go... I believe these were on the back of the passenger cylinder head and were mainly there to help organize the wiring harness? Can anyone confirm this or does anyone have a pic of...
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    Recommended Upgrades While Removing Cylinder Heads?

    Thanks for the heads up, that's actually a good deal... Unfortunately I wasn't able to get the heads off last weekend to confirm the issue though :/. People we're not exaggerating when it comes to Removing the stock supercharger lower pulley... Sent from my Phone using Tapatalk
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    Recommended Upgrades While Removing Cylinder Heads?

    That thing is clean and sounds amazing. Probably exactly what I would shoot for if I didn't need to get mine running for a "DD" ASAP.
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    Recommended Upgrades While Removing Cylinder Heads?

    I was thinking in the video, but I guess it would also be cool to know what you upgraded to since too :). Your lightning definitely looked nice.
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    Recommended Upgrades While Removing Cylinder Heads?

    Damn nice truck, and thanks for the great info! What's done to it?
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    Recommended Upgrades While Removing Cylinder Heads?

    I don't want to say budget is not an issue, but I did get the truck for a good deal and should have enough to play around with... However, I'm looking to not have to rebuild the bottom end right now and just make it a fun daily for a while. I would love cams, but honestly for the price I'd...
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    Recommended Upgrades While Removing Cylinder Heads?

    My goals and budget aren't definite right now... I think I have no compression due to bent or burnt valves, but I don't know for sure yet... I want to build it right, but am mostly looking to just get it going right now. If it needs a bottom end rebuild I'm going to go all forged because why not...
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    Recommended Upgrades While Removing Cylinder Heads?

    Also, are head studs worth it? I heard they're a huge PITA, but I also heard that certain years of the 5.4 have head gasket issues...
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    Recommended Upgrades While Removing Cylinder Heads?

    So I discovered I have no compression on two cylinders and have already pulled the intake off of my 2000 lightning... I will be pulling the heads off next weekend to check them out and will probably need to rebuild them. It looks like my valves are messed up on two cylinders, and I'm hoping to...
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    Misfire Diagnosing/Troubleshooting Advice?

    I've cleared the codes and they do return, and it looks like I have bad heads/valves on those two cylinders... I'm not sure why the coil pack light is being triggered as I tested the cables with a multimeter and noid light and they seem to have good continuity from the PCM and to the coil packs...
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    Misfire Diagnosing/Troubleshooting Advice?

    Sorry for the late response here... So I ended up checking all of the wiring between the PCM and the coil packs and everything seemed to check out... I apparently did something to cause the PATS system to trigger and blow the fuse for the PATS/PCM/etc, but fixed that since. That seemed to have...

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