I am considering selling my freshly built ford lightning. Almost every single part on this build is brand new and absolutely no corners were cut.
The Engine:
(All the head and block work was done by Don @ Precision Engines)
- New Starter, Alternator, Battery
- Ford racing oil pump
- Ford racing water pump
- 5.4 block bored .20 over
- Ford racing crank
- JLP manley lightning specific forged pistons (12cc)
- plasma moley rings with steel top ring and over sized wrist pins
- forged H beam rods
- ARP rod bolts/side bolts/balancer bolt/flex plate bolts/cam bolts (every bolt)
- New timing gear
- New crank and cam position sensors
- Patriot Stage 2 CNC ported heads that were reworked with bronze guides and new valve seals and Manley over sized valves.
- Stage 2 cam
- ARP head studs
- Felpro head gaskets and all remaining motor gaskets are new ford OEM
- New motor mounts
- Oil cooler delete with tap for oil pressure gauge
- New Balancer
Fuel System:
- 97 f150 fuel rails
- Aeromotive FPR
- Walboro 255s pumps
- 60lb flow matched injectors
Transmission:
- Circle D 2400 stall
- A1 Transmission Street valve body
- New oil filter
- Diff fluid and gasket changes 2k miles ago
- 3:73 diff
- MAD Tranny cooler with in-line filter (not installed yet)
- 22k mile tranny in the bed of the truck waiting to go in
Performance Mods:
- OBX Longtubes/ catless x/ catback exhaust
- Mark VIII electric fan mounted in the stock shroud
- Tirck intercooler tank
- ford racing intercooler pump
- 3/4 intercooler lines throughout
- JLT CAI
- SCT 2600 MAF
- Joker Race ported Plenum and supercharger
- LFP Dual pass heat exchanger
- 8lb lower pulley
- motoblue belt tenstioner
- 100mm dual bearing idler pulleys
- Xcal 3 handheld with firewire cable to datalog AFR
- gauge cluster dual pod with wideband and boost gauge
Suspension/Traction:
- American Racing baja wheels front and back
- Brand new Hoosier slicks
- Slapper bars
- 2" lowering shackles
Misc Mods:
- Black head lights/tail lights
- Center console mod (expedition OEM center console with passenger seat cut down)
- firewall wires routed through wiper cowl
- New drivers seat waiting to get installed
I know I am missing some things but this is an off the top of my head list of what I've put into this truck.
Currently as it sits the new motor has 1,200 miles on it and is waiting to be switched over to full synthetic oil (just haven't done it yet). The Stock tranny has 127k miles on it and is slipping but it does not effect drive-ability and I have a 22k mile Lightning take out tranny in the bed of the truck ready to go in.
The truck is tuned by one of the best Lightning tuners in the country, Randy Smith (DOLSVT00) out of South Carolina and is currently on a break in tune. The truck ran a 12.5 @ 110 on the break in tune runing rich and only on 13 degrees of timing on bald street tires with the trans slipping all the way down the track!
The motor in this truck is good for 1k HP+ and the fuel system is good for 700. This is a low 11 sec truck with the tuned turned up and on the track pack. Throw an aftermarket blower on and have a low 10 second truck!
The truck should do close to 500hp/600tq on the ported Eaton.
I am only selling this truck because I recently picked a C6 Z06 and have the urge to spend money on it.
I am asking $14k for my truck. I have pictures of literally every step of the build and would love to tell you more about the truck.
Things wrong:
There is a slight wobble in the wheel at 45-50mph but only at those speeds and goes away after going faster than 50 or slower than 45, wheel might just need rebalanced.
There is very small oil leak on the passenger side valve cover.
The drivers seat has wear but you get a new seat to swap out for it.
The tranny slips on the 2-3 shift but the truck is perfectly driveable an daily driveable the way it is - again you are getting a 22k mile tranny with the sale.
A few nicks and scratches here and there but over all the truck is in great shape! no rust. The passenger side mirror cover's clear coat is chipping.
Idle Video:
http://youtu.be/qJqR48cAYcA?list=UUxaA2AHtaLXaBBDo0j1jU0g
Pics:
The Engine:
(All the head and block work was done by Don @ Precision Engines)
- New Starter, Alternator, Battery
- Ford racing oil pump
- Ford racing water pump
- 5.4 block bored .20 over
- Ford racing crank
- JLP manley lightning specific forged pistons (12cc)
- plasma moley rings with steel top ring and over sized wrist pins
- forged H beam rods
- ARP rod bolts/side bolts/balancer bolt/flex plate bolts/cam bolts (every bolt)
- New timing gear
- New crank and cam position sensors
- Patriot Stage 2 CNC ported heads that were reworked with bronze guides and new valve seals and Manley over sized valves.
- Stage 2 cam
- ARP head studs
- Felpro head gaskets and all remaining motor gaskets are new ford OEM
- New motor mounts
- Oil cooler delete with tap for oil pressure gauge
- New Balancer
Fuel System:
- 97 f150 fuel rails
- Aeromotive FPR
- Walboro 255s pumps
- 60lb flow matched injectors
Transmission:
- Circle D 2400 stall
- A1 Transmission Street valve body
- New oil filter
- Diff fluid and gasket changes 2k miles ago
- 3:73 diff
- MAD Tranny cooler with in-line filter (not installed yet)
- 22k mile tranny in the bed of the truck waiting to go in
Performance Mods:
- OBX Longtubes/ catless x/ catback exhaust
- Mark VIII electric fan mounted in the stock shroud
- Tirck intercooler tank
- ford racing intercooler pump
- 3/4 intercooler lines throughout
- JLT CAI
- SCT 2600 MAF
- Joker Race ported Plenum and supercharger
- LFP Dual pass heat exchanger
- 8lb lower pulley
- motoblue belt tenstioner
- 100mm dual bearing idler pulleys
- Xcal 3 handheld with firewire cable to datalog AFR
- gauge cluster dual pod with wideband and boost gauge
Suspension/Traction:
- American Racing baja wheels front and back
- Brand new Hoosier slicks
- Slapper bars
- 2" lowering shackles
Misc Mods:
- Black head lights/tail lights
- Center console mod (expedition OEM center console with passenger seat cut down)
- firewall wires routed through wiper cowl
- New drivers seat waiting to get installed
I know I am missing some things but this is an off the top of my head list of what I've put into this truck.
Currently as it sits the new motor has 1,200 miles on it and is waiting to be switched over to full synthetic oil (just haven't done it yet). The Stock tranny has 127k miles on it and is slipping but it does not effect drive-ability and I have a 22k mile Lightning take out tranny in the bed of the truck ready to go in.
The truck is tuned by one of the best Lightning tuners in the country, Randy Smith (DOLSVT00) out of South Carolina and is currently on a break in tune. The truck ran a 12.5 @ 110 on the break in tune runing rich and only on 13 degrees of timing on bald street tires with the trans slipping all the way down the track!
The motor in this truck is good for 1k HP+ and the fuel system is good for 700. This is a low 11 sec truck with the tuned turned up and on the track pack. Throw an aftermarket blower on and have a low 10 second truck!
The truck should do close to 500hp/600tq on the ported Eaton.
I am only selling this truck because I recently picked a C6 Z06 and have the urge to spend money on it.
I am asking $14k for my truck. I have pictures of literally every step of the build and would love to tell you more about the truck.
Things wrong:
There is a slight wobble in the wheel at 45-50mph but only at those speeds and goes away after going faster than 50 or slower than 45, wheel might just need rebalanced.
There is very small oil leak on the passenger side valve cover.
The drivers seat has wear but you get a new seat to swap out for it.
The tranny slips on the 2-3 shift but the truck is perfectly driveable an daily driveable the way it is - again you are getting a 22k mile tranny with the sale.
A few nicks and scratches here and there but over all the truck is in great shape! no rust. The passenger side mirror cover's clear coat is chipping.
Idle Video:
http://youtu.be/qJqR48cAYcA?list=UUxaA2AHtaLXaBBDo0j1jU0g
Pics:
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