Recently bought my wife a 2011 F-150 Ecoboost and it inspired me (After messing with an '02 HD F-150 on I-35 Freeway) to pull the 01 Lightning from the garage after an extended deployment to Baghdad/Basra. I've never had any mechanical issues since I purchased the Lightning back in 2005, but I decided to "Burn the carbon off the pistons" and get through all the gears at WOT. 1st Gear - Spins (Feathering throttle to reduce spin), 2nd Gear - Spins (Feathering), 3rd Gear - Pulls Strong, 4th Gear - Great UNTIL 105-110mph. The Truck is acting as if it has a rev-limiter and I cannot seem to get the speed above 120mph before it becomes absolutely unbearable. This includes with O/D off and on. The boost guage is bouncing all over the place and the RPM Guage is as well. I've previously had the truck to 145+mph (GPS Verified) but its been years (Probably ~3-4).
Talking with my resident know-it-all-mechanic-buddy-who-drives-a-stick and hasn't ridden in the truck, he thinks the Tranny is slipping, but at cruise speed there isn't any slipping plus it doesn't do it at any speed/gear below the aforementioned speeds. Only WOT after 100+mph
Could it be the converter? Are my clutches finally giving out? Anyone in the San Antonio,TX area wanna go for a ride and "feel" it?
I'm going to replace the stupid overlooked parts that should have been replaced years ago (plugs, coil packs, fuel filter, u-joints, etc) but I have this feeling its somewhere in the Rotating Assembly, but where?
My list of mods is short:
K&N with C&L Inlet Pipe
Spintech exhaust
SC Tune (Previous Owner who didn't have Tuner anymore)
Accufab TB
4# Lower Pulley
FTVB with 4x4 Pan/Filter
And the following has been replaced since the issue came up:
SC Belt
Idler Pullies
Trans Fluid
I know its long but I figured I'd get as much out as I can instead of having to answer questions that should have been answered in the description.
Thoughts?
Talking with my resident know-it-all-mechanic-buddy-who-drives-a-stick and hasn't ridden in the truck, he thinks the Tranny is slipping, but at cruise speed there isn't any slipping plus it doesn't do it at any speed/gear below the aforementioned speeds. Only WOT after 100+mph
Could it be the converter? Are my clutches finally giving out? Anyone in the San Antonio,TX area wanna go for a ride and "feel" it?
I'm going to replace the stupid overlooked parts that should have been replaced years ago (plugs, coil packs, fuel filter, u-joints, etc) but I have this feeling its somewhere in the Rotating Assembly, but where?
My list of mods is short:
K&N with C&L Inlet Pipe
Spintech exhaust
SC Tune (Previous Owner who didn't have Tuner anymore)
Accufab TB
4# Lower Pulley
FTVB with 4x4 Pan/Filter
And the following has been replaced since the issue came up:
SC Belt
Idler Pullies
Trans Fluid
I know its long but I figured I'd get as much out as I can instead of having to answer questions that should have been answered in the description.
Thoughts?