Dusten
Its ok, you don't have to tell me, I know I'm a ba
Not much of a build yet, but its a work in progress. As progress continues I will updated with dyno sheet's, time slips and pictures.
I purchased the truck in July of 2010 and it looked just like this.
I decided i didn't like the stickers so a heat gun and a few hours and I had this
I am not fan of the stock lightning tail lights...
So I took the housings apart and painted the inside black.
I also wired the fogs to come on with my running lights
Not satisfied with my stock tails, I went with a tinted set.
I also decided the rear end sat to high, so i removed 1 leaf from the rear leaf pack.
Before
and after
Its hard to tell, as it only dropped about .5"
That has been the extent of external modifications I have installed.
My plans for the summer are to install new clear corners with stealth bulbs, and powder coat the wheels black.
Existing mods are clear corners, 99 lightning grills painted gloss black and a Cobra R hood courtesy of Cervini's.
As far as performance goes, the truck needed very little, but that doesn't stop one, does it?
The biggest piece of performance has been a new 4R100 built by Dante's Modular Performance in San Diego.
And a full billet 2800 rpm stall converter, courtesy of Circle D Converters in Houston Texas.
The install wasn't terrible, but was done on the floor, which is always miserable.
Lightnings are known for wheel hop, and the fact the truck is packing about 560 ft/lbs of torque, I decided to get that taken care of. I had a local shop fab up some long bars for the truck. They are also tied into a drive shaft loop.
You'll notice in this picture I will be tearing into the rear end soon to fix a leaky seal
In this picture you can kind of see the exhaust that was on it.
It had bassani short tube headers, bassani catless mid pipes and flowmasters.
The tail pipes didnt clear the bars as you can see here
And over all I thought the truck was too loud.
as noted in this video
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So I took it to Randy's Custom Exhaust and had a new magnaflow muffler installed with new tail pipes.
Here is a shot of what came out
The truck is much quieter I think
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Up for install this summer is a new transmission cooler
And a stock upper pulley along with a new tune from Amazon Tuning Solutions
And thats it for now.
Long term plans are a forged bottom end, ported heads, cams, and a Magnum Powers blower.
the rear end is done with a detroit locker, new gears and a rebuild kit. The trans is done.
a full mod list of the truck is
Visual -
Cervini's Cobra R Hood
Clear Corners
Tinted Tails
99 Lightning Wheels
99 Lightning Grills
Interior
3 gauge pod with boost, volts, and an AEM Wideband
Suspension
2" belltech coils
2" rear shackles with 1 leaf removed from the leaf pack
Fusco Fab long bars with driveshaft loop
Engine
C&L CAI and intake elbow
Diablo MAFia
6lb lower pulley
2.83" upper pulley
Ported Eaton supercharger
Predator tuner with Horsepower connection dyno tune
Bassani short tube headers
Bassani catless mid pipes
Magnaflow catback
Drivetrain
DMP built 4R100
Circle D 2800 stall
Detroit locker
other minor things - no front sway bar, no hitch
Truck made 424 horsepower 560 ft/lbs of torque and has run a 13.02 @ 109 on street tires with a 1.99 60' time
I purchased the truck in July of 2010 and it looked just like this.
I decided i didn't like the stickers so a heat gun and a few hours and I had this
I am not fan of the stock lightning tail lights...
So I took the housings apart and painted the inside black.
I also wired the fogs to come on with my running lights
Not satisfied with my stock tails, I went with a tinted set.
I also decided the rear end sat to high, so i removed 1 leaf from the rear leaf pack.
Before
and after
Its hard to tell, as it only dropped about .5"
That has been the extent of external modifications I have installed.
My plans for the summer are to install new clear corners with stealth bulbs, and powder coat the wheels black.
Existing mods are clear corners, 99 lightning grills painted gloss black and a Cobra R hood courtesy of Cervini's.
As far as performance goes, the truck needed very little, but that doesn't stop one, does it?
The biggest piece of performance has been a new 4R100 built by Dante's Modular Performance in San Diego.
And a full billet 2800 rpm stall converter, courtesy of Circle D Converters in Houston Texas.
The install wasn't terrible, but was done on the floor, which is always miserable.
Lightnings are known for wheel hop, and the fact the truck is packing about 560 ft/lbs of torque, I decided to get that taken care of. I had a local shop fab up some long bars for the truck. They are also tied into a drive shaft loop.
You'll notice in this picture I will be tearing into the rear end soon to fix a leaky seal
In this picture you can kind of see the exhaust that was on it.
It had bassani short tube headers, bassani catless mid pipes and flowmasters.
The tail pipes didnt clear the bars as you can see here
And over all I thought the truck was too loud.
as noted in this video
[YT]oEmG9QXNu7g[/YT]
So I took it to Randy's Custom Exhaust and had a new magnaflow muffler installed with new tail pipes.
Here is a shot of what came out
The truck is much quieter I think
[YT]y1_pQxhQy_s[/YT]
Up for install this summer is a new transmission cooler
And a stock upper pulley along with a new tune from Amazon Tuning Solutions
And thats it for now.
Long term plans are a forged bottom end, ported heads, cams, and a Magnum Powers blower.
the rear end is done with a detroit locker, new gears and a rebuild kit. The trans is done.
a full mod list of the truck is
Visual -
Cervini's Cobra R Hood
Clear Corners
Tinted Tails
99 Lightning Wheels
99 Lightning Grills
Interior
3 gauge pod with boost, volts, and an AEM Wideband
Suspension
2" belltech coils
2" rear shackles with 1 leaf removed from the leaf pack
Fusco Fab long bars with driveshaft loop
Engine
C&L CAI and intake elbow
Diablo MAFia
6lb lower pulley
2.83" upper pulley
Ported Eaton supercharger
Predator tuner with Horsepower connection dyno tune
Bassani short tube headers
Bassani catless mid pipes
Magnaflow catback
Drivetrain
DMP built 4R100
Circle D 2800 stall
Detroit locker
other minor things - no front sway bar, no hitch
Truck made 424 horsepower 560 ft/lbs of torque and has run a 13.02 @ 109 on street tires with a 1.99 60' time
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