Folks, if you like Lightning's like I do, then you're probably as Ticked off as I am that Ford is making us wait not one, but two full model years to bring out the new Lightning; letting the new Ram SRT/10 hold onto the King of the Road title, when it comes to trucks, and most sports cars too...

My reason for this post is simple: I wondoer how many of you, if any of you, took a stock F-150 flareside STX or somethign along those lines, and put some nice rims on it, a lowering kit, and maybe even a ground effects kit if they make them, to at least look the part.

Although it'd be no Lightning, I'd bet if the 5.4L is available in regular cab trim, that would be pretty peppy in a reg. cab F-150. Anyone done this, or do you guys have the patience of Job?

If so, post pics....

Rumor Mill: Word on the street is, Chevy is gonna redo the Silverado in Reg. cab trim, with a 6.0L V-8 with circa 400 - 500 HP. THey already have a Vette 6.0 at 400 stock for the C-6. SHouldn't be hard to tweak it to 500, even if they have to cheat and slap on a s/c rather than go naturally aspirated.

 

for some reason Ford has seen fit not to offer the 5.4 in the STX, why would you want 300hp in a sport truck anyway, you can get the audiophile and sound great you just can't get the power.

 

I have a scab flairside blazing yellow STX
I'm getting my lowering kit any day now and I'm going to put some 22" on it and hopefully a supercharger on the 4.6L
so except for it being a supercab it is going to be something just about what you are talking about

TonnyG

 

i believe i heard that whipple is coming out with a blower for the 5.4 as well. word on the street it will be somewhere along the lines of 600tq and 450hp. you can smoke alot of tires with that kind of power.

 

Yes, you can burn some serious rubber with a whipple charger, but you'll also void your warranty. This is why the factory blower is important, it's warrantied. I wouldn't quite call the SRT-10 the `King of the Road`, though, not even when it comes to sport trucks. The current Lightning still OWNS it in the quarter mile. Let's just all be glad that Ford is taking their time and researching the new Lightning for the maximum amount of time before releasing it. At least we know they probably won't have very many problems with the engine configuration when it comes to the market, and they might just be waiting to see what the competition is going to do before they release their final `new` product.

 

You can't void your warrenty completely by adding a supercharger. Ford can only deny a warrenty claim if they can prove that the aftermarket component directly caused the failure of the warrentied part(s). Properly install any supercharger and your golden....

 

First you wait for the new Lightning. Since it's heavier, it will take more power to compete = higher cost. Then it will take years to get the bugs out like all new iterations. Hmmm

 

I didn't know Ford was offering a 2004 Lightning... (Sig)

 

2004 Lightnings have been available since late last year and are still readily available on SVT dealer lots. The production run ended last month, which is early in it's final year. They're exactly the same as the 2003 Lightning with the exception of Silver being re-introduced.

www.svt.ford.com/vehicleLightning.asp

 

In theory, that's great, but slap a s/c on your truck and take it back for any kind of warranty work and see what's up. It would void the tranny warranty because it is now sending more power to the drivetrain, so nothing there will be covered, and it causes the engine to have higher compression than it normally would have, so any engine component is not covered, either. I know it's a crock, but it would almost be crazy to take a truck with an aftermarket supercharger back to the dealer and expect to have any kind of warranty left, at least not on the engine/drivetrain.

 

They can't void your warranty, unless you do something specifically stated in the owners manual as a warranty-voiding modification.


I used to frequent www.speedmagazine.com and lie about how my F-150 would dust-off their all-show, no go Honda Civic's with the stripes, and big tailpipes. Butm, that's teh kind of stuff I do for humor...

Back on point, they live to modify vehicles, and it's some law (That I looked up) that starts with the letter "M" that basically says what was said above- you cannot void your warranty by adding on to your vehicle. If that's the case, if you swap out the stock muffler and add a flowmaster, you would void your warranty because you have reduced backpressure on your engine, thus increasing the workload on your engine management system, and hurt your emmissions ratings. Same thing with swapping out the stock air intake system for an Airraid, or a K&N system.

Sure, the service manager won't want to work on it, but they can't penalize you, as long as you don't disassemble the engine, and rebuild it yourself. Anything bolt-on is OK.

 

moss-magsun act i beleive... after you get an attorney to cover it and everything you'd pretty muh buy the part yourself. it all depends on the dealer really... some are very friendly with mods... get in good with your service reps and you will get alot further.