First off hi to all of ya'll. Here is the deal.I am going to sell my '66 Mustang as soon as I get the transmission rebuilt in my '71 so I can drive it. Then I have two options. I have decided I want to upgrade to a late model vehicle and get more knowledgable with fuel injections, computers, etc as I am a carb guy and used to the 60-70s stuff. So my first option is spend about 8-9k on my '85 GT and be done with it, have it exactly how I want. I need to do this within a year. Next year is my senior year in highschool then I'll be going to the Nascar Technical Institute in August of '04. Now I love late model stangs and got to looking...I cant find any good GTs in my price range. I'd have no cash for mods. Now I have always loved Lightnings. I got to looking and found I can afford reasonably some 99+ 2wd single cab flareside F-150s(my choice). So I thought I could pick one up for around 6-7k and spend some cash on ground effects, sidepipes, chip, pulleys, big wheels and wide tires,lighting front apron, shaker hood, etc etc and have a nice high performance truck for a daily driver and put up the '85 until after my year and a half at the nascar tech. I have only drove one late model F-150. 2001, ext cab, 4x4 with flowmaster exhaust, otherwise stock. I LOVE that thing. Now with a 5.4 and the afor mentioned truck how would it run stock? How hard would it be to get into 12s w/o a supercharger. I might could look into a Procharger next year or something. How are they geared from the factory? It would be my daily transportation and I'd feel better in a new vehicle. Have the 97+ had many quality issues? I have a big ol beat up '78 Scout for offroading and towing so thats no concern. I want something that handling is at least up to par with a V6 Mustang(not sure how exactly the actual lightnings even handle) and with Power around that of say a new '03 Mach 1 at least.

 

Welcome i'm new here too! Good luck on your gettin your truck!

 

Getting a supercab 4x4 into the 12's (NA)...
I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say "next to impossible"

Getting a truck that size (4x4) into 12's is going to require big bucks, and a list of mods a mile long.

Good luck!
Habibi

 

I'll go farther out on the limb, and tell ya it ain't gona happen.
Well, maybe it will if you got 50K to drop into it, it might

 

You missread my friends. I *drove* a 4x4 supercab and was just saying thats all i have driven. What I want is a 2wd Single cab flareside kinda set up as a lightning as funding allows.

 

Well hell if you did that you still won't be in the 12's, be more like the 11's

 

I think, actually pretty damn sure you will spend LESS money just buying the Lightning rather then a stock 5.4 and trying to get it into the 12's...

 

You would save yourself a lot of money just buying a lightning. I've looked at doing this myself and have a list totaling over 40K to do it right.

 

My 30K for the Lightning plus approx 4k in mods got me the timeslip in sig