Hi fellas...I tried to look back and see if y'all have covered this already but I couldn't find anything. How did you go about breaking in your "L's" when you got them?? How long did you guys wait to put it to the floor and drive them the way that they were meant to be driven. I know you're supposed to wait till you hit 1,000 miles before you tow anything. I just want to treat my "L" right when I get it.

 

I could not stand it. The first day I was WOT, if only for very short burst. I bet you can't go one day!! I bet if the truth was known, nobody can.

Jerry
99 RedHotBolt
71 Cutlass
Piper PA28-235

 

https://www.f150online.com/f150board...ML/000559.html

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99 Black Lightning
Rhino liner
Superchip

 

Any break-in advice for someone who's going to be driving home an '00L about 800 mi(all fwy) w/ an overnight stop almost 1/2 way?

 

Ooops...Sorry 'bout that..I didn't quite go back far enough.
Thanks BlackLight, that answered my question.

 

I was told by the dealer that they are broken in at the factory and the belief that you have to wait a few thousand miles is from the old days. I took mine to the track the first time at 3000 miles.

Mike

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99.5 Black Lightning
PowerSurge Cone Filter
JBA Jet-Hot coated headers
Flowmaster muffler
Watter Wetter
Lo-Jack

 

Hi!
This is how I broke-in my Lightning:



I picked it up new on the 28 of April at 11:00 AM and by 4:30 PM that afternoon I passed thru the gates at Milan Dragway and just broke 100 miles on the odometer. Best run that night was 14.14 at 98 mph. It was wild people could not believe that a new Lightning was at the track with the window sticker still on it. I listed all of this at my web site http://mikesmotorsport.virtualave.net

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BABolt
SVT#290



[This message has been edited by BABolt (edited 12-17-1999).]

 

Had mine at southeastern dragway, 2 days after I got from dealer. Had less than 100 miles. Ran a best of 9.3 75mph ,with 1.7 lite. At around 7k ,ran 9.210 76.7mph, with .722 lite.

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99.5 Black Lighting
cd,tow pack,ford bed liner,wantto lower

 

I drove mine home from the dealer for an easy 60 miles. Let my mom take it around the block. She found the floor with the gas pedal and said "I like it".

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99 Lightning black #2022, cd,tow package, stock
(13.73 @ 99.74)
98 Cobra coupe laser red
best stock et 13.43 @ 103
one run w/ 3.55 gears 13.34 @ 102 no other mods
former Chevy fan still have a few
72 SS454 11.6 @ 116 (slicks open headers)
68 Camaro 12.2 @ 116 (street tires closed exhast)