Hi,
I'm thinking of getting somthing new this year. I would like to get A full size 2 door SUV. big v-8 5 spd, however nobody makes them anymore. I was also thinking of an F 150 4X4 5.4L with the Holly supercharger but I'm not so sure.
Anyway the Lightning sure exites me but I'm woundering how are they to drive every day? Do they hook up good when you get on them or do they hop all over the place? What abought in the rain? What ever I get will have to ba A daily driver.
Thanks
MIKE

 

driven mine when it was -45 (and crashed it), drove it up the Al-Can. And through half of last winter. Its fine, just put her in second, and go lightly on the gas. I keep 3 sandbags in the bed when I look for races (all the time).

------------------
99 Black Lightning
factory tonneau cover, 100k mile warrantee, bed/under liner,

1/4
2.145 60' 8.789@82.71 (1/8) 13.603@101.05 1/4 same run
straight pipes, 'Major' rear lights, no chip
Lightning!

 

The tires never hop, they just spin. Surely you know that how a vehicle behaves on water is strickly a function of the tires and has nothing to do with the vehicle. The tires on the Lightning behave quite well on wet roads. Mine is a daily driver with almost 24K miles. I race it at the drag strip every Friday nite. I'm 56. I wouldn't trade it for anything. I have a corvette in the garage with dust on it. I'm going to sell it.
noelvm

 

How much for the vette?

 

Daily driver question: https://www.f150online.com/f150board...ML/004753.html

How does 440 lb/ft of torque hook up... not very well... but the wheels spin, not hop.

-Dreamin
'00 L

 

Stock, mine hooked up pretty good, but now, with the chip, MAF, and 4.10s very easy to light 'em up. I can see that next on the agenda is a trip to Lancaster for a set of Cal-tracs. Am I unhappy- hell, no.

------------------
I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.

'84 Alan Record Carbonio, Aerospoke wheels, Campy brakes.
'00 SVT Lightning, silver, G-tech Pro, JBA headers, cam bolts, 4.10 gears,
Swanson's chip, Pro-M. (Next - Cal-tracs)
2001 Kevlacat 2400, twin 115 Evinrude FICHT, Raytheon VHF, Radar, and Sounder/DGPS chartplotter

gmvye@pacbell.net

 

The truck drives very well in the rain.
-it is that simple-
I don't know how it is in the snow, but we have a bunch of guys who drove theirs all winter (with winter tires).

 

Noel-

Want to trade the Vette for some rims?

 

$25,000 as is 28,000 READY TO RUN. Needs brake job, battery, carb rebuild. 1970 LS-6 454 Completely gone thru with new rubber 8 years ago. Engine is LS-6 with rect port cast iron heads and has 2000 miles since new out of crate. 4-speed, hurst, Factory A/C; Leather, Tilt/tell steering wheel, pwr windows, upgraded radio with speakers & amp, factory side pipes, t-top, removable back window (70-71 only). This is not a numbers car. Color red. 390 posi rear end. 850 4160 holly carb. I have all the receipts for what has been done to it. New rubber alone was over $1,000 eight years ago.

noel

 

All smiles and I drive it to work in Houston traffic every day.
NO problems in any weather Houston has to offer.
That's
Jan 85-88
Feb 20-35
Mar - May 89-90
Jun - Aug 95-100
Sept- Dec 88-90