bahahhaha, thats awesome!


i don't really care much about the tire spinning issue and agree with those who stated that its a good thing. my main point of concern was seeing the various mustang owners saying their 01 L felt SLOWER than their stock GT or cobra. thats not good.

 

I have a silver 2001 with 500 miles on it. It does spin the tires from a dead stop, but nothing like my 2000 with a C&F did. I am VERY happy with the times I ran last Friday at a REAL track(not G-Tech)see sig

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Jeff
01 Lightning: 13.51 @ 101.7 (stock)
93 Mustang GT: 11.40 @ 124.5 (old combo)
www.unlimited-racing.com

Moderator - Bay Area California Chapter
www.svtperformance.com

 

It's the simple misconception that a fast car must smoke the tires. Gentlemen the days of muscle car's with tiny poly-glass tires are gone. Tire technology has improved significantly. Combine this with 4800lbs and a high center of gravity and you get good launches.

1.9X 60' times on radials is insanely good!



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Scott Weatherford
351W 1993 LX 11.9 @ 118MPH (Drag Radials)
Black 2001 Lightning 13.62 @ ??? MPH

WWW.Mustang351W.F150online.NET
WWW.Lightning.F150online.NET

 

Silver, 1600mi haven't smoked the tires yet
(thats not why i got it).Somebody on this board said the L is the best stop light to
stop light racer in production, THERE RIGHT!

FRITZ, Silver 2001 "L"

 

Mine has 600 miles on it,have not gone WOT yet,still breaking it in. I hope mine doesn't spin the tire's just smashing the gas. I want to hole shot the competition.

 

My 01 has a little over 2K miles and like I've said elsewhere it continues to get stronger. I can lay down rubber very easily and at wot will burn some at the 2nd shift too. I also agree with Don C - you won't hear these tires make noise, you just feel your rear end shift.
....... And this is before I installed my splitfires last night - WOW
Talk about a different truck! I HIGHLY recommended these plugs, the throttle response is night and day. After the install last night I was taking it for a test drive and a guy in a high end bimmer (like a 540) tries to take me from a red light, he shoots off the line and I wasn't expecting a race so as a reaction I drop the hammer about 3/4 throttle and melt my rears. I was like "whoa big fella" , regained my composure, and handed that guy a healthy portion of his a$$ smothered in Grey Poupon.
It almost seems like my old plugs were bad judging by the gains I got from the splitfires, I would be interested to see how one of your trucks run after a set just to see if it's just my truck. The install took me about 4 hours and I lost some hand skin but is SOOOOO worth it. I would like to thank Chuck (LTNBOLT) at http://home.midsouth.rr.com/lightningpage/ for documentation on this. Even with all of his help it still took me 4 hours to do thanks to those fun little things like dropping screws in hard to reach areas or having the rubber spark plug boot come loose from the spark plug socket and stick to the plug. The one thing I'll add to his documentation is to have 2 5/8" sockets, one being the spark plug kind with the rubber boot inside and the other being just a normal deep socket kind. Use the one with the rubber boot to take the old plugs out and use the one without a boot to put the new ones in. This will keep your socket from sticking to the plug when your done tightening it, there's no room to reach down there and pull it off the plug if your extension disconnects before the socket comes off the plug. Which it will every time, believe me! If you have any questions feel free to e-mail me at DJANIMATE@AOL.COM

Adam
01 Black L

 

I have to admit, I was disappointed when I test drove my future L. I expected a lot more from it. However, I now feel my initial expectations were unrealistic, which is why I own the truck. You have to understand, after riding sportbikes, hardly any four-wheeler will seem fast. However, I find myself wishing I was getting in my L for the commute home instead of hopping on my bike... A strange phenomena that's never happened before. (Shhh, don't tell any of my biker buddies!!!)

-Ollie


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"Our Lady of Blessed Acceleration, don't fail me now!!!"
-Elwood Blues

 

It's definitely not as fast as my snake.
But it does OK for a truck.

 

Seems plenty fast enough for me!!! Don't want to spin the tires, like to get it rolling, and then punch it. Seems kind of a waste to be leaving all that rubber on the road.

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01L,Lowered, Black,Downey SST,Straight Pipes,Chipped,Wet Okole Covers........ Toy: 91 Heritage Softtail Classic/Lowered

 

my modded 2k GT still feels faster... I think its the manual shifting so I dont know... Im going to take it and get it dyno tested and I have a really wierd idea I want to try to squeeze some non-chipped HP out of it, so Ill see what happens.

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My Black 01 has 3100 miles on it now. I believe that it has gotten a lot stronger. From a stand it will spin the tires pretty well. (Not that i would ever do such a thing )

My buddy has a Black 99 that has mods and I believe he dynoed at 360 rwhp. Im pretty sure his truck is faster but I can hang with him pretty well and my truck is stock.

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2001 Black L.

 

First, I put down all three windows so I can feel the acceleration.

Then I put my foot in it.

Then my ***** swell up...



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Silver 2001.5
Snuglid
Bedrug
Nada mas

 

My truck felt pretty fast but had trouble spinning the tires at first. Everybody likes to hook up, but it's nice to know you can lay some rubber, especially for those watching. anyway for the past two day's i have been flooring my truck more often, looking for a leak. now my truck feels much faster, and spins the tires like mad when i floor her. brings a smile to my face!

 

Damn, I only have 225 miles on my truck. Have a car that i drive back and forth to work. And now that Iam working 7 days, no time to play, but I did send out two payments this week and the first payment isn't due till 5/08. I have a new ram-air sitting on the kitchen floor just waiting to meet its new truck! Its only a matter of time, and yes my old 99 with chip/filter will smoke my new truck!

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2001 Silver Bolt...
Adopted 3/24/01...
Red Line Water Wetter... Wet Okole's... Bedrug... JL Ram Air...
Chipless in NJ

 

Mine feels pretty slow. It feels kinda 13.4-13.5 ET ish, with around 142 mph. top end.


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Rick
'01 Red Lightning Ordered 11/30/00
Built On 2/20/01
Arrived at Dealer 3/19/01
Picked Up 4/5/01