Can't help posting what I have experienced with my 00 lightning.At 3500 miles piston whip and a bearing spun.At 6000 miles new tranmission.The SVT dealers I have worked with are just plain a pain,take my truck to a regular Ford dealer and get excellent treatment.I spoke with the gentleman who does tranny work he said there have been problems with this tranmission for years,and as a matter of fact when my truck was in the shop thay had 11 tranmissions come in for various vehicles,so the failure rate is low but does exist!!!! And you don't get piston whip or a spun bearing from a chip,it's engine failure.Why did they build the SVT cars and Lightnings unless they wanted to stand behind the product,I have a 00 lightning, son has a 97 Cobra,sure we race, that's what they are for, as well as daily drivers.But find a good dealer before ya buy your Lightning and express your concerns,then, if your happy with their service policy buy one there great.I traded in a 99 vette and kept my lightning , more fun, better racers,great people at all the races,and Jim@JDM,Johnny Lightning,Sal,And all the rest make it fun and fast.Also thanks to all of you at WFC
3rd place
best 12.91et 105.75mph
Street Lightning
Thanks all
J MAN

 

AMEN

 

As the saying goes. If it has T_ts, Tires, or Props, you will have problems with it.

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2000 Silver Lightning 13.16 (so far)
PSP 4-way
PSP Filter Kit
PSP Lower Pulley
Level 10 Shift kit
F-250 Trans pan
MagnaFlow 12468
Snug-Lid

I feel a 12.xx coming on.

Team PSP West

 

The tranny is the weak link in these things. I can tell by the e.t. in your sig that you have a chip. The stock clutches cannot handle the power of a full throttle 1-2 shift. As long as you leave the chip in and drive the truck hard the tranny will fail. Might as well rebuild it with the good Raybestos blues, like Ford should have done in the first place.

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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, built 2/9/00, #133 of 4966, G-tech Pro, JBA headers, 4.10 gears, Swanson chip, Pro-M, NGK plugs, carbon drive shaft, Roadmaster suspension kit, TransGo shift kit, cam bolts, Jackson washers, Wet Okoles, Kenyon transmission
13.39 @ 102.5

2001 Kevlacat 2400, twin 115 Evinrude FICHT, Raytheon VHF, radar, autopilot and GPS chartplotter/fishfinder.



gmvye@pacbell.net

 

So maybe I'll skip the chip and just go with the crank pulley..

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99.5 Lightning
Gone but not forgotten
01 picked up on 5/5/01
hud@mc.net