Who and where are you having this done Captn? Maybe we can get a "group buy" LOL

 

Fast:
What Dreamin said. Don't take this the wrong way, but the stock lightning is probably more capable on corners than you are able to drive them (although you could be next Jackie Stewart, but I wouldn't know that). Not to worry, though. If you drive road courses, you'll improve your skills. You won't improve them on freeway off ramps. For instance, if you drive a offramp corner without runout, you'll probably hold back. If you do get feedback, it's somewhat meaningless, because you won't be on that offramp for another day or two. On the other hand, if you drive a road course, you'll be able to practice each corner over and over and learn from the feedback you get from the truck. Consider 15 corners on a course where you run 80 laps. That 1200 corners in one day.

Dreamin:
Yes.

Spike

 

Can you but the Hotchkin's swaybars on a ROUSH setup?

Daniel

 

I didn't take it personal Just looking to lower my truck and make it handle better and spend money Does that make me a bad guy

 

This truck will fool you quite well and will bring MANY frights right into you if you do not get well adjusted and comfortable with it. Although it seems as if it will not "bite" it will most of the time at staggering speeds on extremely sharp off ramps or curves. You have to know the truck and know what it is capable of. These trucks will scare the hell out of an amateur, but a pro feels right at home in them on the track.

I thought I was going to go off a turn one time and quickly realized that the truck fooled me very similar to my old '96 Mystic Cobra. I just gave it more gas and turned in more appropiately. It leaned, sure, slid some, but ultimately stuck, and stayed on course.

Of course, you do have the Bell Tech and regardless that it lowers the truck it most likely has detrimented your handling over factory. I can't say this for sure, but I wouldn't doubt it one bit.

BfB

 

Fast - will be ordering from Mark@LightningForce and getting them installed in my front driveway.

Like everyone said, learn everything this truck can do. I've been pushing it and learning new things. Soon I will go to a road course, and hopefully do some racing. So I'd like better overall for that.


Spike - have you seen any stiffer springs or suspension upgrades that maintain stock ride height (besides the swaybars)

 

No, but that doesn't mean they don't exist. I may be wrong, but my intuition tells me that a stiffer suspension with the stock travel would be a downgrade. Better valving on the shocks may help performance on the stock system but I haven't tried or driven a 01L, so I can't speak for the Bilstein's.

The best "upgrade" I've gotten so far is learning stuff from other drivers, especially when they ride with you.

Spike