the wife and i went down to American Ford and bought a new car today . A little Focus .. i told my wife she could have any car as long as it was a Ford.I can tell you that out of the 3 Ford dealerships ive bought cars from this was by far the best .And yes its a SVT dealership . So if your in the market for a L or Cobra and dont feel like getting jerked around i highly recommend them . PHONE: (952) 831-7000 and you all know i dont work for them ... i just think good service is hard to come by and when it does let people know
thanks Jason

 

Yes Jason i agree!! have been there once now for a complete wheel balance,, and get this,, i am going back for the I/C fix, and the Lower a-frame bolt fix :-) Brought the truck in to show em the a frame bolt was sliding around, and the tech said theres a TSB out for that, and i didn't even have to tell them to order the new I/C and intake they just did it!! Also will get a fresh 4 wheel alignment,, Yes that is American Ford!! Tom Busyn is the SVT salesman there he posts on svtper.com under Tommylightning,,,, actually i think he might be a moderator over there,,, 2000 L JDM. fan,, Billet SB,, Greg,,,

 

how far is that from marshall, MN?

 

sorry, i see now that it's in Bloomington.

 

Boltittome


where are you located ? we are heading to Cedar Falls dragway in oct . if your interested .
Jason

 

retics4me,

When are you heading out to Cedar Falls. I've been meaning take my truck to a track sometime before the snow flies. I've never been to a track before, so this would be quite the experience for me.

BTW, a friend of mine was in Cedar Falls the other weekend, and said he talked to a guy that had a 2000 silver lighting, running low 13's. Was that you?


Dan

2001 Red Lightning
Stock... for now

 

Dank
yeah that was me .. i ran a whole bunch of 13.0s then i ran one 12.9...since then i have added PSP lower pulley and tonight im getting my intercooler fixed so im hoping to go deeper in the 12s.
we are talking about going october 20th but that could change . im in a Car Club called MOdern Muscle of Minnesota http://www.modernmuscleofmn.com/and there is usually 10 or 15 cars going . keep in touch with me and ill let you know for sure on the date . it would be cool to have some more Ls at the track .retics4me@hotmail.com
thanks Jason

 

I am planning buying an L in 2002. Talked with Tommy at A.F. Seems like a good sort, so he will be one of those I try to deal with.

Do you know if they do X plan? Are they "mod" friendly?

Thanks.

 

Ah-Ha! Surfing on the job, eh?

 

jaymz,

I bought my Lightning from Tommy @ American Ford, and I'm very pleased with them. He is quite knowledgeable, and definitely made buying a new vehicle a fun experience. I can't tell you if they do X plan or not, but I did get a pretty good deal on the truck. As far as mods go, he told me they will not void warrantee work. You can ask him yourself to make sure, his screen name over at svtperformance.com is TommyLightning.

 

Hey Dank! this is just a guess on my part BUT, I am thinking your Lightning is a red 01? Also i see it in Bird Island, parked kinda buy the stop and go light? I drive a food dist truck, US Foodservice actually,, and i am in Olivia every tues, morning we do all the Dairy Queens,, So am i right? I have a 2000 silver, just went to the Dyno on wed also 331 hp and 408 torque, all stock except for jdm fan and single blade throttle body,, i live in Delano,, good luck!! Greg,,,

 

Yup, that's me. So you are the one that keeps me fed. I live in olivia, and work in bird island for a software company.

Nice dyno numbers, where did you go to get it dynoed? I'm interested to see what kind of numbers I would put up. All I've done to my truck so far is straight pipes. And i've seen mixed opinions on H.P. Gains/Losses. I don't understand how it could hurt h.p. But what do i know. Hopefully I'll have some 1/8 miles times on saturday. I'm going to try and get up to Grove Creek.

Dan

 

Dank ,
they have a dyno up at Elite motorsports in north mpls. i went up there and everyone was really cool do deal with.
i tried the straight pipe route for 1 day and it was way too loud for me ..

 

Hi Dank and Retics,,, I had my dyno time at Gueningsman Automotive, (320) 485-3994 They are in Winsted. $ 75.00 and Hour,, Its a three year old Dynojet, I am going to Texas Motor Speedway the 20th and 21st, for SVTOA Texas stampede!! otherwise i would love to go to Cedar,, As i also have not been on a 1/4 mile in my LIFE!! :-( good luck,,,, Greg