When I first started following the boards for Lightnings, there were three or four core vendors. Three of those were Tuner owned and operated. There were several, let's say, satellite vendors that provided services to Lightnings as well as many other vehicles.

I've noticed lately there's an outbreak of new places to shop. I like this; but, also wonder if there is enough business to go around. Will this hurt the tuner based vendors or will we see how much we've been overpaying for our "fixes"? I don't know; but, we'll soon find out. Will the weak will be rooted out; or, will we find that there's room for even more competition out there? All the main vendors seem to be overworked and lagging behind on deliveries. This could free up some time for them; but, also cut into their bottom line.

Here is the beginning of a list of all the tuners I know of. I will most definitely miss some; so, feel free to add to the list.

The old:

http://www.powersurgeperformance.net/
http://www.teamjdm.com/
http://www.johnnylightningperf.com/home.asp
http://www.lightningforceperformance.com/
http://www.jjssvt.com/

The new:

http://www.blueovalperformance.com/

Chicken/Walker Motorsports

Razor's Edge Motorsports

http://www.cerraracing.com/default.cfm

The specialized:

Ruslow Performance
http://www.rkkustom.com/
http://www.truck-traks.com/
Raceparts Brokerage Inc.

There are more, I just don't know them all.

 

I remember when I first got my 99 there was only 1 tuner. More and more Lightning on the road, so why not. Some of the new tuners deal with more than just Lightnings

 

Swanson Performance should be considered one of the old ones.

I can still remember the good old days when Sal was busy but had a good plan, Superchips via Mike always pinged the first time around on California gas (no matter how many times you explained the chip would be in California), and Danny was in the process of moving shops, so getting in touch with him was the West Coast version of Sal - it was possible if you were patient and didn't get in a tizzy over something that was silly and meaningless (getting a chip ASAP, etc).

Where would I go first or or who would I recommend first? Sal, Danny and Stan have always been honorable in business, cordial and friendly outside of business, especially Stan. I also have been helped by Jim on a couple occasions (for free) and I doubt he would remember, but that doesn't matter.

I'll leave it at that.

 

Here are the Supporting vendors

https://www.f150online.com/vendors.cfm

https://www.f150online.com/scpp/index.html

http://www.johnnylightningperf.com

http://www.powersurgeperformance.net

http://www.trixters-playground.com

http://www.truck-traks.com

http://www.lightningforceperformance.com

http://www.teamjdm.com

There are more out there....

Heres a local guy
http://www.performanceresearchonline.com/

Doug

 

Odin's Wrath,
I think it's a matter of demand as much as anything else.It seems there are as many unhappy customers as there are happy ones.If nothing else,it gives everyone more options if they are looking for it.

 

Although most of my stuff is from JDM, and they've been great, i try to support all the guys, i know what's it's like to be in buisness, especially a small buisness. I've also purchased from PSP and LFP. Both were great to deal with.

 

Don't forget BA-Bolt in The Specialized list! He's the man.

BA-Bolt

-Ollie

 

As I understand it he is not making Lightning parts anymore.... He has moved on to Cobra stuff....

Doug

 

thanks for all the links you guys...

I'm still looking for someone who'd go beyond Lightning and Cobra tuning and make something special for the Vics...

--Russ

 

Could that be that the LAST time I tried to register it
wouldn't let me pick 2002 ???? Haven't tried lately.


Or maybe the 2002 guys and gals don't wnat all their
info in one place for Ford to find ... ???

 

I knew I missed a few. Thanks for filling in the holes. Here are a couple more that don't base their business around the Lightning; but, they have been around for a while.

http://www.andersonfordmotorsport.com/
http://www.seanhylandmotorsport.com/