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I asked the same shit over and over again. Don't worry man. These are the mods you should start out with in my opinion.
-FTVB (Factory Tech Valve Body) Firms up the shifts and prolongs the life of the Trans.
-6# Lower Pulley
-Oil Catch Can (2nd Most Important)
-Exhaust
-Intake
-Tune
-Lowering Kit
With those mods there you're looking at a 12.6 - 12.8 Lightning with a DR. I had Kurgan tune mine with those mods listed on the STOCK MAF. I did WOT runs in 40* weather and never blew a plug or had any issues. Speed Inc took care of the installs also. GL!
-FTVB (Factory Tech Valve Body) Firms up the shifts and prolongs the life of the Trans.
-6# Lower Pulley
-Oil Catch Can (2nd Most Important)
-Exhaust
-Intake
-Tune
-Lowering Kit
With those mods there you're looking at a 12.6 - 12.8 Lightning with a DR. I had Kurgan tune mine with those mods listed on the STOCK MAF. I did WOT runs in 40* weather and never blew a plug or had any issues. Speed Inc took care of the installs also. GL!
Yeah. You'll be set. I would really think about the oil catch can and the FTVB though. You can ask any other Lightning owners they are the best bang for the buck.
i got the upper and lower intake plenums and i beleive the throttle body, and maybe another part or two sitting in boxes in my bedroom if your interested...i totalled mine and havent been able to bring myself to post them up for sale in the classifieds cuz i would love to get another L in the future but money is tight right now so if your interested shoot me a PM and ill snap photos of what I have...then we can just check the classifieds on here and NLOC to come up with a fair price
it will definetely make it a bit louder and give you more power as well as better throttle response...i forgot to take the pics last night ill try to remember tonight..here is a link to the throttle body and intake plenums i have the C&L power inlet pipe and C&L performance power plenum as well for sure im not sure about the MAF though
http://www.lightningforceperformance.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=232_457_95
http://www.lightningforceperformance.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=232_457_95
you know, here's my 2 cents, I bought the LFP stage 3 package (4lb lower pulley), valve body, TVS suspension, JLP t-bars, headers, bassanni catback, Chickenears CAI (ram air style), meth injection and some other odds and ends and here were my numbers:
http://chicagosvt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27895
total came out to be like $6000,00 if I remember correctly and for those numbers was it really worth it? I was happy as shit when bob tuned it though. However, if I had to do it all over again I'd do thing differently. Free mods I would do:
port s/c
port t/b (unless you're making some good numbers those big TB's aren't going to do much but give you a hissing sound)
port top plenum
I would get a 6 lb lower and a catback and a tune, this would cost a fraction of what I paid. I would save the rest to build my bottom end up (with labor would probably run you around $3,000) save a little more, buy a used KB or whipple and boost the crap out of that.
you will see number twice as high as mine for a little over what I paid.
Rafal
http://chicagosvt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27895
total came out to be like $6000,00 if I remember correctly and for those numbers was it really worth it? I was happy as shit when bob tuned it though. However, if I had to do it all over again I'd do thing differently. Free mods I would do:
port s/c
port t/b (unless you're making some good numbers those big TB's aren't going to do much but give you a hissing sound)
port top plenum
I would get a 6 lb lower and a catback and a tune, this would cost a fraction of what I paid. I would save the rest to build my bottom end up (with labor would probably run you around $3,000) save a little more, buy a used KB or whipple and boost the crap out of that.
you will see number twice as high as mine for a little over what I paid.
Rafal
sorry for the delay but here is what i have in my room, my old man just told me we also still have the ford racing 4.10 or 4.11 gears whichever they are i couldnt remember.
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im not sure how big it is but it came off an 03...here is a link to the same one on jlp's site, im sure he could tell you how big it is not positive though...
http://www.johnnylightningperf.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=36
I just went throught the entire classifieds section for gen 2s on the NLOC forum and only found 1 ad for this exact throttle body. They were asking 275...this sounds fair to me as it was a almost 500 when i bought it and new now they still go for around 400 plus i honestly dont think i have more than 15k on it....right above that add they had one for the C&L upper for 175 just as an fyi...i work 8-5 monday through friday but would be willing to meet somewhere anytime after 5
http://www.johnnylightningperf.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=36
I just went throught the entire classifieds section for gen 2s on the NLOC forum and only found 1 ad for this exact throttle body. They were asking 275...this sounds fair to me as it was a almost 500 when i bought it and new now they still go for around 400 plus i honestly dont think i have more than 15k on it....right above that add they had one for the C&L upper for 175 just as an fyi...i work 8-5 monday through friday but would be willing to meet somewhere anytime after 5
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