cbxer55
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- Joined
- Oct 9, 2009
- Messages
- 1,863
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- Location
- Midwest City, Oklahoma
- Vehicle Year
- 1998
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 3.0
- Transmission
- Automatic
It's true, but the stock trans is up to the task. No one really has much complaint about them unless they build the hell out of the motor, to the point the trans can't handle it anymore. It's said they are good up to 500 hp easily. There are a few running around pushing 600 with a stock transmission. Friend in Edmond OK has one.Always been the problem with Mopar - they're heavy. My SRT8 Challenger is 4200 lbs, and it absolutely feels like it.
Only downfall of the lightning (to me) was the trans - no manual option.
A friend has a built 02 lightning with a 92 mm turbo and a built Turbo 400 trans. He's near 1000 hp. on straight E100 alcohol fuel. He blew the trans within three months of getting it up-and-running.
Another friend has a 02 Lightning, built somewhat, with a T56 six speed in it. Very nicely done. Console with a short throw shifter. Slammed to the ground with a "C" notch. Really nice truck. The stuff he had to go through to get that working, almost too much. All the way to a custom drive shaft. It's way more than most have a desire to do, and costs a lot of money to accomplish.
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