I have a 02 f-150 supercrew 4.6Lv8. i was thinking of buying a lighting but i may just make my truck the same a one. i know the lightings have superchargers but what else is in a lighting and not a stock 150. i also want to do a dual exhaust but would a catback be better? just looking for ideas. thanks.

 

A forged crank, a lower compression ratio for the blower, lowered slightly.

Any kit you buy will be a cat back, so that's the easiest route. I like my gibson kit, but when the aluminized pipes go, I will probably replace it with a Corsa system. It's all about the sound you want, you shouldn't feel a difference in power unless you go with too big of a pipe.

 

Engine, driveshaft, transmission, supercharger, body panels, suspension...

You can't make your Screw the same as a Lightning.

If you want the extra room the L doesn't have, then upgrade to a s/c'd Harley truck.

Besides, if you did everything you could do to your Screw to get as close to a Lightning in power and performance as possible, you might find it would have just been cheaper to get a Lightning or HD.

Stewart

 

I agree. You could easily spent $20k on the conversion and it still won't be the same. Why bother with all that when you can find a decent L for under $20k or a Harley for about the same?

 

yea i was thinking the same thing. if i cant get a lighting i may just get a new exhaust and some other performance mods.

 

Big Matt, just FYI, until you start some serious modding of the Lightning, changing the exhaust is not considered a performance mod.

The Gen 2 L's breath extremely well in stock form, so any change of the exhaust while stock, or mildly modified, would be for sound purposes only.

Stewart

 

I got 25 rwhp when I installed a complete exhaust system. It went from 349 to 374. It's definitely not the most cost effective way to get there, but it's not a complete waste of money either.

 

Nope, it aint a complete waste at all....I did it and lost power! Heh heh heh...but I wouldn't have it any other way! I can't stand driving my Lightning with the sound of the stock exhaust.

I'm catless. Straight midpipe from the headers to the cats. When I had to have the truck smogged, and I swapped those straight pipes out for the factory catted midpipes, I picked up gobs of torque. I couldn't believe how much faster my truck was. But I couldn't yank 'em off fast enough, even though it meant losing power.

Stewart

 

My system is Kooks longtubes, highflow cats, and Magnaflow cat back.