Frankie that was an awesome read. Thanks for posting that.

That 454 makes a ****load of torque at a really low RPM. It'll be interesting to see how the guys on Trucks can put that to use..

-rockstate

 

That was a good read. I was surprised the L had a slight performance advantage even though the ss had more hp and tq. Man I love those L's, getting hard to find.

 

Yeah, that's true. I looked on Ebay for a 454 SS and I found one with like 3500 miles on it! It was sickkkkkkkk. Looked good. Would I buy it? Hell no. My truck is faster than that plus I bleed Blue. Too bad I can't keep up with Lightnings, especially with my weight gaining mods.

-rockstate

 

Long live the Ford Lightning, kick some SS butt, those late 80's/early 90's full size Chevys were nothing but turds, my dad is A ford guy, but he has owned Chevies and Dodges, bac in '95 he bought an '89 GMC 2500 with a 350 V-8, that 350 was a big turd, it was gutless, overheated all the time, even when he rebuilt the top end of the motor, the truck still was sluggish, I think this race will go to the Ford.

 

Well the SS got the build up today. Edlebrock heads and intake. Also a shift kit for the tranny. They say from 400-450 HP. I think its going to be close one now. What do you guys think?

 

It all depends on what the lightning gets. I realy wish they would put a blower on that 351. If so its going to be game over right there. More than likely it will get the same as the 454.

 

I hope that it will be a blower for the Lightning, but what do else do you think they will do??

 

That was a good one. I dunno about 450 hp but I guess if that's at the crank, more power to 'em. That cam will really wake that 454 up I guess. My buddy's 5.7 GTO really woke up with his Stage II cams.

I can't wait to see what they do to the Lightning. Maybe gearing will give the L the edge?

-rockstate

 

with the tv satallite setup from dish i have it shows the tv guide and the info for that episode, well looking forward to next week, the title of the next episode of Trucks shows is.............Turbocharging a V8!!!!

and it shows it will be a new episode so i'm betting it is the lightning.. but this is according to dish network

 

The "L" already has 4.10 gears.

 

True. I wouldn't mind seeing some 4.30s in there. 4.30s REALLY make my truck come alive.

-rockstate

 

The reason they put this together was to show what can be done to stuff that people are still doing. All the old comparisons were of stock L and SS trucks. At least from what I have seen. It will be cool to see what they are like after someone has thrown a few bucks into them. I like the older muscle trucks. I'm not a big fan of the look of any of the newer trucks. The Gen 2 Lightnings are cool, but I would take a unmolested Gen 1 over it anyday. I'd probably even take one that needed some help. Here is perfect example of a 94 Lightning. I really like the way black Lightnings look when eveything is black with no chrome.

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Gen 1 stock trim was 240 RWHP so 230 should be no suprise. I had my 94 dyno'd last summer at 110 degrees ( AZ ) 212K miles and got 219. Pulled the motor and now running a SC'd 357. now in the 400 RWHP area

 

A bone stock GEN 1 motor is rated at 240hp/340tq at the crank. Take out 20% from those numbers, for driveline loss, and the RWHP should be close to what a bone stock GEN 1 L would put down on a dyno.

 

Yeah i read that on Powerblocks website. They are going to put a turbo on it.