Evening all,

Has anyone on here got an SVT Lightning truck?

Just wondering what they were like, fast e.t.c

Cheers

Rosco

 

supercharged v8 - need i say more

 

im tempted to sell my escort cos to get one of these babys. just waiting for em to drop a little in price

 

I like I like!!

 

they are great, insurance is more than my cossie was though also you can't have many friends, they seat 3 but nicer with just 2 in, oh they sound awsome with a pipe on.

 

Wheres the best place to get em? Except america

 

American car imports for a new one they have a website so do a search

 

Cheers will do

 

Import one yourself mate, you'll save loads of cash, bit more agg but well worth doing.

I was going to buy one and import it, I even went over to Florida to test drive one!! Awesome to drive, very tail happy, sound the bollox. Only thing which put me off was the usual shonky Ford dashboard and the fuel consumption (not good at all!!!). Ended up buying an evo in the end due to being a bit more practical (ok just a little !! )

Will definitely consider getting one next though!

Chris

 

Hi chris!

Tail Happy in a pickup

They are all automagics arent they

Quick was it?

 

They're like belly buttons over here......

GROSSLY overpriced if you ask me....but you guys might like them since the exchange rate is very favorable to you at the moment

Personally, if someone gave me one...I'd sell it and get something that could take a corner and stop rather than just go like hell in a straight line and make a lot of noise.

 

yeah well tail happy! Had it wheelspinning in second without even realising!!!!

Yup, they are all autos. Dont get put off by this though.

Quick - yes it was! and easily tuneable to get 550+hp and shitload of torque.

Chris

 

im thinking ov selling cos for one of these, had a few quotes for importing
one, see what 2005 brings

500 horsepower
525 lb-ft of torque
8.3-liter V10 Viper engine
Six-speed manual transmission with Hurst shifter
22-inch polished-aluminum wheels
Dual exhaust

 

That one above the Ford one Rob?

 

woo hoo hoo!!

Some good comments here!

What colours do they come in?

Chris thats mad for a pickup mate (BTW Lancer looks the dogz bollox)

Escort WRC, They cant be that bad round corners can they?

 

thats the dodge rhys

 

rhys - tahts a dodge ram

the diesel engine one is fantastic - uses a slightly tuned cummins 8 litre straight 6 with a big fat holset turbo - bloke down the road from me has one, fookin animal of a machine

 

thats the mopar srt10, they're now the fastest production pick up but only just on every account against the lightning, thing is a lightning is easier and cheaper than a cossie to get 550+hp, as for the comment on fuel econemy there better than a highly tuned cossie and if you can drive normal in it they're not bad atall when the look at the size and how quick they are

 

Here's Danny B's on our way to northants RSOC meet in the summer, im in the saph, only time i over took it

 

Danny B Didnt realise you owned one mate,

Thats the dogz!!

 

its gonna look even better when towing my car behind when its finished

 

quality!! I love the red ones, by far the best colour. The one I test drove was Sonic Blue or summit (looked like Imperial).

What are parts like to get hold of in this country Danny? And what sort of fuel consumption do you get??

Cheers
CHris

 

23 in bling mother f##kin bling wheels fit easy

 

hausers import car parts every to weeks from usa so parts are cheap and easy for me, worst fuel is 19mpg and best is 28mpg my cossie is crap on fuel

pete dont get me started

 

 

If you want a tunable pickup truck check out the Ford Falcon F6 Tornado.

 

ah cool, better than i thought then fuel wise! I get 14mpg max in the evo and thought it would be worse!!!

Deffo on my shopping list next then!!!!!

Did you import your one yourself?

 

Thought it was a Dodge!

I would love one, when i went to New York in the summer see some guys about20ish get into a black lightning and driv up the road it looked and sounded awsome

 

Its a truck.....and it corners like a truck

 

 

But there soooooo cool

 

but how often do you see a truck like that power sliding , quiet funny whilst we were on the way to that meet, a TT came hairing past me im not a nutter, but the lighting took chase, think the priceless bit was the TT drivers face at 140mph with a bright red (fire engine) pickup sitting next to him

 

Power sliding a pickup is not particularly difficult given the weight distribution

 

whats the top speed on those trucks as there nto the most arrodynamic things are they?

 

Get one of these bad boys

 

The latest Lightnings have the power shot system where the air-con cools the air into the supercharger

 

While I was in Canada in September I hire'd this badboy....



5.7 hemi magnum. fooookin beast it was. wasn't interested in fuel consumption.. it was fookin awesome

150quid for 4 days... well worth it I thought

 

sorry i stand corrected

 

tiff - is that real? looks photoshopped looks bloody mean though, why doesn't my show smilies button work also?

also the TT he raced wasn't a normal one, ABT tuned one i think

 

The Dodge thing over here is listing at $45k and dealers are marking them up another $25k as a 'market adjustment' so figure about $37k GBP or so before you put it on the boat.

For a TRUCK.....YIKES