My truck.....pics/vid

[NacsMXer]

Well today I spent the afternoon cleaning under the hood of my 99 5.4L F-150. It was too cold to use a hose and do it properly so I did what I could by hand instead. Just thought I would snap some pics and a vid of the end product to share with you guys.. :D


Here's my proof to start off...haha
http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/4176/dsc00059pw6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Autometer Instrumentation
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/6531/dsc00064zb3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

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http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/8788/dsc00061fk5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

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http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/5168/dsc00062zd9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Decently clean for now :p
http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/2928/dsc00051of2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

The Goods... :chinese:
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/843/dsc00050ma1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

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http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/426/dsc00053wt0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

ATI Procharger P1-SC 3.40" pulley @ 12psi
http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/525/dsc00056sx1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

One happy 5.4L Triton V8 :cool:
http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/4471/dsc00058ch1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Start up video clip
http://thumbs.vidiac.com/09497bd0-443c-4fd0-ba28-98e70136a96f.jpg (http://videos.streetfire.net/video/09497bd0-443c-4fd0-ba28-98e70136a96f.htm)Click here to see Video (http://videos.streetfire.net/video/09497bd0-443c-4fd0-ba28-98e70136a96f.htm)
Click "Switch to windows media player" at the top for it to work

[CRich[814]]

damn friend. you have a nice truck. yes i just said friend. i like how your engine bay is red and so is the outside of the truck!! nice combo. ive heard of the blue/red ones too though. but you have to put a completely different motor in it. but seriously nice truck. whats the hp on that beast?

[NacsMXer]

Thanks...yeah I had to spend a lot of extra cash for the red engine bay...lol J/K. It's making right around 450 HP at the crank, but put down 379 RWHP/424 ft-lbs RWTQ on the Dynojet where I work.

[quadman440ex]

Looks good! I love the guages, are they Summitt? You should be able to keep up with a Lightning with that setup.

[naw0029]

Nice truck but just one question why not a Lightning. A Lightning will give you the handeling along with the power, trust me i know i own one. And for the keeping up with a Lightning only if the Lightning is stock but any mods and he should have you covered. Not bashing just stating my oppinion and like i said the truck is realy nice and you can be sure you will never see another one on the road. Good luck with it.

[NacsMXer]

Thanks guys. The gauges are Autometer Lunar series.

I love Lightnings don't get me wrong, but A.) They aren't 4WD and B.) They are not extended cab, so you only have a single bench. Living in the midwest, we get a lot of snow and 4wd has saved me many times. Also, I haul a lot of stuff around by nature. A standard cab doesn't offer much extra room to put your stuff. Being that the Lightning wasn't practical enough for my needs, I chose to make my own 4wd supercab "Lightning"....problem solved :p I also could have done the Lightning transplant, but elected to go centrifugal to try something a little different.

[hardkoratvmxr]

that looks really nice

[88blaster]

Kinda silly that the speedo quits at 100:devil:

[ZWILLETT47]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v327/KyKult47/Lightning04-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v327/KyKult47/Lightning93-1.jpg

couple of our ligthnings

[Hondadudeehhhh]

you want to help me with my 03' 5.4. She is jealous of your's
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v345/JBhonda400ex/flex5.jpg

[NacsMXer]

The speedo unfortunately quits at 100 because the cluster was designed to be plug and play with the Ford unit. I don't need to be going over 100 anyways but i'll admit I have in the past. In the diagnostics mode, through the digital odometer, I have a speedo readout to the tenth of a mile per hour that goes above 100 so no problems there.

Nice L's up there ^^^ I have always liked the DSG Lightnings.. :cool:

[naw0029]

I totaly understand your deal with having 4 wheel drive, my dad has an expidation and drives his work truck so when the weather is bad the L stays put and the expy comes out.


ZWILLETT47 i love the GEN 1 wath year, i have a 93 and it is my babby. I love that thing, by any chance a part of the NLOC (national lightnng owners club) if not the site is very informative and has helped me many of times the link is www.nloc.net


I will get a pic. of my L up as soon as i get it washed right now its lookin pritty dirty!

[ShiftFMX]

Hmm, maybe I should throw a super charger on my 250LD :devil:

If you dont mind me asking, how much did that setup run you?

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k216/ShiftFMX/DSC01857.jpg

[NacsMXer]

Your truck and mine are like cousins Shift :blah: Still lookin' good man :cool:

First thing I want to say is these kits ain't cheap, yet are still affordable...really depends on how much you want to go fast lol. I drove my truck for 5 years in N/A form and it took me about 3 years of steady savings to afford this kit.

I paid about $3,500 for the kit from a Procharger dealer who cut me a deal on it. I believe they are going for around $3,700 direct through ATI. The base kit comes with a P-1SC with the 9 psi pulley, Gates belt, tubing and all the associate parts, bypass valve, intercooler, fuel pump, and fuel management unit. It is designed to work with a stock truck with no tune but is very basic and has room for improvement.

On top of all that, I went with the 12 psi pulley, shorter belt, colder heat range motorcraft plugs, ditched the stock 19 lb/hr injectors for 42 lb/hr ford racing green tops, added a 90mm Lightning MAF, ditched the fuel management unit, had the truck dyno tuned with a wideband O2, plus various other parameter tweaks using the SCT Xcalibrator 2. After all that, now we have a truck with a spot-on A/F ratio across the powerband....reliability was the key concern for me.

Anyone ever watch Trucks?
This was my inspiration and covers the basics of the install on a 99-03 F-150 if you are curious: http://www.procharger.com/video/TrksSuperchargerBroad.wmv
http://www.procharger.com/video/TrksIntercoolerBroad.wmv

[ShiftFMX]

Originally posted by NacsMXer
Anyone ever watch Trucks?
This was my inspiration and covers the basics of the install on a 99-03 F-150 if you are curious: http://www.procharger.com/video/TrksSuperchargerBroad.wmv
http://www.procharger.com/video/TrksIntercoolerBroad.wmv

Hey C'mon man, I wanna see the rest of project sportsman!! :mad:

:p

[NacsMXer]

Haha I know i've looked hi and lo for the ending... I remember watching it Stacey took that thing right into the mudpit :eek:

[quads14589]

damn man, that things sounds crazy better than my dads diseal great looking f150

[atvRiDa400ex]

maybe you could hook my baby up with one also!:( :D :cool:

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c120/mestoe/DSCN1357.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c120/mestoe/DSCN1351-2.jpg:devil: