First Kill With The New Motor!

[ducky]

honestly you should have no problem taking him..

[Wtfan18]

honestly you should have no problem taking him..

haha okay david if i lose im yelling at you haha

[ducky]

haha okay david if i lose im yelling at you haha

hahah dont blame me damnit... lol blame it on traction or something with fuel

[Wtfan18]

hahah dont blame me damnit... lol blame it on traction or something with fuel

haha oh no your getting full blame for when i get pulled on.

[txarkitekt]

what are stock lightnings pushing for power? its a 99 so its the one of the years it was lower. high 2's low 3's? ive been wondering what mine will put out as well. im hoping to hit about 300 but who knows.. id love to see the 350 mark but not quite sure what other mods i can do to bump it up besides FI and Nitrous.

A stock 99 Lightning puts out 360 hp...but more importantly--440 ftlb of torque. That is their Achilles Heel--they have such massive low end torque-which makes them hard to launch. They are probably putting a little over 300 hp to the ground.

Your truck is pretty close in the hp department. But you have the luxury of a closer ratio 6-speed transmission. The Lightning only has 4 gears.

There is only really one more thing to do to create more power--a bigger cam. If your truck is not putting out the power you want, you could probably bump up the cam size to a 224/224 .588/.588 112. It would work pretty good with your 6-speed manual tranny.

P.S. You tried to fit some F-body LT headers on there?

[Wtfan18]

wow they put down that much huh? thats pretty crazy... a couple of my buddies drove the truck and said it went good. id really rather not change my cam. i need an intake still which ill probably order tomorrow i have been borrowing my buddies stock 5.3 intake from his truck. i suppose i can always go the nitrous route. i suppose i should probably see what the truck will even do in the 1/4 etc etc ive never owned another "fast" vehicle and havent run anything i would condiser insanely fast i suppose the lightning will give me an idea where i stand. and no i havent tried FBODY LT's i was told nothing fits and so i custome made my exhuast from the manifold all the way to the muffler its 2.5 inch stainless and it Y's about 6 inches before the muffler. i will buy a set of lance when he finishes them. as far as nitrous goes though id probably only run a dry 100 shot. but i know nothing about nitrous and timing and installing it etc..