Dave Clark i would have to say the syclone was

@@StockGT350 SRT 10 and Syclone had the full potential to annihalate the Lightning

Chevy push rod LS motors were putting out the same horsepower naturally aspirated at that time. Ford could have really showed out, but they always fell slightly behind. The terminator Cobras were the start of serious cars.

John Tate no they wasn’t. The LS1 in the corvette had around 350 hp and the ls6 in the zo6 was around 400. As for trucks the the biggest motor at the time was the 5.3 in the 1500 series that was around 270-300 depending on years. The vortemax didn’t come out till 2006 for around 345 hp. Ford had a hot product that’s why it was there faster production truck at the time.

@@bradgt5130 dude you obviously don't know gm trucks. The c3 in 2001 had the lq4 6.0, and the Denalis and Cadillacs had the lq9 6.0 starting in 05

Old Fords Don't die So True

I’m a Chevy guy but I’m a huge fan of the square body F150/250’s from the 80’s and 90’s these and terminator mustangs. They took a huge step down going from the 300/302/351 etc to the modular. My old company work truck was a 1996 F250 with a 351. That thing was bulletproof. It had 400,000 miles when I left there. I’m sure it’s still going

Id drive this truck anyday

this is true lol

Ford haters have no class anyway..

I love this truck too.

DId you buy it?

Yeonhoo Kim Oh nah, I didn't have the at the time

Maxxas Crow how did it sell for after...

Twincam Mike83 idk, probably took it to auction. That's what normally happens to used cars at car dealership

Cool story bro

😂😂

Lol

I call bs. Unless you raced a 6spd with someone that can't drive. Those camaros/pontiacs ate all mustangs and were neck and neck with cobras of the time. A 13.6-8 sec 1/4 truck gapped a 13.5 sec car while hauling a couch? in your dreams haha.

Automatic

That was a camero

shaesham it’s funny to think about it now my 18 f-150 has 375 hp from a 3.5L

just about any new truck with a tune will do them numbers but i still love the older muscle trucks like the old 454ss and the srt 10

antfbi and your little ecoboost would still get drug by a lightning

Pretty much had the same times as the same mustang GT of the time. If not a little faster. Very impressive.

@@angelgjr1999 I don't think their driving was the best here. I had a 99 GT and people on the forums back in the day whined about the Lightning roasting our stangs! I think the quarter mile for a lightning was mid to low 13s if well driven

Yep I had a 2001 with a pulley swap, tune, and exhaust. 12.4 in the quarter with nitto street tires.

Brian Mullins who the hell asked you what yours did, speak only when spoken to ASS HOLE

@@kevinguffey1564 is the kind of guy who can't figure out why you're not supposed to molest your kids

kevin guffey damn Kevin chill

@@kevinguffey1564 multiple horse bitch 😂 and i noticed you're not refuting the claim

Teddy's Lift World you mean the supercharger lol

Until the Ram srt came out lol

kg the great one It still is

The gmc syclone has always held the throne, a 6 cylinder truck that ran flat fours

True, at least until the SRT10 Ram came out.

@@generaldoge9081 damn right way ahead of its time I believe it's a Collectable now

Tamim Ahmed -Probably the tool saying it. 😉

yea I really don't want to know how he came up with that

Like a Rat in a trap lol

GtaNation me too

Race them ant tell me which one is quicker, please.

@@mattjohnston7686 the cobra

It would be considered manslaughter because there's no intent lol

BASITH PH and Sexiest

No doubt! I also agree that they’re very sexy!

Nah, too round. Trucks look best with boxy angles.

Oliver Kalamata there's a place for both I'd love the motorweek long term 86 suburban diesel for everyday and the lightning for weekends

s (That fell off. Because kindergarten-level words are so difficult.)

reb1138 That $#!% was f**king awesome...

It sounds quaint, yet 17 years later and GM still can't get over 365HP out of their 5.3. Meanwhile, Ford and Dodge are a mile ahead.

King Daniel i agree with u to a point... the new 5.3 that GM brought out in 2014 kinda sucked in the power department....but i did like the older vortec 5.3 (1999 to 2013)....One thing your forgetting is that gm has never put a supercharger on the 5.3 so comparing the power of a n.a engine vs a boosted engine is not fair....the fair thing to do is compare fords regular non supercharged 5.4 that really competed with the 5.3 from GM....right there u will see that the 5.3 made a bit more power over fords 5.4...and thats with the 5.3 using an old push rod engine design, where the fords 5.4 was a new modern modular engine design.....but now in 2018 i would have to say that ford has the better engine options, i especially love that 5.0 in the f150.....

King Daniel dodge makes 375 out of the 5.7L on challenger though

John Herbold, but that’s 375 N/A Horsepower. Add a 8psi Supercharger like the one on the Lightning, & that Dodge 5.7 will make 500-510Wheel HP

Ford never used a supercharger on the 3v, which was only used in their truck and van lines, and I wasn't comparing it to the EcoBoost either. While, yes, the 5.3 made slightly more horsepower from factory, it was well below the 5.4 in torque. Also, as I'm sure is the case with the 5.3 as well, Ford intentionally tuned the 5.4 in their trucks to have the majority of its power low down in the rpm range, making it an excellent towing engine even today. With a simple tune, the 5.4 can easily gain 30+ horsepower and 50+ lb-ft. In comparison, Gm's 5.3 was basically at its limits without moderate modification.

Robert Button Amen to that. You probably can but its probably a fleetstyle truck.....the bare bones of options.

Robert Button you can, but you’re looking at white paint, no stereo or AC and vinyl seats.

@@ebrente we just bought three f250 xl...base models ..i mean bare bones but they did have 4wd cause we plow winters...35k out the door each..

working shlub sure, and if you chose to drop the 4x4 you would have gotten out a little closer to that 32 mark. I know it can be done I was just commenting on how difficult it is to get regular creature comforts in a truck at that price point.

Yeah, but $32k equals $47k in today's money.

Nobody Not 1

Vanilla Gorilla I literally saw one driving yesterday lmao. On highway 68 right by Laguna Seca Mazda race way.

DIAMLER see em all the time in my city

The only difference between the lightning and Harley engine was a different set of pulleys to produce less power than the lightning but that's a pretty easy fix lol

I love both, the Lighting and the Harley. My grandpa had a 2003 Lightning, he fixed it up and had it dynoed at 503 bhp and 532 lb-tq. And my great-grandpa (before he passed) had a 2004 Harley Davidson edition. Both of them was perfect. I grew up in that Lightning too..

Dalton B: You clearly come from a long line of bad asses!

do u have it

And because John said it I made a Dr appointment!

More like the Mustang Cobra

i have a 94 i think those look the most truckish of all these.

@Vegas EMT thats what im thinking. . . damn hankook tires in 295/45-r18 are like $150 a tire for fucks sake. The nitto 555r 305/45-r18 are $250

GT6SuzukaTimeTrials and an extended cab. just not enough cabin room.

T56 swaps are getting more common. There's a few on youtube, but the swap is kind of a pain. Definitely worth it tho imo

The F150 Harley Davidison edition was a 4 door crew cab lightning. Same powertrain.

@@aaronbays4 not quite, it was a lower boost version of the blown 5.4, only 340 hp I believe

@@aaronbays4 The '02 HD had 345 HP, Lightning had 395 HP

Words from a legend.

Pussaty: Yeah but... you still don't have a Lightning.

fwh79 very true

That's expected from almost any vehicle that's 20 years newer than the Lightning :)

Basic bolt ons, a stock motor & my 01 Lightning still rips off 12.9 quarter miles on street tires. 🥳

@@brianmullins5957 fbo and tune my damn L was running 12s

A friend told me. I put a blower in that Tacoma because of my first experience in the lightening. I understood immediately

yep

MotorWeek ahhh ya cant wait