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Lightning Swapped Mustang, I mean, F150 Build Thread
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I got a buddy with a wicked 4v 5.4l forced induced. He gave up on ford transmissions and went to a chevy 400turbo. He couldnt believe a built tranny that is half the cost of a built ford would hold the torque/power. After pully the ford tranny a dozen times, he ditched in favor of the chevy and hasnt looked back.
There was a mustang magazine that featured a nasty lightning with a t56 swapped in. Guy was fed up with trannys not holding up, so he built the truck for the manual. Looked great and having 6 gears had to ease fuel consumption.
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There was a mustang magazine that featured a nasty lightning with a t56 swapped in. Guy was fed up with trannys not holding up, so he built the truck for the manual. Looked great and having 6 gears had to ease fuel consumption.
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Picked up my 4r100 swap yesterday now I just need to get the old motor out so I can get it all swapped over
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I thought long and hard about finding a Lightning motor when I was getting ready to put a motor in my 01, but ended up just ordering a reman'd 5.4L. Cool project.
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Finally got some work done on the truck yesterday. Got the old motor and trans pulled and put the lightning motor in just gotta put it all together and then put the trans in also hopefully a couple more weeks and I can attempted to start it
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Did you get the ecm and fuel system out of the old truck as well??
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No I took this motor from a car it didn't come with a ecu or fuel system so I'm just gonna put one bigger fuel pump in it and tune this ecu for the motor
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Slowly but surely coming together Hoping to put the trans in next week. Got the correct fuel rails coming to me and ordered a automotive 340 pump. Just needs a few more small things for the trans and some wiring and I think I'll be ready to fire it up soon
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Well got all the wires extended yesterday and got the motor pretty much together. Just need to make a cop harness for it.
Today I attempted to put the trans in but the pilot bearing from when it was in a mustang would not come out at all so that didn't get done today but did get the front end off and installed the trans cooler picked up all my hose and an fittings I needed. Should be getting my heat exchanger and tank in the next couple days getting closer day by day
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Today I attempted to put the trans in but the pilot bearing from when it was in a mustang would not come out at all so that didn't get done today but did get the front end off and installed the trans cooler picked up all my hose and an fittings I needed. Should be getting my heat exchanger and tank in the next couple days getting closer day by day
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Wished you said something about the heat exchanger. My buddy got a brand new one in the box, let it go silly cheap
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Oh I got mine for free along with the tank kid I went to HighSchool with upgraded on his truck and gave me his for free
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Cant beat free! You rollin along nicely with this build!
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Yea I wish it was running I'm getting so close
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Finally got whats left of the stupid pilot bearing out of the motor. Now gonna try to put the trans in next week and maybe start it up
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Finally gonna get the trans put in tue then change the fluids and filter in it then hopefully try to make it make some noise
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Well didn't get the trans in ended up being to heavy it broke the trans jack and fell over so gonna take it up to a buddy of mine have him install the trans and build my exhaust while he has it
But today got my dual 14" electric fans to get that swap done since the truck had the wrong water pump in it. Was actually cheaper to do electric fans instead of the correct water pump lol
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But today got my dual 14" electric fans to get that swap done since the truck had the wrong water pump in it. Was actually cheaper to do electric fans instead of the correct water pump lol
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