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2001 Ford Lightning Whipple Supercharger And Jlp Bassani Exhaust, Super Clean on 2040-cars

Year:2001 Mileage:72000 Color: Modifications
Location:

Provo, Utah, United States

Provo, Utah, United States
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You may have noticed the truck is relisted. This is because the other buyer was not able to work out everything as far as crossing the border/ customs to Canada. He thought about driving it back but had trouble completing the passport application process so we made a mutual decision to move on.
No trades.
You can see walk around video at

http://youtu.be/H4SnqGhzqVc
Video for start-up, idle, and revs at :  http://youtu.be/5SntTfVrYFM

I bought this truck when it had about 7500 miles on it. It has never been wrecked. I am selling it only because of job commute and because of the snow here, I decided to just keep my AWD vehicle and sell this one.  Only about 6000 miles since engine rebuild and there is NOTHING wrong with the motor at all.  It is basically new. As you can see in pics, I took excellent care of it and did not drive it much at all except for short mileage commutes to work and the like which is why the mileage is so low. Always garage kept and only sat outside when I was at work and even then that was in the shade far away from other cars. When it arrives at your home, I think you'll freak at just how good the paint and body look.  Truck got a few rock chips on the front edge of the hood but I touched those up with correct color code paint. Only noticeable when really close up to the truck.

Whipple supercharger, Crower Stage 3 race cams, 2 Piece ZE Forged Wheels, lots of thermal coating for engine and exhaust by JetHot, Johnny Lightning Performance Long Tube Exhaust, Hotchkis sway bars, etc etc etc
Comprehensive list of  upgrades and improvements broken down in category format below:

Motor Mods

5.4 Mod Motor Machined and bored .20 over, All Blueprinted
All Forged Internals (Manley Rods and Pistons), All bearings and seals are new and upgraded
5 axis CNC Machined Heads with new Lifters, upgraded Comp Cams Springs, and Titanium Retainers
2.3 L Whipple Twin Screw Supercharger with Polished Snout ($4,000 plus kit before it is even installed)
AccuFab Single Blade Throttle Body
Thermal coated Timing Cover, Intake Manifold, and upper radiator tube.
Reichard Racing Idler and Supercharger Pulley. They made me the only non slip Whipple supercharger pulley they have ever made.
LFP Quick Change Supercharger Pulley
Custom Dyno Tune with SCT tuning. Made 624 RWHP on 17lbs of boost at 4600 foot elevation. And I told them I wanted it to be conservative without pushing the ragged edge at all and I did no race gas tunes because I never planned on taking it to the track.  SCT X3 Tuner will be included.

Exhaust Mods
Bassani Comp R Exhaust made exclusively for Johnny Lightning Performance includes:
            Stepped (go from 1 5/8 to 1 7/8 primaries) Long Tube headers (Jet Hot coated)
            3 inch collectors (Jet Hot Coated)
            Bassani 3inch High Flow Cats and 3 inch mandrel bent tubing
            3 inch internal X Pipe Bassani Muffler
            Custom Fabricated 2 into 1 Oval tip that beautifully fits the Factory exhaust outlet on side skirt
Again, the headers, the collectors, and from the muffler to the tip have all been hyper silver JET HOT COATED. That in itself cost about $800 not counting shipping. That Bassani exhaust costs $2500 new with cats.

Cooling Mods:
LFP (Lightning Force Performance) Oversized Heat Exchanger
Johnny Lightning Performance Oversized Intercooler Reservoir Tank with Windshield Fluid Compartment
Fabricated Upper Radiator Pipe (Stainless Steel) that Has been Jet Hot Coated
Flex A Lite Dual Fans system with updated motherboard/circuit board.  Performs Perfectly.
Lincoln Navigator aluminum water pump with extra impellers
Extra Large Transmission Cooler.

Exterior Modifications:
ZE Forged 2 piece polished aluminum wheels (extra light and about $3500 for the set of rims alone)
Cervini Rear Spoiler (adds a sportier and more balanced look from the side)  ($350 shipped plus $250 paint and install)
Red Taillights with black paint matched V-tech 3 slat covers
Electric Roll up Tonneau cover with remotes.
Billet Aluminum Paint Matched Fuel Door with polished stainless allen-heads
Functional Ram-Air Hood with internal snorkels to the air box and rear heat extractors. Has Ghost Flamed Mural on top of a demon breathing fire that is only visible in light. Disappears at night. Hood is finished on underside as well.
(Hood was $1000 shipped, $800 mural, and $700 total for paint top and bottom)
Street Scene Side Mirrors
Street Scene Grilles that are Black Powder-coated so they don't have to be touched up like painted ones
Angel Eyes Headlights
Rear Window is limo tint and the sides are 50% tint.
Windshield is BRAND NEW (replaced b/c of rock chip that cracked it a week before the listing...lucky you HaHa).

Interior Mods:
Sanded and Silver painted door bezels and radio bezel by professional shop
Custom gauge pods for dash, steering column, also painted professionally
Stainless steel gauge cluster cover
Autometer Digital gauges include: Wideband Air Fuel, Oil Pressure, Oil Temp, Volts, Boost/Vac, Water Temp, Fuel Pressure, and EGT.
LineLock switch to lock up front tires
Blue Lights for the back of and underneath seats. 
Radio: Alpine Head Unit with Planet Audio 700 Watt 5 Channel Amp and 12" Orion Sub with Sealed Enclosure Box
Amp has slight ground noise that could be solved with a suppressor.
Rear Window is limo tint and the sides are 50% tint.

Engine Bay Accents:
 DG motorsports carbon fiber radiator cover and firewall panel
Billet and Acrylic Fantasies Hood Bumper Stop Covers and Solenoid Covers
Custom Painted Valve Covers, Ground Cover, and Relay Covers
Aluminum Canton Power Steering Reservoir Tank
Aluminum Intercooler Fluid Tank and Aluminum Auxiliary Tank in the Battery Location
Polished "Rib Lines" of the Whipple Supercharger
Billet Covers for fluid tanks (Oil one will be missing b/c it was stolen)
Anodized Fuel Rails and Fuel Pressure Regulator
Fabricated Upper Radiator Tube
Super Silver Thermal Coating on Timing Cover and Upper Manifold below supercharger.
Powdercoated Supercharger Pulley Bridge.
Gloss Black hard-anodized Supercharger Pulleys.
Battery moved to back corner of bed (for engine aesthetics and for traction)

Fuel Delivery Mods:
Pair of 255LPH fuel tanks (vs stock 155lph)
Aeromotive oversized fuel rails and stainless hoses.
Aeromotive Fuel Pressure Regulator with gauge.
Autometer Digital Fuel Pressure gauge for interior.
60 lb injectors

Brakes:
EBC multislotted front rotors with 3/4 brake pad life left
Rear pads are brand new
Line Lock installed to lock up front brakes if desired.

Transmission:
Bulletproof
Triple Lock up Converter
Stock Stall Speed of 1800
7 clutches in first gear (3 above stock), 2 added to second gear.
All new springs and steels, modified valve body
Line pressure valve upgrade
Auxiliary Transmission Cooler
Extreme Duty Steel Drive Shaft


Suspension Mods:
LFP 58" traction bars, red powdercoat
Eibach front progressive rate springs at a 1" drop
Hotchkis front and rear sport anti-roll sway bars
Battery relocated to back rear corner of the bed which is best location for traction assist.

This truck is in exceptional condition.
Exhaust is designed to have the four primary tubes slip into collectors. The top inside primary does not seal very well so there is an exhaust leak that you can hear at start up and at certain rpms. It was tack welded but the weld broke so you could tack it again. If my plan were to keep the truck, I'd have probably just had the header welded together as a solid unit.

This truck does not throw any check engine lights or codes. In my county, I could have two "not ready" codes. This truck will read "not ready" for the egr and the evap system when doing an obd II test.  Both systems are intact and complete on the truck. They needed to adjusted on the tune so as to read "ready" but I never got around to it and it did not matter for my county. Again, no codes/check engine lights come up at all. It just reads not ready when you plug into the obdII port. So keep in mind that you will need to have a tune adjustment if your county/state allows only one not ready code.  But then again, it is recommended that you dyno tune and adjust your tune anyway for your specific altitude to get the air/fuels right anyway.  The truck usually starts up on the first turn of the key but about 1/4 of the time the engine might turn over for 2 or 3 extra seconds before starting . It was not a big deal so I never worried about it but that can be tuned out if you are extremely particular. I was told that adjusting the crank pulse width on the tune would solve that.

Front tires have full tread on the outside but have some wear on the inside one to two inch area where it came out of alignment. I do not think you will have any problem on this and the safety guy passed me with no questions (and I did not even know him).  Truck was, of course, re-aligned after I noticed it had come out back then. Then for good measure I aligned the truck again on June 26th 2014 before I posted the truck on eBay.

The rear tires are down to the wear indicator bars though and will definitely need to be replaced when you have it inspected. I thought about replacing them but decided not to and to let the buyer decide what tires they wanted in the back (i.e. drag radials or street tires). Just know that they will have to be replaced. Currently the tires are Nitto 555's.
This truck has no spare tire provisions. 4inch sail panel that covers the lock mechanism of the tailgate from the inside is not there, but that is covered up by the bed-rug.
The cruise control button doesn't work. I'm sure it's probably just a switch and a simple fix but I never drove far enough to care. It does have the FoMoCo cruise control harness upgrade that the dealership installed though.
Occasionally the digital odometer/tripometer display will go blank but it always comes back on after a few starts or randomly while driving if it does this.

Brand new items include the rear brake pads, windshield, AEM wideband kit, and battery.

I will help you find shipping options. I have a good friend who ships cars all the time and he knows some of the best places to look already.  I will give you 5 shipping quotes that you can choose from to help out and they will ship from my garage to yours. Of course, buyer is covering the shipping but I will get you the best prices possible.

Again, no trades. I am not interested in trades.
Current mileage is 71,969 but it may be driven slightly.



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