lightningspeed

My 95L is pretty much stock and well...its not fast enough for me. What are some small mods I can do to win some races?
Mods
Cervinis Ram air hood and kit
2 chamber flowmasters
power pullies
K&N air filter
Snug Top

Clinton

gasguzzler

Here are some ideas for getting a little more out of the motor;
Bump the timing to 14* it's usually around 6* from the factory, you will have to run on premium gas as a result.
Diesel air inlet tube, draws cold air to the airbox. Available at the local Ford stores for not much money from what I understand. (My truck already had one)
180* Thermostat brings the engine temp down a little giving you a little more power.
Take as much weight out of your truck, remove spare tire for racing if you don't need it for traction, etc..
If you want to spend a little more, a shift kit, Rancho traction bars, electric fans, a supercharger or nitrous are all ways of going faster Just depends on how much you wnat to spend. -Brian

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94 Red Lightning
K-B Supercharger (7psi)
K-B BAP
K-B Switch Chip
K&N Filter
180* Thermostat
Diesel Tube
Bassani x-pipe

Ordered
Crane HI-6tr, Crane lx-91 coil.
78 Trans Am 400 w/nitrous

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Subliminal Message

6 degrees from factory?

Damon
(10)

gasguzzler

I know 6* is what it says on Marcus's homepage and I think I've read it on here before. There is a link to Marcus' page in the member's homepages section, look under Lightning tips. - Brian

Brian Baskin

OK, I have a question 6* from stock, and that runs on 89 octane. How far can you bump the timing before you have to use higher octane? Has anyone done any R&D on what octane to use at each degree?

Subliminal Message

i believe it's 10 degrees from stock, 6 is misinformation....

Of course i have been wrong before, and if i'm wrong again, i'm sure someone will pipe up and let ya all know..

but i believe 10 is stock, and 14 is possible if you use 93 octane...

As a matter of fact i was at a dyno today and watched a guy run a totally stock L on the dyno, and then changed the timing to 14 degrees and picked up 7 or so hp.

Damon

gasguzzler

Ok, I've done some more research around here and I've found that some say 6* and others say 10*. Whatever it is, bumping the timing will increase horsepower and increase the octane level needed. Everything is a trade-off - Brian

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Litng1

About 6 give or take some.Of all the stock trucks ive checked it was always 6-10

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Marcus Harrison
95Lightning
TeamPowerdyne
(AKA)Sport car killer
NLOC#495

DAVE94LIGHTNING

Guys: the little diagram on the top of the grill says 6* stock and that's what mine was wayyyyy back when i got it

Clinton: get the bassani headers/exhaust
pulleys
timing @14*
good tires
Any sort of K&N setup
that should put you in the mid to high 14 sec range enough to toy with more than a few cars out there.

I'm In The San fernando valley and i have a black 94. If you ever want to go to the street races out here let me know

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94 lightning
NOS GT-40 kit @150hp
Gears
Pulleys
X pipe
Shift kit
14.5 @93 mph N/A
13.4 @100 mph w/NOS hit speed limiter at the top end

StruckBy

Howdy Dave,Hows the truck running?
Struckby

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#9 1995 white
12.5 @ 108 mph/1.7 60ft/3800 lbs

MO351

Mine was at 7*. It's supposed to be at about 10* from the factory. It'll say right on the driver's side valve cover, too. I've got mine sitting on 11* so I don't have to be totally eaten alive by gas prices. I'm running 87 octane. My other 351W is 10* from the factory, too.

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1994 Red SVT Lightning #2019

Brian Baskin

11* and 87 octane? Hmm, I may have to do that too. You haven't had any problems as a result?

JEFF

I run 14* with 89 octane in STL with no ping. At the track it runs the best at 14* tried anywhere from 8* to 18*.

GET A SHIFT KIT! That is were I noticed the most (TRANSGO).

Condor Legion

Mine says 10* on a little sticker under the hood (drivers side). That's where its set too...87 octane or I start killin Arabs.

This is ridiculus. I remember my old man *****in up a storm when gas hit 70 cents a gallon, said he was gonna trade all his cars in for a Vespa.

SPEAK ENGLISH OR DIE,
CL

MO351

Nope. No problems at all. I tried the 14* with 89 octane when I first got the truck about a month ago but I was getting just a little bit of ping at WOT. It's my daily driver, though, so I dropped it back down so I could run the 87 cheaper gas. I haven't tried any higher of a timing setting with the 87 octane. That's just where it landed. My buddy was setting it for 10*, actually, but after it was put back together the timing was at 11* so we just left it. It might be able to go another degree higher.

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1994 Red SVT Lightning #2019