In July of 2013 Ford, by means of their SVT Program (Special Vehicles Workforce), managed to set a Guinness Ebook Of World Records run with a manufacturing unit inventory Decide-up truck. The Lightning made its first debut in 1993 and was Ford's efficiency truck reply to GM's Chevy 454 SS and the GMC Syclone. It was based mostly on the F-a hundred and fifty platform with various efficiency upgrades. They took a set of "GT40" heads and a set of hypereutectic pistons and fitted them to an ordinary 351 CID Windsor and managed to provide roughly 240 hp with 340 ft-lb of torque. Not only did the truck have first rate energy, nevertheless it might additionally handle the turns amazingly properly for a truck, pulling 0.88 g's lateral acceleration.
There have been two separate generations of SVT Lightnings. The primary one is described above and lasted solely three years, 1993-1995. Ford took a bit of pause and spent a couple of years redesigning and debuted the second technology SVT Lightnings in 1999 and continued to build these trucks via 2013. The entire variety of Lightning truck inbuilt for the first generation is 11,563, with the rarest of the three years being 1995. The second era Ford SVT Lightning noticed many changes, together with, however not restricted to physique restyling and a complete new power plant. They did away with the outdated 351 and put in a modular 5.four L Triton SOHC (single over head cam) with 24-valves. This new monster was pared up with a Eaton Supercharger and was producing 360 hp and 440 ft-lb of torque. The 01-04 models have been altered a bit more to create 380 hp and 450 ft-lb.
Ford F150 Lightning zled to a number of "firsts" for F- Collection trucks, together with bucket seats, 17 inch wheels and numerous different changes. The first era truck had been manufactured in Wayne, MI at Ford's Michigan Truck Facility and the second era vehicles have been manufactured in Oakville, Ontario Canada, at Ford's Ontario Truck Facility. The whole variety of second technology Lightnings constructed were 28,124, once again, the rarest being the last 12 months, when solely 3781 had been manufactured.
The one mistake Ford made was, these truck were all controlled by the antiquated velocity density system. Eric Stifel is, amongst other things, a Husband, Father, Brother, Businessman, novice Web site Designer and novice article author who has many hobbies and passions. Dunne-Rite Efficiency is all about something to do with Ford Performance.
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