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Lightning has Struck!! Team Strucks Ford SVT Lightning

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I love the show and don't miss a one. Been DVRing from the get go!!

Wanted to submit for the show a few years back but a family emergency forced me to shy away. Now that all the dust has settled my awesome wife got tired of hearing me say,” I would kill to do something like that” she called my bluff and said well then go for it.

In short. A group of friends and I have been modding Lightnings for years now and with our Daily trucks builds finished we want them we have tackled a new project!!.

Enjoy the ride... I know we are

The girl back in her day

Jan 2010 Wife says go for it and her parents will watch the kid

Feb 2010 Josh Typhoon43 says hell yea I am down and has the talk with work and we are a go!!

March 12, 2010 We go live with what we are up to!! Start planning

Cut and remove all wiring, Gut the interior, Custom fuel system is mocked up!!

March 21, 2010 Remove all the suspension Add leafs and rear shocks

March 22,2010 Got kicked out of our shop and had to be out by the first

April 1, 2010. In new shop

April 3, 2010 Modding front bumper bracket

April 8 Had a BBQ to show off our crazy build . Someone got a little footage of Josh ( Typhoon43) my navigator

Rest of the month spent getting set up in the new shop

May 4, 2010 Stock Long block goes in

Interior is back in and seat belts are not ready to go

May 10, 2010 Tranny, is back in the truck!!

May 10 2010 started the install of Hellwig Sway bars for the corners

May 10 2010Got out SVT performance decal on the rear wing

May 15 2010 Another chunk of our video got filmed!!!

May 16 2010 Finish fuel system up to the engine bay

May 19 Finished the Intro to our audition tape!!!! Only need 4 more minutes. Yea its harder than we expected but starting to have a lot of fun with this part

May 20 2010 Got out T shirt designs done and sent to the printer!!!!!!

May 21 2010 The headers got installed!!!!!!

May 21 2010 Set up rails and injectors

May 21 2010 Went to bigger and updated punch list!!!

May 26 2010 Rebuilt the supercharger

May 28 2010 Installed everything from the lower intake to the filter!!!!!

May 28 2010 Finish 90% of the custom fuel system

 

May 28 2010 mocked up the IC cooler

May 28 2010 Added the Magnum powers Decals

May 30 2010 Josh shaves head to get in the spirt and now has a crooked Mohawk

May 30 2010 got a ton of suspension work done and wheels back on as well as the driveshaft

Made a fast who we are Video

June 3 Finished a bunch of T shirts to wrench in so we don't look like bums

June 4 Finished remote tranny cooler and filter

Mocked up Heat exchanger and pump

June 8

Finished the oil relocation, changed out the injectors, Upgraded the intercooler lines. Added new sensors

New radiator hoses, Finished the fuel system, Got the steering almost back together, Mocked up the Rad and Efan

June 17 Added front springs and Battery tray to rear of the truck and she lives. Start up video

June 23

Almost done with the interior, Flip down tag and tag is mounted so she is legal

July 1 2010 Finished the fuel system gain and redid all the lines hopefully for the last time

July 2 2010 She left the shop under her own power

http://www.streetfire.net/video/team-struck-bullrun-season-4-ford-lightn...

Now its down to killing gremlins and upgrading what we have in place

All we need to do now is a little more wiring

Change out the Eaton Super charger for a Magnum powers

Change the throttle Body

Align her

Tune her

She is ready to rock and roll and so are we

So here is our Audition Video for Season 4

 

 

 

Well after a month of having her back on the road and waiting for news on Season 4 we decided to make her bomb proof!!!!!!!!

So here we go again. I should have enough pics and info to start the build part 2 next week with a new round of updates.

Yea I know we are not right

August 20 she is back to no running gear exhaust fuel system x brace or hood… here we go again!!!

 

March 10th 2011

 

Got the motor back 2 weeks ago. After some mad wrenching she was alive again. We finished the install on Friday and hoped right in for a 5 hour drive to NMRA and she won he class in the car show.

This week Torrie dialed her in for the current boost level and she feels...... hehe..........niiiiiiiccccceeee

 

 

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The current project and the one I would use

 





 

 

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Mine which use to be my wifes till the project got way out of hand

 

 

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Nice pics!

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It's so cute!  :D

Just kiddin' man!  Looks like it'll run!

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I think us TRUCK people are going to be taking over!

WELCOME to the Forum! I am NEW myself here! Been getting to know the site, look around, You'll like it!

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Thats guys and gals!!

 

The motor is now out and the build for a street setup has begun.

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Welcome to the site!

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[B]Day 1[/B]

Drag Race interior

 

 


 

 







[B]Gone !!![/B]




Motor is out to get some help from the HP gods






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 Oh it's going to be ON if we get in. I'm the co-driver, and Jason is building up a nice little toy for next season. Hey Jason, think we're going to need the exhaust shielding? Now that my Olympic hockey season is over I can bring them back to ya.

 

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Team Lightning all the way.Do the Run!!!!!!

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Team Lightning!!!!!! Gota happen.

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You guys would be great!  I wouldn't miss an episode...not that I miss any of them NOW, but I DEFINITELY wouldn't miss one of yours! :bigsmile:

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It would be great to see you guys running the Lightning on the show!!

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Team Lightning FTW!!!! Lets do this!!

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so no update yet...... were waiting

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I think it's awesome that you guys are actually building a truck just for the show. Has anyone else ever done that before?

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We are going to start planning the Video Tom!!!!!!!!!!

 

The fuel system is waiting on parts.

 

The whole suspension is being removed this weekend so this pig will turn left and right without flipping over!!!!!!

 

 

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haha.... my 4x4 dont flip over.... and i hit the local turns very hard..... but thats cuz i know them...

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she will be sick dont worry..... and with the hockey man.... well it oughta be a laugh

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she will be sick dont worry..... and with the hockey man.... well it oughta be a laugh

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Hope you guys make it to the rally. I know you will be enteraining as hell. Ill tune in every week to watch the new shows and would watch the reruns for years to come. lol

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Good luck Jason. I will stop by and check up on build occasionally.

 

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It's so cute!  :D

Just kiddin' man!  Looks like it'll run!

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over 700rwhp on his daily driver pickup is cute! How's that Mopar at the wheels?

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ROCK ON! Team Lightning FTW! Get some!

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I'd love to see a built lightning/SRT/sport truck in S4. That'd be pretty kick ass

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sik lightning there is hardly any around where i live like maybe 1 or 2 ...... and there not as nice as that one... good job props but as cool as it would be to see lighting in bullrun if a challenge came up like with dirt and rough  i dont think id do so well.... 

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Thanks guys!!! I can't believe all the support we are getting.

This things gonna make some power so we have our work cut out

 

I am about as country as it gets when it come to driving. Grew up ( well never really grew up) sliding around dirt roads so we may be able to make it work.

 

We are redoing the whole suspension with the challenges in mind.

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nice work..... hope all goes well

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Looks like one hell of a truck

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WE have a team name!!!

 

Here is what we are shooting for!!

 

 

 

This is her back in the day when she was a famous race truck in the Lightning Community

 

 

 

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That truck is Noice FlaHP!

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Sweet!

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Thursday March 18 Update to the build

 

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hell yea man.... I got a 01 SVT.. never had a prob with her, and they are so fast even stock. The show needs a pick up. good luck

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 I just realized how dangerous it was for me to be sitting on that can of VP109 after having the all-you-can eat ribs at Sonny's. It could have been disasterous. This is a sign that I was meant to be alive to navigate. I'll bring the voodoo chicken-bone gauntlet of protection next time we wrench, just for insurance. 

 

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Awesome. We love these things. We get a crowd at the track of people saying they had no idea that truck was going to do that.

 

Would like to see some pics of the SVT if have some!!!!

 

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hell yea man.... I got a 01 SVT.. never had a prob with her, and they are so fast even stock. The show needs a pick up. good luck


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Oh man!!! I am still full

 

All ya can eat and you and me was a dangerous combo

 

That was the first time they have not run us off. I was shock when they put the ball back in our court with the 4th Giant plate of another 5 pounds of ribs

 

Ok Josh were are the pics????????

 

 

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 I just realized how dangerous it was for me to be sitting on that can of VP109 after having the all-you-can eat ribs at Sonny's. It could have been disasterous. This is a sign that I was meant to be alive to navigate. I'll bring the voodoo chicken-bone gauntlet of protection next time we wrench, just for insurance. 

 


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nice truck!:beer:

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WOW you weren't kidding! That  thing is really coming together fast. I can't wait till the get together at the shop. 

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Next Wrenching day will be March 20 and March 21 during the day!!!

 

The whole suspension is coming out!!!!


 

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WOW you weren't kidding! That  thing is really coming together fast. I can't wait till the get together at the shop. 




 

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Good luck guys!

Can't wait to see a Lightning laying the smack down!

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Looking good Jason! If you need some help I'd like to drive over next weekend and lend a hand put on some more break in miles.

I'm sure there are some things that are hard for Josh with his freakishly small hands.

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Heck yea!!!

 

Heading tot he shop in about 30 minutes!!!

Working Todaya nd Sundaya nd then Next weekend for sure!!!!

We will take all the help we can get.

 

 

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Looking good Jason! If you need some help I'd like to drive over next weekend and lend a hand put on some more break in miles.

I'm sure there are some things that are hard for Josh with his freakishly small hands.


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WOW ... Mad props to you Jason & Josh for getting stuck into this project. Fantastic venture. Good luck with everything.

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As a Bull Run fan, Iam almost as exicted about this project as you are!

Looking forward to your progress reports/pics of the build up and more of Mr Typhoon's dancing

I look forward to buying you fellas a few brews when we meet

Best of luck gentlemen

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Looks like you got all your forum buddies on here LOL I love the SVT cars all of them even the focus and SHO but the Lightning has been one of my fav's since the first one with a 351 and a gt40 heads and intake set up (it was the hot swap for the fox bodys and the 302's) Keep up the good work!!

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I love the lightnings.....Best sport truck behind the Syclone and Typhoon and TBSS IMO.  Nice truck!

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Thanks man!!!!!!!!!

 

The truck has a ton of history in the Lightning World!!! When everyone found out we were gutting it to build back up for Bullrun they got very excited!!!.

 

We are going to document the whole build.

This is already been a lot of fun. EVen though geting on Bullrun would be like the lottery the idea is still very exciting.

 

 

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Looks like you got all your forum buddies on here LOL I love the SVT cars all of them even the focus and SHO but the Lightning has been one of my fav's since the first one with a 351 and a gt40 heads and intake set up (it was the hot swap for the fox bodys and the 302's) Keep up the good work!!


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Yea they are a blast.

We must be a little off. Making very heavy fast shows we are just not right.

 

My Naviagtor was very active int he Typhoon world. He even still uses that screen name. He had a green one back in the day.

 

 

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