BRR's newest project: Project Stepchild

[projectPONY]

All the silver is cerami coat and all the black is powder coat .

Impressive, looks great.

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[01vnms4v]

its coming along very nice!

[fordracing19]

Looks good Scotty

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[dumpycapri85]

Dang looking good! Motor outshines the rest of the truck! But im sure the Body is next once you get her running.

Circle D makes BadAss Converters. What size did you get

4k and with the 4.56's it might be able to spin the tires . Lol

[Slow Five-O]

4k and with the 4.56's it might be able to spin the tires . Lol

3k?

[RuStYpNuS]

2800-3000 stall 258mm billet multi disk

Its the pro performance unit Chris sells for 1200 for the gen 1 & 2 lightning.

And yes 4.56 gears. After I get it going and tuned then I need to let the pocket book rest for a month or two. Then I will send out a pair of wheels to get widened 2.5 inches, polished and wrapped in m&h 390/45/17 drag radials. Should be about a 30" tall tire so that might help with highway driving. Jim's got a set of drag lites in my lug pattern for the track when I need em

The accessory brackets are powder coated black as well as the intake cover. Then the lightning lettering was hand painted. Other than the idler and tensioner pulley, smog delete and TB everything else silver has been ceramic coated inside and out.

Yes body will come next. Its gonna coat me roughly 2900 to have it redone front to back in black and looking like glass. As I continue my quest on MY perfect truck I will clean scrub paint and reloom EVERYTHING I can get my hands on.

I'll probably start with a battery relocation to the right rear frame rail in 1/0, then remove clean and reseal the blower assembly, and so forth

[LaserSVT]

So much win. Taking such a neglected and abused Lightning and bringing it back to the level you are doing...... much kudos mang. That thing is coming along sick. Always lusted after those, think I was like 21 when they came out and I wanted one so bad. Several years later I got one but it was already worn and I hated it. Didnt have the time or money to do what you are doing.
If I buy the gas and lunch can I go for a ride in it when its done? Never been in a proper first gen Lightning.

[dumpycapri85]

3k?

It was ment as a stab at Scott and the tow truck .

[RuStYpNuS]

I'd be happy to sir. No gas or lunch needed........from a visual aspect the truck is leaps and bounds from what I would like it to be. But I didn't want a pristine truck nor the price tag for one. This one was rough around the edges but was a 1 owner, decent mileage (155k currently), and in my budget range $3k. Its been a long road but when its done it will be worth it. I dont expect anything you guys consider to be fast but it'll should be able to impress being a full weight truck. I won't be able to tow anything or load the bed down but again when its done it will be what MY ideal Gen 1 Lightning should be.

[LaserSVT]

*does happy dance*

[RuStYpNuS]

Hey Jim did those rings fit? What time will you be home Monday so I can bring that engine hoist over. If they fit I'll let you have it all for 175. You have helped me out tremendously. And I'll bring that Ford Racing Dist gear too I'll toss that in to sweeten the deal

[Slow Five-O]

It was ment as a stab at Scott and the tow truck .

Ah.

[RuStYpNuS]

Finished my custom engine harness last night. Its the factory harness and a FMS MAF conversion kit joined together then deleted the crap like egr iabs iads. All of that will be tuned out

The FMS conversion harness was designed to route across the front of the intake and had tons of slack in it. Personally Ford would have saved money routing it this way......hell i cut out probably 10 ft of wire from the harness
The finished product is the way it should have been made. Granted there is a lot of stuff that I removed from the harness. and I may add the fuel vapor canister circuit back into the harness if I think I can make it route over then in a clean manner.

Its no Struckby harness but not too shabby for a Gen 1 NOOB

I still have to finish it but its was past my bed time and i dont have any 1/4" convoluted tubing. Only sensors I kept in the harness are my TPS, IACV, ECT, IAT and my oil pressure and temp sender. I also am replacing the FMS injector connectors with the ones from my stock harness as these are all broken and my factory harness ones are all intact.





I love this torch




and what i started with

[snacksnack]

I know where you to get some of that tubing if you still need it......

[96lasersnake]

Very nice work, cant wait to see final product!