WHOSE FASTER IN THE 1/4????? LIGHTNING OR SYCLONE??????

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1997 F150 Lariat supercab; two 12 inch mtx 7000 subs and 700 what amp; cherrybombs and alot of chicks...lol
Goal in life: is to own a Lightning

 

Don't quote me on this one and I've never seen one but they're big time trouble especially if modified.

 

If they're both stock, the Syclone should win out. Put a chip and air filter kit on the Lightning, however, and it'll be a close race and could go either way.

I owned a '91 Syclone for 6 years and have owned my '99 Lightning for 6 months, so I've had a bit of experience with both. Two fun trucks, that's for sure!

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Mike Philpott
Orlando, FL
'99.5 Black Lightning
SVT #2190 - Build Date 6/9/99
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Hey LoCoX..
Do us a favor, we have a NO CAP RULE here, it is considered YELLING!

No flame intended! Just a reminder

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SuperChip out for now

'98 Red Lincoln Continental

 

Its nothing to whine about but, i'll show u some respect and stop the caps, but its a hard habit to break....no beef!

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1997 F150 Lariat supercab; two 12 inch mtx 7000 subs and 700 what amp; cherrybombs and alot of chicks...lol
Goal in life: is to own a Lightning



[This message has been edited by LoCoX LiGhTnInG (edited 01-12-2000).]

 

Sy,no doubt about it. Stock they will run 0-60 under 5 secs.(light weight+awd is a killer combo,wish Ford would have given the L's awd) 1/4 mile range from high 11's to low 13's.But with a mod or two the Sy will pull low 11's consistantly.The high end on the other hand...Well a Sy won't reach 140 w/o the mods(even then I'm skeptical),it's turbo shuts down @ 120.Both are awesome auto's,but like has been said before "apples and oranges".
Brett the "Hitman"
99.5 Lightning(stock...for now)

 

Out of the box a Syclone will run 13.80s, but only at about 96 mph (hard to turn that AWD at higher rpms). Put a bag of ice on the intercooler and it'll crack out 13.20s. Still all stock. Decent exhaust and a fish tank bleeder valve and they'll run 12.80s.

But they're fragile, fragile, fragile - the AWD is very problematic. You can't tow anything with one. They're basically worthless as a truck. They were built with one thing in mind - Mind bending hole shots and brutal stoplight acceleration.

Later!
Jeff S.
http://nloc.org

 

The Syclone has a faster 0-60 time but the Lightning will beat 'em to 100 every time.
(stock vs stock that is)

 

I had a Syclone for five years and towed a snowmobile trailer with two quads for four of the five. I only had two problems in five years. The fwd driveshaft rubber boots cracked and the remote oil cooler was leaking at the block. Scott

 

Another silly question but what's the difference between AWD and 4WD?

Mike

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99.5 Black Lightning
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JBA Jet-Hot coated headers
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So-Cal Lowering Kit; Cal-Tracs traction bars
Watter Wetter
Lo-Jack

 

4wd there is a mechanical link between the front and rear axles, most curent systems lock this link so both turn at the same speed. Older ones (full time 4wd) would use a differential between the two axels, but you could switch to "LOC". Awd uses a viscous coupling (some radiator fans use viscus couplings) the transfer power to each axle. Each axle can turn independant of the other to some degree, plus it is full time you can't switch to 2wd.