Looking good Linc! Those Lightning's are nice trucks too. What is going to get done performance wise besides the ported blower?

Well, currently it has an airaid intake, c&l elbow and a custom exhaust. 40 series flowmaster 2 in 2 out muffler with the rear cats deleted.

Plan to get the blower ported (or buy a new case), 6lb lower pulley, new belt, tr6 plugs, and a full tune on a dyno. I will be buying a programmer for it, forgot what brand (the dyno shop uses a certain brand and that is what I need).

I have some nitto drag radials, and plan to get a set of long traction bars. I may lower the truck, but not much, like a 1-2 drop. I drive it daily, so I can't go too extreme with the crappy roads here in LA.

After all that I should have around 500hp at the wheels. Should be plenty for some stoplight drags. If I can make it launch well... Might get a higher stall converter, but that is not on the top of the list.

Looks great linc, how about a shot under the hood? Paint looks good but in a truck like that I wanna drool over the motor

Nothing special under there, looks like a lightning motor with a k/n style filter and a natural al elbow holding it together. Lots o wires and tubes.

Nothing against the new stuff, but I still prefer looking in at a round air cleaner lid and some valve covers sitting on top of a BB ford... I like paint, so I rarely do any chrome stuff (just seems like a waste of money to me). I will get you some shots of my buddies lightning, he traded an 03 cobra for it recently and the previous owner did all kinds of dress up stuff to it. I guess it looks nice, but not really my thing. I guess I got old!!!

Chrome = excess weight anyway:lol:

Looks great linc!

Pimped his ride... :yes:

I do like pickups for sure, especially when theres a bunch of hot ladies sitting in the back... {/day dreaming}

Then you would love our mardi gras parades!

James your truck looks good .

Thank you Mike, I do try. Just wait till I get it all back together... I will take better pics, maybe with some extra "eye candy"!

Do you have to wet sand it or have you all ready done that ?

I still need to do that. Might spend a few hours on it tomorrw and get that done. Pretty busy at work (yay) so I might have to wait till the weekend. Still want to get the bedsides painted, but I may remove them from the truck to do that...

It looks great now . But after you wet sand it & get rid of any blimishes it will look even better . Do you shoot with a HVLP gravity feed gun ?.

I shoot the basecoat with a hvlp gravity feed gun, but stick to a conventional gravity feed for the clear coat. Spray the clear at 60psi, so it atomizes well. Wastes a bit more paint but you can move faster... Both are sata guns, and both cost well over 600 each. Worth every penny, had one sata for 13+ years and just had to retire it from everyday use.

What is your reason for two different guns, personal preferance or better control for the difference in viscosity of paint & clear coat ?.