ford ranger lightning bolt


damn that baby is seeeeexxxxy!

if only i had the money and time....

1/4 mile in the 13s. 380 supercharged horses.

how did they adapt the lightning rims to fit the ranger? a mod i might do myself, silver ones are running for $500-600 on ebay for genuine ford...plus tires i guess around $1000, another $75 for an adapter (but what adapter? a 5 lug 4.5 to a 5 lug 135?)

 

you would need adapters... TractionBound (Leo) had those, but he messed it up, cuz of the adapters...

Sorry Leo, for using your pictures.....





i love it, but it's not as safe...

 

The rear axle is a narrowed Lightning axle and the front spindles and brakes are also from a Lightning, so mounting Lightning wheels was not a problem. Those are not stock Lightning wheels, though. The rears have been widened and the fronts have been narrowed.

http://www.musclemustangfastfords.co...304mmff_lbolt/

http://motortrend.com/roadtests/pick...olt/index.html

 

lol, i may be wrong, but i think leo switched his name back to FoMoCoEdge already.. i could be wrong tho

 

oh, i don't know, it's Leo regardless.. that fool doesn't know if he's traction bound-ed.. or fomoco... aiya!

 

yeah i think its some sort of identity crisis, lol.

 

It's sweet, but all that work, and it only runs 13's?

 

also they had to move the firewall back and make a larger transmission hump. it wouldn't be cheap to do it.

i saw it two years ago at FFF in SoCal. i asked them to start it up and WOW does that thing sound awesome

 

well cool things aren't always pratical....but damn it's cool.

 

who cares about how much work it took! i want one! id sign my life away for an LB! damn. ive always loved that truck! i also like the older svt ranger...

SVT Ranger

that thing is pimp as well!

course my '88 would beat it! hehe. but she isnt as purrty yet.

 

I saw that same truck in Dearborn a few times in the mid 90s. At that time, it had the Explorer grille color matched to the body like in this photo:



I didn't get a look under the hood but it sounded very healthy. It had a manufacturer's plate and SVT emblem on back, steamroller rear tires and a boost gauge on the A-pillar ......