| In July of 2003 Ford, by way of their SVT Program | | | | the first generation is 11,563, with the rarest of the |
| (Special Vehicles Team), managed to set a Guinness | | | | three years being 1995. They only build 2280 for the |
| Book Of World Records run with a factory stock | | | | final year of the first generation. |
| Pick-up truck. The truck they used was a F-150, but | | | | The second generation Ford SVT Lightning saw |
| not just any F-150, it was a limited production Ford | | | | many changes, including, but not limited to body |
| SVT F-150 Lightning. The speed they recorded on | | | | restyling and a whole new power plant. They did |
| that day was 147.54mph and they held it until Feb 2, | | | | away with the old 351 and installed a modular 5.4 L |
| 2004 when it was taken from them by one of the | | | | Triton SOHC (single over head cam) with 24-valves. |
| other big Three manufactures, but we will not | | | | This new monster was pared up with a Eaton |
| mention any names at this point. | | | | Supercharger and was producing 360 hp and 440 |
| The Lightning made its first debut in 1993 and was | | | | ft-lb of torque. The 01-04 models were altered a bit |
| Ford's performance truck answer to GM's Chevy 454 | | | | more to create 380 hp and 450 ft-lb. |
| SS and the GMC Syclone. It was based on the F-150 | | | | The SVT Lightnings brought about several "firsts" for |
| platform with a number of performance upgrades. | | | | F- Series trucks, including bucket seats, 17 inch |
| They took a set of "GT40" heads and a set of | | | | wheels and various other changes. The first |
| hypereutectic pistons and fitted them to a standard | | | | generation truck were manufactured in Wayne, MI at |
| 351 CID Windsor and managed to produce roughly | | | | Ford's Michigan Truck Facility and the second |
| 240 hp with 340 ft-lb of torque. Not only did the | | | | generation trucks were manufactured in Oakville, |
| truck have decent power, but it could also handle the | | | | Ontario Canada, at Ford's Ontario Truck Facility. The |
| turns amazingly well for a truck, pulling 0.88 g's lateral | | | | total number of second generation Lightnings built |
| acceleration. | | | | were 28,124, once again, the rarest being the last |
| There were two separate generations of SVT | | | | year, when only 3781 were manufactured. |
| Lightnings. The first one is described above and | | | | The only mistake Ford made was, these truck were |
| lasted only three years, 1993-1995. Ford took a little | | | | all controlled by the antiquated speed density system. |
| pause and spent a few years redesigning and | | | | If you wish to make any performance upgrades at |
| debuted the second generation SVT Lightnings in | | | | all, you really need to convert to Mass Air Flow, but |
| 1999 and continued to build these trucks through | | | | that is a story of its own. |
| 2004. The total number of Lightning truck built in for | | | | |
