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Old Mar 25, 2003 | 07:54 PM
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Thumbs up Bought a Lightning Tonight!

I just bought a 2003 White Lightning, Its still in route to the dealership, should arrive around April 3rd!

I can't wait!!
Old Mar 25, 2003 | 07:57 PM
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congrats man bring it to the next dyno day so we can see what it really has unless it breaks before the next dyno day
Old Mar 25, 2003 | 08:13 PM
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Mike,

I swore I heard you say you'd never buy another new car after the LS1 fiasco

How many trannys have you put in that thing anyway

Congrats!

Options?

-N
Old Mar 25, 2003 | 08:23 PM
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Thumbs up

Congrats on the new ride Mike. I know framingham ford had a **** load of them the last time i was there. Are you going to keep it stock?
Old Mar 25, 2003 | 08:36 PM
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No I said no more GM cars. Not new cars.

Yes I plan to keep it stock, I want to be able to tow my TTA with it if I decide to race outside of NED.
Old Mar 25, 2003 | 11:20 PM
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Hi hows the TTA coming I cant rember reading anything about it lately. What combo are you running? When I get my GN motor done I am thinking 50#injectors, TA62 and alcohol.
Old Mar 26, 2003 | 11:57 AM
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Sounds good

Looking forward to going for a beat run

Marc
Old Mar 27, 2003 | 12:00 AM
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sweet Mike can't wait to see it

a friend of mine at the hobby shop just bought a 03 Lightning and got a list from Ford of everything that he can do to the truck and still keep the factory warranty Did they offer you anything like that?
Old Mar 27, 2003 | 07:30 AM
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Originally posted by jayman350

a friend of mine at the hobby shop just bought a 03 Lightning and got a list from Ford of everything that he can do to the truck and still keep the factory warranty Did they offer you anything like that?
don't hold us in suspense, whats on the list?

blower pulley? intake, headers, exhaust? hehe
Old Mar 27, 2003 | 08:28 AM
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Well, They had a 2002 Demo on the floor that belonged to the owners son with 3000 miles on it. Had a chip, pulley, filter, exhaust etc. I can't image they would sell it like that and not warranty it.

I don't plan ANY mods

I wanna keep it stock and just drive it around and tow my car with it when I go away from NED.

Its fast enough as it is, I don't need to sink money into mods. I learned my lesson
Old Mar 27, 2003 | 11:17 AM
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Its fast enough as it is, I don't need to sink money into mods. I learned my lesson
Maybe just a pulley, those are cheap
Old Mar 27, 2003 | 11:21 AM
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Originally posted by TTA89
I don't plan ANY mods

Didn't you say that about the LS1

Sweet ride! Make sure they dont do the 'dealer prep' and F up the paint. Tell them not to put the 'dealer badge' on it either, thats your truck, and if they vandalize it, you'll press charges
Old Mar 27, 2003 | 11:34 AM
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I made it BLATENTLY clear that when I pick it up, if its wearing an Ugly QWIRK Ford badge on the back I will cancel the deal and walk away. I repeated this Mutlitple times.

They had a really pretty White 03 Cobra and they had that ugly Qwirk emblem actually touching the SVT emblem... Uggg how nasty and tacky.
Old Mar 27, 2003 | 12:27 PM
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Originally posted by TTA89
I made it BLATENTLY clear that when I pick it up, if its wearing an Ugly QWIRK Ford badge on the back I will cancel the deal and walk away. I repeated this Mutlitple times.

They had a really pretty White 03 Cobra and they had that ugly Qwirk emblem actually touching the SVT emblem... Uggg how nasty and tacky.
You bought it at Quirk? Did they ask if you wanted Vasoline or offer a reach around?

What kind of deal did you get on it?
Old Mar 27, 2003 | 03:43 PM
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$500 over invoice, 30,728 or something.. sticker was almost 34K. I have a copy of the invoice if you wanna see it



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