1999 Ford F150 SVT Lightning : Regular Car Reviews 

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The first 2 minutes was so professional I thought it was a different review channel. The last 30 seconds is what I expect

I can feel the 2000s, its angry with us.

Surprise at the end was like finding a toy in your cereal even though the box only had all the adult logos.

The perfect truck to go and pick some overnight parts from Japan and order a tune sandwich with no crust.

I love the unique sound of the starter on Ford trucks during those years.

Back in 2000 my dad bought an unsold Black‘99. I still remember the day he pulled up in the driveway with it. I liked all of his vehicles at the time but the lighting stuck out to me solely because of how it looked and how fast it was. I can literally say THAT truck along with my dad’s love for it is the main reason I’m so into cars today!

The crash test video of that generation of F-150 folding like an accordion will always stay with me. It's crazy since I grew up with that truck as the F-150 I knew.

Spot on description of brodozers. Don't forget the rude LED headlights and milk can tailpipes.

Hector is going to be running 3 Honda Civics with spoon engines. And on top of that he just came into Harry's and he ordered 3 T66 turbos, with NOS, and a Motec system exhaust.

I remember seeing Paul Walker driving this in Fast and the Furious. Forever a legend cemented in time.

"I need NOS. My car topped out at 140 this morning. I need one of these, one of the big ones. And Harry, I need it by tonight"

Well I've never clicked an RCR video so fast. Favorite truck of all time.

Worked at a Ford dealership as a porter when these were new. Saying this shifts hard is an understatement. This and the Harley edition would chirp the tires every time up shifting from 1st to 2nd when you pinned it to the floor. For the time these were legit fast. They ran constantly 12.9 quarter miles at our local drag strip (Great Lakes Dragaway) without fail.

I bought my new in 2001 and nobody really knew what I had. It was so much fun surprising people. 1st thing I did was go to JDM engineering in Freehold New Jersey and buy every bolt on I could. Back then running a 12 second quarter mile was doing something. I even pulled a trailer with it if I put the stock pulley back on. Damn I miss that truck.

My parents had the Harley Davidson edition during this time. Same engine just in a quad cab configuration. The best way I can describe these trucks is they feel fast but are kinda slow. Still one of my favorite vehicles we ever had.

My dad still has his '99 lightning to this day! It was the first vehicle I learned to drive in. It was definitely intimidating at the time (I was 14) but once I got used to it I never wanted to get out 😅.

To this day, I still remember the very first time I saw this version of the F-150 Lightning. It was a Saturday morning in 1999 and I used to love to ride my Ducati over to Pete's Mexican Food on 5th Street in Huntington Beach, California, for breakfast. Then I would walk over to Pristine Motorsports a couple of business away to check out the Porsches being repaired & modified and for sale on consignment. In the owner's parking spot was one of these Lightnings, black in color. My mouth dropped. I asked an employee if they had customized a stock F-150. He informed me that it was bone stock from Ford and that the owner loved it. I fell in love with it too. Oddly enough, I didn't get to drive one until some 12 years later when the IT guy at a job I had pulled up in one. He had done the pulley conversion, cold air intake and had installed a Flowmaster. It was a beast!! I have no need for one, but I also didn't have any need for the Ducati I used to ride. I think I'm going to enter this giveaway and hope for the best.

Definitely feel the brodozer issue even in Australia where rams and Silverados are now imported and owned by business owners who need a tax write off and you can't buy a hsv anymore.

I completely agree with the rant about inconsiderate people taking up way more space than they need and forcing others to work around them. I've also never heard the word "brodozer," but I'm certainly gonna start using it now.

"More American than an unwashed ass" I cackled so loud lmao

I felt that 440ft/lbs in 2001. I was sent on a mission to pick up a Lightning from KY to bring back to the new owner in MS. It was a good 500+ mile of magnificence!

Folks never put truck nutz on the Lightning - most had the unsightfully large factory sack removed to curtail the humping and roaming behavior these trucks were infamous for.

I love how a "fast" pickup from the 90s is barely quicker than a new Ford Maverick with the FX4 package. I continually forget how slow cars used to be. I really miss the 90s car vibes. Even if they did generally have interior that fell apart. Like 90s McDonalds toy quality

That chime sound when the ignition is on, oddly one of my favorites

The power of a current base truck, with all the safety & quality of 90s ford

oh god. the sound of that engine starting up took me back to my childhood

The last bit is pure RCR madness, and I'm all for it

I remember we had someone in town with one of these back in the day. We all loved it. Such a cool vehicle.

9:55 spot on. I don't even say excuse me anymore and just walk through, and then they're like, "ExCuSe Me?!?" lol

As someone who grew up in a country that never got these, I didn't see one of these in real life until a few years ago. The Lightning to me is a unicorn, like the Skyline GT-R is to American 80's and 90's kids

"Spite passing" Lol i learned the name of my own habit today

I gotta say, the camera work on this is superb. Loved the forward facing over the bed angle.

I always loved these. In 99 I was 20 years old and it was a glorious time to be alive. I wanted one of these and am working on getting one now. Got the 03 cobra in the garage right now but gotta get my hands on one of these

I have an 02 F150 super crew lariat (crew cab) with the N/A 5.4 and 4wd bought it from my grandpa with the intention of keeping it in good shape for as long as I own it, love that truck

When new Maverick came out recently I loved it right away for a reason I couldn't explain. Now when you highlighted a connection between SVT and modern small trucks I realized what that reason was. And btw I'd take SVT over a Viper truck every time.

I used to do dealer trades. I got a ticket in one of these in 2004 because i changed the radio station. I went from 62 to 90 by changing the radio station. Great truck. Also, i took delivery of my f150 in 10/99. It was a ‘00 year, (essentially xlt) with manual, .355 diff, 4.6, and no power windows/mirrors…so it was badged an xl, everything else in it was xlt. Single cab, short bed. I waited 3 months for my spec’d truck to be built. Financed 100% of the $17k as a first time new buyer at 3.5%. $17k for a new, spec’d f150 xlt…let that sink in.

Ahh the 1999 Lightning. My father had one - and on the way to trade it in for a 2003, it threw a spark plug right out the top of the head..

I built the AMT 94 F150 Lightning Pickup model kit in 1/25 scale about a year ago .. it came out pretty nicely I think!!

If you use synthetic oil and you change it on schedule, the triton motor is good. It is when you don't have regular oil changes with conventional oil that kills the triton. Sludge build-up restricts oil flow and starves the engine of oil. That is the Triton's weakness.

I beat one of these in my '99 GT. I pulled up next to him at a red light, not really attempting to race him. I just looked over and he goes, "Oh, you wanna find out the hard way????". We were next to each other until the top-end, when I slowly walked him. As far as I know, that GT only had a Bassani exhaust and some CAI. There's an older feller around here who has a first-gen Lightning, but those were all motor.

I was at the dealer when these things came out, I remember them well. But don't forget, we already had the Syclone many years earlier.

I had a die cast model exactly like this and I loved it in The fast and the furious.

Look at that adorable front end. It's like it's smiling from being happy to see you.

I used to work at a body shop and my boss bought a 2003 Sonic Blue Lightning wrecked. The guy he bought it from held out for 6 months before finally caving and selling it. I told him to look up the paint code first, since they're apparently super rare in that color, but he didn't listen and painted it all black. He later came to regret it but still has it to this day. It's got a tune and some modified engine parts, last time it was on the dyno it had 463hp. It's getting used as a junkyard hauler and has 183,000+ miles on it. Truly a smiles per gallon vehicle, and although it feels sacrilegious to use it as a shop truck, it makes me happy to see them driven.

American car manufacturers always have a drive to name their cars the edgiest, most childish things imaginable and I love them for it

Joy of every early 2000s childhood in Balkans in form of hugely popular Bburago 1/43 scale model - the only Bburago you could load something into, unlike Ferraris, Vipers and hot hatches.

Absolutely in love with these trucks. I have a 99 flareside 4.6, it's great!

Always loved these trucks! Great review!

The interaction between Mr. Regular a Lightning, and that VW, that is my spirit animal

Better take that ride down to Harry's and see if he has leads on any spoon engines.

Oh, how I've missed kooky stop-motion madness. That sleep salute bit at the end caught me off-guard, loved it.

Awsome truck! Great review! Looking forward to the next!

Yet another hilariously phenomenal review from Roman and Mr. Regular. I don't have the expendable income to spend on a coffee mug, but to whoever wins, congratulations! The second generation SVT Lightning is truly a great truck. A dream. (Of mine, anyway.) "The world around me is changing, and the truths that I used to know; aren't." Indeed. Fantastic.

I owned a 1999 F150 for a while. The curved dash was maddening because there wasn't a flat area anywhere to set something down. The truck was designed with flowing vulvic curves on every surface

Just grabbed a 02 harley f150 with the supercharged 5.4 for 7k, thing screams early 2000s and has a bunch of features my newer cars don’t even have. Always wanted a lightning but needed the back seat

Ford F150 SVT lightning. The official truck of the managing director of that local logging business.

Straight up FIRE review. Well done!

Just entered. Of all the giveaway cars this one hits me most. Some of my fondest memories were rolling around with a very dear friend I served with in Iraq in his "baby" a blue lightning. I love that truck so much. I guess it's true that nostalgia sells.

Immortalized in the Fast and the Furious as Harry's parts delivery truck, same color too.

"Nobody likes the tuna!"-my brain looking at this.

I remember racing one from a dig back in 2004. I had a 2002 Camaro SS with SLP exhaust and no other mods (at the time). I believe he had a pully and headers/exhaust. My SS was auto and I knew how to launch the crap out of it with no spinning at all. He spun on launch so I jumped ahead by about 3/4 a car and we stayed pretty much even the rest of the way. So that's pretty freaking impressive.

3 of these since 2001 and over 160k miles on each. One reached over 240k miles. Still got one today. Each full bolt ons, just change the oil and drive them however you want.

"A symphony of wasteful extravagance that's more American than unwashed ass." I've never heard brodozers described so accurately.

I feel like you could be in a Joel Haver feature length film and have it go really well or catastrophically with no in between.

The triton 2 valve is held in higher regard than the 3v and 4v, but the 2v still likes to yeet spark plugs like party poppers

Always wanted one of these back when I was in highschool. I always thought they were a cooler version of the sn95 mustangs. Man...... Regular cab pickups need to make a comeback.

When I was in high school, a classmate of mine had one that looked just like this. This would have been back around 2004.

Hello Mr. regular. I love your videos... but it reminded me.... I see that brute has the same key as my ford probe. If you liked dodge neon, I think you should try, like previously, mentioned ford probe or 2.0 or 2.5 or hyundai coupe 2.0 or 2.7. But you should try the manual. The auto-box is ok, but the manual is something that makes me smile. I think you'll enjoy them too.

Gotta always get behind someone who’s an advocate for some good ole’ fashioned “sleep saluting” 😁

Among the only pickup trucks I'd ever consider if I had to.

I’ve been waiting for you to make a video about a 2nd gen lightning ⚡️ since I was a sophomore in highschool. I’m now 2 1/2 years outta community college lol hope I win this. Thanks for all the fun content on your channel. 💯😎

Spite passing pretty much describes the late 90's for me.

"yeah it can't handle corners" I knew a guy that had one until he rolled it trying to take a tight corner. He was in a neck brace for a whole year and his wife left him. He was pretty bummed out.

My grandpa had one of these. Union ironworker who raced cars in his younger days. Needed a bed and needed speed.

That generation is my favorite ford of all time. Especially the final years of the real lightning. 03/04 is my favorite truck of all time

The ford lighting: The only 10th gen f150 everyone wants

Love my '99 XLT. This truck would be a riot to drive.

I have a 2004 dodge rumble bee. I’ve always wanted one of these!

This and the Ram SRT-10 are the gold standard of the sport truck, though a modern Rivian will embarrass a stock one now they were wicked sleepers in their day, these big engines take to tuning like ducks to water. The SVT was a few relatively mild mods away from making 450 HP wheel, and I've seen one go as high as 800 with a fully built-up Triton. I'll never understand why the brodozer crowd reigns supreme when we could have these, at least they're vastly better vehicles for 98% of end users who will never go dune jumping or haul anything bigger than a fridge with them.

6:15 I have a 3v Triton in an 06 F150 and the damn thing is bulletproof. I have had zero problems with the engine in that truck. It just keeps going.

At 5:00 the rising roar of the V-8 and the supercharger kicking in sounds like it's going to inhale the entire atmosphere. Love it !

You guys were on your fucking game this week with the anecdotes holy hell

I love this car. I’m currently watching the second ad. Hope nothing too bad is said about it.

I know a mechanic who loves the 2 valve Triton engines, 1st gen. The 3 valve 2nd gen is where the problems lie. His words were that at 3500rpm the internal components caused bubbled to develop in the oil and those bubbles would cause problems. There are conversion kits for the 2nd gen engines to bring it from 3 valves to 2. This is further complicated that to have the 2 valve configuration work you have to bypass some connectors just to get the engine to run right. People who rag on the Triton engine are probably thinking of the 3 valve. If they argue that it's the 2 valve then I expect a list of problems backed up with evidence. My 99 F150 crew cab already had one of the spark plugs pop out and I had the AC fixed so it blows cold again. Dumped nearly 3k just over the AC and spark plug fix because the threads were gone. It still needs money put in it but I'm going slow so I also grow my savings. It still needs work but the engine is as valuable as a Toyota.

A shift kit, tune, smaller pulley and meth injection really wakes these things up. If you’re really going for it getting the blower and inlet ported bigger throttle body and headers will get you close to 500, a 3000 stall converter and 4.11 gears will get you into the 12.80-13s

Now THAT'S a Lightning!!!!!

I have a 2000 F150 with a manual. It's stock, but fun.

Brian's parts truck from The Fast and the Furious 🙂

92 Nissan D body 4 cyl manual - cant wait for the video!

I have an 03 cosmetically spected out like the one in the video except with a 4.6 V8. Its been a garage queen for past 8 years. Use it ony for pleasure driving and light duty work around the house. I do get the odd complement and stare from the public.

nice, now review my personal f150, it's the NA 5.4 but I built it with inspiration from the chrysler conquest review from years ago

I drove one of these with bald 295s on the back and had it on the lock stops. Unbelievably fun truck.

I remember back in the day Rams and Chevy pickups tended to be regarded as cooler trucks for their more brutal styling, but the F-150 Lightning is definitely one of the more iconic trucks to come out of that era.

Words do not express how nice it was to watch one of your videos without the obnoxious teenager drama voice over. It was there, enough, and the bulk saved for the end. Perfect change! I actually watched this one all the way through!

Spite passing is a great term I never knew existed even though I know what it is.

I had a friend who had one of these, then he got rid of it and got a mustang instead. The mustang was a little quicker but the lightning was so much cooler. He said it would go 145 mph, or at least that’s as fast as he ever got it to. Only thing he ever drove faster was his Kawasaki Ninja, got it up to 170 mph, once. Was so scared he never tried that again. 170 is fast but on a bike, it feels so much faster.

10:22 Mr.Regular got a bit livid there 🤣

I like this truck, I was looking to get one sometime back in 2000s, but I did not. The interior was sub par. For $30k I would expected more, even in 2000s.

I swear every manufacturer who makes small rear wheel drive trucks like this should make a performance version like this. It wouldn't take much, and the revenue from those looking for a cheap rear wheel drive hot rod would make it more than worth it.