What Is A 1999-2004 SVT Lightning? | Ford Gen 2 Lightning History 

Who wants to see Ford bring back the Lightning?

Ford should give the off-road thing a break already and bring back this legend

These trucks will never get old

I've got a '01 that I've owned since '03 and I ain't ever getting rid of mine!!

The best truck Ford ever made.

I love my 2000 Ford Lightning after rebuilding the transmission with race clutches and a punisher valve body.Also installed a 150hp power package from LFP.On the dyno I pulled 440 hp and 550 lbs torque.

I also own a 01lightning and 04 cobra and the lightning is my favorite. My 3 yr old daughter has SVT bug and has claimed both already lol.

Just bought a 2000 today, dream truck since I was a kid. It was worth the wait

I'm the 3rd owner of a red 03 with 32K miles.. Upgraded pulleys, throttle body, boost bypass, tune and long bars. LOVE IT. Nothing quite like that sound

I just got mine like two weeks ago and already has a cam with a full exhaust set up, I love it

I haven't turned 18 yet but I just recently purchased a 03 lightning and I cant express how happy this truck makes me, everytime I see it it brings a smile to my face

I was 15 years old, strolling through a dealer lot and what do I see sitting there all shined up and looking pretty? A 2000 Ford Lightning. I grabbed the first salesman I found and asked where are the keys. It was 2009 and I paid 10 grand for her. She was all mine. First vehicle I went 140mph in. I loved that truck!

I have my 2001 since 2001 one vehicle I will never get rid off! Every time I drive it people approach me trying to buy it if you have one don’t sell it you will regret it.

I raced a couple of these trucks with a 65 gto I had back in the day. they sounded great with that blower whine.

The most beautiful truck ever made.

I drive by a house every day on my way to work that has a pair of gen 2 Lightnings, both white. He dailys one of them in the summer.

It's cool how I was looking at spare parts to get for my 94' on your website then I get recommended this video.

Great video never knew it came in so many colors

Those trucks are wicked powerful. That thing will break sideways and lay rubber as long as you have tires underneath it , thats at road speeds. Love that truck.

such a great, truely informative video

Very clean truck sir! I love me a nice svt lightning!! ⚡️🌩 thanks for this video! Was very informative!!

The gen 2 lightning is by far my favorite!! Wish I could find one around here.

That gorgeous front end made me realize this is my favorite F-150 generation 😍😍😍

That front end is gorgeous, probably the best looking front end Ford has ever put on the F150 besides the 2018 & 19 models.

Awesome upload 👌

It’s a shame Ford didn’t give it a 4 valve 5.4 like the Navigator or Blackwood with that Eaton blower.

Love my 2003 lightning. You did forget to mention that they went from 4 thread heads to 8 thread heads in the second half of 2003 though.

I bought a black one new in 01, first Ford I ever owned. I fell in love with it immediately, just a ton of fun. I sold it 6mths later to buy a 69 Nova that I still have and race today. I don't regret building the Nova, it's a dream car of mine, but sure wish I would've kept that truck.

I almost bought a 2003 fresh off a corporate lease in 2005....Then my wife got pregnant and demanded a house.😅

My dad owned 2 growing up a black 2001 and a oxford white 2003, he had many quick cars before them but those lighting's I will remember the most riding shotgun with him especially when he pullied, tuned,got a shift kit, traction bars and bassani exhaust on the 2003 cant forget the nitto 555Rs on the back, such a sweet truck visually and physically 420hp & 500ftlbs to the wheels. Gave Corvettes a run for the money at the time.

I bought mine new in 2004. Only thing I've done to it in it's 60k miles was install a Bassani Cat back exhaust and put larger tires 265/18 tires on it. Still looks and runs great with the Charcoal paint. I'm retired now and over that Hot Rod phase.

The design has actually aged pretty well

One of the best looking trucks of all time in my opinion 😊

Love your video I have a 2001 Ford Lightning red love that truck it's modified very quick

Damn what a truck. Imagining them bringing back the Lightning as a surprise after unveil the 2020 Bronco... I would die. This truck is fire.

I think the spark plugs thread length is different between the 99-01 and 02-04 as well as the driveshaft diameter and thermostat opening temperature. Looks like you have a line-loc system on the truck in video. I've been looking for a plug and play kit. Much easier on the transmission and axle mounts than powerbraking. LMR is my go to when it comes to getting parts for my Ford Lightning truck. I bought an 03 over 8 years ago at 56k miles. The very first things I did were changed out all of the fluids motor oil/supercharger oil/motor coolant/supercharger coolant/power steering/brakes/trans/rear axle. Also all of the filters oil/fuel/trans. Then I replaced all 4 brake rotors, front wheel bearings while at it, all 4 shocks, pulled off the supercharger to clean out the turkey pan, changed out the spark plugs while at it, put in place a thick submersible 30R14/16 hose over the turkey pan elbow routed to an oil catch can T split, replaced engine pulley water pump, supercharger electric water pump, thermostat, alternator, brake pedal switch, and Y-fitting in the fuel pump. Took me about 10 days doing it alone on my own using simple tools. Cleaned & torqued everything to specs with threadlocker. Now it has 164k miles running strong on original motor and tran with not a spot of drip where it sits. What is keeping me up at night a little now are the rear crank seal and driveshaft universal joint. There is no leak and no play yet, knocking on wood. Also LSD clutches, keeping an eye out on those 3 things. The driveshaft universal joint I can handle on my own as its probably just a little PITA similar to that of changing out the serpentine belt with the darn cage pulley that had to put a wrench on the bell housing to get the crank pulley loose. Now the rear crank seal would be a different story if it starts to leak. The transmission needs to be drop there's no way around it to get to it. I do not have the tools to drop it let alone clearance from jack stands. It worries me because when it comes to a truck like this. I do not let anybody touch it or do work on it except me. To allow dirty grease, power tools, and not torquing anything down mechanic to put hands on it is a big hell no thank you. Let alone they'd probably do burnouts on these trucks if you leave it with them. Really they do not even see my truck when I buy new tires, they'd only see the wheels. So this rear crank seal thing will be a problem for me when it starts to leak, hopefully never til it gets to 250k miles where I'd probably overhaul the entire motor and swap in a t56 tranny. I do start and drive it around the block at least once a week to get all of the fluids flowing and gaskets/seals/o-rings up to temperature. Also for the air conditioning compressor and heater core to cycle. You guys that also own these trucks be sure you do the same. Damn ethanol in fuel can rust your lines and internals if it just sits. Funny story someone got into my truck with a slim jim when I parked it at the airport garage. Little did they know I had a custom quick release steering wheel and the truck was tuned to not exceed 1600rpm and 25mph with my hand held tuner when I left it parked at the airport. The hand held tuner and the custom steering wheel hub were with me of course that prevented my truck from being stolen. But they did stumped on my exhaust tips and vandalized my truck. I had it re-welded under my supervision and slowly repaired the vandalizing on my own. Replaced all of the fluids again including the rear axle in case they had contaminated it. For repairs that would be beyond me. If any of you know of any trustworthy places that would work on these trucks in the state of CA or FL let me know. Cheers 🍻

Lightning all the way! SVT

Dude once again badass video.🤘🤘🤘🤘🇺🇸😎

I love the 93 SVT lightning with the 351, and absolutely love these aswell I would love SVT to bring back the Performance version for the streets instead of Off Road, don't get me wrong. I love the Raptor's aswell...

My Dad owned one. 20 years later I am dreaming of buying one. This is my dream car!!!

My dream truck

The engine bay looks immaculate

Ive owned a gen 2 L since 2000. Bought my 03 in 07 and sold my 99 in 09. My 03 has 51k and I love it still.

Love these trucks!

I hope to get one

Mine is a 2nd gen 1st year 1999 lightning had it since 2005 I'm the 2nd owner. its black got the ford motorsports lowering kit and it's squatting on 24s love it still goes through the traps in 12:80s 1/4 ml.

I've always loved these. Eventually I'll have a blue one. Doesn't matter which blue. I love them both. But eventually I will have one.

These really are special, diesel transmission case, ford expedition rear axle, tons of touches sadly means we cant build our own off the shelf, these are very rare in more ways than one.

I need me one of these

This channel is on the ball with facts new sub 10/10 Great work boss

Those are some sweet lightning pacific wheels

I wish there was another sport truck war with the big 3 again that would be cool to see them go all out. I could only imagine the stuff they could put out, a regular cab raptor body lighting and a hellcat ram and chevy coming out with a SS/Cheyenne.

I purchased my 01 Lightning brand new with 4 miles on it and it currently has 26k on it,bone stock no mods and it’s garage kept,I’ve never kept a car for more than a few years, I still enjoy it and have no plans of getting rid of it..

My dad used to have a black one 2003 I believe and he loved it. But had to sell it he didn’t want to but because of me and we needed a house so that’s sucked I would of loved to see this still in the driveway when I was born back in 02

Great Trucks

My fav truck.

Are you gonna do one of these videos on the SRT-10 truck? I’d love to see that.

2020 and I still want a 99-04 L.

Never getting rid of my 02 passing it on to my little one when he is old enough !

Beautiful body, BADASS TRUCK!!!!!

They need to bring it back!!!

I love my 2002 SVT Lightning ⚡️⚡️⚡️ It’s all original with 32,307 miles on the odometers.

What about doing a review on the Thunderbird SC, it would fit nice with these videos.

Damn they take off 😎😎

My black Lightning made it on the video! ⚡️ haha

2:30 how are those Euro tailights? They look like the base f150 tailights from this generation

Forgot to mention the Thunderstorm, which led to the Rouch Nightmare...Thunderstorm was a joint venture between Ford and Johnny Lightning...the next Ford supertruck that could have been.

Can someone tell me wich one of all 6 year lightning is the faster one

Do svt focus next!!!

No other truck comes close the the Ford lightning. The lightning is the best truck in the world.

Which gen2 year is the best?

I don't know what this guy is talking about but the Lighting is faster then the Dodge SRT 10.

It's my understanding that the L shared the 4r100 with the 6.8 V10, not the PSD.

What hood is on that blue lightning?

At 6:20 that pic of the sonic blue L, who’s truck is that? I built one that looked identical to it before I sold it!

I will own one of these one day

I have a 02 true blue

Now it’s the Ford F-150 Saleen, I think that’s the fastest truck up to date

do you guys sell those headlights and taillights?

Dear Ford: Make 3rd Gen Lightnings, use new cobra motor thanks

Just got a 2000 Oxford White Lightning! Where can I get the upper and lower grilles that are on your truck to replace the honeycomb ones in mine?

Anytime I see videos like this I’m like “Well hell they only came out a few years ago. Crack a magazine!” Then I realize my ass is getting old. 😬

Holding onto my 2000 lightning “build number 144 out of 4966” for as long as possible. Love my damn truck and so does my fiancé lol Plus the value of these trucks have sky rocketed! Bluebook is at 17k now for my almost 20 year old truck. Paid $9,500 for it back in 2011 which was a steal no doubt. It’s going to be worth more than my 2016 mustang gt premium in a few years 😂🤣 daily drove it for many years without a single issue. 104k miles on her now she still fires up and gets the job done no matter what!

I’m trying to comprehend where’d you get the front bumper from I keep seeing this bumper when ever the lightning is being shown, from the videos to the pictures on the website. Did y’all paint it or did it come like that because if it did I need to know from where

Supercharger on a Gen2 Lightning was 1.8 liters, not 1.4. And, seems like all those magazine performance numbers were SLOOOOOOWWWW. My '99 all stock ran 13.6 in the quarter.

I’ve always wanted one :/

Oh man I love the ford 5.4 2v. So underrated. They make big power and their so cheap to build. I love the lightning. Forged cranks in these is almost a given. I have 3 forged cranks they can handle 1500 hp all day. The iron block 1500 hp. Ford really made the modular perfect except the cylinder linners. Can't bore them out is the only down fall. You gotta sleeve them. I have a few supercharger 2v intakes on hand for future builds. I live the 5.4 more than that coyote.

Regret getting rid of mine, it was a 2001 black lightning. Is been a year since I don’t have it.

It’s a mf flashback, these truck are probably worth more now then 20years ago. Starting to see a lot more here in hawaii. I have a 99 expedition dropped but, these truck are something new.

Do yall have those specific headlights at 5:18 in stock?

Love these trucks. Out of curiosity, do these gen 2s make good daily drivers?

Actually, the pistons, rods (forged powdered metal) and crank (Krupp forged steel) were ALL different

somebody needs to remake these body kit parts...😏

What years had the side exhaust?

Need more content of your vehicles on Instagram landan!👍🏾

All things I never realized.

I didn’t like the side exit exhaust. I preferred it to run duals out the back. This motor was very tame in stock form, but with a pulley change, larger injectors, better exhaust and a retune this truck woke up. I’ve seen guys slap on bigger heads, cam swap along with the stuff already mentioned and it was sick.

Hey where can i find those tail lights

I'm the guy in the dsg lightning in the video.

They absolutely need to do a new lighting