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NO SLO PK · 11-09-2001, 12:45 AM

I gotta jump in. Sure, the new Lightning is costly but it was designed and tuned to go the distance with factory reliability. It has a warranty. It has cornering skills. It has potential to go even faster. Any other stock vehicle can go fast by adding a Vortech, but you lose the stock reliability. You would certainly lose the warranty. The point is that the Lightning is factory tuned performance vehicle with factory reliability. If we want to get into the argument of cost vs. performance than just add the biggest NOS kit to any base V8 truck and you'll have your contender.

Hey rbatson, nloc.org has the production specs. If not, you can ask the Gen2 Lightning ownwers on that same board.

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Russ L
'91 LX
Procharger, 3 row intercooler, extrude honed Cobra intake, Mac full Length Headers, 30# inj., 73mm C&L, 75mm tb, E303 cam, 289 rods, ported E7 heads, MSD, T-Rex w/255 lph Walbro, 5 lug conversion, Cobra R wheels, 3.27 gears and Moser Axles.

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11-09-2001, 12:45 AM	#10
NO SLO PK Registered Member Join Date: Mar 1999 Location: Arcadia, CA, USA Posts: 731	I gotta jump in. Sure, the new Lightning is costly but it was designed and tuned to go the distance with factory reliability. It has a warranty. It has cornering skills. It has potential to go even faster. Any other stock vehicle can go fast by adding a Vortech, but you lose the stock reliability. You would certainly lose the warranty. The point is that the Lightning is factory tuned performance vehicle with factory reliability. If we want to get into the argument of cost vs. performance than just add the biggest NOS kit to any base V8 truck and you'll have your contender. Hey rbatson, nloc.org has the production specs. If not, you can ask the Gen2 Lightning ownwers on that same board. ------------------ Russ L '91 LX Procharger, 3 row intercooler, extrude honed Cobra intake, Mac full Length Headers, 30# inj., 73mm C&L, 75mm tb, E303 cam, 289 rods, ported E7 heads, MSD, T-Rex w/255 lph Walbro, 5 lug conversion, Cobra R wheels, 3.27 gears and Moser Axles. [This message has been edited by NO SLO PK (edited 11-09-2001).]