[J4rdlightning]

Was on FB today and a guy asked what he should do for mods and everyone and there brother was trashing on the 2v lightning motors telling the to coyote swap and ls swap. A coyote swap to me is a huge investment because a motor and all that needs to go with it to make it work our trucks seems like a ton more money than going with a better supercharger and forged internals and a hood set of heads. Am I wrong

 

[Certified Drunk]

Somewhere north of a 1000 hp..

 

[J4rdlightning]

Somewhere north of a 1000 hp..

Could you go more than a 1000 . Is more than 1000hp on the street even worth having is it usable power .

 

[AllCarFan]

Could you go more than a 1000 . Is more than 1000hp on the street even worth having is it usable power .

What are you trying to accomplish?

 

[J4rdlightning]

What are you trying to accomplish?

No I was just wondering what people have gotten out of there motors and what was actually usable in a daily driver hot rod . People are always talking crap about the ford 2v motor but the few things I have read on my own say they are a decent motor and are fairly strong

 

[ilaybrk]

Mine makes 700 and I could drive it every day if I had to but 10 miles per gallon and it will blow the tires off if I punch it

 

[J4rdlightning]

Mine makes 700 and I could drive it every day if I had to but 10 miles per gallon and it will blow the tires off if I punch it

You have a killer chiller can I ask you do you cut the 5/8 line that runs to the accumulater to splice in and which line on the condenser

 

[Dusten]

The 2v is severely limited. It's heads are absolutely a choke point.
The block needs sleeved at big power

The money into a 2v to make 700 is close to the money for a coyote swap and blower.

I make 730 give or take. I am also on e85 and get 7mpg. I'd much rather have a coyote that isn't even sweating at 700 vs my ragged edge 2v.

 

[KDerekT83]

Maybe I'm a purest, but my Harley Davidson was designed to run the 2v motor. I'll stick with it. If I wanted to break records and run a Coyote I would've bought a newer model with the coyote swap already done by Ford. Lol. Maybe I'm just not scared of the investment and hard work.. I dunno...

 

[NMSVT]

I’m at 840HP. No way I could make more without injectable’s. If you want more power outta of a 2V look at Marty as an example. Big bore. Big Whipple 3.8L. Big $$$$$.

I’m with kderekt83.

P.S. fuck them FB dudes.

 

[J4rdlightning]

I’m at 840HP. No way I could make more without injectable’s. If you want more power outta of a 2V look at Marty as an example. Big bore. Big Whipple 3.8L. Big $$$$$.

I’m with kderekt83.

P.S. fuck them FB dudes.

I know hp is a huge thing that people push for but really torque is what gets you moving if there was a way to make 1000 torque from 500hp it would be great lol. I just read alot of people hate the early mod motors and they think they are weak engines . Because everyone wants to throw ls motors in our trucks and to me that is blasphemous.

 

[KDerekT83]

Yep. The days of hardwork, pride and self satisfaction are all but gone. People just wanna do what's already been done a million times because it's easy, the kinks are worked out, and it's usually cheaper because other people have already done the figuring and fabricating already. You just gotta bolt it together. I agree. It's blasphemous

 

[J4rdlightning]

The 2v is severely limited. It's heads are absolutely a choke point.
The block needs sleeved at big power

The money into a 2v to make 700 is close to the money for a coyote swap and blower.

I make 730 give or take. I am also on e85 and get 7mpg. I'd much rather have a coyote that isn't even sweating at 700 vs my ragged edge 2v.

I have a lightning engine swapped into a 2003 reg cab stepside 4x4. I added a killer chiller gen IV drag kit it's stage 3 meth injected upgraded fuel rails and pressure regulater. 255 sniper fuel pump. Tuned to run 93 but need a good tuner to get it right . Thinking of going with jj a woodbine

 

[Dusten]

Stage this garbage that

Learn what the mods mean

Meth is uncommon on these .
The killer chiller is hit or miss and there are way better ways to spend your money

A single 255 is nowhere near enough pump. These trucks run dual 190's stock.

 

[Dusten]

Maybe I'm a purest, but my Harley Davidson was designed to run the 2v motor. I'll stick with it. If I wanted to break records and run a Coyote I would've bought a newer model with the coyote swap already done by Ford. Lol. Maybe I'm just not scared of the investment and hard work.. I dunno...

A coyote is an investment and hard work. But it's an invest that actually nets returns.

 

[Dusten]

I know hp is a huge thing that people push for but really torque is what gets you moving if there was a way to make 1000 torque from 500hp it would be great lol. I just read alot of people hate the early mod motors and they think they are weak engines . Because everyone wants to throw ls motors in our trucks and to me that is blasphemous.

There is a way. It's called a lack of rpm.

Torque is actual work being done. Horsepower is a calculated number based on torque and rpm. That's why torque and rpm always cross at 5250

The mod motor in stock form is weak and anemic

In built form it can live but the heads are still a massive limit.

Even the best 2v heads in the world can't touch a good 4v head.

 

[I like fords too]

I can't see any reason to re-engineer the truck for a coyote motor when you can have a 4V set up with existing ford parts..and, probably fewer sources for potential failures

 

[slow94]

My gen 2 probably makes over 1000 at the motor full tilt... Not too hard to do either. lotta boost and little spray haha. But I wouldn't swap it for a coyote... Especially a gen 1 or 2. And if you are going to swap to a coyote it would be useless without the 10 speed behind it. Coyotes don't make good torque and need the gearing to go fast.. especially in trucks. So you need a coyote with at least oil pump gears/crank sprocket, 10 speed trans with some upgrades, new driveshaft, and the ford racing controls pack to control the engine and trans. That doesn't include any power adders or nickel and dime stuff. Bet you would have near $30k into a proper coyotes swap that would make over 1000hp and go fast.

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[svt-BansheeMan]

It's sucks to hear tuners and multiple people say the block needs to be sleeved at a certain power level to last yet people claim their engines make above that and are fine for years. Who are you going to believe. That is a rhetorical question. I have no idea. Go look how much it cost to sleeve a block then you are still stuck with 2v heads unless you spend even more money.

Having seen multiple people lose an engine trying to make big power and even more making 10-11 sex power with more sense and knowledge than me, I am going to keep mine around 550-600 (if that) when it runs again. I'll already have a J&s vampire so hopefully save it if it ever has some knock. I took off my killer chiller because it couldn't keep up with the charge temps. I also took off my meth because to me, it was just an unneed fuel source to fail.

If I had a stock block again, I'd do choppy cams with supporting mods with full exhaust. It would be for reliability, sound and fun, not going fast.

As for high hp 6r80/10r80 transmissions, here's a great video to watch to make you never want to attempt that unless you like braking transmissions:

The information for all of this is out there. Unfortunately it is impossible to know who to believe. Good luck on your choice.

 

[NMSVT]

I know hp is a huge thing that people push for but really torque is what gets you moving if there was a way to make 1000 torque from 500hp it would be great lol. I just read alot of people hate the early mod motors and they think they are weak engines . Because everyone wants to throw ls motors in our trucks and to me that is blasphemous.

You want to make 500HP/1000TQ? Slap a 6.7L power stroke in one 😂 my F250 700HP/1400TQ all day.

As for LS powered Lightning?? 🤮 As a matter of fact there’s a local Lightning that they couldn’t break into the 10s. Threw money at it like crazy. Lots of shit they could have done before giving up on the mod motor. (Example ran ACCEL trash coils, ran a 2.5 upper pulley on 2.3 Whipple, had all kinds of weird shit going on). They slapped a LS6 In there and turbo. They now made it into the the 10s… by like .12-.18 faster than before with the mod motor! They could have easily gone 10s if they asked fellow Lightning people that now how to go fast. Heck just by using a different turner they would have done it! They used the same mustang tuner I used before when I was slow lol.