[Mark540]

Most, but not all Lightnings I have seen have some mods, could be pulley, chip, etc. This truck can easily do 12's with very little effort, and pull like a freight train at highway speeds. The new 2004 Lightning is shown to have 500 hp to compete with the new Dodge Ram SRT-10(Viper motor 500 hp as well). To run with one of these things will take some serious hp. If you have 15K and want my advice it is Crate Z06 motor, new cam, new gears, 6-speed. Better get some good wheels, tires, brakes and suspension for the upgrade as well. Honest 410hp to the wheels and you are definately running with the big boys. Basically no real cheap way of doing it, other than Nitrous. When my 99 vette was stock it put about 320hp to the wheels and weighed 3150 lbs. And I got spanked by a couple of Lightnings bad. Head and cam and 385hp to the rear and I could run with them, but not really over take them. By the way it was a six speed.