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kid vishus
Gearhead Posts: 6220
From: middle of NC
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted 01-20-2005 07:58 PM
   
Yep, my '93 Lightning turned over 200k miles tonight on the way home from work. Maybe tomorrow if we get some free time we may strap it to the dyno and see how much power a stock 200k mile Gen1 Lightning makes. 
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 43793
From: Saco, Maine
Registered: May 99
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posted 01-21-2005 09:20 AM
Way cool!  ------------------
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BlueMule
Gearhead Posts: 1494
From: Kent Island, MD USA
Registered: Sep 2002
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posted 01-21-2005 11:06 AM
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Dave Witthoeft
Gearhead Posts: 2301
From: IL.
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 02-06-2005 11:51 AM
Cool..  Our old Fords arn't even broken in till 100 thousand miles or so.. ------------------
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MLariviere
Moderator Posts: 4008
From: Biddeford,Me.USA
Registered: May 99
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posted 02-06-2005 08:52 PM
My truck will turn 100k this week. It still runs as good as the day I bought it. I do have a few things to fix,though. Mostly rust prevention issues.
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Ryan Wilke
Gearhead Posts: 2125
From: Stanton, Michigan 49707
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted 02-08-2005 02:40 PM
I commute in a '94 4-cyl/5-spd Ranger every day. It has 232K miles & counting on it as of today!
The only work it's had (other than tuneup stuff), includes the preventative replacement (not due to failure, just mileage) of the timing belt (twice), water pump, thermostat, and clutch PP & disc. Shucks, except for a replaced donut gasket, it even has the original OEM muffler and piping still on it! How many S-10s can claim that?!?!?!?! Ryan ------------------
'69 Mach I; 306"/4-spd; drag racer.
'65 F100 Short box; 390"/4-spd; Tow Truck.
'85 GT Convert.; last carb'd 5.0L/5-spd; street cruiser.
'94 Ranger; 4cyl/5-spd; commuter/parts hauler.
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needforinfodotcom
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Registered: May 2005
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posted 05-06-2005 06:14 AM
200,000 miles is awesome. Did you have a lot of mechanical problems?------------------
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kid vishus
Gearhead Posts: 6220
From: middle of NC
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted 05-06-2005 08:19 AM
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Originally posted by needforinfodotcom:
200,000 miles is awesome. Did you have a lot of mechanical problems?
In the grand scheme of things, no. I replaced the alternator last summer, replaced the water pump the summer before that, 4 yrs ago I hit a huge pothole that broke all kinds of stuff in the rear-end, I had to replace one brake line that rusted thru, and when I bought the truck one of the fuel pumps didn't work. Right now, it appears as if the heater core is leaking. Considering it has 200k miles, the last 60k+ I put on it (and those weren't easy miles), the truck has been really reliable. The transmission has never been out, the motor is still bone stock, and the truck still has the factory exhuast hanging under it. And it has gone 15.30's in the qrtr (not bad for a bone stock, high mileage Gen1.)
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Thud
Gearhead Posts: 1296
From: Cumming,Ga.,USofA
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 05-06-2005 09:13 AM
quote:
Originally posted by kid vishus:
Yep, my '93 Lightning turned over 200k miles tonight on the way home from work. Maybe tomorrow if we get some free time we may strap it to the dyno and see how much power a stock 200k mile Gen1 Lightning makes.
I definitely wanna know what you get! (I'm right at 150,000 miles) ------------------
"I only drink to steady my nerves. Sometimes I'm so steady I don't move for months." - W.C. Fields - "I don't care where I sit, as long as I get fed." - Calvin Trillin - Dwayne M&M Member #18
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DidgeyTrucker
Gearhead Posts: 1237
From: Greenbrier, TN USA
Registered: Oct 99
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posted 05-09-2005 12:13 AM
My '78 F-150 has over 300,000 miles. It had 87,000 when I bought it back in 1987. The 400 in it was sick and I bulit a 429 for it. MY 429 now has over 200,000 miles on it.Tracy
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Thud
Gearhead Posts: 1296
From: Cumming,Ga.,USofA
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 06-21-2005 08:02 AM
Hey Kid, did you ever get the Lightning dyno-ed?------------------
"We do not stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing." - Benjamin Franklin - "I don't care where I sit, as long as I get fed." - Calvin Trillin - Dwayne M&M Member #18
Son of Smurf
'94 Lightning #942 of 4007
'67 Mustang Coupe
'70 Mach1
'75 Cougar
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 43793
From: Saco, Maine
Registered: May 99
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posted 06-21-2005 05:56 PM
quote:
Originally posted by DidgeyTrucker:
My '78 F-150 has over 300,000 miles. It had 87,000 when I bought it back in 1987. The 400 in it was sick and I bulit a 429 for it. MY 429 now has over 200,000 miles on it.Tracy
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'70 Mustang Mach 1 351C 4V/FMX/3.25 Open
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