Awesome! It's nice to see people in the USA that want to drive manual trucks... My '04 F-150 Heritage 4X4 and 2015 Mustang GT Performance pack are manual ..
Always loved the 4-spoke 2nd gen Ford Explorer steering wheel in the Lightning, I already like the 2-spoke one in regular F-150s and Expeditions but this wheel looks nicer too.
brother shifts with a mop stick cool as fuck we don't need the numbers on changing gears different styles types are everywhere this is laid back chilling in Ford Racing Porformance.
i hope this becomes more popular i wish it was at least an option from the factory, i always kinda thoight the cab was a little to wide to comfortably have a centered shifter but it looks like you dont have to reach way out of the way to shift, good shit
+One strange one I have a couple other videos on TH-cam that show the interior finished. I've got the shifter biased a little towards the driver, and I think it worked out perfect.
+BayouBassKing This is the thread about the transmission swap. You can search my forum name on LightningRodder to see some of the other stuff I've done. www.lightningrodder.com/forum/showthread.php?t=105975
+tim ray It's 1700 rpm at 80. A lot quieter than the auto which was 2500 at 80. Fuel economy is 20 mpg if highway only. I don't do much highway only driving though.
Chase Swanton i had a 2001 f150 5 speed manual and for whatever reason didnt come stock witha tach. Ended up stealing one that had one from a junkyard and putting it in, had to take it to a dealership to get it reflashed. Guy at the dealership told me it would work but that he would try. Should have seen the look on his face when it worked.
Nice vid and badass truck! Is it stock? How hard would this swap be if you're a new person to custom fabrication? Also, how many expenses other than the trans/clutch did you run into?
+ItzHiiper This is pretty close to a bolt-in swap at this point. The following link contains about all the info you could want to know. www.lightningrodder.com/forum/213-lightning-hd-auto-standard-conversion/105975-2001-lightning-6-speed-build-thread.html
I checked out your blog on this project... I wanted to compliment your work and really appreciate the info! What did your highway fuel mileage end up, post swap?
+MJorgy5 It doesn't do too much just-highway driving. I've had a few tanks that have averaged 20 mpg. If I did all highway and took it easy, I'm sure it could do better. It's hard to drive it easy with the manual though.
+db It really all depends on how you scale your 1 to 10. I'm going to call it a 6 or 7 with 1 being changing your own oil and 10 being converting a Geo Metro into a mid engine V6 race car.
+db This link contains most of the technical info about my swap. www.lightningrodder.com/forum/213-lightning-hd-auto-standard-conversion/105975-2001-lightning-6-speed-build-thread.html
This is my favorite video Aarón the Man and the machine, i like this lighthing, i do not have one of this , 😞 but i have my Ford súper crew 2003 i think i so similar 😋, I know is not but similar..... Tunkás for the video i like it 👍👍👍👍
TKTmon Yea, that was temporary. The interior is back in the truck now with a nice LoKar shift lever in place. I plan to make a new video soon showing the swap complete.
You should plan on about $6k for all the parts (including a new T56 Magnum). I did it over the course of a few months. I'm guessing it was about 40 hours of work.
I never really intended for this to be a review. I have been working on a mic setup and multiple cameras to do "reviews" of some of my vehicles. Look for that sometime in the next few weeks.
There's also a post in there that I did about setting up the hydraulic clutch. Use the Ford master cylinder. Most people use a Viper master which is more work and a stiffer clutch.
@@AaronDC8402 Now that you've been driving it .. is there anything you would have done different. I don't know if it was yours.or someone else's I was reading about but it said 6th gear just bogged the truck down to much in the highway. Have you checked fuel milage by the way driving normal on the highway by chance compared to.when it was an automatic? Just picked on my lighting engine to go in my 97 Lariat 2wd. It's factory 4.6 5 speed.
@@19jody72 6th gear is fine for the highway for me. If I'm towing anything and driving through the East TN hills, I end up back and forth between 5th and 6th a lot. I have the 0.5:1 6th which is what I would suggest. Unloaded on the highway I get 20mpg. I used to get 16 with the auto. The only thing I might have done different would be to put a higher quality clutch in the first time. I just changed my clutch at 25,000 miles. It was already down to the rivets.
Clutch is American Powertrain single organic disc for Ford mod motor. Transmission (also from American Powertrain) is a Tremec T-56 Magnum with wide set gear ratio. I haven't taken the truck to a track since getting the manual in. I'm hoping to do that this spring or summer. It definitely feels faster. The gear ratios are better than the auto, and there is less parasitic drag on the drivetrain now.
+CrazyIrishCarl I always wear my seatbelt. Shouldn't be an issue. Also, the real shifter is in place now. See my updated video, th-cam.com/video/zibe-reUuoY/w-d-xo.html
I would sell it, but only if it was for enough money that I would want to do it all over again. The manual Lightning is awesome, but you could put one together yourself for cheaper than buying mine. I don't intend to be offensive, I just really like my truck.
AaronDC8402 no I understand I figured that . I was trying my luck lol. Did you do al the labor yourself ? How much in parts round park was it with transmission and all... and maybe how many labor hours ?
I did all the labor myself except for cutting the passenger seat bottom cover and my shift boot. No idea on amount of labor. I was doing the first Magnum install into one of these trucks, so there was a lot of time figuring it all out. I made a good write up on the LightningRodder forum that would save that time. Figure about $6500 in parts and incidentals. www.lightningrodder.com/forum/213-lightning-hd-auto-standard-conversion/105975-2001-lightning-6-speed-build-thread.html
I think the reasoning was that they didn't have a manual transmission at the time that could take all that torque, but that sounds kinda ridiculous when you look at what can be done with stock supra transmissions from around the same time
+Boomer DeClerk Don't worry, it's only temporary for test driving. The interior is back together now. th-cam.com/video/9d_BV6QDr10/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/zibe-reUuoY/w-d-xo.html
No shoes,6 speed manual,Truck. Damn I love Murica'
@@24hen1985 On white-man's TH-cam? Perhaps.... on the white-man's iPhone?
Jameriquai Erna he is just jealous that the hood dosen’t have this much freedom
bravo....no stupid music
sweet!! a floor jack handle for a shifter!!
LOLOLOL...I thought the exact same thing! Badass!!
this guy replaced his shifter with a broom stick 😂 lol
+dopex2xdeath Looks more like the handle off his floor jack... but it works, I guess..
your fucking stupid
Ford Lighting's only come in automatic he built it from scratch fam
dopex2xdeath he's also got no shoes on
dopex2xdeath It will sure beat your car in a race though lmao.
Awesome! It's nice to see people in the USA that want to drive manual trucks... My '04 F-150 Heritage 4X4 and 2015 Mustang GT Performance pack are manual ..
Ford needs to make another lightning
@Kongcrete 818 you mean the raptor?
Even if ford made a another lightning, it would probley have a eco boost v6 in it.
Today Ford showed everyone their new all electric F150 Lightning . May 19 2021
Instead of the all electric POS, we should've gotten this years 4×4 Whipple powered 5.0 F150 labeled as a Lightning package 😞
Car jack shifter handle lol, badass truck I would love a lighting with a manual looks fun
love that you used the end of a jack handle lol
This is a need not a want
I have never Seen a Lightning 2nd Gen like this, you are 1 of a Kind my Lightning Brother
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Not really a truck guy, but this is one really awesome truck!!!! Supercharger whine and the broomstick shifter
this truck must really wake up with the 6speed.... cool build...
badass! you can hear the wheelspin when you hit the pedal, it means it has some power to it
DatCarGuy310 -alot of power! That is one fast truck.
Very impressive clutch. Loving that sound :) great work
Half of these comments are non car related because those people know nothing about cars
My dad owned a 500hp 2003 lightning. He took me 160mph in it. I'll never forget that truck.
I would say he put your life in danger!
I'm so jealous. That's the only thing I wish my Lightning had.
That looks fun, and an American that can drive a manual!! 👍
Wtf is that a mop stick
Close.... It's a jack handle. I've got the interior finished now, and there's a proper shift lever in place.
that's good !
AaronDC8402 Let us see some pics!
John Interceptor Check out the last couple of pages in this post. www.lightningrodder.com/forum/showthread.php?t=105975
AaronDC8402 Love it! Nice work, good sir!
I've seen this video more than 5 times and I still love the way this thing sounds. 😍😍😍😍
Always loved the 4-spoke 2nd gen Ford Explorer steering wheel in the Lightning, I already like the 2-spoke one in regular F-150s and Expeditions but this wheel looks nicer too.
That’s so great! Best truck I’ve seen
That shifter is heaven man
Lol. I wonder what the permanent set will look like.
You did an amazing job making it manual sir. Beautiful truck
Thank you! It's the only way I would have it.
Mans got the hoofs out
brother shifts with a mop stick cool as fuck we don't need the numbers on changing gears different styles types are everywhere this is laid back chilling in Ford Racing Porformance.
It's a jack handle that's a cool touch
03:05 nice it pulled a bit to the side you had to let off , so much power nice work
3:06 to 3:11 best part of the video sick ass truck man props
i hope this becomes more popular i wish it was at least an option from the factory, i always kinda thoight the cab was a little to wide to comfortably have a centered shifter but it looks like you dont have to reach way out of the way to shift, good shit
+One strange one I have a couple other videos on TH-cam that show the interior finished. I've got the shifter biased a little towards the driver, and I think it worked out perfect.
+AaronDC8402 yes i have seen them it worked out very well looks factory kust like an enthusiast would want !!
Hello friend, greetings from Colombia as you had to change it from automatic to manual
Great video
its a broom stick shifter
Short throw jack handle shifter on point
Do you have a build list or page on a forum? Trucks sounds amazing.
+BayouBassKing This is the thread about the transmission swap. You can search my forum name on LightningRodder to see some of the other stuff I've done.
www.lightningrodder.com/forum/showthread.php?t=105975
+AaronDC8402 Awesome thank man!
Ford should have offered it that way. Looks like a nice short throw too!
Sick shifter. Cool barefoot driving. And you look like you're from Roadkill. More vids please. thanks.
That is fucking bad ass man great job ! Ford should of had this as an option from the factory. What gears are you running?
+tim ray Rear end gears are 3.73:1. The trans is a T56 Magnum with the wide ratios (2.97:1 1st and .5:1 6th).
Nice man what kind of RPM you see at 80 in 6th ? and how much better MPG with the T-56.
+tim ray It's 1700 rpm at 80. A lot quieter than the auto which was 2500 at 80. Fuel economy is 20 mpg if highway only. I don't do much highway only driving though.
Nice! Thanks for the reply's.
*have
goddamn i love that whine
It's so strange to see a ford and a tachometer in the same video!
Chase Swanton i had a 2001 f150 5 speed manual and for whatever reason didnt come stock witha tach. Ended up stealing one that had one from a junkyard and putting it in, had to take it to a dealership to get it reflashed. Guy at the dealership told me it would work but that he would try. Should have seen the look on his face when it worked.
You Fucken flinstone! lol that's awesome 🤘🏼
Really like to know what transmission you used and all.
Since when did they make the lightning in a manual?
Nice vid and badass truck! Is it stock? How hard would this swap be if you're a new person to custom fabrication? Also, how many expenses other than the trans/clutch did you run into?
+ItzHiiper This is pretty close to a bolt-in swap at this point. The following link contains about all the info you could want to know. www.lightningrodder.com/forum/213-lightning-hd-auto-standard-conversion/105975-2001-lightning-6-speed-build-thread.html
I checked out your blog on this project... I wanted to compliment your work and really appreciate the info! What did your highway fuel mileage end up, post swap?
+MJorgy5 It doesn't do too much just-highway driving. I've had a few tanks that have averaged 20 mpg. If I did all highway and took it easy, I'm sure it could do better. It's hard to drive it easy with the manual though.
Awesome video lucky pedals super hot
Gearstick, or jack handle?
jack handle proper lol awesome truck meng
I thought they never made a stick shift Lightning. They all came out automatic from the factory. Did u modify it?
You're right. Ford never built a manual version. This is a custom swap.
I like that shifter
Is that a handle from a Napa jack?
Think it might have actually been AutoZone. Not sure though. It's been a while since I bought it.
Fk this shit. Ive been driving 18 wheelers since 2001. Give me an automatic transmission lighting
At least he is barefoot and not wearing sandals or crocs lol sick truck
very nice hope to see more
if you don't mind me asking on a scale of 1-10 how difficult would u consider this swap to be.....what all went into it how long did it take
+db It really all depends on how you scale your 1 to 10. I'm going to call it a 6 or 7 with 1 being changing your own oil and 10 being converting a Geo Metro into a mid engine V6 race car.
+db This link contains most of the technical info about my swap. www.lightningrodder.com/forum/213-lightning-hd-auto-standard-conversion/105975-2001-lightning-6-speed-build-thread.html
+AaronDC8402 awesome thanks for the info...great build
This is my favorite video Aarón the Man and the machine, i like this lighthing, i do not have one of this , 😞 but i have my Ford súper crew 2003 i think i so similar 😋, I know is not but similar..... Tunkás for the video i like it 👍👍👍👍
Shifter stick is not long enough, make it twice longer
Feels perfect to me.
Is that a mop stick for the shifter ?
Nope. Floor jack handle.
Can you do more vids barefoot driving with closeups?
danwil752002 weird ass
Nice truck man do they still make the Lightning ?
+Mike Smith Not since 2004.
naw
is that a floor jack lever that you're using for the shifter?
TKTmon Yea, that was temporary. The interior is back in the truck now with a nice LoKar shift lever in place. I plan to make a new video soon showing the swap complete.
AaronDC8402 haha talk about a long throw shifter.
TKTmon That was the point of the custom shift mechanism I built. Get the handle up where it should be, but the throws are still really short.
Sup with canelo's shifter ?
Who is canelo?
How much time and money did this swap take?
You should plan on about $6k for all the parts (including a new T56 Magnum). I did it over the course of a few months. I'm guessing it was about 40 hours of work.
damn this is awesome. nice work.
Badass truck and video. But you gotta say something for a review. I think??
I never really intended for this to be a review. I have been working on a mic setup and multiple cameras to do "reviews" of some of my vehicles. Look for that sometime in the next few weeks.
dude. just keep the broom handle, its so hilariously awesome.
It should have come with a T-56 from the start.
Any build threads on this by chance? Thought about swapping a 03 Harley Davison to a manuall
www.lightningrodder.com/threads/2001-lightning-6-speed-build-thread.105975/
There's also a post in there that I did about setting up the hydraulic clutch. Use the Ford master cylinder. Most people use a Viper master which is more work and a stiffer clutch.
@@AaronDC8402 appreciate the info!
@@AaronDC8402 Now that you've been driving it .. is there anything you would have done different. I don't know if it was yours.or someone else's I was reading about but it said 6th gear just bogged the truck down to much in the highway. Have you checked fuel milage by the way driving normal on the highway by chance compared to.when it was an automatic? Just picked on my lighting engine to go in my 97 Lariat 2wd. It's factory 4.6 5 speed.
@@19jody72 6th gear is fine for the highway for me. If I'm towing anything and driving through the East TN hills, I end up back and forth between 5th and 6th a lot. I have the 0.5:1 6th which is what I would suggest. Unloaded on the highway I get 20mpg. I used to get 16 with the auto. The only thing I might have done different would be to put a higher quality clutch in the first time. I just changed my clutch at 25,000 miles. It was already down to the rivets.
And what pedal assembly did you use
It's a stock F-150 5-speed pedal assembly.
Where did you buy the transmission?
I bought it from American Powertrain. Also got the clutch and throw out bearing from them.
Awesome shifter haha
is that extended cab or single?
+Colby R It's a single. All Lightnings have been single cab.
same instruments and steering wheel as my '01 explorer, and those steering wheels r smooth as shit
what transmission did you have in it?
AndrewG2425 It had a 4R100.
Probably feels like early 2000s cobra.
is that a broom sticc
+Tyler Wallace Floor jack handle
Fucking amazing....did you do all the work yourself?
So far. I've got an upholstery shop modifying my passenger seat, but I did all the mechanical and electrical stuff. Thanks for the compliment!
Man if i ever come across a good amount of money im coming to pay you for a conversion like that on my lightning...
what model is a camera please
GoPro Hero 4 Silver
AaronDC8402 Thanks :)
Do you still have this truck?
I do. Still one of my favorite vehicles.
@@AaronDC8402 I have a white t56 Lightning. Also a Knoxville native and used to run with The Squirting Coronas. Are we twins? 😅
Incredible
Cruizing down town in my svt
Nice truck
At idle wow now that's music
SICK!!
Whats your wife going to say when she wants the broom handle back.
what kind of exhaust do you on there?
Dynatech long tube headers, high flow cats, 2.5" Bassani cat-back with the silencers in the tips.
is it a v6?
Ouch! That bad, huh?
what do you mean
It's a 5.4L Supercharged V8, like all 2nd gen Lightnings came with. I took your comment to mean, "the exhaust sounds so bad, it must be a V6."
What kind of clutch and transmission did you install??? Did you get improved time in 0-60 and 1/4 mile?? Thanks.
Clutch is American Powertrain single organic disc for Ford mod motor. Transmission (also from American Powertrain) is a Tremec T-56 Magnum with wide set gear ratio. I haven't taken the truck to a track since getting the manual in. I'm hoping to do that this spring or summer. It definitely feels faster. The gear ratios are better than the auto, and there is less parasitic drag on the drivetrain now.
Wow that's awesome, A lightning with a 5-speed manual. Where did you get the 3rd pedal and the quadrant from? An 04-03 cobra??
better hope you don't get in an accident and the big pole goes straight through your chest
+CrazyIrishCarl I always wear my seatbelt. Shouldn't be an issue. Also, the real shifter is in place now. See my updated video, th-cam.com/video/zibe-reUuoY/w-d-xo.html
Wow man!! Awesome car! Why these cars aren't in EU..
Too much gas!
And very expensive gas/petrol here... 5 dollars per gallon..
*****
That's very nice.. I want to live in USA..
Lukáš Luksov Zajíček Gas has gotten down to 1.99 in Texas and Oklahoma
they are in EU i have mine in Norway
Cool man!
willing to sell this truck? I want a manual lightning (like 99-01 or so) but won't ever buy a lousy automatic in any car i own.
I would sell it, but only if it was for enough money that I would want to do it all over again. The manual Lightning is awesome, but you could put one together yourself for cheaper than buying mine. I don't intend to be offensive, I just really like my truck.
AaronDC8402 no I understand I figured that . I was trying my luck lol.
Did you do al the labor yourself ?
How much in parts round park was it with transmission and all... and maybe how many labor hours ?
I did all the labor myself except for cutting the passenger seat bottom cover and my shift boot. No idea on amount of labor. I was doing the first Magnum install into one of these trucks, so there was a lot of time figuring it all out. I made a good write up on the LightningRodder forum that would save that time. Figure about $6500 in parts and incidentals.
www.lightningrodder.com/forum/213-lightning-hd-auto-standard-conversion/105975-2001-lightning-6-speed-build-thread.html
Shit this is fucking badass. Idk why ford didnt gave the option of a manual trans.
I think the reasoning was that they didn't have a manual transmission at the time that could take all that torque, but that sounds kinda ridiculous when you look at what can be done with stock supra transmissions from around the same time
+IamManateeMan Agh nah..it has nothing to do with TQ.
fucking beautiful !
That music!
All I saw was that he didn’t have shoes
a jack handle for a shifter? WTF?
+Boomer DeClerk Don't worry, it's only temporary for test driving. The interior is back together now.
th-cam.com/video/9d_BV6QDr10/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/zibe-reUuoY/w-d-xo.html
it sounds like my uncles 2000 ford cobra
Damn dude what did you just step out your own living room Barefoot Blue Jean Night
Oh OK...
That's legit it's not stick
Only 2 things I hate about this video. The shifter and a grown man bare feet. Is this Alabama?