2001 Silver Lightning

[wrxman60]

I just bought a 2001 L with 110,000 for $8,800, completely stock and was never modified, extremely clean, almost too clean for its mileage. But has the old "Eaton" logo blower, does that mean it has 20 hp less than that new L's, Your thoughts? good deal?

 

[slammedi'am]

the 2001-2004 was rated at 380 hp and 450 ft·lbf

 

[themadgnome]

Whats the build number on it? IIRC they stopped using the EATON logo superchargers in 2000. You might want to run the VIN on the truck. Either way, it sounds like you got a pretty good deal.

 

[wrxman60]

yes thats what i thought as well, so maybe it was an early production 01 that might have had the blower/intercooler problem, ill call 1800fordsvt tomm

 

[1BAD93SVT]

mine says eaton the ported blower i bought also says eaton. 99=00 have the issues.

 

[Animalmutha97]

Congrats on the new truck

 

[volcomsurf76]

Did u buy it from south jersey? Marmora area?

 

[MJG]

Mines an '01.
Was stock from the guy I bought it from, built in march, and it has EATON on the blower, not ford svt

 

[FlaHP]

01s can have either one so no need to worry. Great price and enjoy your new ride.

When you get brave do and IC cleaning and get an Oil seperator and plug change.

 

[my98stang46]

Nice truck! My '01 was #2566 and it had "EATON" on it...now it has "FORD SVT" but the logo has ne bearing on the HP

 

[gen2lightning]

congrats on ur new truck! man u got a great deal!

 

[J-Rod76]

I have an 01 that was built in May and it has SVT on it, a friend of mine had an 01 that said Eaton on it that was built in March...

Either way, all 01's came with 380/450 from the factory so it really doesn't matter until it says either KB or Whipple on it.

 

[wrxman60]

thanks for the feedback

Did u buy it from south jersey? Marmora area?

yes i did, you know the truck?

 

[volcomsurf76]

yeah iv seen it for sale since the spring. it was at 2 dealers then last week moved again and put on ebay. I looked at it over the weekend its super clean for that many miles. enjoy it!:rockon:

 

[wrxman60]

why do you think its been for sale so long? did u happen to drive it at all? my real only concern was with that many miles, is the tranny going to start shifting hard and eventually go?, supposedly its been stock its whole life, which it looked like it was, when i drove it, it seemed fine, so we'll see what happens

 

[svtfordracing01]

My 01 was built the end of January of '01 and has ford svt on the eaton. Doesn't seem like theres any rhyme or reason for it.

 

[volcomsurf76]

why do you think its been for sale so long? did u happen to drive it at all? my real only concern was with that many miles, is the tranny going to start shifting hard and eventually go?, supposedly its been stock its whole life, which it looked like it was, when i drove it, it seemed fine, so we'll see what happens

i didnt drive it just looked at it. Didnt get to look under the hood or anything, but its a clean truck youll be fine if you take care of it