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Old 06-28-2003 | 09:18 PM
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10.5 psi. DAMN!

I run 17-17.5 psi. in my 26's.Now I see why you want the rim locked on.
Old 06-29-2003 | 01:05 AM
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i am from mobile alabama and the 9.19 was me manually shifting and not in drive i reallyb thought that 9.19 was slow this is the first street truck ive ever built
Old 06-29-2003 | 09:37 AM
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9.19 all motor 4.8 is fast. Scream has more mods than you in a light base model 4.8 (exept he has 3.42s) and is only running 9.7s. To bad I didnt have this truck when I was stationed in Pensacola, It would be fun to give you a run for your money.
Old 06-29-2003 | 03:15 PM
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I make a decent amount of power at 11psi, although I have a 13lb pulley. I have a 6.0 but, a 5.3 is not much different. I haven't had any problems yet. Just keep it rich and no detonation.
Old 06-29-2003 | 08:29 PM
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9.19 in a naturally aspirated 4.8...you must have a helluva cam and heads package on that bitch....everyone else with a n/a 4.8 is atleast 6-10 tenths slower on motor alone.
Old 06-30-2003 | 09:54 AM
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02gmc... you also have to consider that Mobile is 60' shy of a true 1/8. BTW... are you Tony with a red sierra? Anyway I am from S MS and have lots of friends in Mobile and am over there pretty often.
Old 06-30-2003 | 03:45 PM
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back to how strong, i dont think there is any diference in the 6.0 and 5.3 bottom end strength wise and i can vouch for the strength of a 6.0. i ran 8psi and a 75 shot at least 30 full runs, then about 5 runs at 9psi and a 75shot and part of one run at 9psi and a 100shot(tranny let go). remember whipple so full boost and nitrous right out of the hole!!

i am prety sure the 8psi and 75shot is over 500rwhp, figure 5000lbs and a 11.92 at 109 puts it well into the 500 numbers if you believe those calculators. all this on a STOCK 6.0. stay out of detonation and dont spin the **** out of it and who knows what the limit is but i would say 500-550hp and it will live for quite awhile, push it to 600hp and it will at least live for awhile.
Old 07-03-2003 | 05:33 AM
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Parish8, right now Im shifting at 6300 rpms, with the S/C should I shift sooner? What are you shifting at?
Old 07-03-2003 | 10:19 AM
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Don't you guys remember HYDE popping his 02 5.3 with dope at 430hp?
Old 07-03-2003 | 04:30 PM
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6300 seems too high to me with that kind of blower. i tried shifitng at 5600, 5800, 6000 and 6200. it got faster each time except for 6200, same time as 6000 but sounded bad, rattly and stuff so i put it back to 5800. 6000 was just a couple of hundreths faster and not worth the extra rpm's. seems like bumping from the stock 5200 up to 5800 gave me over 1/10 though.



Don't you guys remember HYDE popping his 02 5.3 with dope at 430hp?
well like i said, dont spin the **** out of it and DONT let it detonate.

i could be wrong with my numbers but i carefully added power and then added more power, always tuning and adjusting and got a long ways with a stock 6.0. maybe it was a fluke motor but i think it was more just carefull tuning. watching the fuel presure gauge, watching the injector pulse width, watching the a/f ratio, watching for knock retard. the tuning tools are expensive and you better like doing that kind of thing cause it takes some time.


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