What to do to my truck?? SC or swap?
11-09-2004, 12:47 PM
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Slowprocess, congrats on the 12.67 pass. Awesome! Do you have the Team Tripp performance or heavy duty tranny? Sorry I went off topic. The only downfall I see to a 6.0 is the gas mileage. I'm probably going to be doing a swap also. Probably just gonna build one and set it aside for incase. 
11-09-2004, 02:12 PM
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Originally Posted by zippy
well, something to consider here is that mwalls54 in his 5500lb silverado ss went 13.5 n/a with a cam as his only internal mod (non bolt on mod) on 20's. the quickest 4.8 i see on the list has went 12.6. i'd say in a regular cab 2wd it would have been enough power to beat or run next to that well modded 4.8. personally, i'd go for the cubes.
11-09-2004, 05:02 PM
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Originally Posted by 12sec.5.3
Slowprocess, congrats on the 12.67 pass. Awesome! Do you have the Team Tripp performance or heavy duty tranny? Sorry I went off topic. The only downfall I see to a 6.0 is the gas mileage. I'm probably going to be doing a swap also. Probably just gonna build one and set it aside for incase.
11-09-2004, 06:08 PM
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the ss has awd though, evens out the weight thing cuz they gain it in the launch. also not many people on the site have 4.8s, or mod them as highly as 6.0s
the awd isn't much help at all except in street racing. most guys going to the track don't bother with normal street tires. the 4.8 that went 12.6 show's a 1.7 60' time. that wasn't a terrible 60' time for being not awd. i consider the awd a disadvantage more than an advantage at the strip.
11-09-2004, 06:22 PM
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Originally Posted by zippy
the awd isn't much help at all except in street racing. most guys going to the track don't bother with normal street tires. the 4.8 that went 12.6 show's a 1.7 60' time. that wasn't a terrible 60' time for being not awd. i consider the awd a disadvantage more than an advantage at the strip.
11-09-2004, 06:48 PM
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Now i am not making excuses. But when I ran 12.6 I lifted the cylinder head off the block and my 3rd gear band was almost gone (die on the ride home that night). The truck had the power to go 12.2-12.5 with the cometic gaskets and built trans but i never had a good night to run it again. I will be the first to say that I do have so cake into my truck. Radix/Agastino heads/cam/built trans/full exhaust/cal tracs/et streets plus a **** load of tuning. I know that it would have been easier to go with a 6.0, but then there would be no one to stand on the soap box and fight for the 4.8's.
11-09-2004, 08:26 PM
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Originally Posted by hyper
ok n/m then, i was just talking street. but anyway, i dont think a regcab with 6.0 swap will come close to ltnklr01's radix 4.8
11-09-2004, 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by LTNKLR01
Not with the radix. But we will see what the dyno numbers are in December 