Last generations of Chevy/GMC 350 pick ups.Potentially fast?
 

Whats the potential on a 5.7 chevy/GM short bed with a few bolt ons?

depends on the bolt-ons... i saw a gmc denali pickup run 14.6 with only intake and exhaust work

edit: it was a 6.0

I trounced many a car with my mildly modded 98 Z71. And it was an extended-cab 3rd door.

BillBost has one, although his is a ext cab 8 foot bed

^fixed. ;)

Shawn

niiiice

a friend of mine has a '95 with just an aftermarket intake, and a 4.11rear end.. and it can smoke the tires up to like 40mph. It's super fast..

He hasn't brought it to the track.. so i have no clue about times.. but it's real quick


-justin

Anything with a 350 can be made quick fairly easily. A small block is easy to make quick. You just have to do the right stuff. Headers and a 3" exhaust without any other mods probably isn't too wise.

A kid that I go to school with thought his 350 1500 pickup was quick with headers and exhaust until he tried to race me, and after I gave him a 3 car lead and then proceeded to smoke the tires off (costing me even more time) and quickly catch and pass him. (at the track of course) :roll:

If its smoking the tires off it won't be too fast. To go fast it usually helps to get traction. Will it break the tires loose at 40, of if you start smoking them from a stop it will smoke them until you reach 40? (out of curiosity) My Lumina will smoke them to 40mph if you go WOT from a stop, it just won't break them loose unless you're going like 15 or so.

Shawn

yeah, he stomps on the gas, and the tires will smoke up until the car is moving about 40MPH. It tops out a little around 100.. i know it can't max out the speedo [100mph], so it's all about acceleration. the tire slip gets pretty weak past 20mph, but it's still smokin.' I think he gives like 3/4 throttle from a stop, lights 'em up, then as it gets alittle weak, give more throttle, because it so easily will just whip around.. it takes quite a bit of manuvering to keep it going straight.


-justin

Most newer Chevy trucks have 98mph speed limiters, unless they are diesel then it is 96mph. So thats probably why it tops out under 100.

Shawn

yeah, i know that, but i mean redline top out.. outta revvs


-justin

I dunno. I've driven my buddies 5.3 Siverado and the L67 can smoke it. He only has a K&N drop in filter that prolly didn't do much. His mom's LT1 97' Silverado is faster off the line until 30mph then the 5.3 is quiker. I'm sure both run mid maybe low 16's at best.

ya i ran against a 98ish Silverado at the track and he pulled a 17.1

So their about mid 16 machines?

SIlverado's didn't get LT1's....

Our 98 Yukon with a Vortec 5.7 is great. It's a muscle car drivetrain in a huge truck. Having the SUV rear end keeps traction good (i'll whoop on trucks), and it's faily predictable in drifting and powersliding, which i've always done on approved courses...

And when we took it out to Moab Utah 4 wheeling, it KICKED ASS. :lol:

Yup, its the weight. At least 5000 lbs. If you want an LT1 sleeper get a 95 or so Buick Roadmaster. Yup, it came with the LT1. Runs high 15's stock. 4200lbs.

Bill's is a 2000....5.7's were discontinued then to my knowledge. He has a 327 (5.3).

I think the 3/4 tons may have had the 5.7 still then. I'm not sure.

I'm pretty sure all thats available now is the 4.3 V6, 4.8 V8, 5.3 V8, 6.0 V8, 8.1 V8, and the 6.6L(could be wrong) Diesel. I can't say that I've ever seen or even heard of a newer gen chevy truck with a 5.7...

Shawn

The 5.3's replaced the 5.7 in the new generation

Are they still making the 8.1? Haven't seen or heard anything about those in a yr or so at least?

You're right with the diesel....6.6 L Duramax.

And for the record......a stock 5.3 L will stomp a midly mod'd 5.7 L any day of the week

:lol:

4:11's? Fast? LMFAO! Those are TOWING gears bud, so it might be quick off the line, but it'll fall on it's face at 40.

well, i don't know. I belive he said 4.11, unless that was what he started with.. But i still think that's what he said he hand in there at the time. I still thought it was super fast for a pickup


-justin

It would be 4.10's.....and yeah the fly....for about 10 MPH per gear....and the gas milage on those is just awesome....a whole what? 8 mpg at 65 mph lol.

nope nope, he said 4.11. I thought 4.10 at first too. Oh well, i'm just telling you what he told me. IMO, id hit it.


-justin

along with every gas station in town too....LOL

yeah 4.11 gears would not be exactly built for speed...

i actually had a bad impression of the 5.3...my uncles truck has one and when he first bought it i laughed when i looked up specs and saw a 1/4 mile time in the mid 17s...i went back to that same resource and saw the same time...but its for a 3500 crew cab duallie!...so no wonder...it didnt say that the first time around....

a Silverado 1500 which is what my uncle has with the 5.3 according to this site http://chevrolet.jbcarpages.com/Silv...004/index4.php has a 1/4 mile time of 14.8 seconds......thats pretty dang fast for a truck...i used to think my car would smoke his truck....but i might show some respect now

and just because a car/truck can smoke its tires doesnt necessarily mean its fast...my car is fairly powerful...but will it sit there and burn the tires? no....but it is also FWD with lots and lots of weight on the front end...if it was RWD could it sit there and smoke the tires?(camaro or firebird anyone?)...yes i would say it probably could....lots of things affect tire spinning/smoking besides power....such as gearing, weight distribution, the tires themselves, the road...all kinds of stuff...so yes a big ol burnout is impressive...but it could just be because the thing is designed to put insane amounts of power to the ground in 1st gear...IE for towing purposes...

4.11 would be hella good gearing if you have the power to push it ;)

What are you smoking? Your nova engine could run a 3500 dualie with 4.10's dood....LOL

No, I know just because a car can light up the tires doesn't mean it's fast. But it shows it has power. I'm just telling you guys what he told me he had. But trust me, it's fast.


-justin

would now be the appropriate time to talk about the v-16 mule i saw at work the other day? 1000 hp 1005 ft/lb, 0-60 in 2.8 - in a YUKON. 2.8 in a yukon. think about that. the new z06 is 3.7...

:shock:

I'm not busting on you or targeting you, even though it looks like it in this topic.....but you're a bit off base again. Every pickup in the world can light them up like that because they're very light over the rear axle. I have a friend with a Nissan 4-cyl with 200,000 miles. With his canopy off the bed, he can burn them for 15-20 feet on an automatic.

I used to carry 300lbs of sand in the summer, and 500lbs in the winter because of this same issue. I didn't have this problem with the Suburban.

For the record....it was questioned earlier in the thread...

The 350 (LS1) WAS ended after 1999 in Chevy trucks for environmental, SMOG, and fuel efficiency reasons.

On another note, the 350s are torque horses! My truck only has the 305, 5.0 litre, and it does real well, and produces close to what the 350 puts out, only with better fuel efficiency.

Wrong. You scrolled down too fast. :lol: That time was for the Silverado SS. The 5.3 ran a 16.8@84mph.

whoops....hehe...ah well i guess i can go back to not respecting it now:) i mean its a nice truck, but my car is still faster....although right now id get smoked by a kid on a bike...cause its not moving at the moment.