Silverado SS 1/8 miles times

[SVTJES]

Well I went to the local 1/8 track tonight with balmy 88 degree tack temp and moderate humidity. There was a Silverado SS running on and off throughout the night. The SS ran a best of 9.99 and consistently pulled a 10.00 with .65 reaction times. My 03 L, stock ran a 9.15 consistently with 88 degree weather and a horrid 1.00 reaction time. I question the $43,000 price tag on the new SS, what kind of market are they looking for?

SVTJES

 

[Poisonous Mods]

Not the smart ones like u Bro :beer:\

Good kicking gas pipe

 

[terrible one]

those SS's are dogs they make no sense to me a sport truck that costs a ton with no go?? i like the earlier years with the big block in it
JD

 

[NastyWS6]

They are terrible, especially for how they were supposed to be

 

[NeedaCobra]

hahahahahahahaha, leave it to Chevy :thumbsup:

 

[NastyWS6]

Originally posted by NeedaCobra
hahahahahahahaha, leave it to Chevy :thumbsup:

Yeah I agree completely.

 

[Vanride69]

i do not even like the older big block 454 chevy SS silverado's. They were so slow they would barely get outta their own way! They had such a dumbed down version of the 454 that it only put out like 260bhp. Torque was no real problem, and they were easily tuned, just not all that from the factory, IMO.

 

[03CobraBro]

Well Im glad to see the Dakota R/T isnt still the slowest sport truck! :-D

 

[Hardtop]

The Silverado SS is is a huge POS.:bash: Let me see, AWD, 4 wheel steering, extended cab. Who asked for that crap in a muscle truck. Doesn't the Denali already cover that segment of the market? What you are left with is an over weight pile thats not fast enough to be a sport truck, or luxurious enough to fit in the upscale truck class.:shrug: Somebody needs to take the crack pipe from the boys at Chevrolet truck engineering. I have seen one promising concept truck from them. Its got a 6' regular cab, RWD, and a 6.0 motor. Less frills and weight too. That truck could be a contender, instead of a pretender like the junk they are pawning off as a SS.:cuss:

Bruce

 

[Tired]

10s in the 1/8th? Thats approaching my territory...of the slow. :-D

 

[2.3L Mustang]

Originally posted by Hardtop
The Silverado SS is is a huge POS.:bash:

I can't say anything better than that.

 

[Silverstrike]

Originally posted by Tired
10s in the 1/8th? Thats approaching my territory...of the slow. :-D

Same here best 1/8 is a 10.057:burnout: :burnout: :burnout:

 

[BlownSVT00]

Originally posted by Silverstrike
Same here best 1/8 is a 10.057:burnout: :burnout: :burnout:

In what vehicle? The Marauder or the L?

Not that launching an 03 Cobra and launching an AWD 5500lb truck are anywhere the same.........there was a guy at the local 1/8 mile 2 wks ago in a STOCK 03 Cobra that couldn't break out of the 9.0's.......and had several runs in the 9.9's......with 3 passengers. I don't know if the traction control being on or off is a huge deal on the launch......but I assume it's not good.......But this dummy probably had his on and was embarrassing himself and SVT.......even some of the "faster" Hondas were running with him.......so sad.

 

[Silverstrike]

The 4200 LBS. of black sedan without power assistance in the engine department.

The best 1/8 for the L is a low 8.6 something have to go look at the slips from Saturday.:beer: :beer:

 

[Blackgeetee]

I don't know why they can't bring back the GMC Syclone. That little truck hauled serious azz, especially for it's time....

 

[SNCBOOM]

Was the Syclone/Typhoon faster than the L? They were AWD as well right.

 

[Blackgeetee]

Originally posted by SNCBOOM
Was the Syclone/Typhoon faster than the L? They were AWD as well right.

I think the 2nd generation L would take it. But this truck did come out in 1991.

Syclones and Typhoons came with AWD which launched pretty hard.


This site had it listed as 0-60 in 4.6/13.5@99
http://www.syclone.freeserve.co.uk/

 

[SNCBOOM]

D@mn that's fast....why can't GM do something like that now? they're idiots

 

[03CobraBro]

I think the syclones were running high to mid 13's... Typhoons weighed over 4000lbs so they were closer to low 14's from according to what I'v heard alot of the guys say. Good power plant though, alot of room for improvement. (Alot of guys had to chuck the stock mitsubishi turbo the syclone came with from the factory due to problems with those setups literally burning up.)

(p.s. alot of people get the power plant in the Syclone confused with the Buick LC2 out of the GN. Those were not the same engines.)

 

[BlownSVT00]

Either way the 4.3 L is a great platform............if I am right, I believe the bore and stroke is the same as a 350 and your pistons and rods are the same........I have heard it described as a 350 with the front two cylinders removed. Either way, I have a 97 4.3L with over 127K miles on her sitting outside waiting for another commute tomorrow morning and have had 0.0 problems and I drive the **** out of it. If it wasn't for the L..........the S-10 would be the one running into the 12's really soon.