my friend just got a lowered 01 chevy truck 1500 with the 5.3 and auto trans 45k miles has exhaust. he wanted a piece of the old cast iron brick they call the 318. the trucks are pretty evenly matched other than mine having 3 times the amount off miles. he has a LSD rearend and i dont, he has 3.73 gears and i have 3.55s.

the first race i had him to 60mph by a truck length but than the 230hp the 318 makes vs the 295hp the 5.3 makes, he begins to pull on me, i still beat him though. we 1/4 his truck on the G-tech and he ran a fastest of 15.65 at 86mph and a constant 15.9 after that. my truck runs 15.8 at 87mph. he is lucky cause he can launch his truck 2000rpm and the tires hook. i have to launch mine a 1200rpm and give it half throttle till 10mph before flooring it.

chevy 5.3 all aluminum 295hp 325tq 4x2
dodge 5.2 all cast iron 230hp 300tq 4x2
my truck is lighter by about a hundred pounds.

I take it both of these are single cab? If so he should be running low 15's, good kill though.

01 5.3 is a cast iron block w/aluminum heads that has 285hp/325tq.
do a lil reseach first. oh, good race by the way...

both trucks are club cabs. sorry i thought that they were all aluminum. what year did they make them all aluminum? his truck runs really good and he doesnt break traction off the line like i do. now the race is on between me and him. he has one win and i have one so were even. i was just happy he didnt rip my doors off and the 5.2 still has the power to run with the new bread of motors. :drive:

ooo i was there...it was cold and i had to walk
a$$holes

both trucks are club cabs. sorry i thought that they were all aluminum. what year did they make them all aluminum? his truck runs really good and he doesnt break traction off the line like i do. now the race is on between me and him. he has one win and i have one so were even. i was just happy he didnt rip my doors off and the 5.2 still has the power to run with the new bread of motors. :drive:


dont forget i have that tonneau cover and the rims so it might be a little more than 100 lbs...
:wave-fing

ooo i was there...it was cold and i had to walk
a$$holes


pussy :poke:

u were in ur truck with the heater on and u call me a pussy it was like in the 20s

bring it chevy boy!! i was goin relocate the ATI? sensor to the intake tube when i dropped the sensor down into the black hole (dakota engine bay) so there is no more ATI sensor :(. we should go out next weekend and run them again. looking to run 12s flat with just a heavier right foot.

good kill

to bad those ricers didnt stop so we could give them a run for there money :(

good kill

for the dodge or the chevy?

for the dodge, i must say im not really brand biased j/k

the first chevy to put up a good fight. beaten 2 other chevys. i didnt think your brand loyal :eek2: lmao :barf: finely i found a truck that puts up a fight lol

...i must say im not really brand biased...

:bs: Come on now Jamie, I know ya better than that. :lol:

o,u know y he won,its because he had his side mirrors in...ya it sheds of seconds in the 1/4
and btw ur not gonna win next week :twak:

I know he's (1979rs/z28) is brand loyal, he's my neighbor and we're 1-1 too. I drive the Dodge, he drives the Chebby. :jest:

im not really, i just kinda ran into good prices on the chevys, and daniel you know im getting a new mopar, im not saying which one

to bad those ricers didnt stop so we could give them a run for there money :(

serious... i bet they got scared off when i shined the flashlight at em... shit my ranger coulda smoked the shit outta them

:jest: i remember that
good stuff

there's my competition. i should upload a pic of the Mopar.

1-1 for now hehe

sorry i thought that they were all aluminum. what year did they make them all aluminum?

All 5.3's have cast iron blocks no matter what year...unless you get the HO 5.3 option. You could only get them on extended cab 4X4 trucks.

All 5.3's have cast iron blocks no matter what year...unless you get the HO 5.3 option. You could only get them on extended cab 4X4 trucks.
Wow. That's good to know. Hopefully they've figured this out over the last year and a half. THAT HOW OLD THIS POST IS :gruffy:

theres no way a ecsb silverado is ONLY 100 lbs heavier than an ecsb dakota...

theres no way a ecsb silverado is ONLY 100 lbs heavier than an ecsb dakota...



That's what I was thinking. More like 500...

does this thread have a timer to pop up every year or so?

That's what I was thinking. More like 500...

i'd say more than that.

my ecsb 02 dakota was 3800 lbs.

Nice thread dig guys the OP hasnt been on the site for 3 years:jest:

Nice thread dig guys the OP hasnt been on the site for 3 years:jest:

I wonder if he lost to that chevy yet.

i'd say more than that.

my ecsb 02 dakota was 3800 lbs.


maybe my truck is fat and heavy then because i have weighed my standard cab R/T and it was 4788

maybe my truck is fat and heavy then because i have weighed my standard cab R/T and it was 4788


That doesn't sound remotely right, knock a 1000 lbs off that and I could believe it. My 95 RCSB v8 dak was 3400 lbs and I thought that was a pig compared to all my buddies 5.0 notch backs. I'd kill to get my Ram within a 1000 lbs of that lol My rcsb 2wd ram is around 4800 lbs, no way your dak is the same. Scales were way off the day you were there

i don't know how wrong it can be. i payed to way it at a MFA truck scale. and they have to be accurate because they weigh grain on incoming and out going trucks all day.

my dakota is the R/T also. i don't positivally know but i think they are heaver. bigger engine, heaver duty suspension, bigger wheels and tires, huge rear end.

i might go do it again tomorrow to recheck though