June '09 TOTM: CUERVA
Jun 1, 2009 | 08:13 PM
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June '09 TOTM: CUERVA
Cuerva
2000 Chevy Silverado 5.3 that I bought on mid 2004. I had sworn not to ever get another black vehicle but after a while of trying to find a descent looking truck, this one seemed to be the best and cleanest I found despite it's 109k. Afterall it was just going to be a daily driver to go back and forth to work and haul stuff around without having to borrow one when needed. Only mods I had in mind were a descent system and a drop kit.
That said, I got her droped right away and wrapped my 04 Tahoe's 17's on some Nitto's. 
Well, as we all know it didn't stop there eventhough sometimes I wish it had. 1st time out to the track that same summer it ran 15.0's only on the flowmasters and 3.42's, so there's where the urge for more power started kicking in. Went thru several exhaust setups, 3 transmissions, several sets of tires and lots of trips to the local track. Truck finally wound up running 12.9's N/A with TR220/220 114, 918s, 7.4" hardened pushrods, K&N FIPK, E-Fans, 160 t-stat, MSD wires, ASP Crank Pulley, Pacesetter LT's, Full Single 3" Exhaust W/Borla and 3.5" E-Cutout, Fully Built 60E, 3k Vig T/C, 4.10's with Eaton Posi. Basically all the boltons and cam...
While getting the truck to run faster, the interior also got some goodies. Little stuff such as sound system, two tone leather seats and a center console that came in handy to store the 10lbs bottle for the F1 TNT Nitrous Kit; Which wound up taking her to run 11.8's N/A with lots of traction issues.
Truck got a few more changes; New paintjob, some colormatching, rollpan and the HD Hood.
Despite the odometer reading 131k and the truck still running pretty strong I wanted more. I wanted a new setup on a fresher engine, preferably an LQ9 which only meant more $$$ out the door. My wife would tell me to just buy me a Vette and be done with, but I am not a car guy. Plus, if I got a car and sold the truck I wouldn't be able to haul my other toy
Finally, I got my hands on a friend's LQ9 with 32k from his totalled 05 SS. Out went the 5.3 and in with the 6.0 and supporting mods....We alll know there's never an end to this....plus the 5.3 could go out any minute, or so I told the wife........
With this setup, my truck ran 12.0 @ 111mph w/1.63 60' N/A.
As you can see a few more mods/changes here and there have made their way into the truck; Ported Fast 92/92, Caltracks, dropped it some more and added NNBs 20's along with other things such as full hd front and custom painted ghost stripes.
[B]How it sits as of now........for now
As far as track times, haven't ran it much lately. It's ran 11.51 @ 120mph on 100 shot running on front 20's and 28x10x16 Hoosiers on rear, full weight. After all, it's still my daily driver.
Current Performane Mods
6.0 LQ9
Ported Fast 92/92 Intake from Vengeance Racing
Fast Fuel Rails/Aromotive Fuel Reg.
Fast 36# Fuel Injectors
236/240 112 Comp Cam
Massagged/Milled 0.30" 317's
Dual Springs
7.4" hardened pushrods
K&N FIPK
E-Fans
160 t-stat
MSD wires
ASP Crank Pulley
Pacesetter LT's
Full Single 3" Exhaust W/Hooker aerochamber
3.5" Electric/Remote Cutout
Fully Built 60E
4k Vig T/C
B&M Tranny Cooler w/e-fan
4.10's with Eaton Posi.
Caltracks
TNT F1 Nitrous Kit
Interior
Indash 7" Pioneer 6 Disk CD/DVD player
Planet Audio Mids and Highs powered by a Platinum 450 DB Drive Amp
2 12" w/custom box Planet Audio Subs powered by a Planet Audio 1300 watts Amp
05 Tahoe center console
Two tone interior and leather seats
Autometer 2 pillar/gauges (air/fuel & trans temp)
Exterior
6/8 drop (static)
20" NNBS stock wheels on 265/35/20 555 fronts and 305/35/20 555R rears Nitto's
8K HID Head Lights/Fogs
HD Front
Intimidator SS Wing cap
Custom Painted Ghost Stripes
Remote Start Alarm
Signal mirrors
Colormatched
Sir Michaels rollpan
Blacked out tail lights
Sprayed bed liner
and other little things here and there.
I would like to thank those of you who nominated me for June TOTM. Thank you all for taking the time to read this boring write up and PT Net for this great site.
Last edited by trever1t; Jun 1, 2009 at 09:04 PM.
