I just took out my 04 Z71 EC 5.3 - 16.9@86. How does that compare to what other people have seen out of their trucks? I wanted to get a baseline, the truck has no performance mods at all. Any feedback welcome.

 

doesn't seem that bad at all. look at my sig granted its 4 years old but look at my mods and my time.

 

15.9 i dont think is too bad. I have a 04 sc sb 2wd 4.8L with a few mods and i ran mine at the track.......14.98 @ 93.04mph and i was told that was really good for my truck. I know you have a Z71 and you weigh more than mine and you are all stock and you have the 5.3L. I think when you start modding it, you will be pretty ****** quick.

 

the time you ran was very respectable, my truck ran 16.1 - 16.2 bone stock I had a 2002 ecsb 2wd that ran 15.62 bone stock so you are not far off of it. plus your truck is quite a bit heavier than my old 2wd. I have only been modding my truck for about 2 months so you can get an idea of what you can do for reasonable $$$$$$. check out my signature

 

I just re-read my post and realized I mistyped my time. It was 16.9 at the same speed. Sorry about that. If it were 15.9 I would have been pretty happy. What about the real time? Again, sorry about the error.

 

i was going to say!! i though i miss read the post... still not that bad of time. with a little mods you will easily knock that time down. thats probably where i was stock.

 

did you switch it to 4 Hi for the launch? it helps.

 

You're truck should be about the same as mine was stock except you might have about 10rwhp more...

I ran 16.2@86mph bone stock... The mph is what you should concern yourself with. ET doesn't mean a whole lot IMO.

I will say that the best mods I did on mine before the turbo was the cam, stall converter and custom tune. With those and a set of AS&M long tubes and gutted cats I dynoed 304rwhp (before tuning) and ran 14.29@97mph 2.0 60' after tuning. I was still totally streetable and got 15.5mpg... Was a great setup but I soon wanted more power....

At his weight and mods he shouldn't have to use 4wd. Stock I couldn't even spin the tires. At most I would just stick it in Auto 4WD. It wasn't till after the cam and such that I had to use 4wh Hi.

 

Yeah, there was only a bark from the tires when I launched. It deffinetly feels like it could use more stall, maybe a 24-2600 or so. What have you guys used on stock motors? I am ready to buy the STS kit, maybe within the next couple of weeks, so maybe more stall. But, this is my daily driver. I just dont want ot get left at a stop light by a 4 door grocery getter.