I took another trip to New England Dragway to run the Suburban today and came home with a 13 second timeslip. The truck ran two 14.08s last week and then that was repeated on my first run tonight. The rest of the runs ranged from 14.07 to 14.13 with 60' times between 1.98 and 2.02. At that point I really didn't think it was going to go into the 13s. Then... the final run of the night. I smelled them spraying the track about 15 minutes before I took this pass. I staged, brought the RPMs up a little higher than I have been, came off the brake when the 3rd yellow lite and felt the truck launch hard. The end result was -

60' - 1.91
330 - 5.65
1/8 - 8.82
MPH - 76.85
1000 - 11.59
1/4 - 13.93
MPH - 95.79

All of these runs were done in Auto 4WD so there was hardly any tire spin. I said I'd stop racing this at the track when after it ran 13s so it is now retired as a "race vehicle". The 22s will be going back on tomorrow then it will just be used to cruise and to pull the car hauler once in awhile.

Tom



2002 8.1 Silverado HD - Full Throttle lift, 37" tires, Comp Cam, TOG headers, Volant induction plus more!
2002 8.1 Suburban -Intercooled Whipple supercharger, 22" wheels/tires + more - 407hp/558 ft-lb torque at the rear wheels - 13.93 @ 95.79 MPH

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Nice times I'd like to get my truck in the 13s as well, but I'm not sure it's going to happen with the stock transmission in there, though I am only 3 tenths away. My current best is 14.30.

 

COOL,I'm glad you finally made it.The really cool part is that you ran in the 13s without compromising the towing ability of the truck.

 

Nice! 13s in that is just badass.

 

Awesome times.... What wheels and tires where you using at the strip?

 

that is so cool i would like you to come here and run a guy in a late 90's cobra he was talkin shti to me but i am trying to keep mine in one piece. and i would love for him to get drug by a big body burb. he said he ran like a 9.1 in the 1/8th.

any way that would be the high light of my life

 

I did this with the stock wheels/tires. The 22s are about 3" taller so I loose a little gear with them.

sleepersilverado: That would be even better if it was done in front of his friends

 

Goods times for such a big beast.

 

I hear Kenne Bell might be coming out with an upgrade kit for the Whipple that I'm running. I'm going to give them a call to see what they have planned. There is never to much power but no more track time for this one!

 

I was at epping (my B-day) and saw your runs, damn that huge a$$ sub. cooked! great runs! i ran 15.9 stock, but just put my wester tune in and shopping for a volant system for my next trip up there.