A Whipple w/ tune and stall will let you run right on by if you have those other mods.

You will encounter serious traction problems so you may want to consider some drag radials/ET streets.

 

If you get the whipple setup right, I bet with the right cam, maybe a little weight reduction, and a stall converter with a good tranny you could eat them up.

 

With a cam, Whipple, all bolt-ons including good headers, a 3200 stall converter and great traction you can probbaly do well against alot of them from a dead stop but you are gonna be hard pressed to take any M6 equip LS1s from a fast roll (freeway), even LT1s would be tough from a roll. The have superior gear selection on us auto guys so we have to seriously outpower em to keep up. My T/A is an auto and I have a hard time dealing with M6 cars from a fast roll unless I seriously outpower em, let alone a rolling brick like a truck <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />

Also, the majority of LS1s that would be willing to race are usually not stock and trap 108-113 in the 1/4.

 

Yup, If you could get some auto's from a roll and some M6s at a dead stop you'll stand a good chance to embarass some people <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />

 

a 5.3 <img border="0" alt="[jester]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_jest.gif" />

 

Thank goodness you have a 4.8, with a 5.3, you'd have too many traction issues. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="gr_images/icons/tongue.gif" />

Just kidding. Skip the cam and add a small shot of nitrous. The whipple puts out so much hot air and the nitrous will offset that pretty well.

 

My old 5.3, without the juice, would run with a LT1 on the highway. The 5.3 had the cam I have now and exhaust, ported heads, K&N, and a stall. I believe strongly that my current setup would beat a stock LS1 on the highway.
I raced one before the blower and off the juice, a 2002 SS with exhaust. I hung with him until 110 and then it was all over. Revenge will be sweet.