Heat, humidity, elevation all are factors, you need to figure out DA to see what it would have run on a good day. I was at the track one time with my Silverado and it was running 15.2-15.5's, I thought WTF because I had run my best of 14.76 earlier in the year. Of course it was 107* on my first run and 93* on my last. The DA was 3200 feet, that translated into a 14.4xx on my 15.2 run according to the IHRA DA calculator. So the DA is a big factor.
Jim

 

yea you right heat can suck up up to 2/10's I hear.

 

I got that Ram by the horns. I still have 40% of TM in my PCM program.
I'm also racing with the factory 20's.
All FI vehicles are held back by there factory PCM programs to an extent.
Though your still producing over 3/4 of the factory engine's power with a stock PCM program.
You will not gain but maybe 35-60 HP more at the fly with a custom pcm tune. Removing all TM will cripple the tranny in a short period of time.
The engine will be fine with all TM removed.
Also, your driveability will worsen. The shifts will be too violent all of the time.
Anyways, lets line'em up sometime!!

Jim

 

I'll take 35-60 hp from a tune any day! If it takes 10 hp to reduce your 1/4 time by .1 seconds then 35-60 hp is good for .35-.6 off my best time. Let's see, 15.24 minus .35-.6 is 14.89-14.64 in the quarter. I'll take it!
JIm

 

now that im driving like an old man i get 15.0 according to my speedo thingy.the last ticket got me scared!

 

Which FI vehicles are you talking about?

 

Maybe he meant fuel injected (FI) instead of forced induction (FI).

 

oh, that makes more sence now, I didnt know what the hell he was saying.

 

BeefTip-->Yeah, that's what the hell I was saying!! I'll make sure I do not abreviate next time just for you.
5.3 racer16--->15 mpg with a 5.3L???? You must not know how to drive. I get 17-19 in my truck. That's with the LQ9 6.0.
Your 5.3L should be getting 19+ mpg on average.

Jim

 

A little sensitive aren't we!
Why the insult?
Is that around town or on the freeway? If that's around town, that's great mpg. What was your mpg before the Nelson tune?
My old 2000 Silverado with a 5.3L only got 15 mpg around town and 18-20 on the freeway so his mpg is about right.
Jim