Keep it civil this time or this one disappears too. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Mad]" src="gr_images/icons/mad.gif" />

My thoughts on the subject. The 5.3L is more powerful. I don't have ANY traction problems on a good road with my lightly modded 5.3L. If two trucks that were identical except one had a 4.8 and the other had a 5.3L went against each other it's my opinion(I've never raced a 4.8) that the 5.3L would win. Now, once you start talking about different transmissions and mods ALL bets are off. <img border="0" alt="[judgement]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_judge.gif" />

KEEP IT CIVIL.

John

 

My Opinion: The whole idea that torque is a bad thing is stupid. (originally posted my Thunder 2K1 in the old post) I'd gladly take another couple hundred foot pounds of torque. Every one on this site would too. The funny thing about that statement is that horsepower is a calculated number derived from torque and rpms. So if you have no torque, you have no horsepower. The longer you can stretch out your torque curve, the more calculated horsepower you'll have.

 

does anyone else on this site have the 4.8 m5 in a 4x4.i dont see any listed on the fast times list.

 

Bring it on I've got a 5.3 Tahoe and I'm READY to takeon a big bad 4.8/5speed any time.Texas tornado loser leave town death match.Bring it baby!

 

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by XLR8NSS:
<strong> My thoughts on the subject. The 5.3L is more powerful. I don't have ANY traction problems on a good road with my lightly modded 5.3L. If two trucks that were identical except one had a 4.8 and the other had a 5.3L went against each other it's my opinion(I've never raced a 4.8) that the 5.3L would win. Now, once you start talking about different transmissions and mods ALL bets are off. <img border="0" alt="[judgement]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_judge.gif" />

</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">yep what he said. AND mod-for-mod the 5.3 will still be faster.

 

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by crazyidiot4.8:
<strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by XLR8NSS:
<strong> My thoughts on the subject. The 5.3L is more powerful. I don't have ANY traction problems on a good road with my lightly modded 5.3L. If two trucks that were identical except one had a 4.8 and the other had a 5.3L went against each other it's my opinion(I've never raced a 4.8) that the 5.3L would win. Now, once you start talking about different transmissions and mods ALL bets are off. <img border="0" alt="[judgement]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_judge.gif" />

</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">yep what he said. AND mod-for-mod the 5.3 will still be faster. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Correct me if I am wrong, but doesn't the 5.3 responds to mods better?

 

So lets turn the tables. Wouldn't a 6.0 be more powerful than a 5.3. It is all relative. Cubes are cubes, and horsepower is horsepower. In general, it is the reason why you won't see a stock n/a Mustang take a stock n/a Camaro, not including the weight factor. Just my .02 <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />

 

Yes the 6.0 is more powerful than a 5.3,but only comes in heavier trucks in stock form.It's a hot swap on a moded 1/2 ton truck.

 

<img src="https://ls1tech.com/dynojet/48Lvs53L.jpg" alt=" - " />

Its all about the most area under the HP curve. Displacement is a good thing. In identical trucks with the same weight, the 4.8L will always lose to its slightly bigger brother. Start modifying either, and all bets are off.

Too much torque? Is there such a thing? Thats pretty funny, most of these trucks can't even spin the tires unless the road has sand on it or its wet outside <img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="gr_images/icons/tongue.gif" />

Tony

 

thats our truck the stock 4.8 in the dyno comparision..i donno i have raced a ext cab 5.3 with intake and exhaust against our ext cab 4.8 with intake and hpp3 and stock exhaust and took him by 2 or so cars easy both from a roll and from a dead stop...he was rollin 20s also but that doesnt make that much of a difference...with ext cab u def want the 5.3 <img border="0" alt="[cheers]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_cheers.gif" />