Aight man, i dont know where ya live i dont nkow your name but ya got what i want and ya got what im bout to do to my truck. I am 17 and i own my own landscaping business. I play with my own money and am a chevy junkie. Well i lowered my truck did some other bla bla mods and decided its time for life to get exciting . Well i graduate in june of 2005 and the topic came up with my friend on what we will do wit grad money. Well i heard all the typical answers, labtop, school books, payinfor college u know all that bull crap. Well im going to a cheap college and my parents are paying for all of it since i have payed for everything else in life. Well when i was asked what im doing with it i said "well im putting an LS1 in my truck" they all looked at me like what kinda computer is that. Well i explained and they all were like wow thats coo. Well whatya think. GOt any suggestions. any ideas. any concerns. its a reg cab short bed

 

You probley wont run 12's with LS1 in a Silverado, more like low 14-high 13. If you had the 5.3 I would buy a STS turbo system for it, those things are badass, and your truck would be a hell of a lot faster than it with just a stock ls1. Or if you are deadset on getting a LS1 5.7 put a new cam springs pushrods in it .

 

Not true. Chick from Texas named Amy used to have a 5.7 in her truck which ran low 12.1-2's. N/A. It is very possible and I've thought of putting a 5.7 myself. Takes quite a bit of mods though as with anything.

 

yup run a lightweight gm rec pickup with an ls6 ported headed cammed huge yank convertor like amy and you will run in the 12s. not very good example of a street truck. hers was much more a track truck. imo.

 

yea, but you know what i mean. You can take some converter out to where it would be a little more efficient and that would stil be a 12 second street truck.

 

That's such a nice story. My truck is so dang heavy I wouldn't stand a chance without forced induction, but that's a 4x4 for ya, ain't no street rod. I'd like to get a cam and ported head job too, stuff no one can see to think it's nothing special. Of course the exhaust gives away that I have done something, but everyone can do exhaust. Good kill, it's fun to read whether they're Ford, Dodge or rice.


--Dave

 

Whats up my man....... You do have a fast a$$ truck (looking at your times). My L only has the K@N panel and gutted box and the times are listed. It is always cool to run someone who is not cocky at all. Your truck is sweet and I always say...."there is someone faster out there". You were on that day, but you forced me to pulley and diablo my L (next week).

Till we meet again bro

BTW....We shut it down at about 120MPH. Ole lady was griping . Had my 8 yr old as well...NOT SMART on my part.

Later

 

I do own a Formula soooooooo I keep up with both major companies. The LS1 and the 5.3 are very similar. I read in Car craft that they slapped LS1 heads, cam, headers on a 5.3 and they made 100 more HP from baseline (321 at crank). I think it was on the SS/R.

On his hood scoop....He has LS1 / 5.3. I figured he put some LS1 heads on the thing. I knew it took more than that to beat the L...I feel better in the loss now the Silverado.......for now

Later

 

thats cool then.

my mistake

12sec5.3. you need to post up some pics of your truck or sound clips. i wanna see this hood scoop.

 

I sure as heck couldn't figure that varmet out at the last Thunder Shootout.