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you ever think your truck is slow???

Old Nov 23, 2006 | 09:08 PM
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Originally Posted by DozerDan
Yep be in in the mornin. Speed Density with the juice
good deal what time you coming in in the mornin
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Old Nov 23, 2006 | 09:51 PM
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oh prolly around 9...gotta go rewire FPSS real quick though
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Old Nov 23, 2006 | 10:46 PM
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I drive my truck too and from work everyday, but when I get there, I drive a Port of Houston maintenance truck..
exact same year model as my truck but a fleet side, it even has the same 4.8L
thats when I remember how slow mine used to be..
the shop truck couldnt even get out of it's own way if it wanted too.
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Old Nov 23, 2006 | 10:57 PM
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Originally Posted by 01 Thunder
I drive my truck too and from work everyday, but when I get there, I drive a Port of Houston maintenance truck..
exact same year model as my truck but a fleet side, it even has the same 4.8L
thats when I remember how slow mine used to be..
the shop truck couldnt even get out of it's own way if it wanted too.
lol i bet that work truck has a million miles on it too.

we've got a 1993 ford f-350 dually gas truck with the built in toolbox/bed. talk about a slow mothertrucker. it misfires so bad and it pulls hardcore to the right. I think our forklift is a little faster off the line
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Old Nov 23, 2006 | 11:18 PM
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Originally Posted by jakebdb56
lol i bet that work truck has a million miles on it too.

we've got a 1993 ford f-350 dually gas truck with the built in toolbox/bed. talk about a slow mothertrucker. it misfires so bad and it pulls hardcore to the right. I think our forklift is a little faster off the line
LOL... yeah its up there
when you stomp on the gas, you can here a lot of popping comeing from the the Engine, you can even feel it in the truck when it does it...
I keep waiting for a rod to go flying thru the hood one of these days...

I have told the Mechanics about it, but I know more about these trucks, than they do,
It exspecially makes'em mad when I pull the truck in, and tell them exactly whats wrong with it, and what they need to do to fix it...
at first they would laugh at me and walk off...
(untill they started realizing I was right)
now they get pissed, and tell me to take it up with there supervisor.

Oh well......
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Old Nov 24, 2006 | 03:14 AM
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hey you modded guys, if you ever think your truck is slow just watch this... lol

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Old Nov 24, 2006 | 06:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Wilde Racing
Mine feels slow, But I have a cure for the problem.... Let some-one else drive it as I sit in the pasanger seat..... It's scary as ****.
I need to give this a shot to see what it feels like. I scared the hell out of my mother-in-law merging onto the highway a few months ago. Yes, I know that it is slow.
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Old Nov 24, 2006 | 07:55 AM
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my wife has an 01 tahoe. soemtimes it feels a lil quicker off the line than my truck. but i guess its because of my wheels. we race all the time though. once i get the 20s rolling im a lil faster.
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Old Nov 24, 2006 | 12:22 PM
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Originally Posted by ThrottleHappy7
'86 Silverado with a bone stock 305. It's supposed to have around, a wopping, 160 hp and about 200 lb. ft. torque. Needs a new carb, so I'll be happy to be moving at all soon.
Hehe. I have an '83 with a 305. I dynoed it once. Got a whopping 149 HP and 249 ft lbs. That is with aftermarket carb, distributor, and flowmaster exhaust system. Oh, it also had some intake mods and a K&N filter.

After driving my '83, my new Vortec MAX feels like a Vette. LOL.

Mike
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Old Nov 24, 2006 | 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted by 83 Chevy
Hehe. I have an '83 with a 305. I dynoed it once. Got a whopping 149 HP and 249 ft lbs. That is with aftermarket carb, distributor, and flowmaster exhaust system. Oh, it also had some intake mods and a K&N filter.

After driving my '83, my new Vortec MAX feels like a Vette. LOL.

Mike
I don't know what the actual numbers would be, I based mine on the owners manual.

I've actually been behind the wheel of a Vette.
If my truck ever had that kind of power.....
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