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I went to the track and ran a 15.2 and weighted in at 5,995 pounds. Any way the track was covred in fog and alittle wet. I had alot of spinning so I'm hopeing to get back down there and try it in better weather.
I tryed it in four wheel drive once and only ran a 15.9@87 but I was in second before I shifted out of it. I'm not sure where my mind was on that one.
next time I should be breaking into the 14's I'm thinking
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(2500HD6.0 @ Jan 29 2006, 03:32 AM) [snapback]42586[/snapback]</div>mine wt in at 6300#'s and the best time i got with 5#'s of boost was 14.90....14.4 at 8#'s...the trouble is getting these pigs moving off the line....Quote:
I went to the track and ran a 15.2 and weighted in at 5,995 pounds. Any way the track was covred in fog and alittle wet. I had alot of spinning so I'm hopeing to get back down there and try it in better weather.
I tryed it in four wheel drive once and only ran a 15.9@87 but I was in second before I shifted out of it. I'm not sure where my mind was on that one.
next time I should be breaking into the 14's I'm thinking
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WOW..... 6300 lb & 5995lb. I never realized the trucks weigh that muck, wow!
I have a customer with a 04 or 05 SS, how much do you think it weighs?
The SS doesn't have beefed up suspension like your trucks have, right?
My truck weighed 5250 # w/ me in it at SAR.
Someone has got to get the word out to GM to lighten these pig-heavy trucks up somehow! It's like they don't know how to make things out of composites or polymers. I guess a lot of it has to do with gov't mandates for safety equipment like airbags and such.
gotta remember that those are 3/4 ton hd's as well and mine was 4x4 which added xtra wt as well....
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(RedHeartbeat @ Jan 29 2006, 10:12 AM) [snapback]42593[/snapback]</div>I agree but I still hear people complain about cars and trucks being made out of plastic!Quote:
Someone has got to get the word out to GM to lighten these pig-heavy trucks up somehow! It's like they don't know how to make things out of composites or polymers. I guess a lot of it has to do with gov't mandates for safety equipment like airbags and such.
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When I worked for a GM dealer as a tech I had to take a frount door off a crew cab truck. Now rember Im a pretty good size boy. It took two of us to carry the door. I couldn't beleave how freaken heavy that door was. It's those parts that add up that pig wieght. I don't know how much each door weight's but, it would take 2 or 3 of my bumpers to = the weight of that door.
You think GM makes a heavy truck, take any ford of the same style truck and add 500 lbs and on top of that rubber band they call a engine. Now thats a pig.
do most people with 4x4 start out in it or just run in 2 wheel?