doesn't that smell more like a scam? just an e-mail to contact, plus not even a phone number or something, be careful with that.

 

They are still not that slow stock my 5.2 pulls pretty good I hit 70 like nothing and hit 113 without much of a problem last week.

 

Fact is, in stock form the 5.9 is slow.

 

its really the tranny and the gears that are hooked up too the 5.9 that makes it slow, the 5.9 is a torque monster

 

Yeah, but how many people are going to do a auto to manual conversion?

 

Its not as hard as it sounds. if you know what you need or have a donor truck it can be done in a weekend.

 

I'm not arguing the difficulty of the swap, i'm asking how many people would do it?

 

I would if I had the money.. a t56 or any manual would suffice. I believe a lot of people would do it if they had deep pockets.

Your 5 speed 4.7 feels faster because you actually control the power-band of the 4.7 instead of an electronic piece of **** aka 46re controlling the power-band. Drop a tf727 or t56 and gain back the 20% drivetrain loss and actually feel the beast.

and, yeah your right the 5.9 in a 5k truck is a dog, along with the fact its stuck behind the crappiest tranny ever, and computer controlled. stock at crank it produces 250hp/344fttq compare that to the 235/295 from the 4.7 offered in the gen3 daks. divide whatever loss from auto vs standard to each 5.9l and 4.7L and the avg comes out to about the same, the 46re eats a lot of torque and hp. So yes its an even race and the 4.7l MAY seem faster but its very close if not the same power as the 5.9l behind a 46re your butt dyno is not facts. The 4.7l is a pig, even the H/O not even offerd in the gen 3 only produces 302/329, smaller displacement = less torque = slower at the track, torque is just as much important as hp.

But now lets talk aftermarket... 4.7 vs 5.9, 4.7 is opening up but slowly due to sport truck/fuel/economy taking a ****. Back when the 5.9L r/t came out it was hot ****, and aftermarket was widely available and still is.

But your completely right they are dogs and require lots of $$$ to make them so somewhat fast.