uhhh, because Chevy sucks. I may have offended someone with that statement but I really dont care. I dont hide the fact that I absolutely hate that company. Some of you may look at my response and think that I need some substance to back that comment up. If you PM me I will write you up a long story about my hate toward Chevy. It got even worse when I was selling them. A tough sale against the Ram and the F-150, both superior trucks. I most ly hate the Chevy owner attitude. Somehow they still manage to talk smack when their truck is being towed in for the 4th time that month. The Silverado SS has been a joke since day one. When I drove it, I honestly thought that a 5.3 equiped std cab short bed would take it. Heck a Dodge std cab with the Hemi did.

 

Try this,Mr. Know it all;


2003 Chevrolet Silverado SS 2003 Dodge Ram 1500 SLT Hemi
POWERTRAIN/CHASSIS
Drivetrain layout Front engine, awd Front engine, rwd
Engine type V-8, iron block/alum heads V-8, iron block/alum heads
Valve gear OHV, 2 valves/cyl OHV, 2 valves/cyl
Bore x stroke, in/mm 4.00x3.62 / 101.6x92.0 3.92x3.58 / 99.5x90.9
Displacement, ci/cc 364.1 / 5967 345.0 / 5654
Compression ratio 10.0:1 9.6:1
Max horsepower @ rpm 345 @ 5200 345 @ 5400
Max torque @ rpm 380 @ 4000 375 @ 4200
Transmission 4-speed automatic 5-speed automatic
Axle/final drive ratio 4.10:1 / 2.87:1 3.92:1 / 2.62:1
Suspension, front; rear Upper/lower control arms, torsion bars, anti-roll bar; live axle, leaf springs Upper/lower control arms, coil springs, anti-roll bar; live axle, leaf springs, anti-roll bar
Brakes, f;r 12.0-in disc; 12.8-in disc, ABS 13.2-in disc; 13.8-in disc, ABS
Wheels 20 x 8.5-in cast alum 20 x 9.0-in cast alum
Tires 275/55R-20 Goodyear Eagle LS 275/55R-20 Goodyear Eagle LS
DIMENSIONS
Seating cap 5 3
Wheelbase, in 143.5 120.5
Track, f/r, in 65.0 / 66.0 68.0 / 67.4
Length, in 227.6 207.7
Width, in 81.5 79.9
Height, in 72.2 74.4
Turning circle, ft 37.4 39.6
Headroom, f/r, in 41.0 / 38.4 40.9 / na
Legroom, f/r, in 41.3 / 33.7 41.0 / na
Shoulder room, f/r, in 65.2 / 66.3 67.0 / na
Curb weight, lb 5300 4800
Payload capacity, lb 1490 1750
Towing capacity, lb 7500 9200
GVWR, lb 6400 6550
GCWR, lb 7890 8300
Fuel capacity, gal 26.0 26.0
TEST DATA
Acceleration, sec
0-30 mph 2.1 2.3
0-40 mph 3.2 3.4
0-50 mph 4.8 5.0
0-60 mph 6.6 6.8
0-70 mph 8.6 8.8
0-80 mph 12.1 12.0
0-90 mph 15.4 15.8
0-100 mph 20.2 20.9
1/4 mile, sec @ mph 14.99 @ 89.05 15.11 @ 89.06
Braking, 60-0 mph, ft 119 132
600-ft slalom, mph 61.3 62.3
200-ft skidpad, lateral g 0.77 0.80
Top-gear rpm @ 60 mph 2000 1750

Please note, the Chevy is 500 lbs heavier than the reg cab Dodge!

Where I got my info on the 2wd 1/2 ton 6.0 is from the 2 sitting on the lot at the local GMC dealer, both ext cab short bed with 3.73 gears. They are identical to the magazine test truck that ran 14.7!
You may hate Chevy, but don't lie about it to prove a point! The SS has always been quick. Especially for a huge truck.

 

Funny thing is when you run those times and speeds through an HP calculator, the chevy comes up with considerably more than what they advertise.

calculated RWHP w/ MPH, ET, Avg., FWHP 25% lose
SS
5300# 292 310 300 375 HP

Ram
4800# 264 275 270 339 HP

I say chevy sent a ringer. Even considering the AWD the heavier truck shouldn't have shown a 45 HP advantage if the numbers were correct.

 

i raced a 1500 sierra, ownd it

 

Yeah. They don't even come close to the SS though.

 

Please show me where on Chevys website that this is even an option? I just talked to my friend that still sells Chevy and said that if there is, then it isnt being offered from them. Maybe a specialty vendor. The only possible thought is that there is a 1500HD 2 wd with the 6.0, but that is a 300hp standard output (a dog at that, my friend has one). I will talk **** about Chevy trucks as much as I want. The Chevy Silverado is a small production specially designed muscle truck. What kind of muscle truck is it if a stock regular production truck is running almost identical times. If you want to compare it to what it should be comapred to then look at a Lightning and SRT 10. Either truck will spank the ss, so now people need to compare the SS to stock regular production Dodges? Not much of a muscle truck to me.

Where are you coming up with the Chevy being 500lbs heavier?

 

Please keep in mind that I never said my truck was faster than the SS. I simply said that it would take an SS or std cab Short bed to give it a run for its money. I have been trying to say that the SS is a weak and sorry excuse for an all out muscle truck.

 

And I thought trucks were for hauling, off roading and work, silly me.

 

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The other day me and my boss raced.He has a 04 gmc crew cab 4x4 with the desiel in it and has it turned up 60 more hp with programmer and I got 03 2500 4x4 crew cab with the hemi (stock).We raced a 1/4 mile he got me by a half a truck lenght.I told him to turn it back down and lets run again I would take him and he would so I think the hemi is one bada$$ motor to keep up with a desiel.I have a chevy 2500 4x4 work truck with the 6.0 and my hemi will smoke it.I got another buddy the has got a f-250 crew cab with 5.4 in it and we raced a few weeks ago at the same place above and i took he by 3 truck lengths.