Yes the 5.3 will Smoke the Rear Tires

TechSTL · January 23, 2014

I've never understood why anyone would race a truck. With that being said, I do understand why a little tire smoke is necessary every once in awhile.

remixznflow1982 · January 23, 2014

I've never understood why anyone would race a truck. With that being said, I do understand why a little tire smoke is necessary every once in awhile.

Bulldogs are awesome... that is all.

KARNUT · January 23, 2014

My brothers 10 dodge is a 5 speed auto, new GMC is a 6, that the difference, he running a 355 rear gear too. As far as racing trucks its all fun different strokes on the track of course. My 92 chevy is 383 with a whipple etc. No tickets in 20 years, I use to drive 60k plus miles a year

thewhitestallion · January 23, 2014

Apples to apples, the EB wins. The EB has WAY more HP and TQ than the 5.3L

the EB has more tq about 40ftlbs at the fly wheel. and it has about 10 more HP that the k2. the k2's weigh about 300-400 lighter. not sure where you getting the EB has WAY more hp.

thewhitestallion · January 23, 2014

I've never understood why anyone would race a truck. With that being said, I do understand why a little tire smoke is necessary every once in awhile.

its just interesting to know what truck would win in a race. i know these are race cars or anything like that but it would just be interesting.

thewhitestallion · January 23, 2014

ecoboost vs 14 silverado on youtube.....silverado won...

post the link i cannot find it. i see the k2 5.3 race the 5.0 f150 but not the EB. i've seen the mgt-900 6.2 race the EB but i cant find any k2's racing the EB.

MTB · January 23, 2014

Smoke'm if you got'em.... Yep I broke the back tires loose with Traction control still on about a week ago. Put it in Tow/Haul and punched it from a light to get around the vehicle to my right... Man it was sweet. My 2007 would have never done that.

Porter_ · January 23, 2014

http://special-reports.pickuptrucks.com/2013/06/2013-light-duty-challenge-acceleration.html

regarding 5.3 vs EcoBoost vs Ram 5.7, pickuptrucks.com compared them all. only measured 0-60 and no quarter mile times unfortunately. all current half tons are fast and slow depending on how you look at it. they're fast compared to pickups of the past, slow compared to any soccer mom's v6 sedan on the road.

SILVERADOSC540 · January 23, 2014

Not all of them...

Porter_ · January 23, 2014

showoff

SILVERADOSC540 · January 23, 2014

hey man, i'm just sayin'. Trust me, a lot of people don't know where me or my truck are coming from. I still hear it from people how trucks aren't supposed to be fast, you could have bought a muscle car, blah blah blah. Even TechSTL said above in post #16 "I've never understood why anyone would race a truck". He is not alone. I understand where people are coming from, I just look at it differently. I grew up around hot rods. From my Dad's '69 427 'vette to my brother's various hot rods, '66 'vette, '63 split window '86 then '87 Grand Nationals, then '98, '02 and finally '05 VCA edition Vipers. I wanted a hot rod and I wanted a new truck. I could only afford one, but found a two for one deal that I couln't pass up. A fully functional truck with the max tow package able to pull or haul anything I need it to, and an all wheel(4wd) drive hot rod with almost 600 horsepower. It gets around in the winter quite well, and hauls mulch, pavers, lumber, family and ass pretty well also. To me it's the best of all worlds.

voltedge · January 24, 2014

Oh Yea SilveradoSC540! I took a lot of flak over that when I spoke negatively about the 5.3 in my new 14' Silvy. I am like yourself in the fact that we come from a racing family from round track to dragstrips. I've had a 91' GMC Syclone for about a year that I regret ever selling. : ( I can tell you that once you ride in that truck for a while, you would feel like us both. I could pretty much take the wood to any modern muscle car from red light to red light and most of the time in the 1/4. I had a 97' GMC Vortec 350 that had a Whipple SC on it and that sucker was no slouch either, but the AWD Syslone just put all the power to the pavement. My Hemi Ram definitely would just kill my 5.3 Chevy, no doubts. I do think the 6.2 would be a different story. I'm about to trade in my 14' for a 15' 2500HD Duramax and quit screwing around with an inferior vehicle that I need to tow with and work with too. I know those diesel performance shops can flat out turn a diesel into a beast too! You have a nice truck btw bro!

SILVERADOSC540 · January 24, 2014

Thanks bud. Speaking of diesel beasts, check out Chevyboy86's truck. Now that is a diesel beast...

j-ten-ner · January 24, 2014

...Not a race just getting up to speed, we don't do that kind of thing anymore...

That's a way to put it...

Love it!

so long

j-ten-ner

redwngr · January 24, 2014

http://special-reports.pickuptrucks.com/2013/06/2013-light-duty-challenge-acceleration.html

regarding 5.3 vs EcoBoost vs Ram 5.7, pickuptrucks.com compared them all. only measured 0-60 and no quarter mile times unfortunately. all current half tons are fast and slow depending on how you look at it. they're fast compared to pickups of the past, slow compared to any soccer mom's v6 sedan on the road.

Is that a '13 5.3L or a '14 5.3L ?