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Can you explain what makes them morons ? I love their channel and no real bias seems to be going on. They test their trucks in Colorado so the turbo motors always do best but to call them morons because gm didn’t win ?
This is my opinion dude. The guy that does the trailering stuff is pretty good. But YouTube constantly puts these three guys in my feed and every time I watch their videos they are making asses of themselves and seemingly misinformed.
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35 minutes ago, SILVER SLED said:

I skimmed through second video, but did notice that it was a “rule” that they all launch in 2 wd. 

The only truck that really seemed to hinder was the ecoboost. It would've killed everyone else if it could have done a brake boosted 4auto launch. Lol.

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1 hour ago, SILVER SLED said:

A guy at work has a ZL1 Camaro with the 10 speed, he likes how it shifts, but says a lot of ZL1 guys say the 10 speed has a lot of torque management.  

 

I wonder why the ZR1 Vette us use an 8 speed?

The 10 spd wont fit in the C7.

SILVER SLED Senior Enthusiast

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15 minutes ago, NWI Denali said:

The 10 spd wont fit in the C7.

I see.  

I don’t want to jinx it but my 8 speed is awesome. 

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3 hours ago, SILVER SLED said:

I see.  

I don’t want to jinx it but my 8 speed is awesome. 

Too late ? the clunk is gonna get you. You can’t ride or hide. 

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55 minutes ago, f8l vnm said:

Too late ? the clunk is gonna get you. You can’t ride or hide. 

Lol maybe, but I have not seen a 8 speed Silverado with the clunk yet.   There is supposedly a new fluid coming out that is supposed to fix the 8 speed woes.   I started a thread about it a couple days ago.  

Gagliano7 Enthusiast

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My gmc 6.2 8 speed shifts like butter. I have a 16 escape 2.0 turbo and that thing will beat them all. I raced a 2015 dodge 5.7 from a light to 60 and spanked him. The one thing i now love about my GMC is driving around in tow/haul mode. Feels like a whole different truck.

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10 minutes ago, Gagliano7 said:

My gmc 6.2 8 speed shifts like butter. I have a 16 escape 2.0 turbo and that thing will beat them all. I raced a 2015 dodge 5.7 from a light to 60 and spanked him. The one thing i now love about my GMC is driving around in tow/haul mode. Feels like a whole different truck.

something's not right unless the 6.2 was loaded down or towing. the 0-60 time of the 2.0 turbo in the escape is 7.1 seconds, the 0-60 time on the 6.2 is 5.7 with the 8 speed

oldmann Senior Enthusiast

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There is a lot of fail in this video.  First of all, none of these guys know what they are doing, total unknowing about how to race anything.  I really like their videos and they do what they can to make things close, but there are many variables they can't control. 

 

One of the biggest problems with this video is that they are in CO waaaay above sea level.  The twin turbo f-150 one mostly because of the forced induction.  

 

Secondly, the electronics should have been set differently.  All the nanny controls freak out.  

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7 hours ago, teyaroch said:

There is a lot of fail in this video.  First of all, none of these guys know what they are doing, total unknowing about how to race anything.  I really like their videos and they do what they can to make things close, but there are many variables they can't control. 

 

One of the biggest problems with this video is that they are in CO waaaay above sea level.  The twin turbo f-150 one mostly because of the forced induction.  

 

Secondly, the electronics should have been set differently.  All the nanny controls freak out.  

They dont go out of their way to choose to elevation to benefit the Ford. That's where they live and test  They are transparent and state it upfront every time. Any car guy knows that forced induction will have the edge over naturally aspirated as elevation increases.

 

So, setting the ecoboost aside, now what is your excuse for the 6.2's showing against the Titan?

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11 hours ago, NWI Denali said:

They dont go out of their way to choose to elevation to benefit the Ford. That's where they live and test  They are transparent and state it upfront every time. Any car guy knows that forced induction will have the edge over naturally aspirated as elevation increases.

 

So, setting the ecoboost aside, now what is your excuse for the 6.2's showing against the Titan?

In the video it beats the titan.

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40 minutes ago, teyaroch said:

In the video it beats the titan.

Barely edged it out. Certainly didnt look like a 66 lb ft of torque and couple hundred pound less advantage to me.

Sierra Dan Senior Enthusiast

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Forget the 6.2, Ecoboost or any other truck in the video above.

I will show up to the drag race in this! :smash:

 

 

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On ‎2018‎-‎11‎-‎04 at 8:28 AM, SILVER SLED said:

A guy at work has a ZL1 Camaro with the 10 speed, he likes how it shifts, but says a lot of ZL1 guys say the 10 speed has a lot of torque management.  

 

I wonder why the ZR1 Vette us use an 8 speed?

The Corvette uses a torque tube and transaxle set up, the Camaro features a standard style transmission that bolts directly to the engine. The reason the Vette uses a transaxle is to distribute the weight more evenly throughout the car. With the C7 platform they managed to achieve a 49-51% weight split biasing the rear, which is a remarkable achievement for a front engine car with a large V8. Makes me wonder about the purpose of the mid-engine car a little. There is no transaxle version of the 10L90 as of yet. 

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