Rwd Ss?
TexasF355F1
05-25-2005, 11:43 AM
I was thinking about this the other day. Does anyone know if any owners of SS's have removed the front drivetrain to make it a rear-wheel drive truck only, instead of AWD? I know quite a few Diablo and Muricielago owners have done it to their cars. Seems like it would be a worth-wild mod.
White Lightening
05-25-2005, 02:17 PM
I was thinking about this the other day. Does anyone know if any owners of SS's have removed the front drivetrain to make it a rear-wheel drive truck only, instead of AWD? I know quite a few Diablo and Muricielago owners have done it to their cars. Seems like it would be a worth-wild mod.
Greetings Texas,
Why mod when you can get it already done? I bought a new 2004 Silverado 1500 Extended Cab truck that is essentially identical to the SS except for four things:
I'm rwd with locking differential
I'm a couple hundred pounds lighter in vehicle weight
I have 3.73 rear axle instead of the SS's 4.10
I am currently getting about 21.5 MPG in highway driving
By the way - the truck handled great in our Wisconsin winter too. Snow and ice - no problems.
You'll find several threads here talking about my truck or ones similar to it. LQ9 engine, Z60 suspension, H.D. transmission.
White Lightening
Greetings Texas,
Why mod when you can get it already done? I bought a new 2004 Silverado 1500 Extended Cab truck that is essentially identical to the SS except for four things:
I'm rwd with locking differential
I'm a couple hundred pounds lighter in vehicle weight
I have 3.73 rear axle instead of the SS's 4.10
I am currently getting about 21.5 MPG in highway driving
By the way - the truck handled great in our Wisconsin winter too. Snow and ice - no problems.
You'll find several threads here talking about my truck or ones similar to it. LQ9 engine, Z60 suspension, H.D. transmission.
White Lightening
TexasF355F1
05-25-2005, 02:52 PM
True. I'm not interested in moding mine or getting anything new, I was just wondering if any of the owners have done it just for the sure hell of it. Thanks for your input though.
nineball481
05-25-2005, 05:20 PM
I was thinking about this the other day. Does anyone know if any owners of SS's have removed the front drivetrain to make it a rear-wheel drive truck only, instead of AWD? I know quite a few Diablo and Muricielago owners have done it to their cars. Seems like it would be a worth-wild mod.
I personally think its awesome to burn all 4 tires through a couple gears.... Why would you want to do that mod to a Lambo???
I personally think its awesome to burn all 4 tires through a couple gears.... Why would you want to do that mod to a Lambo???
TexasF355F1
05-26-2005, 12:33 AM
I personally think its awesome to burn all 4 tires through a couple gears.... Why would you want to do that mod to a Lambo???
Some people just plain hate awd. They love driving the cars and working at it a bit. Takes more skill to drive around a multi-turn track in a high performance car without having the rear end slide out and maintaining the entire car. Versus awd which makes it easier.
Some people just plain hate awd. They love driving the cars and working at it a bit. Takes more skill to drive around a multi-turn track in a high performance car without having the rear end slide out and maintaining the entire car. Versus awd which makes it easier.
Jaguar D-Type
05-26-2005, 10:57 PM
autoweek.com recently had something about a new rwd Silverado SS.
White Lightening
05-27-2005, 12:51 PM
Greetings,
Here is a recent article on the new Silverado rwd SS
http://autoweek.com/article.cms?articleId=102394
White Lightening
Here is a recent article on the new Silverado rwd SS
http://autoweek.com/article.cms?articleId=102394
White Lightening
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