1/4 and 0-60

[Silverado Brethern]

I just got back from running my truck at the track. My time in the quarter was 16.79 and 0-60 was 9.02. is that good or what? i have nothing more done to the truck than what is in my signature and i figure it weighs around 6500lbs. anyone else have some #'s for thier stock-erado's?

[Thunderbolt]

Originally Posted by Silverado Brethern

I just got back from running my truck at the track. My time in the quarter was 16.79 and 0-60 was 9.02. is that good or what? i have nothing more done to the truck than what is in my signature and i figure it weighs around 6500lbs. anyone else have some #'s for thier stock-erado's?

I don't know if it is a good time or not, But I do know your truck doesn't weigh anywhere near 6,500 pounds unless you had over 1,000 lbs in the bed. I have the same truck and on an official scale it weighed just under 5,300 lbs. The times sound right from things I have read about them.

[J-Ri]

If you look at his signature, he's got the HD chassis package. That adds a lot of weight. His exhaust is also most likely bigger than stock, making it heavier. It's also 4x4 and that adds a lot of weight. I have an 86 HD, and it weighs at least 6,500 pounds (welded-up reciever hitch, heavier springs, 1-ton rear axle). Mine does have metal where the new ones have plastic, but I don't think they save too much weight with plastic. I'll take mine to a quarry or a weigh-station in the next few weeks and see what it actually weighs.

And that is a pretty good time for a full-size truck, Similar to what mine does, but I just counted the seconds from a stop on a level stretch of highway.

[Silverado Brethern]

Yeah i do have a 1-ton axle and 3/4 ton leaf springs in the rear but 6500 is just a guess. Next time i get a load of stone i'll get a receipt. however...last nite i went down to a local stretch of highway where we often try to find cars to race and i got beat by a 4.3L s-10. and i dont think he has anything done to it other than exhuast. i had 106 octane if it makes a difference or not but im guessing his truck weighs at least a ton less than mine and he has a 5-speed.

[Thunderbolt]

Originally Posted by J-Ri

If you look at his signature, he's got the HD chassis package. That adds a lot of weight. His exhaust is also most likely bigger than stock, making it heavier. It's also 4x4 and that adds a lot of weight. I have an 86 HD, and it weighs at least 6,500 pounds (welded-up reciever hitch, heavier springs, 1-ton rear axle). Mine does have metal where the new ones have plastic, but I don't think they save too much weight with plastic. I'll take mine to a quarry or a weigh-station in the next few weeks and see what it actually weighs.

And that is a pretty good time for a full-size truck, Similar to what mine does, but I just counted the seconds from a stop on a level stretch of highway.

I did read his signature and seen he has a heavy duty chassis and like I said I have the same truck. The 1/2 ton Chevys with the HD chassis package consited of an extra leaf and the 14 bolt semi floating diff with 6 lug wheels and bigger rear brakes. It is the same diff they used in the 7,200 Gvw 3/4 ton. Chevy has never made a 1/2 ton truck that weighs 6,500 lbs. The new Hd 3/4 tons barely weigh that. His signature also did not say he had a 1 ton diff, But that would still not even put it close to 6,000 lbs. If I had to guess I would say it weighs somewhere around 5,600 - 5,800 depending on what extras are on the truck.

Siverado Brethern , Let me know what it weighs when you put it on a scale because I am curious. You should be able to beat an S-10 on the highway at least, But I am not sure from a stop. I just smoke one the other day and even slowed down to let him catch up and took off again all the way to the speed limiter at 100 mph.

[chevytrucks92]

Originally Posted by Silverado Brethern

I just got back from running my truck at the track. My time in the quarter was 16.79 and 0-60 was 9.02. is that good or what? i have nothing more done to the truck than what is in my signature and i figure it weighs around 6500lbs. anyone else have some #'s for thier stock-erado's?

I would think that it being a Vortec 350, it would run a little better. The ones I've seen are as fast as the new body style trucks, especially out of the whole.

[chevytrucks92]

Originally Posted by Thunderbolt

The 1/2 ton Chevys with the HD chassis package consited of an extra leaf and the 14 bolt semi floating diff with 6 lug wheels

All 4WD 1/2-ton Chevrolets since 1988 have 6-lugs wheels.

[Thunderbolt]

Originally Posted by chevytrucks92

All 4WD 1/2-ton Chevrolets since 1988 have 6-lugs wheels.

I probably should have been more clear on what I was trying to say. I didn't mean that the trucks without the HD chassis package didn't have 6 lugs. The 14 bolt 9.5" semi floating rear differential in the HD 1/2 ton comes in a couple different configurations and one of them uses 8 lugs. The C/K style Hd 1/2 and light duty 3/4 ton use the 6 lug version and the heavy duty 3/4 ton uses it with 8 lugs as the standard diff and the 14 bolt 10.5" full floater is an option. On the new body style the old 1500Hd used the semi floater with 8 lugs as did the standard 3/4 ton without the optional 10.5 " full floater. Today the 1500 silverados are no longer available with the 14 bolt semi floater or so I am told by Chevrolet and I have never seen one.The standard 2500 comes with the 14 bolt semi with 8 lugs and the 2500 HD uses the full floater.I should have been clearer because it sounded like I was saying that they didn't normally come with 6 lugs.

[AKWE-gt]

Originally Posted by Silverado Brethern

Yeah i do have a 1-ton axle and 3/4 ton leaf springs in the rear but 6500 is just a guess. Next time i get a load of stone i'll get a receipt. however...last nite i went down to a local stretch of highway where we often try to find cars to race and i got beat by a 4.3L s-10. and i dont think he has anything done to it other than exhuast. i had 106 octane if it makes a difference or not but im guessing his truck weighs at least a ton less than mine and he has a 5-speed.

why were you running a 106 octane?

[Silverado Brethern]

a lil added pep cant hurt

[AKWE-gt]

Originally Posted by Silverado Brethern

a lil added pep cant hurt

you shouldn't find any xtra pep in racing fuel on a stock engine.

[chevytrucks92]

Originally Posted by Thunderbolt

I probably should have been more clear on what I was trying to say. I didn't mean that the trucks without the HD chassis package didn't have 6 lugs. The 14 bolt 9.5" semi floating rear differential in the HD 1/2 ton comes in a couple different configurations and one of them uses 8 lugs. The C/K style Hd 1/2 and light duty 3/4 ton use the 6 lug version and the heavy duty 3/4 ton uses it with 8 lugs as the standard diff and the 14 bolt 10.5" full floater is an option. On the new body style the old 1500Hd used the semi floater with 8 lugs as did the standard 3/4 ton without the optional 10.5 " full floater. Today the 1500 silverados are no longer available with the 14 bolt semi floater or so I am told by Chevrolet and I have never seen one.The standard 2500 comes with the 14 bolt semi with 8 lugs and the 2500 HD uses the full floater.I should have been clearer because it sounded like I was saying that they didn't normally come with 6 lugs.

Well, you know your stuff, lol.

I didnt want to sound like a butt hole, but being that I have a 92 K1500 4WD, I just wanted to clear up that 6-lugs on 4WD Chevrolets (and GMCs) are the norm, lol.

I actually didn't realize that some 3/4-ton C/K series trucks only had 6-lugs, lol. A guy that we race with pulls his car with a C2500 (somewhere in the 96-98 range with a small block) with only 6-lugs. I was thinking he must have gotten ripped off or that maybe 2WD 3/4-ton trucks only had 6-lugs during those models, but now I know he must have the light duty version.

[Ground Rat]

I believe mine was supposed to be a mid 15 stock. I've never ran it at the track though.

[Bill Miller]

S.B.

The only thing that 106 octane fuel is going to do for you is kill your cat. You won't see any performance gains w/ a stock motor. It will give your tailpipe that nice ash-gray color though.

[goinbig]

Originally Posted by Bill Miller

It will give your tailpipe that nice ash-gray color though.

Maybe he likes it that color . And likes blowing a ton of money to make it that color.