Do we have a little more competition now, beside the Dodge Ram SRT-10 truck.

"Anyone who drives one of our Joe Gibbs Performance Silverado's will be satisfied. It's really a fun truck to drive and to know you have that extra horsepower makes it even that much better," stated Gibbs.

The above named horsepower comes by way of a Gibbs-designed, Roots-type intercooled/supercharged engine producing 390 horsepower and 425 lbs. ft of torque, exhausting through a Gibbs stainless steel, cat-back exhaust. This all ads up to a 5.9-sec. zero-to-sixty time, and a 13.8 1/4 mile at 99.43 mph for the Silverado.

http://www.truckinweb.com/features/0000tr_gibbs/

 

not for the 40 grand that thing costs we wont. besides, i think its been out for a while, they have been doing those conversions since the 2002 models i believe.

 

This is what I consider "real" competition. Price is supposed to be $34-35,000 and has auto trans. These are sold through select Chevy dealers and carry a GM warranty. 4 page write up in this months Truckin mag.

I'm not crazy about the looks though. From the pics, I don't see a factory boost gauge. The speedo pegs out at 120MPH too - what are they thinking

-Mark

 

Hey JKSTANG!!!!!
What`s going on at www.brooklynmustangcentral.com ?
I can`t seem to get on to it today. Is the site down for some reason?

 

I have one word



JUNK!

 

Car and Driver is testing it on Spike TV.

 

I friend of mine has one here in Hahira Ga. ran a 14.8 in the 1/4 first time he took it to the track. The impressive thing is they make 390hp and 425qt on only 5.5bls of boost. Intercooler system is setup just like ours.
jeff

 

I caught it on Spike TV today.
They claimed it would run the 1/4 mile in 14 sec.
Cost was 37K

The segment opened up stating "Truck guys...Tired of seeing the blue oval, well here an alternative"

I suppose they could squeeze more HP if pulleys and a performance program was installed... you think?

 

5.9 Second 0-60? Check the latest truck trend, 04 SVT Lightning 0-60 is 5.1 seconds.

 

It is already "superchips tuned" so I don't know how much more there is to get out of it in the tune.

 

Not my style, waaaaaaaaaaaay to long, but I guess if I needed
a tow vehicle, it would make one hell of a cruiser......

Making big trucks go fast does nothing for me,
Making a Truck a Beautiful Work of Art, while having Race Car Quality's, is where it's at.
AND THAT MY FRIENDS, IS A LIGHTNING.

Speed Looks and Comfort all in one serious kick *** looking Beast

 

That's the truck. The standard cab is available now.

 

Hey Jim no clue man, what was wrong with it. I wasn't home all day yesterday. so I don't know if it was down at all. but it is running now. I haven't been on many of the sites lately becasue of finals for school.

 

The guy here that has one said they come with a 5/50 B to B warranty instead of 3/36. They also said that changine the pulleys would not void the warranty I'll have to see how that works out. And yes they all come with a superchips programer. I must say it is clean but I agree with Rod they just look like a truck with big wheels and exhaust.
jeff

 

Is it me or do they have oval envy?
Why else would you make your badge oval shaped & stick it in same location as the boys you WISH you could smack down?
Even My GM buddys were mocking it at one of the chevy shows last year and tried to get them to let me get my L on the track LOL alls they would say is "It's for GM vehicles ONLY"