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Old 09-17-2014, 06:02 PM   #18
davepl
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Re: 69 chevy feeling tired!

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Originally Posted by dfrank View Post
What do you mean by that? My 86 k10 on 35's does 0-60 in 6 seconds with a 383 stroker and 4.10 gears. Not super fast but pretty fast for a lifted truck on 35's and still smokes all the ricers. I will be faster once I swap in a more agressive cam and different heads.
Anyway, that's pretty quick for a K10. My Range Rover is heavier still and runs 4.8 0-60 (if you can imagine the Diesel version takes 12.6!). In both cases it takes a lot of torque. Mine's only rated 510hp/461ftlb but must be underrated, because it runs low 13s and weighs 6600lbs w/fuel.

I guess rather than saying they're never going to be quick I should have said "it takes a ton more power because you're working against a tall tire ratio and a heavy truck to begin with".
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