Can I beat a Hemi Ram?
 

I have an 03 Sierra single cab, step side with the 4.8Liter. What would it take to make it as fast or faster than a Hemi ram? Haven't raced one so don't know what the comparison is like but I'm sure I couldn'ttake one right now. Think with the ECU reprogram I could?

RE: Can I beat a Hemi Ram?
 

nah...need more cubic inches

RE: Can I beat a Hemi Ram?
 

Not with the program alone, but a few other mods as well and you should be good to go. (intake and exhaust)

RE: Can I beat a Hemi Ram?
 

Cool. I plan to get the ECU reprogrammed as soon as I can sell my Xbox 360. I'm gonna get one of those throttle body spacers too. Already got exaust and I did the free intake mod with K&N which helped a lot.

RE: Can I beat a Hemi Ram?
 

i got a throttle body spacer and injector spacer from cfm-tech. its made a huge improvment for only $120.

RE: Can I beat a Hemi Ram?
 

I dont know about the throttle body spacer. I have heard that they are not worth the money. Just a little gain of HP with a lot of money spent!!!

RE: Can I beat a Hemi Ram?
 

That's what everyone I've talked to locally said. But these guys all seem to agree that spending $50-60 on the trans-dapt tbs is a good deal.

RE: Can I beat a Hemi Ram?
 

My buddy has an old Ford with a 351 cleveland which we built to blow the doors off of the new Hemi Rams. It took quite a bit of mods but we did it. Your best bet (for money vs. power) is a light shot of Nitrous Oxide. Otherwise you need a list of mods for 4.8 or 5.3. A 6.0 will take the Hemi with exhaust, headers, intake, TBS, and a tune of some kind. A 5.3 will need more I'm sure. A good test is to do your mods then try to keep pace with a 4.6 Mustang (thats what we did). A stock 4.6 mustang will take a stock Hemi in a drag. Pace the stang = beat the Hemi.

RE: Can I beat a Hemi Ram?
 

the trans dapt is TBS is definately worth it. I gained 1 full second, and increased milage. Also my truck ran all over hemi's after just the intake and headers, they don't even try now.

RE: Can I beat a Hemi Ram?
 

I'd love to see your truck on the dyno Smoke. I can't get the Hemi Rams yet, but 99 - 2000 5.3 are only 270hp. Yours is 295 stock I think. But 72charger has a lighter truck but only 270hp himself. He might need more mods then that. What are the Hemi's rated at anyway?