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This is the one they should be building. Shut up and take my money. I know it’s just a rendering, but damn, I would be a buyer.
Imagine this with a supercharged 6.2
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Looks great but too close to the 2013 era body style. (Which is the most attractive IMO)
 

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Drop it, and ditch the Ford Lightning 1996 ground effects. Me personally, 20/22 wheels staggered, polished lips and center caps, painted to look like the steel 15" wheels from the 80's.
 

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Drop it, and ditch the Ford Lightning 1996 ground effects. Me personally, 20/22 wheels staggered, polished lips and center caps, painted to look like the steel 15" wheels from the 80's.

haha i know what you mean.

but for me when I first saw it I instantly went to "oh man is that a new Syclone?". I grew up lusting after those trucks. My dads good bud bought one new, he took me for a few rides as an 9 year old kid i'll never forget. I'd still love a really clean one.
 

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haha i know what you mean.

but for me when I first saw it I instantly went to "oh man is that a new Syclone?". I grew up lusting after those trucks. My dads good bud bought one new, he took me for a few rides as an 9 year old kid i'll never forget. I'd still love a really clean one.
Cyclones and Typhoons were cool. They were probably my first foray into "modern engineering and packaging". They had some bell housing bolts that required creative sequences of extensions 😂
 

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This is the one they should be building. Shut up and take my money. I know it’s just a rendering, but damn, I would be a buyer.
Imagine this with a supercharged 6.2
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[/QUO GM discontinued manufacturing the single cab short bed. Do you know what that's going to do to the used 1/2 ton short bed truck market? So if you want a used one,
you better start looking. They also stopped manufacturing the 1/2 ton bonus cab long bed. which is what I wanted to order from Jason. Chevy stopped making what I wanted so I just picked up a 2015 2500 LTZ crew cab, 4 x 4 long bed, 6.0 on FLEX FUEL. And I didn't pay overbook, I looked it up and it was right in the middle.
 

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I love Chevys. Not a fan of Fords at all.
But I do not like the 2014-2019 Square fender chevys at all.

Before you take the step of adding super charger to a 5.3, 6.0 or 6.2. Most people are very happy with just swapping to stage 2 or 3 cam. If you want more than that, just upgrade the heads. Easily get 700hp with a mild tune, without a supercharger.
 

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I love Chevys. Not a fan of Fords at all.
But I do not like the 2014-2019 Square fender chevys at all.

Before you take the step of adding super charger to a 5.3, 6.0 or 6.2. Most people are very happy with just swapping to stage 2 or 3 cam. If you want more than that, just upgrade the heads. Easily get 700hp with a mild tune, without a supercharger.

You aren't getting to 700HP NA in a truck with a 6.2. There is nothing mild about 700 HP NA LS. You'd need to spin the 6.2 past 8000 RPM and that would suck to drive around with an auto trans in a truck. Not to mention it will cost you almost double the supercharger kit after you got heads, cam, intake, complete valvetrain, throttle body, fuel rails, injectors, etc. etc. etc.

700HP is more attainable with something close to 7.0, but still not great drivability and now you are talking about building an entire new engine.

A cam swap will add 60-90 HP, and is more labor than the supercharger install. Add heads to that and it takes even longer.

Adding the supercharger is way easier, cheaper and much more drivable if you are talking about attaining 600+ HP on a stock cubic inch LS engine.
 
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You aren't getting to 700HP NA in a truck with a 6.2. There is nothing mild about 700 HP NA LS. You'd need to spin the 6.2 past 8000 RPM and that would suck to drive around with an auto trans in a truck. Not to mention it will cost you almost double the supercharger kit after you got heads, cam, intake, complete valvetrain, throttle body, fuel rails, injectors, etc. etc. etc.

700HP is more attainable with something close to 7.0, but still not great drivability and now you are talking about building an entire new engine.

A cam swap will add 60-90 HP, and is more labor than the supercharger install. Add heads to that and it takes even longer.

Adding the supercharger is way easier, cheaper and much more drivable if you are talking about attaining 600+ HP on a stock cubic inch LS engine.

I would rather have NA reliability that the problems that arise with Supercharger. But thats me.
 

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I would rather have NA reliability that the problems that arise with Supercharger. But thats me.

I understand your point. But at 6.2L and shooting for 700 HP NA, reliability is out the window. And it is crappy to drive below 3000 RPM and makes all its power above 5500 RPM. On top of that you'll need e85 or race gas.

Now you talk about a 427-454 LS, 700 HP NA becomes a little more approachable, but still "unrefined" we'll say at low RPM. But the costs just tripled over the supercharger.

A 500-550HP heads/cam 6.2. -All day and it will drive largely fine and run on 91.

And a 5.3 just makes everything we talked about even worse.
 
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You aren't getting to 700HP NA in a truck with a 6.2. There is nothing mild about 700 HP NA LS. You'd need to spin the 6.2 past 8000 RPM and that would suck to drive around with an auto trans in a truck. Not to mention it will cost you almost double the supercharger kit after you got heads, cam, intake, complete valvetrain, throttle body, fuel rails, injectors, etc. etc. etc.

700HP is more attainable with something close to 7.0, but still not great drivability and now you are talking about building an entire new engine.

A cam swap will add 60-90 HP, and is more labor than the supercharger install. Add heads to that and it takes even longer.

Adding the supercharger is way easier, cheaper and much more drivable if you are talking about attaining 600+ HP on a stock cubic inch LS engine.

not to mention, heads and cam typically go hand in hand. Not sure I'd really bother doing one without the other for your best bang for the buck.
 

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not to mention, heads and cam typically go hand in hand. Not sure I'd really bother doing one without the other for your best bang for the buck.

Yep. The "while I'm here" factor spirals out of control once you are swapping the cam :)
 

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Drop it, and ditch the Ford Lightning 1996 ground effects. Me personally, 20/22 wheels staggered, polished lips and center caps, painted to look like the steel 15" wheels from the 80's.
Definitely staggered wheels, but chromed old school americans. you know, to match my boat trailer 🤣
 

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I understand your point. But at 6.2L and shooting for 700 HP NA, reliability is out the window. And it is crappy to drive below 3000 RPM and makes all its power above 5500 RPM. On top of that you'll need e85 or race gas.

Now you talk about a 427-454 LS, 700 HP NA becomes a little more approachable, but still "unrefined" we'll say at low RPM. But the costs just tripled over the supercharger.

A 500-550HP heads/cam 6.2. -All day and it will drive largely fine and run on 91.

And a 5.3 just makes everything we talked about even worse.

Did you see the 1k WHEEL Horsepower engine that they built on Hot Rod Garage? I was pretty surprised to see them start with a 5.3
 

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Did you see the 1k WHEEL Horsepower engine that they built on Hot Rod Garage? I was pretty surprised to see them start with a 5.3

Yes that was a pretty good build with good parts and a good turbo. They cut some costs by using a stock iron block.
 

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I was coming out of Victorville tonight and a black one just like that one WAS on it ! passed me he jumped on frontage road and passed me again 😩 good looking truck 😎
 

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Stock LS3 can get 525 at the crank with a minor tune on pump gas…700 isn’t out of the question with some heads/cam and some race fuel. Reliable as long as you maintain it.
 

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Get loud exhaust to drown the rattles.
I have a new silverado work truck. You wouldn't believe the interior rattles
 
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