Chevy SS= 0, Hemi=1

kbuicker · Post by **kbuicker** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 12:29 pm

Well, I WAS curious, now, not so. I just had a run in with a new black $50k Chevrolet SS truck. We both hit it at the light from a rolling start, all I can say is he overpaid! We were identically matched, until my truck shifted which gave me a lurch ahead and then he gave up

woo hoo!

(this is pre NOS too!)

Post by **scottm** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 1:22 pm

You have your TMR wired pulled, right?

I believe the SS should pull away from a QC,
but with the TMR wire pulled, I betcha it gives
the QC enough back to overtake Chevy's SS.

Nice to see a Hemi earn a street victory!

kbuicker · Post by **kbuicker** » Tue Dec 09, 2003 4:06 pm

I do. Without embellishing, We were 100% identical off the line.. but right when I shifted, the Hemi jumped ahead, he saw that and gave up at that moment.

HEMI707 · Post by **HEMI707** » Tue Dec 09, 2003 6:40 pm

I HAVE A HEMI SINGLE CAB SHORT BED, AND HAD THE CHANCE OF TAKING OUT 2 OF THESE SUPPOSED SS

, BOTH TIMES ON THE FREEWAY AND BOTH TIMES IT GOT SMOKED. BOTH OWNERS SEEMED UPSET AFTERWARDS. GO HEMI!!!!

chevy38fan · Post by **chevy38fan** » Thu Dec 11, 2003 11:28 pm

uhh 50 thousand for an SS? damn when'd they get THAT expensive? they're only 40 sticker,and usually go for around 33 or so...

kbuicker · Post by **kbuicker** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 8:44 am

I was being generous

, I only know from the first SS I saw in a dealership months and months ago, 'twas $60k, but it had a $10 market demand markup on it.. ridiculous huh!

They are NOT getting good reviews, so the price is probably dropping quick!

chevy38fan · Post by **chevy38fan** » Sat Dec 13, 2003 10:36 pm

well after people started finding out that a rc hemi is faster than the ss stock to stock, they started to realize magazines play number games... some guy was only turning 15.6's with his SS.. i turned a 15.1 in my hemi.. i'm wondering how some of these mags came close to 14.9?? maybe they times were mis matched?

m15fwtnc · Post by **m15fwtnc** » Tue Dec 16, 2003 11:33 pm

http://forums.pickuptruck.com/showflat. ... o=&fpart=1

Yeah check this thread and see all the grief I got when simply exposing the fact that the SS will not run with the hemi R/C. Fair you say? Well all the mags (you know the ones that depend on all the aftermarket advertising dollars from the guys selling chit for chevys to stay in business) claim that the SS, that weighs 400lbs more that my truck and has a whopping 5ft. lbs more torque, will beat my butt. Well I own an '04 and shucks maybe the factory has tweaked things just a bit from the '03 model!?? I don't know about the QC vs the SS but there is no f ing way it beats the R/C. My neighbor that owns the SS is a good guy and I told him for about $5-6 K more he would have one bad butt rig. His response was "for $41,000 I should have a bad butt rig!" Well for $23,308 I am real happy with my purchase. loosebolt

kbuicker · Post by **kbuicker** » Wed Dec 17, 2003 4:35 pm

feel free to copy and paste my post onto that forum, it should be enough to prove your point.

cballard03 · Post by **cballard03** » Sat Dec 27, 2003 1:00 am

I just raced a Mustang GT from a stop light and even though I think he would have taken me had I not backed off at about 85 mph, he never got past my passenger door until I backed off. I've only had my HEMI for a couple of months but I get more impressed with it everyday.

m15fwtnc · Post by **m15fwtnc** » Sat Dec 27, 2003 1:23 am

cballard03 wrote:I just raced a Mustang GT from a stop light and even though I think he would have taken me had I not backed off at about 85 mph, he never got past my passenger door until I backed off. I've only had my HEMI for a couple of months but I get more impressed with it everyday.

Ya see...I'm telling you people there is something up with the "04s....I don't know about the '03 R/C but my "04 is a quick lil rig.

Hemidakota · Post by **Hemidakota** » Tue Dec 30, 2003 12:47 am

Nice to hear it.....we don't have that many around in the local neighborhood.

Don't worry about the flack, it comes with the terrority of ownership of the best truck in town.

HEMI707 · Post by **HEMI707** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 6:36 pm

THIS SAT. I FINALLY GOT AN SS AT A RED LIGHT, AND BOY THAT SUCKER WAS CRYING AFTER WARD. I TOOK IM BY A WHOLE CAR LENGTH BY 2ND GEAR. I HAVE AN 03 HEMI RC ST, W/ AEM BRUTE FORCE, STAGE II JET, V-FORCE EXHAUST AND TMR MOD. BOY NEVER STOOD A CHANCE! SAME GOES FOR ABOUT 7 OR MORE MUSTANG GT'S AND ABOUT 3 CAMAROS IN MY TOWN, THEY HAVE ALL SUFFERED THE SAME FATE AS THAT SS.

Ritterkreuz · Post by **Ritterkreuz** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 1:00 pm

m15fwtnc wrote:Ya see...I'm telling you people there is something up with the "04s....I don't know about the '03 R/C but my "04 is a quick lil rig.

Glad now I got an '04. Here Mustang Mustang Mustang. I got a little suprise for you.

Actually one of my friends plans on buying an '05 Mustang when they come out.

mopar muscle 21 · Post by **mopar muscle 21** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 7:31 am

Im very pleased with the performance of my truck. One night I got beside a lighting at a light. I figured that he would pass my like I hit the brakes. We took off and at first we were dead even....till about 55 he pulled on me....but just barley

I talked to this guy afterwards and he said that it was modded, but he wouldnt tell me what.

kbuicker · Post by **kbuicker** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 8:58 pm

I was wondering how we would fare against a SC Lightning... once they get the air flowing they're hard to beat.. good to know we can hang for a while.. in fact, just long enough to prove a point, and pull over and have a civil conversation about the trucks, that's what it's all about fellas... nice work.

Fastfoursix · Post by **Fastfoursix** » Sun Apr 11, 2004 3:18 pm

I actually own a Mustang and the QC hemi, the mustang feels light on its feet and quick but i know the hemi packs the punch with all that TQ, i think i need a lil race between my own cars.......

Mike's 331 · Post by **Mike's 331** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 9:16 pm

Hi all. Was the Lightning the supercharged version or the older n/a model?Last fall I was at test and tune at www.redriverraceway.net and talked with a guy that had picked his up on Tue. and was trying it out that Fri. night.He was disappointed that it was only running 13.60's ,2 tenths faster than my LT-1 Formula that same night! I bet the 5000lb AWD SS tugboat is going slower than a SWB 5.3.Most of the Chevy SWB 5.3's with catback and programmer and tires run 14.90's -15.10's.I've driven a few Hemi's but they were all 3/4 tons and did nothing spectacular with that huge weight but the motors really sound strong in neutral.If only that motor could make it into something under 3400lbs then it would shine.

HemiMack · Post by **HemiMack** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 2:27 am

Just this afternoon, I took on a newer Acura CL v6 that had a carbon fiber hood and was fart-piped to hell. I jogged past him and he couldn't catch me so I slowed down once I hit 85mph. When he caught up at the next stop light, he looked more than upset. Mine is bone-stock '04. I don't race it much, only stoplights on weekends right now, and I haven't lost yet. I am very impressed with the stock performance, but once the Kenne Bell supercharger is released I'll be hitting the drag strip.

TheRedneckWay · Post by **TheRedneckWay** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 1:38 am

does anyone know which chevy engine is used in the SS? Is it the 5.3L? 6.0L? 8.1L? what do they use in that SSR? (i think thats the name of it, the one that looks like a truck from the 50s)

TheRedneckWay · Post by **TheRedneckWay** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 1:40 am

my big heavy 4wd won't ,but I have personally seen a 2wd HEMI outrun a Chevy dually with that big block 8.1L just thought i would share

Asa · Post by **Asa** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 7:23 am

the chevy ss uses the 6.0 (345 hp and 380 lb tq) and the ss r uses a 300 hp version of the 5.3

TheRedneckWay · Post by **TheRedneckWay** » Fri Jul 30, 2004 2:03 am

chevys dont impress me very much......maybe except the C6 vette

Goose · Post by **Goose** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 8:12 pm

New member here tryin to catch up

I've sold for Dodge for 2 years now and have casually raced 3 of my fellow sales consultants (<--classy huh?) who have 03 QC Hemis.
I consistently beat them by a fender on a stretch that's about a 8th mile.
They have the slightly lower profile Eagle tires too. They also have identical mods to mine save the one has flowmasters. We all agree, for some reason the 04 is slightly stronger.

kbuicker · Post by **kbuicker** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 5:29 pm

I actually had some jerk email me at WORK and tell me (in not so nice words) that I was crazy if I thought Hemi would beat an SS... maybe he was drunk?

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Chevy SS= 0, Hemi=1

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