90halfton
I'm Awesome
I think everybody should just whip em out and see who's is bigger......
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You sound like one of those guys who think there's nothing wrong with GMT400 brakes too. I made up the big 3 just like the other guy who did it for electrical, big deal. I'll blow it up to the big 4 now, the 4 most impactful mods I did for power. 1: tune. 2: gears. 3 & 4: up in the air between exhaust and the TB lip removal. I admit it won't do much for a 5 speed, kinda forgot about that, but for an automatic it makes a very noticeable difference in OD holding ability. I'll also admit it does nothing for WOT operation, that's not why I deleted that lip. It also made throttle response night and day better. If you think it feels like an on/off switch, learn to feather the gas. I don't like a truck that downshifts for every little thing. Obviously you do, keep your throttle blade stock then but quit spreading misinformation.
I have searched for 60-0 stopping distances by a reputable source.
The closest thing I have found would be this chart by Michigan state, for potential patrol vehicles. 5th wheel measurement of speed is used on all of the vehicles in the chart.
https://www.justnet.org/pdf/93468.pdf
60-0 average deceleration on a 1998 Chevrolet Tahoe 2wd is listed as 173.7 feet.
Curb weight is 4828# without a driver from my research.
Here is a test on 2015 pickups. Not sure on the reliability of the site.
http://special-reports.pickuptrucks.com/2015/01/2015-light-duty-v-8-challenge-braking.html
60-0 of 2015 Chevrolet 1500 with 20" Goodyear Wrangler SRA was 133.7 feet.
60-0 of 2015 Toyota's big, bad TRD PRO..... 159.6 feet. Whoa... beating a 20 year old truck by a whopping 14 feet... impressive. NOT.
No mention of curb weight on said vehicles.
Edmunds:
http://www.edmunds.com/chevrolet/silverado-1500/2015/crew-cab/rating/
"Stopping distance from 60 mph was average at 136 ft."
With an average of 40 feet shorter stopping distance in two decades, what is so significantly WRONG about a proper, working brake system on the GMT 400 and other derivative models?
Yes, they won't take repeated 60-0 stops without significant fade. That is a caveat of rear drum braking systems.
The OEM's have had two decades and hundreds of thousands of man hours to dedicate to friction compound blends, rotor and vane design with CFT software, wheel design, much better rubber compounds in the tires, larger tire contact patches, better ABS systems and so on.
Supercharged 111, do you have any OBJECTIVE data on braking to share rather than subjective?