Roush Silverado pics
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Roush Silverado pics
n May 2007 longtime Ford tuning house Roush Performance Products broke twelve years of tradition by announcing it would expand its armory of high performance components to include options for General Motors cars and trucks. Today, spies caught the first ever glimpse at the Roush Chevrolet Silverado.
This this ROUSHcharged Chevrolet Silverado features both performance and appearance upgrades. ROUSH charger labels on the sides of the hood's power dome are almost certainly confirmation it has the long-awaited Roush blower mounted on the engine. Sources indicate power will come from a 6.0-liter Vortec MAX V8 that's factory rated at 367 horsepower and 375 pound-feet but will hit 500 hp and 500 pound-feet with the Roush unit.
The truck also has at least one other significant hardware change - dual exhausts out the back.
More details are expected in the near future.
This this ROUSHcharged Chevrolet Silverado features both performance and appearance upgrades. ROUSH charger labels on the sides of the hood's power dome are almost certainly confirmation it has the long-awaited Roush blower mounted on the engine. Sources indicate power will come from a 6.0-liter Vortec MAX V8 that's factory rated at 367 horsepower and 375 pound-feet but will hit 500 hp and 500 pound-feet with the Roush unit.
The truck also has at least one other significant hardware change - dual exhausts out the back.
More details are expected in the near future.
Doesn't look too much different, but does like silverado SS-ish.
I'm liking where those numbers are going though. Could mean something cool for the Camaro from them too, as most of us have thought.
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From: Sandy VJJville
Not a whole lot of imagination in the styling department there. I like the front bumper, but the hood bulge just being tacked on like that looks...well...tacky. I wish they'd have done something with the back and sides also. The front bumper drops about six inches below the rest of the body. Looks odd.
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From: neverneverland
Another thing to think about: It is very easy to use the manifold (most expensive part of tooling a supercharged system, except possibly the blower housing) from this truck on any Gen IV.
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The reason the truck is a CC is because GM is full of a bunch of tools and won't put anything bigger than a 5.3L in a regular cab 1500 truck. Even those are hard to find!!! The majority have the 4.3 or 4.8L engines. It would be pretty $$$ if they had to start with a regular cab truck, pull the brand new motor, and replace it with a 6.0L.