In 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.
01/31, 3:06 AM
posted by:
EVOQ
Looks niiiice!
01/31, 3:41 AM
posted by:
acura_el2000
the side looks far too plain. and lower would be better, its obviously not gona be used off-road.
01/31, 4:25 AM
posted by:
Ray Sinclair
It makes so much sense that it kind of makes you wonder why a tuner would limit themselves to one company exclusively in the first place. Brilliant move, Jack Roush.
01/31, 10:07 AM
posted by:
SS4LIFE
Yeah it wouldn’t be that hard for GM to make it’s own Silverado SS again 09CTS-V, However Chevy isn’t just throwing SS emblems on all Chevy’s again, like they did with the last gen Malibu, and while the last gen Silverado SS did have the LS2 dropped in it, GM has changed their philosophy on the SS trim and is saving it more for their truly performance vehicles (although you can rip on the Cobalt SS the new turbo is going to be quicker than alot of other cars out there and have the handling to do it on the track too), so for them to outsource this to Roush, who alone is very well known and respected among performance enthusiasts out there I don’t see anything really wrong with this. Plus for truck enthusiasts (I’m actually not one of them) that 6.0L V8 Vortech is going to be a dream to work with.
01/31, 10:56 AM
posted by:
johnnycanuck
It seems the cat has changed his hat. I wonder how all his buddies at FoMoCo feel about this? I guess business is business. What’s next: the Roush Ram?
01/31, 11:00 AM
posted by:
SS4LIFE
haha that sounds catchy johnnycanuck. Introducing the Roush Ram!
01/31, 11:10 AM
posted by:
SwerveEarly
You cant turn a bull dog into a greyhound.
01/31, 11:13 AM
posted by:
frylock350
I like this!!! I wonder if they’ll do an Avalanche or Suburban as I prefer those two vehicles. I hope they’ll do a G8 too.
01/31, 11:47 AM
posted by:
CTS DRIVER
is this a way around cafe?
01/31, 12:47 PM
posted by:
SRT-4Ken
=======>>CTS DRIVER, that’s the first thing i thought about when i saw this article. “cafe?”…
01/31, 12:53 PM
posted by:
CTS DRIVER
yeah srt-4ken, it makes total sence, they get to promote a bad ass truck, but it is built by a tuner, so it sounds like a great idea.
01/31, 2:16 PM
posted by:
F3INT))AP3X
This is a stupid idea even if GM has nothing to do with it. Of course people will buy it because people are also stupid; but super fast trucks are just a small niche market and they really aren’t super fast to begin with. I’ve been in a RAM SRT-10 and It’s got balls but since it’s so heavy it doesn’t count for a lot. Drive a truck, drive a sports car, don’t drive a sports-truck.
01/31, 3:11 PM
posted by:
SRT-4Ken
=========>>good point CTS DRIVER lol….F3INT}}AP3X, so your saying “drive a sedan, drive a sports car, don’t drive a sports-sedan? i’ll drive that bad ass sports-truck almost as quick as i’ll hop in my “sports-sedan” SRT-4….lol..i rode in the Ram SRT-10 & its awesome…
01/31, 3:31 PM
posted by:
SRT-4Ken
=======>>LimpPinis640 is automotively retarded & performance challenged. period.
01/31, 3:44 PM
posted by:
SRT-4Ken
=======>>ITS KENDALL.
01/31, 4:05 PM
posted by:
CTS DRIVER
MELTED DOWN DILDOS, BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAH, sorry thats just funny.
01/31, 4:57 PM
posted by:
jonnycat
Eh. Boring. LP, your welcome for the new nickname.
LP owned me. lol.
01/31, 6:49 PM
posted by:
CTS DRIVER
Wow i am heading to the nearest roush dealer to look at one.
02/01, 7:41 AM
posted by:
meekin111
side and rear look decidedly plain in comparison to the frontend which looks killer.
02/01, 3:45 PM
posted by:
jackjimturkey
Takes be back the the 454SS days
02/01, 3:46 PM
posted by:
jackjimturkey
me