Is a GMC truck just a dressed up Chevy truck?

Your truck, or the 454SS? The SS wasn't as fast as the Little Red Express, and I smoked one at Keystone Raceway in '92 with My '88 ShelbyZ, and that was not on the best tires.
The 454 SS of the early 90s was a turd. The same year Ford Lightning has a 351 and it was faster. The Chevy had a torquey truck engine that had a torque peak around 1600-1700 rpms and a HP peak well under 4000 rpms. Great for towing, bad for acceleration.