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Old Oct 27, 2015 | 08:15 PM
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How many 95 and up S-10's, blazers, sonomas or jimmys are there on here?! I'm in the process (slowwww process lol) of building a 98 2wd, 4dr Jimmy with a turbo'd 5.3 on SBE amd was curious if anyone on here had an s series with a turbo setup?
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Old Oct 27, 2015 | 08:53 PM
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There a few of them floating around that I've seen over the years. I know silver82 has a nasty 8sec twin turbo s10. There's another guy with a big single turbo s10, I'm not sure of his screen name. Speed inc built a twin turbo typhoon a few years ago. I'm sure if you search turbo s10 it will bring some up
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Old Oct 28, 2015 | 01:31 PM
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Originally Posted by LSLucas
How many 95 and up S-10's, blazers, sonomas or jimmys are there on here?! I'm in the process (slowwww process lol) of building a 98 2wd, 4dr Jimmy with a turbo'd 5.3 on SBE amd was curious if anyone on here had an s series with a turbo setup?
Here's my jack stand warrior. 96 2wd, 4dr blazer 5.3 76m some-daily....







I took it apart before cell phones had cameras

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Old Oct 28, 2015 | 02:47 PM
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Silver82's twin turbo dime is a first gen, doesn't quite qualify for '95-up in this regard. But that thing is fast!

Dude on here just completed a ls1 swap into an Isuzu hombre, might want to check it out, given it's the same platform as the gen2 dimes.

I will be watching this to see who all shows up, because I, too, have an S10 and plan on equipping it with a turbo LSx.
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Old Oct 29, 2015 | 01:47 AM
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What is that filler neck on the power steering off of?
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Old Oct 29, 2015 | 06:51 AM
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Originally Posted by MrPotatoeHead
What is that filler neck on the power steering off of?
It's from the 4.3 out of the blazer. Modified the tab on top a little, and drilled a hole in the alternator bracket. It has a dipstick, too.



* as a matter of fact, it's the pump out of the blazer, too. It plugs right in the truck brackets.

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Old Oct 29, 2015 | 08:37 AM
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I have my 94 SS done. 94 is the first year of the second gen. I am working on doing a turbo in the spring.
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Old Oct 30, 2015 | 12:25 PM
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Here's my piece of junk.....


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I remember there was a pretty mean pewter 2dr blazer with an LQ4 turbo swap running 10's several years ago. I was debating picking it up for 8k and selling my own at the time, but someone else beat me to it and fixed it up even more.
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