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Old Sep 16, 2007 | 08:56 PM
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Well over the weekend going to Springfield to the Car Craft Nationals, I got my first kills in wife's Trailblazer SS on the way up. I knew it ran good but damn. I spanked a Saleen Mustang it was funny. I was following a C5 vette and we ran up on the Saleen so the vette and the saleen slowed down and got it on. The vette walked the saleen so then the saleen thought he would pick on me. I spanked his *** lol. Then I got up to the vette and got some of him. If you don't know the Trailblazer has 4,10's stock so we went from about a 50 mph roll I floored it. It downshifted to second to about 4800rpm's and jumped about two lengths on the vette before he knew what hit him. We only raced to about 90 before we run up on traffic. LOL you just don't expect it out of a suv. I got the new Borla dual exhaust on it. It sounds sweet.
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Old Sep 16, 2007 | 09:01 PM
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Here is some eye candy for you:



I think this one runs 10s..
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Old Sep 16, 2007 | 09:26 PM
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Nice kills Shane. How were the races?
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Old Sep 16, 2007 | 09:30 PM
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Old Sep 16, 2007 | 09:52 PM
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man that pic is insane. It was a car show it was really good and a cruise that night. Burnout out on the street and all. That was the 10th show in a row for me. I met some of the f-body and vette guys there.
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Old Sep 17, 2007 | 12:55 AM
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What are they runnin in the 1/4 stock?
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Old Sep 17, 2007 | 08:47 AM
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High 13's in good weather. May be able to pull some mid 13's, might take some weight reduction for that though.
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Old Sep 17, 2007 | 08:53 AM
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any car with a motor like that has some serious potential...doesnt matter if its a car, suv, or a truck
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Old Sep 17, 2007 | 12:02 PM
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I'm having a ton of fun with mine, the 4.10 with the 3.06 1st gear trans makes for a good leave They have the engines so detuned in these it isnt funny, tune really steps them up. If you have to drive an SUV (kids etc) its a blast, amazing what you can beat st the stoplight drags and the 50mph downshift to 2nd has surprised a few people lol.
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Old Sep 17, 2007 | 01:20 PM
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When you gonna get a Rhinotune for the TB Shane? I've heard that a tune really wakes them up as well.^^^
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Old Sep 17, 2007 | 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted by 99Hawk262
When you gonna get a Rhinotune for the TB Shane? I've heard that a tune really wakes them up as well.^^^
Next up is Kooks headers and cold air.
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Old Sep 17, 2007 | 10:16 PM
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theres a trailblazer that came to f body beach week with a head and cam and he was sprayin it was a bad ride
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Old Sep 18, 2007 | 10:47 AM
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Congrats Shane, that pic is insane.
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Old Sep 19, 2007 | 07:28 PM
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I like mine too!




KP, I didn't know you had one? I got mine a little over a year ago. I just installed a Yank 3600 last Saturday, as well as a tranny cooler and billet 1-2 servo, among my other mods........ Although these trucks have 4.10's from the factory, they're still a dog out of the hole......not any more.
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Old Sep 19, 2007 | 07:58 PM
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KP, I didn't know you had one? I got mine a little over a year ago. I just installed a Yank 3600 last Saturday, as well as a tranny cooler and billet 1-2 servo, among my other mods........ Although these trucks have 4.10's from the factory, they're still a dog out of the hole......not any more.
Got one a couple months ago, I wouldnt say its too doggy out of the hole but I havent ran it at the track yet. I'm sure a converter would wake it up quite a bit though. Its just a stripper 2WD with a sunroof the only option, fun *** car for sure

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Old Sep 19, 2007 | 10:05 PM
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They are a ton of fun. Mine is a Stripo with no options!! Not even compass in mirror.
4.10's are fun with the short tires and DR's w/ convertor.





Trucks a lil dirty in these pics.
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Old Sep 19, 2007 | 10:11 PM
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Originally Posted by John02Hawk


Here is some eye candy for you:



I think this one runs 10s..
it has only gone 11.19 so far.....turboed 427 in it with a ford tranny with trans brake.....

mine has gone 7.97 @ 87.41 in the 1/8th in 2500+ DA and that was with a new cai in fab and the filter was open in the engine compartment and the iat's were 145+ at the line and still in the 120's at the end of 1st....should go alot faster soon.....

got a 403 and a nitro dave kit going in it in about 2 weeks.......

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Old Sep 20, 2007 | 10:43 AM
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Mines a stripper too!

Already got the converter in, and also already have the 17" Nitto's.
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Old Sep 20, 2007 | 08:54 PM
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Mine is fully loaded, except 2wd
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Old Sep 21, 2007 | 02:20 AM
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I thought they were all-time AWD..
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