95 4door Blazer = Racing?

I would like to race my 4do. 95 Blazer (4.3 liter Vortec)...looking for suggestions...should i try for diff. car/truck my friend is dropping a vette engine in his s-10 (If it works should I do the same?) No one in this area thinks i could ever race it, and i think it'd be cool...If im just being retarded, please let me know...Im new


Thanks, DJ

Sounds cool what a sleeper that would be.

I don't know, I never really liked the idea of racing an SUV, sure you can go straight line, but when it goes to corners, you'll probably need to be slow cause the car is so high and it'd rollover quite easily.. The weight also is a factor..

In all honestly I don't think you should go about making a 4-door blazer some crazy sleeper/drag truck. What I'm doing with my S-10, is simply just making it have some power, but not going crazy thinking it's some drag racing vehicle. Give it a 350 V8, or a supercharger, or whatever you like. I say go for it, make it faster, but don't go excessive. There just ain't much point to it.

Thanks for your relpys...I feeling everthing...I just gunna street drag it...just enough to beat all my friends (only abour 6 or 7) and a few other locals (the punks that think they're bad shit)...Thanks again

Swapping in a V8 is a bit too much of a hassle. Yeah its cool, but the price of buying the conversion parts and the motor and all the electronics for it. So time consuming.

Why not just work with what you've got?

Why not just supercharge the Vortec V6?? You may not know this but the 4.3l V6 shares the same Bore and stroke as a 5.7l V8 (350) just minus 2 cylinders. That means pistons, and rods can be used... as well as valve train components to make better power. And you can have Kustom cams ground if you want to get.. well Kustom. Your V6 has potiential, you've just got to know how to access it.

Yeah I think they do make a few supercharges for the older 4.3L, check around online you could probably find something out there that could give you a good 240-250 hp.

a BMW X5 was modified to over 700hp and they lapped the nurburgring in a really god damn fast lap time it was under 7 minutes or 7-8 minutes i forget .......:o

so go for it if an X5 can race any SUV can race

a BMW X5 was modified to over 700hp and they lapped the nurburgring in a really god damn fast lap time it was under 7 minutes or 7-8 minutes i forget .......

Who cares? That has absolutely nothing to do with what everyone was just talking about. Did you mean to post this in another thread?

Originally posted by DeViL


Who cares? That has absolutely nothing to do with what everyone was just talking about. Did you mean to post this in another thread?


What the fuck do you care?
i wanted to point out you can race SUV's

Why is every one hating on his idea? I think if he wants a drag racing an SUV let him. Go for it I think it would be cool to see a blazer haul ass like that and its ORIGINAL!

Originally posted by RACER D12
Why is every one hating on his idea? I think if he wants a drag racing an SUV let him. Go for it I think it would be cool to see a blazer haul ass like that and its ORIGINAL!

agreed

Thanks For your supportive ???critizism???...I really like the supercharer idea...thanks alot...but 240-250 hp?????? please send me a link where you saw that, maybe I'm not looking hard enough...ne ways thanks alot

Well lets take a looksy here...

1995 Blazer LT
4.3l Vortec V6
200hp @ 4500rpm
260tq @ 3600rpm
3700lbs < Pretty Light for an SUV

A supercharger under low boost on you're stock motor will make 240hp easy I'd say.

http://www.truckperformance.com
This site seems to have some products that may fit your application.

http://www.s10xtreme.com/modifications/
Yeah, I know your Blazer isn't an Extreme but they do share the same motor and drive train. So its parts will work for you.

They are missing a couple important websites on that s10xtreme.com. Spintech for one has shown to make one of the better mufflers for the S-10.

Did the 95 Blazer LT model actually come with 200 hp? I thought the strongest 4.3L so far is the S-10 SS's engine.

i wanted to point out you can race SUV's
Ok wait whats an X5, is that BMW's suv? I guess that makes more sense I thought you were talking about some car of theirs.

Frm the sites ive seen it varies 180-200hp stock...here....

190 here....
http://www.automotive.com/reviews/chevrolet/95_chevrolet_blazer_summary_specs.html?source_id=1 057&transaction_collect_site=1057

195 here...
http://www.edmunds.com/reviews/generations/articles/46013/article.html

190 here too...
http://www.internetautoguide.com/reviews/1995/1995_Chevrolet_Blazer.html

I'll find more if you want

If you're up for the challenge, have the skill, and money.... I say go turrrbo..... it'd sorta be like a newer Typhoooooon.

Yeah I'd say its probably 190hp. If its 190 then its probably the same 4.3L HO as the SS.

Gotta look at the Vin #... if its the W series 4.3l its 200hp I believe...

The others if im not mistaken is 190...

This is coming from my friend who's got a 94 Jimmy with a 4.3l And he knows his Jimmy.

I checked the vin # and it has a W in the center...like...---------W-------
is that W series
or is there a W series motor?

Umm.. i'll have to ask my friend.. but I think you may have it.

Not positive.. though

Chevy did some kind of makeover on a 4.3L Vortec in an Xtreme S-10.

The Chevy Engineers custom fabbed the intake and probably a few other addins(but dont know for sure).

That one was pushing 260 hp and 277 ft/lbs.

Talk about a swift S-10.

Course, u could always go vortec 350, with some light mods, and have a screamer. :rocket:

Robert