wanna be faster than a 00 sierra - Page 2

i have a 94 s10 blazer with intake headers and full exhaust no cat and 186k on it and i can beat stock 1500s all day along with f150s

Holy old thread...  Thanks for your contribution.

wow old thread.... sounds interesting to me that you can beat 1500s stock are you talking about 4.8, 5.3, and 6.0s also not just v6 work trucks? because that vortecmax would walk away from your truck if all you have is headers its actually an ss with a normal body in a half ton truck very quick!

I cant hold a candle to our 2003 silverado 5300...lol

I agree with 2001blazer you going to need to pack in a sh*t load of parts including a blower or turbo to even put a dent in traking a fullsize truck. Only if its a V6 work truck would somewhat be even. Remember these engine are based off of a 350 with 2 less cylinders and are very torquey and for the most part are low rpm engines. Mine lives in the 1,200 to 2,000 rpm just driving. When I am taking off or when I need just a little more 2,200 rpm to 3,000 rpm. 3,000 rpm is nothing compared to where most vehicle live rpm wise. Remember we may not have the biggest engines, the lightest trucks but from what I can tell we have just as much if not more fun than Jeeps. My dad has a Jeep and hes kind of a diehard with jeeps, but he admitts that I can hold my own on a trail and believe not a couple time I have got through shi't that he spun and got hung up in.

everyone has made many great points in this whole thread i read all of them and i had to add my experience in the whole fullsize versus s-series mine is a classic one my best friend has a 98 1500 with the 5.0 in it with a throttle body spacer c.a.i. and a flowmaster exhaust so of course he said that his was alot faster well all i have is the poor mans c.a.i. which all i did was take out the factory air box and threw on a cone filter and then did a tune up the same time he did his well we went out to the track just to be fare we lined up and i took him by a respectable gap well i beat him by a length and a half and we both have automatics. it surprised me when it happened then we did it again same result. you just have to quick on the throttle but if your buddy has a 5.7 then yea you will need some extra power. take the advice given previous to you.

Im happy beating the crap out of those h3's and colorado's. PFFT 5 cylinder saab motor.

Torque makes the world go 'round.
 
Personally, I'd much rather have the 5.3 in my Blazer...
 
A turbo might be nice, but most don't spool effectively until at least 1500 - 2000 RPM, usually more, which isn't much good when crawling up a hill, lol.
 
Odd that the Colorado/Canyon would be slower than a Blazer (assuming the Canyon/Colorado is 3.5 or 3.7 equipped) since it makes more HP, almost as much torque, has a much flatter torque curve, and weighs less...

I guess im just really cool?

Well, there's that, but I've done it too... Heck, my old Z34 could do it...
 
I think there's something in those things that's messing up... (Could be the engine, lol)