mrogers

Now before you laugh and wonder why I'm asking, this is a modified 1994 S-10 SS.

It's my friend's, and he's curious how it would fare against my currently stock TL-S in a straight-out acceleration test. He and his father have made some mods to it. They put in a performace camshaft, a performance exhaust, shift kit (shifts faster), and lowered the gear ratio. The stock '94 S-10 SS had 180 hp; they have no idea how much this one has after the mods, but he has no problems chirping the tires when it enters second gear.

We won't have the opportunity to "test" this theory for a couple of weeks, probably, so in the meantime I wanted to know what you guys think the outcome would be.

*Title edited: CHEVY S-10, not GMC, duh

sweetride01

Well, he should be putting out 190+ horsepower, and the changed gear ratios will help. But, it comes down to how much his truck weighs, an unless it's less than 2800 Ibs, he probably doesn't stand much of a chance.

Pure Adrenaline

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That's it? That's all it's got?

You'll win.

mrogers

About the weight: according to him it's "light" but according to edmunds.com it's 5,000 lbs.

Yeah, I personally think I'll win too, I'm just a little wary because him and his dad have done some pretty amazing things to vehicles before...and although I've never ridden in the truck, from the way he drives it certainly looks like it can haul @ss. I guess we'll find out soon!

Lex300

Don't worry, it shouldn't be a problem.

A very good friend of mine has the same truck, though it's a '97. Had very similar mods and was quick, but not quite enough to take out a TL-S.

That is until now...we dropped an LT1 from a Z28 into it this past summer. Now, it's a whole different story. This was one hell of a project, but the truck is BAD! Quite the sleeper, too.

Pure Adrenaline

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I would've gone with the LS1.

Lex300

Not if you knew how much he picked this motor up for! The LT1 is no slouch! Let's just say he got this motor, a freshly built trans, LT4 hot cam, custom ECU, custom mounts, headers, etc. for less than the price of a used LS1.

T Ho

You would have paid 2x-3x the cost, and you would have had to do some major surgery on the front frame to get it in. OTOH, the LT1 is basically a drop-in, comparitively speaking.

Don't get me wrong- LS1 is probably the finest old-tech (meaning 2-valve pushrod) small block V8 ever built, but sometimes the cost outweighs the benefits.

Lex300

Absolutely! The LT1 is much more of a "drop-in" swap vs. the LS1.

In this case, the LT1 was a more cost effective solution and a relatively install friendly option(considering we were doing the work ourselves).