Hey guys... With gas prices the way they are I went and got me a 2003 TL Type-S, which im now driving everyday and loving... Here is my other toy, so just wanted to throw a little video clip up and see what yall think....

It's just a little bit quicker than the TL to say the least..lol!!! Enjoy!!
2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer SS with a few mods to say the least!!!
Turn up your volume!!


In cab video of a short run


And a pic of my new TL

 

the SS is sick! TL looks good as well, gets some mats for it!

 

I got some. The dealership I got it from didn't have any in it. Or a owners manual, or a remote unlock..lol!! Other than that she's good to go though. Got me a remote off ebay and some mats for it. Now all I need is an owners manual and I'll be set...haha!!

Great site you all have here. I have already gotten LOTS of info. Took off the intake resonator and put K&N drop in filter in it. That will be it as far as the go fast mods.

 

And a vid of me vs Mustang Cobra...

 

you gotta be kidding me. gg to the cobra. congrats and WELCOME!!! ss sure is crazy!!! haha

 

Nice. What was your time on this run? The cameraman didnt zoom into board.

 

nice video of that SS trail blazer. That thing is a beast. Great looking TL

 

 

i love the SS's
too bad they cant hang iwth the SRT-8 jeep, but then again, the trailblazers do cost a good amount less i believe?
good lookin type S man!

 

nice SS man , what u got under the hood huh ?

 

Looks pretty fast. But powerbraking?? Come on.

 

wow if you can run with a cobra, hands down to you buddy. i think it'll put my tl-s to shame...

 

Nice truck. My neighbor has one in black. Sounds great, looks great and performs really nicely. Anthracite TL-S is what I originally wanted. That one is in really nice shape, and the TL-S is no slouch either so you can still have some fun while not having to take out a loan on gas. haha

 

NICE AM welcome to the sexy color CLUB

 

My time on that run was a 13.3 @ 102 mph. Squashed the cobra.

Yeah, stock it won't beat an SRT-8 jeep, but mine is FAR from stock..lol!! The jeeps come with 30 more horsepower stock. All the SS needs is a good tune and it will stay right with the jeep. I have raced a few of the jeeps and beat them pretty good, but in my opinion the jeeps look a hella lot better than the SS. I wanted a 2wd though and the jeeps are all 4wd. Plus they are like 15K more.

 

It will lay some nice drags if I just smash the throttle, no need to powerbrake. I was going to get new tires put on it that day so I wanted to cook them real good...hence the powerbrake.

 

Thats a quick truck!

 

Okay, look, no beef here, but at the same time....dude, come on. A Chevy of all things.... Why? If you wanted something fast, then why not just get a G37s or something? The gas mileage would be hella better and quite obviously looks better. Just my .

I do have to admit though, it's nice. Props to you man...

 

You gotta be kidding me...No beef taken but the SS will walk a G37. Last time I looked none of the G37's were putting down 400 lb/ft of torque or running 12 second quarter miles. The infinites' are nice. But I like some torque when I mash the peddle.

And the truck and the Acura are paid for so the gas price isn't that big of a deal when I can drive the Acura everyday. And on the nice days or nights we go to the track I bring out the SS.

 

Agreed. Anything with an LSx has 10X the potential of a freaking G37 not to mention it will go faster for half the cost.

 

Those new G37's are nice cars for sure though!! I like the 03'ish G35's though. Those cars look really good.

But the torque that those LS2's put out is flat out NASTY!! I see you have a Buick GN. Those cars were and are BAD to the bone. My buddy had one and that thing would FLY!!

 

What mods have you done? The whole LSx series motors are amazing. Stock heads flow more than nascar heads a few years ago. There's so much potential there.

The GN is fun. I installed a Powerlogger in a friend's GN today. We took it out for tuning with 24psi boost. From a stop sign we launched, brought it to 100mph and shut it down. As we're getting ready to turn around to go home, I hear this aweful noise. I'm looking around and finally see a riced out Civic coming up hard. As we flip a U this guy flies by and turns his flashers on. If it were me driving I would've chased him down but my friend just blew it off. Sorry, I had to get that off my chest. Still a little pissed about that guy.

 

AHHHHHH Yes.... The infamous Ricer Fly by!! I get them all the time.... Some of the mods I have on the SS are as follows:
MTI Racing Dyno Tune 355rwhp/385rwtq
RPM Level VI Transmission
Precision Industries 3400 Torque Converter
Stainless Works Long tube headers
Stainless works Cat-back xhaust
Vector CAI
Trans cooler, Electric Fans, 160*T-stat, and a few other bolt-ons. Best track run ever was a 12.9 @105 with a 1.81 60' .

 

Nice blazer man, and good choice in color for your TL. AM FTW!!

 

Thanks..... that grey color just looks plain sexy doesn't it??? lol!!

 

No doubt, especially in the sun after a good ole wash and wax!

 

Not bad! While you have some nice mods, no internal work and no power adder and it's a 12 second truck. That's impressive.

To leave on a sour note, I hope you have better luck with your PI convertor than I did. It's a Vigillante, right?

 

Yeah it's a Vigilante... what kind of problems did you run into??? And it only runs in the 12's on cold nights..lol!!

The only problems I have seen with it is the loss in my fuel mileage around town. Went from about 14 to 11 mpg. Once it locks on the hwy I see around 19mpg. But thats why I got the Acura.

 

I was pushing through the convertor. My car was going 11.6 no matter if the boost was at 17 or 28psi. Dyno was even worse with hp in the high 200s. Plus I had the infamous rattle. I switched convertors and dropped a second and gained 300hp. The dyno was artificially low because of the 20% slip I was getting so the calculation was way off. The new convertor is awesome and I go through the traps with 500 less rpm and a lot more mph. I don't know if mine was an isolated incident or not. My dad had good luck with the Vigillante in his car.

I learned fairly recently that the non-lockup convertors are much more efficient at the higher hp levels. I've always thought the only difference was clutch or no clutch but that wasn't so. Never wanted to lose my lock up but now that it's just a toy it doesn't matter. And the Acura helps me too lol.