dlt76028

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a 91 sonoma did not go 155mph

cttandy

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Once again do the math on the gearing. I know its not an exact science, I know aerodynamics and drag limitation equate into things, but I can tell you it was well in excess of 130 mph.

95ImpSS

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Been clocked at 104mph, but have seen 135mph.

zippy

You do amaze me. First it's 28mpg with a flat nosed full size chevy truck as a normal average and now this. A 2.8L S10 does not weigh 2300lbs. I had one and it was 2750 without me in it and about 1/4 tank of fuel. I also had it weighed at more than one place. I also had a much faster 1992 Sonoma GT with the same body and a 195+hp 4.3L.A 2.8L S10 can't go 150+mph down hill with a tailwind. A 2.8L s10 only came with a 5 speed in that year as you had and only came with a 3.42 gear in the 2wd. The 2.73 gear was available in the 4.3L 2wd with a manual transmission. Any mechanic thinking that your 60º V6 had a V8 trans doesn't know transmissions very well. If you got 150hp out of your 2.8L with the throttle body still on it you got one very good chip, cam, and heads. A 2.8L S10 also isn't going to walk away from any V6 Mustang or Camaro very hard which had a lower shut down than you list. As for the black blazer, I'd like to see it beat a 5.3L RCSB since they run a low 16 stock and low 15's to high 14's with every bolt on you can throw at them and a very good program. I can't imagine ever hitting 128mph with 200hp in a 4000+lb vehicle either let alone get a magical 25mpg out of a Blazer with a 4.3L. As for the multi colored vehicle, I'll leave that machine out.

My previous S-Series.




I'll also add that my daily driver other than my 06' Silverado is a... 1991 S10. I've been with the S10 crowd also for years and know them very well.

cttandy

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Thank you for stating the obvious. Now take your s-10 and lets do a few first, lets ditch the back bumper, ditch the spare tire, change original components throughout the body for lighter components, and change your wheels over for light weight wheels and what do you get, a truck that sits at 2300 lbs suddenly seems extremely possible since you said your 2750 with full components. Next point on your a list, a bone stock 2.8L V6 was rated at 125 hp, so given heads and a cam and a chip, 150 hp is no big deal. Next point, the camaro transmission and the s-10 transmission are interchangable by simply swapping out the bellhousing, so thank you again you point is worthless. I don't know where you are getting you mis-information about gear ratios, the were available with all ratios from 2.73 to 4.60 through their production run from 1982-1993 in the box body style. I am sure you will also state that an s-10 was not available in the 3/4 ton model, which it was and mine was and the common gear ratio for the 3/4 ton was a 2.73 or 3.08. The only difference in the 3/4 ton was the different coils and leaf springs.

The black jimmy would run 0-60 in 5.5 seconds, and it out ran a supercharged Ford Lightning. Was estimated by several people between 325 and 350 hp. No it wasn't just a simple little truck. It also only weighed 3300 lbs, not sure where you are getting 4000 lbs from. The truck was purchased from me, a fresh motor installed and it can now be found running the local drag strips in the Lancaster, PA area. Every aspect of that truck was customized. Nice how it looks stock huh, I liked the sleeper look.


My dads bone stock 1995 Chevy blazer 4x4 with an all silver CPI 4.3L gets a constant hwy average of 24 miles per gallon on 3.42's. My 1994 GMC jimmy 4x4 with the ALL black CPI 4.3L engine constantly average 22-24 mpg completely bone stock. If you know much about s-10's you will know the difference in the black and the silver CPI engines. You will also know the differences in the 2wd and 4wd engines.

I am happy to see you are a fellow s-series truck enthusiast. I have personally owned every variation of a s-10 short of the turbo models and a 4x4 long bed. I have owned some 15 of them. I have customized many of them for myself and for others. I started building s-10s around 12 year old. If you need any help and advice feel free to contact me. I have been refered to as the s-10 guy by many people, the local auto parts houses don't know my name, they just call me the s-10 guy.

My next one will be an all fiberglassed body with a 302 stroker (283 block with a 327 crank), and a 4 spd transmission. My Dad and I have been planning to build it for nearly 5 years now as family project.

zippy

Holy crap, I don't even know where to begin. Can I buy some drugs from you?

hellbents10

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Sign me up too, my 4.3l s-10 that went 13.20's wouldn't do 150+ lol.

cttandy

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Whats wrong, unable to admit when your wrong. I will PM you Phil Knights cell phone number tonight. He was the stop watch, he can verify the stated facts and he has no dog in the fight. I will also send you my cell phone number, that is, if you are able to continue to conduct yourself as you have on here. I am not in for a fight, but always up for a friendly disputive chat.

zippy

We must have just needed to get the 3/4 ton S10's???

cttandy

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Go to car-part.com, and look up leaf springs for a 91 s-10, the 4 leaf is a 3/4 ton spring. From the factory, it was refered to as the heavy payload option. It was never called a 3/4 ton. I usually pop that in whenever people want to call me on something to do with an s-10. If you don't know about it, I know how much you know about s-10's at that point.

If you buy a manual from jagsthatrun.com to convert a s-10 to a V8 it will cover that information about the heavy payload springs. It will also cover all the information about swapping a camaro tranmission into a s-10. The shifter location, gear ratio's , and center shaft are different in the camaro transmission, other then that, it will bolt in place of an s-10 transmission. Simple, easy research. Try it sometime.