Benedict's Blazer
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Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 91
From: Shropshire UK/ Lot France
But I have to disagree with you on one thing. The blazer nor any other suv was meant to go fast. It has power yes to pull stuff or to go somewhere. But that is all it needs. If you want more power or to go faster, go get a sports car. Trucks were meant for torque anyway. And since the blazer's 4.3 is essentially a 350, that should tell you it wasn't meant for speed. The 350 is slow yes, but like what you saw on topgear america, it is bulletproof. By saying the 4.3 has no *****, you are also knocking the 350 that it is based off of. I think both engines are strong and are meant for durability. They have flaws like okay gas mileage and a bit slow but they will hold up. Just had to get my .02 out lol.
As to the 350 being slow, what about all the muscle cars with small blocks in? You can wring serious horsepower out of a 350, hell, the 350 in my 67 C10 is running around 300hp and trust me, it ain't slow. Speed is also not just about power it's also about power to weight ratios and gearing. I had a friend who put a tuned 350 in a 1969 Vauxhall Victor here in the UK and it was totally mental if you could stop it going sideways. OK smog era small blocks were strangled by crap heads and emissions gear and put out pretty lamentable power for the displacement but its not hard to get rid of all that and to produce decent power/torque.
Last edited by Lippyp; Jun 21, 2012 at 10:52 AM.
