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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 01:57 PM
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I am looking for my first 4x4/blazer.. It will be my daily driver and be sued for light offroading/mudding. (nothign too extreme) i am tight on $ and dont plan to put too much money into it.

I found a 94 blazer tahoe edition, 4x4, 4.3 auto, rear positraction..

Would this be a good starters rig? It has good Goodyear wrangler tires.. How are these for 4x4ing? also, what mods/adjustents/aftermarket parts could i use to make this a little better on the trails and mud? i will be doing mainly gravel pit/mud 4x4ing..

Also, how much do lockers cost, and what exactly is positraction? thanks for the help guys.
 
Old Apr 21, 2009 | 11:36 AM
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are your talking about the full size??? if you are, they're good trucks. i got one as a dd. but mines a 93 with a 350/5.7 motor. i'd try finding one with a bigger motor tho. and a lift and mud tires do a lot of good.
 
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Thats a full size blazer, if your looking to just mess around a body lift and bigger tires and youll be set
 
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the positraction is the same thing as a locker, so no need to buy one
 
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If it is the stock G80 diff, then it is an automatic locker, but a weak one at that. They work fairly well for on road and lite offroad, but will break on you if you wheel hard.

And if it has a 4.3L, then it is an s-series.
 
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