what is a TES exactly?

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i have no problem going nitrous, and probably will, but if i do i definitly want all the safety features you were talking about.


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Edelbrock TES = Edelbrock Tubular Exhaust System

Its what Edelbrock calls their headers.

 

well i just found out he has the 4.8, so maybe i have a chance. especially with a nitrous system. would a fogger be okay, i know someone with one for sale

 

Gonna go heads up? aah yes, nitrous, love it or loathe it. Careful you my ruin your motor.

 

from a little bit of exp. your truck, the way it sits now will lose to his sierra, but if you do any of those mods (blower, turbo, nitrous oxide, and possibly builing up the motor depending on what you actually do) you will beat him. The 4.8 shines in the high reving department. of truck engines and in my opinion the 4.3 which is based off of the 350 is a torquey motor (just my opinion atleast thats what GM's goal was when they built the 5.3L and 4.8Lto replace the 5.7L and 5.0L) anyways if you can use the weight advantage you may have, and turn the 4.3L into a fast reving motor you will win hands down. On the other hand he has 2wd and its a regular cab so he is really light, and has alot less power loss by having 2wd, when you order a 2wd truck they typically come with 3.23s, 3.08s and sometimes 3.42s. rarely in a half ton do you actually see them with 3.73s like my truckor 4.10s(my truck is a 4x4 z-71). This is to your advantage since he has no 5.3L for the gained torque and he now has crappy gears to get him off the line.anyways thats just my opinion for whatever its worth hopefully you all agree and i brought up some valid points.[sm=icon_cheers.gif]

 

i have a 94 s10 blazer with intake headers and full exhaust no cat and 186k on it and i can beat stock 1500s all day along with f150s
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Holy old thread... Thanks for your contribution.

 

wow old thread.... sounds interesting to me that you can beat 1500s stock are you talking about 4.8, 5.3, and 6.0s also not just v6 work trucks? because that vortecmax would walk away from your truck if all you have is headers its actually an ss with a normal body in a half ton truck very quick!

 

I cant hold a candle to our 2003 silverado 5300...lol

 

I agree with 2001blazer you going to need to pack in a sh*t load of parts including a blower or turbo to even put a dent in traking a fullsize truck. Only if its a V6 work truck would somewhat be even. Remember these engine are based off of a 350 with 2 less cylinders and are very torquey and for the most part are low rpm engines. Mine lives in the 1,200 to 2,000 rpm just driving. When I am taking off or when I need just a little more 2,200 rpm to 3,000 rpm. 3,000 rpm is nothing compared to where most vehicle live rpm wise. Remember we may not have the biggest engines, the lightest trucks but from what I can tell we have just as much if not more fun than Jeeps. My dad has a Jeep and hes kind ofa diehard with jeeps, but he admitts that I can hold my own on a trail and believe not a couple time I have got through shi't that he spun and got hung up in.