Nov 22, 2003
I decided to make a list of those things going on my blazer.
the first one here is a steel cowl induction hood. it has a 2" rise on the back with a working induction system (It sucks air into the engine). These are produced by prestigious accesories, or at least, these pictures are, and I am curious if I can find them cheaper. the one for my blazer is 349.00, which is.. an allright deal, i suppose. click here to see the hood by itself , and here to see it on an S-10
allright. the next thing on my list is also produced by prestigious accessories, or at least the picture is. It is called an air dam, and it functions as an air dam, which I will have to research a little more... it goes beneath the front bumper/covers the front bumper... you can see it in this picture. it is 80.00. I wish, however, that I could find an integrated spoiler front bumper cover instead. I will look. click here to see it on a truck
[I since researched air dams. they aid in preventing hot air recirculation from the engine compartment to the radiator, helping cool the engine, and they also create a low pressure zone under the car front, increasing the downward air force. basically, it functions as a ground based spoiler. or at least, it should. FYI, in the picture above, the air dam is the black colored plastic-looking part right below the grille and headlights. it covers the front bumper and extends downward.]
The next thing is called a roll pan, and it's basically my back bumper sucked into the car. I think it looks cool because it gives the car a smoother look. Here's a picture of one, and it's even in the right colors. you can tell that this one is on a similar model blazer to mine, probably a 91-93, I would think. it doesn't actually matter. this is 93.00. again... here's an example on a truck.
this is a front grille, in chrome, with headlights and grille as one peice (my current one is in three peices, the headlights and then the center grille, which I don't like that much) by JBM sport truck accessories. It is 125.00. all in chrome. I might settle for something else.... I haven't decided.
and here's another custom grille. if this one wasn't so expensive, I'd hop on it in a heart beat. it's a phantom grille- that means it basically looks like you have no headlights. I think they kick it hardcore.. but it's 365.00... which, I guess, really isn't that bad considering I am going to have to save up a CRAPLOAD of money just to get any of the things I want for this car. I think I want to go for the headlighted look vs. the phantom look though, for this car. it would be.... stronger somehow, I think.
so, basically, just for accesories to make it look "nice", I'm looking at... (using the phantom grille, because I like that one the best) 888.00 dollars plus tax. actually it's 887.99 plus tax... but it still comes to be between 930 and 950 dollars after tax, which is ridiculous, assuming oklahoma sales tax (which it isn't) and assuming tax isn't allready included (which It could be).
now. onto the REALLY important stuff.
THE ENGINE!! I have decided I wish to put a 350 cubic centimeter 330 Horsepower GM engine in the blazer. GMgoodwrench says that it is their lowest priced "crate engine" (meaning you buy the engine from GM and they send it to you in a crate so that you can either do the installation yourself or have someone else do it for you)
I'm not exactly sure how much faster this would make my blazer, but it would considerably boost my horsepower, which, currently, at peak performance (which it isn't) sits a little over 120HP. This engine is an upgrade camaro engine, basically. I would have to get some sort of complete package, one that included a carburator.
I have not found an actual price for then engine itself, but it seems to run between 3,000 and 4,000 dollars. actually it's higher, if I want the 350 HO Super deluxe package that offers some extra stuff and a 50 HP increase. maybe I'll just have someone do it for me. who knows. it's getting pretty involved.
because this engine is so large and powerful, it is neccisary to get a counterbalanced flywheel/flexplate... and because I would be going from a 2.8L low power V6 to a 5.7L smallblock V8, I would need a new transmission.
The transmission I want is a High Performance 700R4 transmission. It works with an output of up to 675 HP safely, which is completely unnecissary....It's a pretty nice transmission, and it's going to run me about 1,145 dollars for one with four wheel drive, which I intend to keep. it would be a shitload more If I wasn't doing the installation. One of the many I have looked at comes from monster motorsports.
The thing I like about this transmission is that it has a 3.06 ratio in the first gear, which is about 20% lower than most transmissions. also, it's overdrive will give anywhere from a 30 to 40% increase in gas mileage on the road (which is good).
I could do all the body work on my own, luckily.
I'd also want some sort of Flowmaster Dual exhaust that would sound awsome with a 350 HO engine (like a flowmaster thunder or something), and that'd probably run me about 200.00. so basically.... I am looking at... rounded about 500 dollars up because of tax and price changes, 7,550.00 dollars.
I wouldn't be able to do this next year. I wouldn't be able to do it the year after that... but eventually I will. and my car will whoop ass.
of course, that isn't counting underside components that would have to be replaced, like my driveshaft (the thing that connects the transmission to the back wheels).
so, just in case, let's add another 1,000.00 dollars, which I know is a really high estimate. of course, all of this isn't counting getting hydraulics and possibly rims (which are ridiculously overpriced). If I got rims, they'd be from eagle alloy, series 212, because those rims have what look like 5 teardrops. they're really awsome. of course, they're also ridiculously expensive, like 4,000.00 dollars or something.
final estimate without the rims (or take a thousand dollars) is 8,550.00. I think this is a little high somewhere, but I am not sure where. anyway, it's cheaper than buying a new camaro, and cooler to, because I'll have something slightly better, no, WAY better, than a Z-24 camaro that STILL has 4X4. of course... I think the gas mileage while in 4 would suck ass.... and I may decide just to lose the 4X4 because of that....
actually, it'd be like a blazervette, i think. I will rename it the Stall Z-13 when I'm done, maybe.
so now, without the 4X4, it's about 8,400.00. dang. still high. let's add a thousand in case i decide NOT to do all this on mym own. ouch. I decided against the phantom, so I'll take away 230.00. now it's 8,170.00 about.
one more thing I want, just for the hell of it, is some "SS" metal decals. I mean, after all of this modification, I'd think It'd deserve to bear the "SuperSport" emblem. those will probably run me 50 bucks.
I'm signing off for now.
the first one here is a steel cowl induction hood. it has a 2" rise on the back with a working induction system (It sucks air into the engine). These are produced by prestigious accesories, or at least, these pictures are, and I am curious if I can find them cheaper. the one for my blazer is 349.00, which is.. an allright deal, i suppose. click here to see the hood by itself , and here to see it on an S-10
allright. the next thing on my list is also produced by prestigious accessories, or at least the picture is. It is called an air dam, and it functions as an air dam, which I will have to research a little more... it goes beneath the front bumper/covers the front bumper... you can see it in this picture. it is 80.00. I wish, however, that I could find an integrated spoiler front bumper cover instead. I will look. click here to see it on a truck
[I since researched air dams. they aid in preventing hot air recirculation from the engine compartment to the radiator, helping cool the engine, and they also create a low pressure zone under the car front, increasing the downward air force. basically, it functions as a ground based spoiler. or at least, it should. FYI, in the picture above, the air dam is the black colored plastic-looking part right below the grille and headlights. it covers the front bumper and extends downward.]
The next thing is called a roll pan, and it's basically my back bumper sucked into the car. I think it looks cool because it gives the car a smoother look. Here's a picture of one, and it's even in the right colors. you can tell that this one is on a similar model blazer to mine, probably a 91-93, I would think. it doesn't actually matter. this is 93.00. again... here's an example on a truck.
this is a front grille, in chrome, with headlights and grille as one peice (my current one is in three peices, the headlights and then the center grille, which I don't like that much) by JBM sport truck accessories. It is 125.00. all in chrome. I might settle for something else.... I haven't decided.
and here's another custom grille. if this one wasn't so expensive, I'd hop on it in a heart beat. it's a phantom grille- that means it basically looks like you have no headlights. I think they kick it hardcore.. but it's 365.00... which, I guess, really isn't that bad considering I am going to have to save up a CRAPLOAD of money just to get any of the things I want for this car. I think I want to go for the headlighted look vs. the phantom look though, for this car. it would be.... stronger somehow, I think.
so, basically, just for accesories to make it look "nice", I'm looking at... (using the phantom grille, because I like that one the best) 888.00 dollars plus tax. actually it's 887.99 plus tax... but it still comes to be between 930 and 950 dollars after tax, which is ridiculous, assuming oklahoma sales tax (which it isn't) and assuming tax isn't allready included (which It could be).
now. onto the REALLY important stuff.
THE ENGINE!! I have decided I wish to put a 350 cubic centimeter 330 Horsepower GM engine in the blazer. GMgoodwrench says that it is their lowest priced "crate engine" (meaning you buy the engine from GM and they send it to you in a crate so that you can either do the installation yourself or have someone else do it for you)
I'm not exactly sure how much faster this would make my blazer, but it would considerably boost my horsepower, which, currently, at peak performance (which it isn't) sits a little over 120HP. This engine is an upgrade camaro engine, basically. I would have to get some sort of complete package, one that included a carburator.
I have not found an actual price for then engine itself, but it seems to run between 3,000 and 4,000 dollars. actually it's higher, if I want the 350 HO Super deluxe package that offers some extra stuff and a 50 HP increase. maybe I'll just have someone do it for me. who knows. it's getting pretty involved.
because this engine is so large and powerful, it is neccisary to get a counterbalanced flywheel/flexplate... and because I would be going from a 2.8L low power V6 to a 5.7L smallblock V8, I would need a new transmission.
The transmission I want is a High Performance 700R4 transmission. It works with an output of up to 675 HP safely, which is completely unnecissary....It's a pretty nice transmission, and it's going to run me about 1,145 dollars for one with four wheel drive, which I intend to keep. it would be a shitload more If I wasn't doing the installation. One of the many I have looked at comes from monster motorsports.
The thing I like about this transmission is that it has a 3.06 ratio in the first gear, which is about 20% lower than most transmissions. also, it's overdrive will give anywhere from a 30 to 40% increase in gas mileage on the road (which is good).
I could do all the body work on my own, luckily.
I'd also want some sort of Flowmaster Dual exhaust that would sound awsome with a 350 HO engine (like a flowmaster thunder or something), and that'd probably run me about 200.00. so basically.... I am looking at... rounded about 500 dollars up because of tax and price changes, 7,550.00 dollars.
I wouldn't be able to do this next year. I wouldn't be able to do it the year after that... but eventually I will. and my car will whoop ass.
of course, that isn't counting underside components that would have to be replaced, like my driveshaft (the thing that connects the transmission to the back wheels).
so, just in case, let's add another 1,000.00 dollars, which I know is a really high estimate. of course, all of this isn't counting getting hydraulics and possibly rims (which are ridiculously overpriced). If I got rims, they'd be from eagle alloy, series 212, because those rims have what look like 5 teardrops. they're really awsome. of course, they're also ridiculously expensive, like 4,000.00 dollars or something.
final estimate without the rims (or take a thousand dollars) is 8,550.00. I think this is a little high somewhere, but I am not sure where. anyway, it's cheaper than buying a new camaro, and cooler to, because I'll have something slightly better, no, WAY better, than a Z-24 camaro that STILL has 4X4. of course... I think the gas mileage while in 4 would suck ass.... and I may decide just to lose the 4X4 because of that....
actually, it'd be like a blazervette, i think. I will rename it the Stall Z-13 when I'm done, maybe.
so now, without the 4X4, it's about 8,400.00. dang. still high. let's add a thousand in case i decide NOT to do all this on mym own. ouch. I decided against the phantom, so I'll take away 230.00. now it's 8,170.00 about.
one more thing I want, just for the hell of it, is some "SS" metal decals. I mean, after all of this modification, I'd think It'd deserve to bear the "SuperSport" emblem. those will probably run me 50 bucks.
I'm signing off for now.
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