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05-04-2012, 09:20 PM
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Finally found a swaybar from a newer Blazer 2 door and and made a huge difference. Best $50 mod so far.
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05-04-2012, 09:37 PM
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I, Vettezuki
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Finally found a swaybar from a newer Blazer 2 door and and made a huge difference. Best $50 mod so far.
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I ain't gonna lie. That little romp to just 100mph was a little nerve wracking the way that weight was shifting around. Coming from the low and hard sprung Vette where I can take a nap at 100mph I felt like we were going to take flight. (Though I think Olivia was actually asleep.  )
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05-05-2012, 12:04 AM
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It was a bit unstable, it's a lot better now. I haven't done a good off ramp/on ramp test yet, but so far so good.
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93 GMC Typhoon: new money pit/PITA. Now GT3788R powered.
Boost, because sometimes atmospheric pressure just isn't enough.
"If it has tit's or tires, you can be pretty sure your going to have problems with them..."
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05-05-2012, 03:04 AM
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It needs a panhard style brace in the back to cure washyness, a swaybar will only bandaid the problem.
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05-05-2012, 01:15 PM
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It needs a panhard style brace in the back to cure washyness, a swaybar will only bandaid the problem.
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^^^ This X a billion... that was the best mod to my old S-10 ever. granted I had very little weight over the ass end but it helps alot. And I don't know what kind of shocks you are running, but I had some Bilsteins on mine. They came stock on S-10 and blazer 'extreme' models. They are pretty decent for stock replacements. I only took mine off when I put on the 5/5 drop and they weren't short enough.
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05-05-2012, 09:29 PM
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Where did you get it from?
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05-05-2012, 09:37 PM
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Which? The shocks? I had a 2002 4.3liter auto S-10 extreme to begin with... but guys sell the take off bilsteins for decent prices. And I had almost 100k miles on mine and they were rock solid. Or you can do a beltech drop and be real low with some bad ass shocks. Also the extremes come with some heftier sway bars than stock s-10s did as I recall. Either way the pan hard bar suggestion will help handling more than a drop or shocks. The springs on the back of the Chevy mini trucks are more for comfort than for anything else. The rear end has a tendency to wrap so you have to stabilize that first, before you go for power or handling really.
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05-05-2012, 09:51 PM
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Any panhard brace is probably custom made, there's a dude in rancho that makes them for the lightnings, all years, i'm sure he can do one for you. I'll ask my buddy how to get a hold of him.
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05-05-2012, 10:16 PM
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Can he do a watts link? A lot of s-10 guys run a watts setup instead of a pan hard. I had a 1inch panhard on mine and it worked ok but if I get an s-10 again in the future I would do a watts linkage if I kept the leaf springs, instead of going with a 3 link like I really want.
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05-06-2012, 12:24 AM
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I can do anything the 2 door guys do. Not many Typhoon guys do much as far as corner handling. The guys that do probably work for a shop. I don't want to go crazy with the suspension, but front coil overs will be done to get rid of the torsion bars and all that's related with them.
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