Thats right. Trying to see if pairing a lil ole 4.8 and the Trailblazer torque converter will be worth the effort at all or not. I'm not planning on huge mods for the new truck. Right now just a tune, cai, exhaust and waiting on a ported 90MM TB. Eventually, I am going to cam the truck, but its going to be a small torque cam, something like a comp 206/212 112 LSA or something similar possibly a custom grind.

Maybe even jumping to 4.10's from the stock 3.73's sometime down the road too.

I'm just wanting to add a little more fun for my daily driver.

 

I think it would be worth the money. I got mine (which is a 4.3 converter) from a buddy at Aammaco for nothing. They replaced it, and it was good. So he test flashed it fopr me, and it flashed at 2300 if I remember correctly. So you may check your local trans shops, you may find a deal.

 

personally i would go for the yank 2600 or 2800

 

i just put a redstar performance 2600-3200 on mine.....and i love it. <8K miles on it so far>

it flashes to 2600 on the footbrake, and dropped me almost a full second in the eight mile. you will suffer a slight gas mileage loss in city driving, but the holeshot will ALMOST compensate for the dumbass torqque management that is put on these trucks.

i suggest a good tune....getting rid of TM.....either Nelson or Wheatley....or get a live dyno tune. that will net you more than the CAI, exhaust, or a larger 90mm TB.

 

Torque... That's some awfully bright LIGHT you got there!

back on topic now...

 

Well, I've already had Wheatley tune my truck and all the TQM is gone already. I'm not worried about city gas mileage either. I drive about 80 miles a day and about 75% of that is freeway. So I've already got some supporting mods with that and the exhaust and CAI. Sounds like its helped you out quite a bit. I might have to go this route. Thanks