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Old Feb 12, 2011 | 09:26 PM
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Just got a trailblazer 4wd. Just wondering how to get a lil xtra outta my 4.2l.. Other then exhaust and intake.. Done those.. Any ideas?
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Old Feb 12, 2011 | 09:29 PM
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Spray it!!!
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Old Feb 12, 2011 | 10:29 PM
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I would but its also the grocery getter
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Old Feb 13, 2011 | 11:09 AM
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tune it...but i assume you know that looking at the sig of your truck with all the mods
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Old Feb 13, 2011 | 11:46 AM
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Not much you can do except for intake, exhaust and tune. Just removing all tq mangement made a huge difference on mine.
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Old Feb 13, 2011 | 11:28 PM
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I was thinkin that.. Its the womans car. I just made a intake with some 3 inch aluminum tubing I had. And I just put a flowmaster on it. So next ill do the wait for me tune. It will b funny when it kicks into gear hard and she wonders why
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Old Feb 15, 2011 | 02:06 PM
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PcmForless in north carolina sells efan and tranny cooler kits..They also tune alot of the I6 TB's...
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Old Feb 15, 2011 | 05:07 PM
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sadly the 4.2 TB i rode in seemed to have a lot more torque than my 4.3. I dunno why the fullsizes didn't get the 4.2
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Old Feb 16, 2011 | 10:24 AM
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Originally Posted by 262_NBS
sadly the 4.2 TB i rode in seemed to have a lot more torque than my 4.3. I dunno why the fullsizes didn't get the 4.2
the I6 makes 275/275 vs the 4.3 190/250 why wouldnt it feel better???
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Old Feb 17, 2011 | 09:58 AM
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Originally Posted by andrew383
the I6 makes 275/275 vs the 4.3 190/250 why wouldnt it feel better???

I didn't know that
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