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Scyry Enthusiast

Scyry

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A friend at work sent me this link to some pics of the 2006 SS Trailblazer.

 

 

 

I skimmed the boards in here real quick...didn't see a post about this on the first page...sorry

if it has been posted already.

 

 

 

 

Sad that GM puts the LS2 in the Trailblazer but won'tput it in the SS Silverado...

Greg Senior Enthusiast

Greg

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No offense to you TB owners, but this is the first TB / Envoy that doesn't look tippy. I'dllconsider one of these when it is GMS eligible.

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Don't complain or they'll pull the LS2 and go back the the LS1. From prior vehicles the most common reason GM doesn't put bigger engines in some of the cars and trucks is to avoid stepping on sales of their even higher line / (supposedly) higher performance vehicles. Example- last generation Malibu had a 3100 available as the largest engine choice, mainly to keep from stepping on the 3400 / 3800 of the Monte Carlo / Impala situated just upstream and weighing more. That was despite the fact that the Malibu really should have had another larger engine as an option to better compete with the other brands in its own segment.

 

Another example- Avalanche vs. Escalade EXT 1/2 tons. Ave gets 5.3l max, Esc gets the 6.0l hi-po.

 

In the case of the TB I DON'T want them to hold back because they held back on it's big brother truck. It'd be nice if they moved up for the truck now, but if not, big deal (at this point). Good work on the Trailblazer, at least! :D

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I love the truck and both its performance and towing capablity, however the 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 will have the potential to kick the crap out of it on the drag strip, not to mention it will have a 5 Speed auto and AWD as well.

Scyry Enthusiast

Scyry

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Don't complain or they'll pull the LS2 and go back the the LS1.  From prior vehicles the most common reason GM doesn't put bigger engines in some of the cars and trucks is to avoid stepping on sales of their even higher line / (supposedly) higher performance vehicles.  Example- last generation Malibu had a 3100 available as the largest engine choice, mainly to keep from stepping on the 3400 / 3800 of the Monte Carlo / Impala situated just upstream and weighing more.  That was despite the fact that the Malibu really should have had another larger engine as an option to better compete with the other brands in its own segment.

 

Another example- Avalanche vs. Escalade EXT  1/2 tons.  Ave gets 5.3l max, Esc gets the 6.0l hi-po.

 

In the case of the TB I DON'T want them to hold back because they held back on it's big brother truck.  It'd be nice if they moved up for the truck now, but if not, big deal (at this point).  Good work on the Trailblazer, at least! :D

 

 

 

 

I am not complaining about the SS TB, I really think it is one of the few SS's coming out that Chevy will be doing right. If the SS Silverado didn't have AWD, people would just laugh at it. Chevy hasn't put out a good SS in while, imo. They always put out a great prototype SS and then detune the hell out of it. Look at the SS 454 trucks in the early 90's. Originally they were going to put tuned port injectors on it and some other stuff and it wouldn't of been the slug it was. My Mom's 1999 SS Monte Carlo was joke, ya it had more snap than a regular Monte Carlo, but it wasn't an SS. The SS Impalas were nice though, best SS in the 90's.

 

The only vehicle GM worries about keeping at the top is the Corvette. The only reason they put out a C5 Z06, was because the regular Vette got its butt handed to it by Fords Lighting, couldn't have a truck beating the American sports car, let alone a Ford?

 

GM needs to put a motor in the next SS Silverado that is not shared with a Denaili or anyother truck, something like the LS2. Throw it in a regular cab, short bed, 2WD, with a nice manual hooked up to it. That be an SS truck. The current SS is too big/long to be sporty. GM shouldn't worry about making so you can fit 6 people in it.

NJTy180 Enthusiast

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If the SS Silverado didn't have AWD, people would just laugh at it. 

So how would that be any different than what people currently do?? :D

Scyry Enthusiast

Scyry

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If the SS Silverado didn't have AWD, people would just laugh at it. 

So how would that be any different than what people currently do?? :D

 

 

 

 

 

I think it is a joke, but a lot of people still go "oh ahh...SS!"

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