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'06 Chevy Trailblazer Ss, 3ss, Awd, Forged 427, 4l80 on 2040-cars

US $12,000.00
Year:2006 Mileage:89000
Location:

North Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

North Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
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Getting out of the game for a bit so this is a bit of a unique deal.  Got two kids with cars on top of my DD and the fianc'ees as well and don't have room in the driveway for the project anymore.  Before we go any further I want to apologize for anything I forget.  Feel free to ask anything and I'll get you an answer.  It's been a lot of years since I bought the truck and I have long term memory issues due to a TBI.  I'm calling the truck a roller + due to it being a project truck but having the motor and tranny already there, however the engine is right now partially torn down and needs a bit more.   Asking $12k as is, if I fix it I’ll list for $18k.  Don't really want to fix it due to time and space though and you can easily get it done for you for less than $6k.  I have a guy here in Vegas that will do it up right and get it on the road for you for $3-4k if you would like to drive it home.  I have no issues delivering it to him free of charge if you want me to.  Since I kinda need the truck gone quickly for the space feel free to offer anything, even low balls.  I enjoy haggling.  You can give me a call if you have any questions.  Just message me for the number.  So here goes. 

 

I bought it in '07 with less than 10k miles and have owned it ever since.  It has about 89k miles on the chassis and a little over 1k on the motor/tranny.  It is a flat black '06 AWD with a Darton sleeved, fully forged 427 with worked LS7 heads.  I'll put a list below that has everything used in the build.  Did the e-fan kit from PCMforless with Dorman fans.  Also has a 4" FWI intake with 4" MAF also from PCMforless.  Never got the truck on a dyno or to the track before it broke due to a move out to Vegas for work, but just rough figuring off of calculators and a couple different engine builders knowing the details of the motor, it should have been about 500hp and tq.  It has a 4l80 in it that was installed using LC32's kit.  I highly recommend that kit.  The craftsmanship is exceptional.  It has a stock 4L80 TC in it.  The flywheel is Circle D's LS Aluminum SFI Flex-plate.  It's hard to decide if the most beautiful part on the truck is the 4l80 cross member from LC32 or the flex plate.  Both received numerous comments on them from random people at the tranny shop.  Drive shafts were done through Phoenix transmissions.  It has a brake duct tranny cooler from PCMforless.  Brakes are R1 cross drilled and slotted rotors with posi-quiet ceramic pads.  Wheels are stockers powder coated flat black.  Tires are Nitto Invos at 275/40-20 with under 1k miles.  It has 1.25" wheel spacers on all four corners.  It is lowered to about 30.5" all the way around as well.  Lowered with Belltech shocks front and rear as well as airbag adjust in rear.  Modified DJM a-arms up front to keep the alignment.  I can't think of much else for the running gear. 

 

Not much done to the body.  Rattle canned after fixing some parking lot dings accrued over the years and haven't gotten around to actually painting it.  It has all the badges shaved minus the grill.  I did the rear glass handle mod as well as a wiper arm delete.  Just need to fill the holes left from the wiper delete.  It's a real smooth and clean look.  It has Maverick Man carbon fiber brake ducts.  It has Halo headlights with 6k HIDs. Bermuda dark tinted taillights. 

 

For the interior, it is the 3ss with every option offered from the factory.  Seats work perfectly with adjustments and heat.  Rear HVAC controls work fine.  The head unit has been replaced with a Pioneer navigation unit.  I'll have to come back to you with the model.  Has a JL stealth box in the rear with a JL w10 sub in it.  Has an Arc Audio 5 channel 500 watt amp under the rear seat.  Polk speakers in all four doors with components in the front with the tweeters in the stock dash location.  Pioneer has a hookup for the rear DVD, but it hasn't been hooked up.  Need to convert the player to RCA cables to do that.  Also has a standard audio jack and USB hookup that are hanging out where the rear wiper control used to be.  Was in the process of building a faceplate for them to go in that location but couldn't get something I really liked before the motor died and became the priority.  Finally, has some metal, black, diamond plate floor mats with white SS logos.

 

Some random thoughts now.  First the exhaust.  I kept the stock exhaust after putting on the headers.  With the catless y and headers the truck sounds great.  A nice mean rumble that is fairly docile for DD but opens up when you want it to.  The best part about it is that the people in the back seat don’t go deaf and there is no drone on the highway.  The wheel spacers usually bring up a lot of questions.  I have had them on there for 10k+ miles at the lowered stance with no hub issues.  They are aluminum, hub centric, made in America and great quality.  They push the wheels out to the edges of the fenders and look really good.  The truck should have come from the factory with this stance.  The reason for the spacers and not just wider wheels is for auto-x.  I know, auto-x in a TBSS is retarded, but it is a lot of fun beating up on cars with an SUV and brings in a whole new experience for how to drive an auto-x.  The truck fits into the official SCCA guidelines for the height/track width ratio.  Just barely, but the tech officials can't turn you away for it.  I know from numerous tape measurements over the years.  Wider wheels wouldn't get the track wide enough to meet that.  Just make sure you have the rules on hand to show the officials the actual required numbers and graph.  If you want to continue racing then enter into your local chapter’s street tire/8 cylinder class.  The power and traction of the truck makes it a top contender.  Lastly the dished pistons.  I never did the math for what the final compression ratio would have been, but it was set up to be fairly low in anticipation of a twin turbo setup down the road.  The idea was to build the motor, recoupe a little money then do the turbo setup.  Plan was to put a pair of maybe 76mm turbos on the ends of the headers for a mid setup.  Perfect location for good sized turbos in my mind.  Lots of room and you can put decent sized turbos on there due to the size of the motor.  There is plenty of torque in NA form so lag won't be an issue.  Final goal was going to be 1000+hp with a 7-8krpm redline with the lightened internals.  Make my dream your reality and then give me a ride in it!  Last, I have an HPtuners Pro setup with 2 credits going towards this truck and two more available that I will toss in as well.

 

For the bad.  The paint.  Like I said, it's just a rattle can job to get the truck one color.  The driver seat is starting to show some wear on the outside edge from my ass getting in and out of it.  The rear DVD player isn't hooked up.  The rear wiper delete needs to be glassed over to complete.  The front bumper has had the driver side mount repaired.  I was sold it under the impression that it was 100%, unfortunately that was not the case.  The passenger side mirror needs the blinker as the old one was broken.  A few LEDs in the headlights don't work.  Last, but not least, the motor.  At just over 1k miles from the build it dropped a valve on the driver side.  That ended up killing the head and piston in that cylinder.  The head is currently in CA being repaired by the shop I bought them from.  The piston will need to be replaced.  Since the motor will need to be pulled, or at least completely opened up to replace the piston, I would replace the crank bearings at the same time since there was some coolant in the pan from the engine dying.  Obviously needs new head gasket.  The cylinder walls are fine though.  Some very light scratches on them from the valve, but no real damage.  A testament to how hard the Darton sleeves are.  Last bit is the tune needs some work.  Probably need a new one after the engine rebuild anyway.  Engine part list below.

 

Stock LS2 block

Darton dry sleeves installed by Darton bored to 4.125" by Darton

Manley forged superlight 4" throw crankshaft

JE forged pistons with a 22cc dish

Eagle forged 4.125” H-beams

Clevite bearings through out

LS9 Camshaft

Melling high volume oil pump

LS7 windage tray

L92 Intake

LS7 Lifters

45lb Bosch injectors

New timing chain, can’t remember if we went with a double roller

LS7 Pro Comp heads – can’t remember all the details on the heads, I’ll get them from the builder

LS7 to L92 aluminum adapter plates

Pacesetter headers and cat-less y-pipe

Arp bolts and studs throughout

Stock exhaust

Entire rotating assembly is balanced

 

I think that is basically everything, if you see anything in the pics or are curious about anything ask and you will probably jog my memory and I'll expand on it.

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