putting turbo on late model s-10??

[FLSY2730]

I bet this question has never been asked before on this site, can i put a turbo on my 1995 gmc sonoma 4.3 mpfi engine? Just kidding!!!
I just got done lifting my 1995 zr2, 7inch susp, 2 inch body and 35inch mud terrains , should have went with 37 inch, i have plenty of room , so fr all those people that say 35inch tires will rub, i will be going to 37 inch soon.
But he big problem now is power, like to yank the motor and trans out of the sy and put it in there, not, but i have done the basics, chip, cold air kit, my old atr exhaust, underdrive pulley, going to put some 4.56 gears in it and it should be fine,actually it feels faster once it gets moving, but what else can i do for a little extra power for these motors, throw a cam in? I like the intake on these motors, howabout i take that off and port and polish it and the throttle body since they are connected, what about a set of headers, roller rockers, newer vortec heads, i am assuming this motor has L-35s right?
I might just put a 100 shot of nitrous and the gears and call it a day, i wish they made a supercharger for this year.
I got all the leftover syty parts, putting a turbo on is really just a pain in the ass , but what if i used my sy intake and throttle body and bought a speed pro, or could it be possible with the stock ecm?
I know fuel upgrades would need to be done as well, i would be willing to yank the whole top end off the 1995 and put on vortecs, cam syty intake ,fuel rails, throttle body, so wht would be left, now this motor is a balance shaft motor correct?
So i would not be trying to run 11s with it, just think it would be cool to have a turbo on this truck, maybe a 60 series keep the boost low so the motor stays alive,I know i am going to get bashed for even going here wit this idea but, I thought the guy with the fiero was oing it and it has the same intake , not that matters cause i would put the one from my sy.

So if i went with a speed pro could this be done, could it be done with the stock computer and some kinda upgrade, i would love to pull up to a truck show with the sy and now this truck and have a turbo on it.

I have some pictures of it I can email BDUBB, if you can add them to my other pictures that would be awesome, or if anyone else wants me to email them to you let me know, i wouldlove to get them posted somewhere, the truck is huge!!

I couldput a huge intercooler where the custom made pro comp skid plate is, we used a skid plate from a full size chevy , turned it upside down and it looks bad ass.

So , go head and tell me it cant or should not be done, i can take it.

 

[MyTyphoon1993]

It can be done, with the right amount of $ anything is possible.

 

[FLSY2730]

It can be done, with the right amount of $ anything is possible.

Yeah i know anything can be donewith money, but since i have a whole top end from a sy and headers, injectors , basically i have everything needed to do it, just not to sure about the ecm, and i would def. bolt on a set of newer vortec heads or the ones off my sy since i want some alum. ones and sheetmetal intake for the sy.

I am not some newbie who is trying to piss anyone off with this question that has been asked a million times but just not sure about the ecm mods?

Would i def. have to use a speed pro for the injector harness or could the 1995 ecm be modded?

 

[Tydriver]

My personal opinion, I dont think you would appreciate the overall side effects of a turbo on the truck you described, remember our trucks LOVE WOT. Obviously the only way to take advantage of the turbo would be to keep the RPMS up and not only would that murder whats left of your mileage its expensive on parts too. In either event, think about the power range that your truck comes into, for the most part, cruzing around town yer not really INTO the boost, if that would be same case as the 4x4 then expect mediocre performance at best. Then once the boost WOULD hit, it would be scarey to control it with that sidewall (tire size) and imagine trying to stop that beast from a WOT run. Overall I think you'd be sorry you spent the time and $$ on it, but thats me. Consider changing the gears to get back a closer to stock ratio, that will return some of the SOTP (butt dyno) feeling.

Trust me, I know all to well exactly what you are going through, I have a 91 Jeep that has a spring over kit and 33's. I went from a 27" tire to a 33" tire and it definitely took alot of the 'fun'-ness out of driving it on the street, it takes forever to pass someone on the highway. The cool part is, I can run around town almost in first gear if I wanted too (not that I want to, but the ratios are there now and still manage 25-30mph, and I NEVER EVER use 5th gear on the highway ) If I had to do it over again, I'd seriously consider a gear swap to drop it back to a closer to factory ratio.

 

[MyTyphoon1993]

Well if i was you id go to blazer websites,
www.blazinlow.com
www.s-series.org
www.s10forum.com
Many of these websites have forums and have sections for adding a turbo to a blazer.

 

[FLSY2730]

Well if i was you id go to blazer websites,
www.blazinlow.com
www.s-series.org
www.s10forum.com
Many of these websites have forums and have sections for adding a turbo to a blazer.

I feel this is the site for that kind of info, alot of smart peeps here.

TyDriver, I think your right, i am just going to change the gears first, go with 4.56s that should put it right back to a stock ratio, and actually it moves pretty good once it gets rolling after putting the atr exhaust,jet chip and cold air, so some 4.56s should make it alot more fun to drive.
Then put a 75hp nitrous kit and be done.

It does not seem like it would be that hard to swap all the parts to make it turbo, but i think your right about driving it around, it would probably never be in boost , unless we went with a smaller ball bearing where it was instant boost especially if the 4.56s were in there.
Well thanks for the replys, also when i do the gears, do you think i should put a 9-11 torque converter in there??
That would probably help get the pig moving quicker with a stall and gears, huh??

 

[smeagol]

37s + stock drivetrain + more power = crunch

go solid front axle
go V8

www.pirate4x4.com

 

[FLSY2730]

37s + stock drivetrain + more power = crunch

go solid front axle
go V8

www.pirate4x4.com

Yeah, if you were out beating on it alot in the mud or sand, i could see all theparts breaking, but you know the zr2 has the 8.5 inch rear, why they did not put that in the sy is strange, alot stronger than a 7.5, and this would just be a street driven truck so solid axle is out, just no need for it, unless it was being beaten hard, and i am just looking for a little more power , not 10 second syty power, i think i will just go with the 4.56 gears.

Actually , the wife wants to drive this work so i can put the 2002 ss back in the garage wth a cover on it.

 

[FLSY2730]

We put all new front end parts on with the lift, so we will see how long they last, ball joints tie rods,etc...

The truck looks really cool with a 4inch cowl, custom seats , new bedliner, no snaps, i can email some pics if someone can post them.

 

[FLSY2730]

37s + stock drivetrain + more power = crunch

go solid front axle
go V8

www.pirate4x4.com

Stock drivetrain brian, look how many 11 second sys are out there with a stock drivetrain, driving around on 35 inch tires on the street should out last a sy drivetrain being punished at the track every weekend.

And this would be the wife driving it around just babying it so hopefully it lasts.

 

[Boostn]

Stock drivetrain brian, look how many 11 second sys are out there with a stock drivetrain, driving around on 35 inch tires on the street should out last a sy drivetrain being punished at the track every weekend.

:roll: :lol: ::talkpoo::

too funny......

 

[FLSY2730]

Stock drivetrain brian, look how many 11 second sys are out there with a stock drivetrain, driving around on 35 inch tires on the street should out last a sy drivetrain being punished at the track every weekend.

:roll: :lol: ::talkpoo::

too funny......

What do you mean?

 

[InvisiBill]

i am assuming this motor has L-35s right?

Yeah i know anything can be donewith money, but since i have a whole top end from a sy and headers, injectors , basically i have everything needed to do it, just not to sure about the ecm, and i would def. bolt on a set of newer vortec heads or the ones off my sy since i want some alum. ones and sheetmetal intake for the sy.

The CPI engine with the "spider" intake is the L35. I'm not sure about when the newer Vortec stuff came into play. But yeah, it sounds like that's an L35. In which case those heads are better than the Sy's, and a direct bolt-on. The newer Vortecs are supposed to be better than both, but require modifying either the heads or the intake. Remember that you'd either have to adjust the engine for the compression ratio to match a SyTy, or adjust it for lower boost on your S-10. SyTy's also have a different ECM from the regular S-trucks if I remember correctly, so I assume you would need to swap that out as well. I don't think they would've swapped ECMs just for something to do...

Once again, it seems to me that the only easy way to do it is to drop in a whole SyTy engine. But I don't know a whole lot about this stuff. If you can do it, that'd be sweet. I was looking at ZR2's before I got the Sy. Combining the two would be awesome...

 

[smeagol]

37s + stock drivetrain + more power = crunch

go solid front axle
go V8

www.pirate4x4.com

Stock drivetrain brian, look how many 11 second sys are out there with a stock drivetrain, driving around on 35 inch tires on the street should out last a sy drivetrain being punished at the track every weekend.

And this would be the wife driving it around just babying it so hopefully it lasts.

37s with any sort of power will put a LOT of stress on drivetrain parts. No matter what the power level is. I was assuming you'd do some offroading, and hammer on it a bit if you were considering more power. If you are only gonna have it onroad and this is all just for looks, then I'd change my tune and call you a poser :lol:

 

[BigBadSmoosh]

please dont drop a syty drivetrain into a s10.. especially one that is lifted for show..

just drop a efi v8 in it, youll get the same results

 

[FLSY2730]

please dont drop a syty drivetrain into a s10.. especially one that is lifted for show..

just drop a efi v8 in it, youll get the same results

What are you talking about, the truck is 4x4 already, and its not just a s-10, its a zr2 4x4 pickup that is freaking bad ass now.

I was only talking about the intake off the sy since i might have a spare.

 

[FLSY2730]

37s + stock drivetrain + more power = crunch

go solid front axle
go V8

www.pirate4x4.com

Stock drivetrain brian, look how many 11 second sys are out there with a stock drivetrain, driving around on 35 inch tires on the street should out last a sy drivetrain being punished at the track every weekend.

And this would be the wife driving it around just babying it so hopefully it lasts.

37s with any sort of power will put a LOT of stress on drivetrain parts. No matter what the power level is. I was assuming you'd do some offroading, and hammer on it a bit if you were considering more power. If you are only gonna have it onroad and this is all just for looks, then I'd change my tune and call you a poser :lol:

Yes i agree, 37s will stress anything after a while even 1ton drivetrains, but you have to admit, running 10s in a sy with just a built tranny and everything else stock is quite amazing they can hold up to that abuse, so having 35s on this truck should be fine for a couple of years, we will see, and yes you an call me a poser, didnt you know that is how the florida trucks are done, hell i bet only 5% of the built trucks around here never go off road, just contractors driving around in huge crew cabs an duallys, they are all posers.
I would not mind taking my zr2 out in the sand when the gears are in but other than that it is just a street truck, total poser truck for the wife

 

[FLSY2730]

To all reading this post, I am not putting any syclone parts on my zr2 or a turbo so all is well now, would not want to have a syclone intake on anything but a syclone now would we?
Nitrous now, thats a different story, just do a 50-100 kt and gears and be done, 75 shot would be nice and the bottle would last a long time, maybe i could even put 2 bottles in the rear , like the fast and the furious, yeah, now were talking!!!