IROCaholic

Hey guys I was just cruising the other day when an Xtreme S10 pulled up next to me and started messing with me. Now of course I know I would smoke him unless he had some serious stuff done to that V6 so I just gave him a look like "Yeah Right". Then we stop at a light and he is revving his engine and yellin out his window at me saying "why wont you race me, you scared Ill take your little 305". Well I wanted to put this punk in his place but I have leak in my trans at the cooling lines and didnt want to risk breaking anything. So I was wondering what do these things run and what would it take to get one into the 13's because thats what this guy would have to run to keep up with me.

Orr89RocZ

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i think they are low 15's.

they weigh in at 3200lbs roughly and have the 4.3 vortec v6 at 190hp rating. that should be low 15's. depends on how good a driver he is. i think a 75-100shot of nitrous with exhaust could put him in the high 13's

RS Chris

Most Extremes are 4-bangers so they are really slow. But the ones that have 4.3 can be pretty quick. High 15s for regular cabs and high 16s for ext. cabs. Most punks that have them can only afford the 4 cylinder which might run a mid 17 with the exhaust chopped off like most of the ones I see.

With a 4.3 and a 100 shot 13s are possible though.

ShiftyCapone

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The 4 banger ones are slow but the M5 V6 ones are fast. There was a stock 5spd single cab running 14.5's at my track this past summer. That 4.3 vortec is a great motor in the right vehicle.

IROCaholic

WOW 14.5's thats respectable for a truck. I figured the were about low 15's like everyone else was saying. I figue the dude has probably smoked a few mildly modded LO3 RS's so he thought he would do the same with me, thanks for thel help guys. Now all I gotta due is fix my trans leak so I can find this guy and put him in his place.

Catfootball62

Yea i had an 88 s-10 with the old style TBI 4.3....still pretty darn quick for a 17 year old 4x4 pickup with 167,000 miles!! *sigh* wish i never sold it

ShiftyCapone

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Low 15's is still the norm though. There was an auto extended cab truck on the track the same night and he was right around 15.1 or so all night.

The guy that was running 14.5 only lost one race the whole night. He no problems with any RS or stang.

rx7speed

my neighber ran his and think it was a mid 15
but that was before the supercharger that wakes me up everynight

Orr89RocZ

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its awesome that GM is making some aftermarket goodies for the 4.3 as well as several other companies. that 6 is a nice motor

IROCaholic

Hmmmm..... I have been think about trading in my 180,xxx mile Nissan truck for a new daily driver and I think I may have just found the truck to replace it.

pvt num 11

Sorry, but GFX on a truck? I guess they were marketing to the young 'Y' Generation or something. I've only seen younger people drive them, too, just like the Scion Xb (AKA: Brick With Wheels). I seen them all the time here, very popular, but I'd rather take a normal S-10 with the 4.3 and mod that to whup up on Xtremes. Still, there must be a market for them because they sold really well, based on how many of them are on the road. Factory-R!ce, Lowrider, whatever they fall into.

Dan8289gta

I dont know about the extremes, but beware of the typhoons and cyclones. A buddy of mine has a decently modded mustang and had his *** handed to him at the track by a typhoon.

stu

They also have a suspension package.

pvt num 11

See, that's a quality addition, having factory suspension additions. Would it be difficult ot take a normal S-10 and perform similiar suspension modifications to it, to equal what the Xtreme has? Probably not, I'm thinking. (Sway bar, bushings, drop spindles, rear spring relocator kit, better springs/shocks/struts/whatever, miscelaneous mods) Correct me if I'm wrong, though.

Now, the Syclones and Typhoons... Different story.

stu

It's called market segmentation.

pvt num 11

Yeah... I kind of figured that. Whatever sells, sells. It isn't my market segment, but somebody liked it....

ShiftyCapone

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It would be easy. I am sure it is nothing more than different shocks a different spring rate. A few minutes through a catalouge can get you what you need to be better than any stock GM suspension stuff.

fly89gta

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I've noticed the same thing.

Seems like every guy that owns the S10 Extreme thinks it's a ****ing Cyclone...it's kinda funny actually.

stu

They've got thicker sway bars as well. Again, easy.

88 350 tpi formula

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same idea as your gta.

TBI92Camaro

I actually almost boughto ne a few years back. I was looking at a 85 Camaro with an L69 swap and my parents were trying to get me into a newer vehicle. I sta in it liked it. It was a M5 4.3 truck, black, black mesh wheels, aftermarket small sound system, really clean truck. I almost bought it but then my dad finally let me go test drive the Camaro.....and well, we all know what I bought from there

I still like the Xtremes i like their look and such but Id still rather pay the cash for a Syclone or Typhoon, those are no joke and scary as hell.

rs coastie

my 03 blazer xtreme with 4.3 ran 16.2 stock, but its an auto and the blazers are a little heaveir than the truck,still have yet to run my 91rs at the track, waiting on a new tach

Gunny Highway

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Almost bought an Xtreme when they first came out. (4.3L of course) I think they're a good lookin' truck. I also like the new Toyota XRunner. Those have 245hp though

IROCaholic

I was board at the office today so I did some searching and came across a few S-10 forums. In all these forums there were nothing but people complaining about how slow there 4.3 Xtremes were and when someone would claim a low 15 second time they would hate on them and say thats not possible. I was under the impresson that most of the drivers of these things were cocky. I guess they actually have low self esteem, lol. I am going to go to a few dealerships tomorrow and see if I cant test drive a couple. If I dont like it I will probably get a chevy 1500 with a vortec V8 instead. I really need a new truck mines got to many miles.

88 350 tpi formula

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I remember looking at them when they first came out. if I remember correctly the 4.3 was 1000.00 extra but, if you went with the manual trans it was 1000.00 cheaper (since most seemed to have a 2.2 auto ) I thought hey if you went with the 4.3 and manual trans it would be the same price

rs coastie

good luck finding one, unfortunatly chevy discontinued the s-10 in 04 and replaced it with the colorado, but some dealerships might have 1 or 2 left

vindeezl

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Gawd those colorados taillights are ugly...made me think of a Nissan or some other crap. The S10's rocked.

As the previous owner of an S10 I can say that most all are slow. However I had the exception to the rule, I had a '95 Reg. cab, 4.3 M5 and it would eat r!ce quite well.

Most S-10's are speed goverened at 98MPH they shut off the ignition. Unless you get into messing with the computer like I did.

Was a great truck, i miss it. Rolled it = it's gone.

I always loved the way the Xtreme's looked, and I wanted to put the nose / gfx on my truck, or find an Xtreme stick which is near impossible, most are Auto - Xtended cab's running 16's with a 16yr old.

No B.S. this kid in my town delivers pizzas in a pretty clean Xtreme.

stu

So how fast was it? High 15's? lol.

vindeezl

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Never got a chance to take it to the track, but for my daily driver it held itself quite well against others.

Not to mention it was a sweet looking mini-truck and I definitely drove it hard.

MikeDirntRulez

I live in Southern California. Young punk "think my crap don't stink" driver capital of the world.

I don't know what it is, but when I race, I never TALk to the person. The person never talks crap to me and I never talk to them. Usually it's just a rev or a "wanna race" or something.

I see all these stories of people getting disrespected, flipped off, almost ran off the road, and I wonder, howcome I never get that?

Some people take this too seriously I guess.

odddoylerules

syclones and typhoons can bite my shiny metal ***. There are a few of these cars that are really fast, but even fewer that are daily drivers because they are such pieces of ****. American cars of that era didnt have the technology to have really good AWD and turbos. I mean yeah, when you address ALL their weaknesses they can be durable and fast as hell, but why not put that money into somthing really fast and dependable, AKA RWD. I'd rather run 11's in a rwd car than an awd car any day.

fly89gta

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Thanks for that great post.

You bumped a thread to diss some of the fastest trucks GM ever made?

Granted the turbo'ed 4.3 doesn't hold a candle to the ultimate GM turbo'ed motor but it's still impressive nonetheless.