jturkel

Went out with some of my buddies tonight. I was the DD. My car was packed with 4 other guys adding an additional 800 or so pounds. It was definitely a tight squeeze into my little C.

On the way out, was making a right and say a Black TrailBlazer SS (LS2 motor). I turned and caught up. It had powdercoated black rims with tinted tails. Quite loud. Looked super clean and really nice. My buddies were all nagging at me to get him to do a run. So, I gave it a little gas and the TrailBlazer (TB) was down.

Two rolls were done. First roll I was in mid 2nd gear (probably 40-ish) and he was about a half car in front me and got a jump. I pulled back to even by about 90-100.

Second roll was more legit. I was at the top of second gear and we did a three honk. Went to about 110. It was neck and neck for a little bit, but then I pulled a car length by the time I shut it down.

Then the funny part:

I was wondering what the guy was thinking being that he just got beaten by the little 4 dr MB. My buddies all open the windows and the guy opens his. I roll up and he gives me the thumbs up, says my car sounds good and whatnot...jabber jabber jabber and says "your car is fast!" ....as I slowly pulled up a little past him (in my lane of course) he goes "HOLY ***** and you have 5 people in your car?!?!"

....not sure if that came out funny in text, but it was perhaps the funniest thing i have ever heard while racing or anything. Talked to the guy, he had a CAI and a resonator delete (sounded awesome). He was a chill guy. Told me he was running high 13s and trapping 101-ish.

I told him not to feel bad. It is a truck. A fast truck, but it just isn't an AMG (not to mention a car lol).

For those of you who arent familiar with motors, the LS2 motor in the SS TB is good for ~400 hp and ~400 tq (numbers are crank). same motor as the 6.0 GTO and 05-06 C6 Corvette.

.....oh and of course, the runs were done in Mexico.

E55Freak

Most of the trailblazer SS are AWD...that's why i am considering one of those because of the snow in CO and my sucky extremly slanted driveway. I can barely get a rearwheel drive car up it.

Nice run though with 5 guys in the cars...made him question why he wasn't whooping azz..

jturkel

thanks! the guy said his was RWD and told me his best 60' was only a 2.1. I believe the AWD drives are a little slower from a roll because of the additional weight

Jons95c36amg

Nice kill! I could imagine if you were alone..

jturkel

lol....yah he said the same thing.

C280 Sport

Well what did this person expect? An SUV VS a C32 AMG. Its not challange for the AMG even with 5 people in it. Good story indeed. Next race will be a Jeep SRT8 or ML63 AMG? That would be good to see.

jturkel

haha.....well it isnt a slow SUV. They come stock with 400 hp and 400 tq. They tend to trap about 101-102 stock. I would indeed like to race an ML63 or SRT8 in the upcoming future, though I would prefer from a roll. Those SRT8s really hook up from a dig.

khantalha

those trail blazers zz are nasty little suvs but not bad