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Firebirdjones · 08-25-2011, 01:51 PM

Case in point with me.
I had been driving my 72 4x4 blazer every day for the last 2-3 years and finding myself tucking the muscle cars away more and more for fear of theft and accidents etc...

With the old 350/4barrel and 350 turbo trans, it got 13 mpg around town and a best of 16 mpg highway. Not that bad considering. I was content with that since that's what most modern SUV's are getting.

The trans starting slipping and was on the way out this past year. I had to make a decision, so I decided to take the plung and go with an LS swap and overdrive rather than buy a newer vehicle.
It was actually much cheaper to fix what I had.
couldn't be happier, now I'm getting 16 mpg city, and 20 mpg highway.

08-25-2011, 01:51 PM	#6
Firebirdjones Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Prescott, Arizona Posts: 2,396	Re: Making the last push Case in point with me. I had been driving my 72 4x4 blazer every day for the last 2-3 years and finding myself tucking the muscle cars away more and more for fear of theft and accidents etc... With the old 350/4barrel and 350 turbo trans, it got 13 mpg around town and a best of 16 mpg highway. Not that bad considering. I was content with that since that's what most modern SUV's are getting. The trans starting slipping and was on the way out this past year. I had to make a decision, so I decided to take the plung and go with an LS swap and overdrive rather than buy a newer vehicle. It was actually much cheaper to fix what I had. couldn't be happier, now I'm getting 16 mpg city, and 20 mpg highway.