Randy,
A fella showed up a couple of times last year with one and raced in H
stock street tire. I beat him with my 4 cyl. '91 Mustang in my first year
of competition. I thought about one of these trucks as well. It would be
fun, but not competitive.
Dan Radcliffe
Sussex, WI
On Wed, 13 Jan 1999 SOLOMIATA@aol.com wrote:
> Someone mentioned last week the S-10 (and Sonoma, Hombre) being a contender in
> HS with the ZQB suspension package. That got me interested so I went to the
> dealer yesterday and took a look at it.
>
> You can get the ZQB on any 2WD platform (stepside, shortbed, longbed, reg cab
> and ext cab). The swaybars are huge both front and rear, I'm guessing
> something like 15/16" rear with a 1 1/2" front. The wheels are 85-91 Camaro
> 16x8", a finger width test showed that a 265/40/16 Kumbo would probably fit on
> the front but the rear might need a 1/4" more offset. The front suspension is
> classic GM A-arm with camber achieved by removing the shims. The L35 4.3L V6
> churns out 190 HP and 250 ft lbs, not paretically rev happy though. There are
> 4 rear gears available; 3.08, 3.42, 3.73 and 4.11, but the 2WD L35 5-speed can
> only be had with the 3.08, the 2.2 4 cylinder got the 3.73 and 4.11. A GM LSD
> is optional for all packages.
>
> Converting a base truck to a ZQB would probably save a little money. The base
> was 13K with a $750 cash back while the Stepside Sport with one of the group
> marketing packages was 17K with $2000 cash back. Unfortunately the Isuzu
> Hombre cannot be had with the ZQB, that's too bad since it is even cheaper
> yet.
>
> A quick, low key, test drive showed that the springs and shock are fairly
> stiff, just shy of ACR like in ride quality. The fast ratio steering box was
> OK but turn-in was poor, a little toe-out would probably help that.
>
> I'm interested in pursuing this, anyone have any real AX experience they can
> share?
>
> Randy
>
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