If you love the way the 2020 Chevrolet Blazer looks, but find its performance can’t back up its Camaro-inspired styling, then Lingenfelter Performance Engineering may have the perfect package for you.
The Michigan-based tuning shop has announced plans to release a new tuning program for the 3.6-liter LGX V6 Chevrolet Blazer, which will bump the crossover’s output to around 450 horsepower.
The upgrade kit Lingenfelter plans to install in the Blazer is essentially the same as the tuning package it offers for the 2017-2020 Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon. That kit consists of a TVS R1740 supercharger from Edelbrock, a high-efficiency intercooler and the necessary engine management calibration. The Blazer’s engine is mounted transversely as opposed to the Colorado’s longitudinal setup, but output should stay the same, with the blown V6 set to produce about 500 horsepower at the crank and 450 horsepower at the wheels.
This package is still under development, so it’s not clear how much it will retail for. Lingenfelter charges $7,000 for the Colorado supercharger kit (including installation and calibration) so we assume it would charge a similar amount to supercharge the Blazer. It seems as though it would be an appropriate addition to the Blazer RS model, which builds on the crossover’s sporty styling with different front and rear fascias, black Chevrolet bow tie emblems and 21-inch wheels. The Blazer RS offers no performance enhancements over the regular model from the factory, though, so Lingenfelter would still have to apply some of its own suspension and brake upgrades to ensure the package remains well-rounded.
The company says it has already received a handful of inquiries about carrying the supercharged V6 tuning program over from the Colorado to the Blazer. As a result, it may not be very long before we get to see a Lingenfelter-tuned Chevrolet Blazer in action.
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That’s a pretty conservative drivetrain power loss, even more so for AWD in the Blazer
What’s the max rated torque that 9T50 trans can handle?
Ideally it would be better if it was a rear-wheel-drive based platform to begin with.
I guess it’s better than nothing lol.
This sounds like it could be a plug n play for the rest of the C1 architecture. So if you want a Traverse to have the matching power of the explorer ST then Voila! Acadia and Enclave to match the MDX then Voila and then the XT6 to match the power to the aviator. The last but not least the XT5 to match the power of the X5M perhaps.
I still think GM should be shoving the 3.6L TT from the XTS V-Sport (as well as CTS V-Sport, and ATS-V, though those are RWD applications) into all of their FWD-based sedans and crossovers, given they’re based on similar architecture.
Trifecta Tuning shoved one into a 1st-gen Cruze, so there should be no complaints about fitment.
The XTS is a fwd platform. So theoretically most of gms fwd lineup should be able house the 3.6tt from the XTS v sport. Including those from Cadillac like the xt4 5 and 6. 410 hp would be a welcoming site to Cadillac. Especially since most of their competitors have the sporty upgrade. The 3.6tt should have been put into the regal GS. As a call back to the grand national and gnx. Or maybe a ss Malibu and impala to compete against the Taurus sho and fusion sport.
I’m curious to see what GM does with the transaxle, I’ve owned plenty of GM front wheel drive vehicles and and have replaced multiple trans assemblies, they had better beef this one up if they’re increasing the power as much as they say.
I’m not against the Blazer, after all I do like it. I know in past articles I was negative toward it but this would be nice. I just wished the blazer was a rwd based suv, since the new trailblazer is a sub compact crossover. I can deal not having a 4WD off-road vehicle right now.
But this would be nice to have. The car is nice especially with this RS trim.
Best news I read all day! 😉😎🚀
Waiting on this supercharger