has anyone had one of these put on their trail blazer? if so, are you pleased with it? is it still reliable? how signifigant was the power change?
Thanks

 

Me and my neighbor put one on his T'Blazer. He opted for the HPD pipe. It was very easily done by weekend wrenchers. The power difference was night and day. He was extremely pleased with the outcome. It adds a lot of power for relatively little money.

Since it revs higher, he has to hold in the "reverse override" button for the bike to move in reverse. I hear that is pretty much standard, though, no biggie. He's happy.


Oh yeah, you're not changing any internals on the motor, so it's pretty much as reliable as a stock quad.

 

thanks for your help...anyone else?

 

i have it on mine. more power, wheelies easier. wasnt hard installing, took us from like 8pm - 10pm. Has a nice sound to it now. I'm very pleased with it. rick ritter does a great job. I was wondering, whats the difference between the pipe rick makes and the HPD pipe?

 

so this whole kit is something that an experienced mechanic with a repair manual can do in his garage? or do i have to send rick anything to do himself?

 

It should be very easy for you. you dont need to send anything in to rick. and if your an experienced mechanic is should be really really really easy.

 

AKracer, The way Rick explained it to me is that the factory pipe and the HPD pipe are pretty much staright thru getting the silencing done with the muffler. The RCR pipe has a stinger in the pipe to help silence the exhaust and the muffler is more open. With the RCR pipe you have to use an RCR muffler. With the HPD pipe you can use the stock muffler, HPD mufflers or others that are available.

 

is there any power difference or anything?

 

I think Rick said there is a slight difference in when they come on but much enough to worry about.

 

i have one more question, will this work on all year trail blazer's? i have a 1996