I recently purchased my trail blazer back in jan. I really like the bike with the exception of horsepower. I know I can go with an aftermarket pipe, filter and clutch kit for extra power so my question is this. Will I be able to feel and see the horsepower difference after the trouble of outfitting my bike with all the mods. Without telling me I should have purchased a bigger bike can I be satisfied with the 250. I'm trying to keep up with a 350 warrior(no mods). Thanks

 

My buddy bought a 2000 TrailBlazer. He was less than satisfied with its lackluster performance. He put a HPD pipe/silencer/clutch kit on it. He was amazed with the difference. He can stand it straight up from a dead stop. He also climbs hills that he never would have attempted before.

 

I had an RCR stage 1 kit put on my '00 Trailblazer and the difference is amazing. It really opened up after the mods. The guy who installed the kit now calls my quad the "wheelie king".

 

Scramblazer, I'm not new to riding but I am too owning and maintaining. What exactly is a RCR stage 1 kit?

Beefy250

 

RCR Racing sells a performance kit and they are in Diry Wheel and on the Web. Good people with a good product.

 

Specifically, the Stage 1 Performance Kit from RCR gets you a pipe, silencer, clutch spring (full clutch kit for $65 dollars extra), hi flow air filter and bigger carb jet. If you call Rick Ritter, he will ask you a few questions and put together the right stuff for your riding conditions and preferences. He is a real good guy to deal with.

Check out the RCR home page at www.rittercycle.com

 

Scramblazer,
Thanks for all the info. I'm going to call Rick about the package deal for $325. I just have one, actually two more questions. First what is the advantage of a clutch kit verses just purchasing the springs. Last, I've heard bad things about making airbox mods? We're only talking about filter changes, right?
beefy250 (soon)

 

Beef,

With the clutch kit, you get a secondary, as well as a primary spring, along with new flyweights, as opposed to just one spring that you get with the Stage 1 kit. There is quite a perfomance difference between the two.

Besides changing the stock air filter to a performance filter, such as the Uni-Filter, or the K&N, which is highly recomendable, some people with the TrailBlazer cut the air intake back a few inches, because the stock setup is quite restricting.