2009 Chevrolet Trailblazer
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With a Corvette engine up front and a performance suspension underneath, the 2009 Chevy Trailblazer SS could get the kiddos to soccer practices and ballet recitals with alacrity. Simply put, this performance SUV was a freak in its era. Under its hood, the 2009 Trailblazer SS came with the LS2, 6. 0-liter, V-8 engine. This engine once saw use in three modern-day GM muscle cars: the 2005-through-2007 Corvette, 2006 and 2007 Cadillac CTS-V, and the 2005 and 2006 Pontiac GTO. In the SS, this engine produced 390 horsepower at 6,000 rpm and 400 foot-pounds of torque at 4,000 rpm. The potent V-8 mated to a Hydra-Matic 4L70E transmission, which had four forward gears. The Trailblazer SS's final drive ratio was 4. 10-to-1. suspension was one inch lower than the standard model and its springs were up to 25 percent stiffer. The front stabilizer bar on the SS model was 10...