I have a 1994 S-10 Blazer, not my 1st choice for offroading, but it\'s what I have to work with right now, and I\'ve never really been one to take the easy way, so I\'m going to run it till I can order my new Hummer (which may be quite some time based on my used S10 budget) -- but I digress,
currently I am attempting to increase the offroadworthiness of my miniature Blazer and to that end, I just cranked in the torsion bar adjusters to the stops and picked up 2\" for the turn of a wrench. I welded up some shackles from 3/8 X 2 bar stock to level it back out and everything seems good.
It handles as well as it did (suprisingly - I\'d have thought the 2\" height increase would be at least noticable), but I\'m concerned about possible tire wear.
The sellers of those lift keys for GM products usually state that a front end alignment is required. I see no differences in toe in or camber visually. I would only expect to see an camber change if the suspension is a strut type or has severely unequal length control arms which the little S10 does not. The toe-in should theoretically increase, but I suspect it is minimal.
If anyone knows about this situation or is running a cranked in setting or is running indexed keys on any vehicle please tell me about how they work long term and any adjustments you have had to make.
Thanks, Scott