And it begins

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hmmm. What do I have in store for my recently acquired 88 4x4 =D

Jason

me thinking 350 :evillol:

me thinking 350 :evillol:

naw why have a 350 when u can go with a LS2

naw why have a 350 when u can go with a LS2
because ls2's are like 5 grand and wiring is a bitch

Don't forget to document and post pics, would be great to see!

because ls2's are like 5 grand and wiring is a bitch

Beat me to it. Also the motor is free and runs strong. I'll document what I can as I go.

http://www.blazinjason.com/wreck.jpg
http://www.blazinjason.com/junk.jpg

Spent a couple hours yesterday and today after work tearing it down. Couple of bolts and the front sheet metal is off. Looks like I need to go get a new driverside inner fender. It's all rotted to hell, due to a leaky overflow tank. The fender isn't all that great either. Has to get worse before it can get better.

So what else do you plan to do to your newly acquired Blazer?

Umm well shave the door locks, 3" body lift with new bushings, lift bumpers, try painting it, tint it a little, 31's or 32's, remove running boards, and powder coat the crap out of it! I already did the back bumper gloss black and it looks much better. I'll get some new numper bolts and then do the front one. I work at a powder coating shop so I do it for free. We have SOooooooo much of this purple powder that I plan on using. Basically supsension and engine parts.

Nice, sounds like a fun project.

Nice, sounds like a fun project.

If by fun you mean having 1 out of 4 bolts break while removing them..... then yes lot's of fun. =) Also will do a stereo, either glass kick panels or door pods, 2 old 12" type-r's for now. Later on either the new type r's, premier 3000's, but probably will save and get some ss rlp's. I just bought a broken orion 2500d that I hope to fix.

http://www.blazinjason.com/crap.jpg

Took a couple hours and got the old motor pulled. I was actually able to sell it and the tranny for $100. Cheap I know, but now it's gone.

Damn that would be sweet, i wanted to do an LT1 swap so bad but the money at the time was a little low. Guy wanted 1000 for the motor and a freshly rebuilt trans. Oh well.

This should be a nice project when its done. You should see my parts blazer looks like it was raped, no doors, fenders, engine, trans, tailgate, bumpers, control arms. Looks like a frame and a shell.

Damn that would be sweet, i wanted to do an LT1 swap so bad but the money at the time was a little low. Guy wanted 1000 for the motor and a freshly rebuilt trans. Oh well.

Looks like a frame and a shell.

Cause that's what you have left. =) You should have picked up the motor/tranny and just picked up the other parts over time.

Believe me i thought about it i almost went on a payment plan with him, knew the guy pretty well. But i needed my current blazer back on the road, and i needed an econo box for my nice comute to work. Hes going to irag and wants the car gone so i might get some cash together before he leaves and get it, but i wanted to keep to the stock 4.3 setup only for the fact that everyone rags on v6 engines, if i could pop a low 14 out of a 4.3 in a blazer id shit my self, that would be sweet.

My parts blazer was well sold for parts, motor went for 250, trans was 100, control arms were 50 doors 100, windshield 100, fenders were 50 each, bumpers were 50 for both. I spent 1800 for it then 2 months later no first gear so i started selling parts. Bought another one for 1000 and broke the rear 2 months later, see a patern.

http://www.blazinjason.com/062901.jpg

Slow project but still working away at it.

thats a nice lookin piece of hardware you got there

Wow great looking engine

http://www.blazinjason.com/070104.jpg
Testing for clearances with the bushwacker cutouts. 1.25" spacers out front, the back will get 1.5". I think I am going to powder coat the fenders and hood.
http://www.blazinjason.com/070103.jpg

Nice! What size tires?

BFG AT's 33x10.5

So what are the specs on the motor?

Not too sure as I bought it used. It has about 8-10K kms on it after a $5000 rebuild. 30 over 350, blue printed, balanced, and originally built to go past 7k rpm. They guy said he had it at around 10k a couple times. It has since had the cam changed to something more streetable. I think 2.02/1.60 heads. When I changed out the pan/valve covers intake on it everything inside looked great. He sold it to me with a gaurantee that it runs, and I don't have any doubts that it won't. Edelbrock performer rpm intake, 600 cfm carb, dual 200 amps alts (to charge my 4 optima blue tops). Tranny is 4.3 700r4 upgraded to v8 clutches and full $2200 rebuild. Bowtie overdrives TV cable setup. GM corvette rad and what not, the usual swap parts. Removed AC and installed a heater box from a non ac truck.

The truck has new ball joints, calipers, rotors, stainless steel hoses, pads, poly bushings all around, etc etc etc. I took the front end all apart and powder coated the torsion bars, control arms etc etc. You probably get the point. Installing 2 orion 2500d's, and I just sold the 4 12" premier tsw3k's that I was going to install. I think now I will build a wall with 2 18's.

edit: here is what the motor looked like when I bought it.
http://www.blazinjason.com/dirty1.jpg

All I have to say is damn. What do you o for work cause hook me up!

I work at a powder coating shop. I've been working on this here and there for over a year now. Spreading out the expenses over time makes it seem not as bad.