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jasonhall

11-24-2010 11:52 AM

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Looks great!

mcbassin

11-24-2010 12:14 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by RocketKing (Post 4311336)

. As a matter of fact, I had two different guys that I contacted about giving me their manifolds, if your interested I will give you the name of the person with the other set. LMK

Rex

Rex,
Thanks! I'm definetly interested. I really didn't want to hack the frame to use the stock manifolds that came with the motor. I may have to check out the tbss forum.:ito:

brn agn

11-24-2010 01:55 PM

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That is a nice alternative to headers. Good work!

Quote:

Originally Posted by 67cheby (Post 4311360)

looks great for those of us who dont know what is TBSS ??

TBSS=Trailblazer SS

RocketKing

11-24-2010 04:46 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 67cheby (Post 4311360)

looks great for those of us who dont know what is TBSS ??

Trailblazer SS, I am reluctant to admit how long it took me to figure it out on my own:lol::lol:

RocketKing

11-24-2010 04:55 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by mcbassin (Post 4311450)

Rex,
Thanks! I'm definetly interested. I really didn't want to hack the frame to use the stock manifolds that came with the motor. I may have to check out the tbss forum.:ito:

mcbassin, you have a PM

Thanks everyone for the compliments!

Dieselwrencher

11-24-2010 06:12 PM

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Nice progress! These LS swaps are getting really popular. Man those manifolds fit really well, nice score!

RocketKing

12-24-2010 12:09 PM

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Not too much to report, I do have the motor and tranny in, and I will get some pics up.

But more importantly, to everyone I want to wish you a very MERRY CHRISTMAS!! I hope you and your family have a wonderful holiday and may we all remember the small child born so long ago in a humble manger.

God made into flesh, sent to die that we all might live!!

God Bless and from my house to yours... MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

67chevy1series

12-24-2010 02:30 PM

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merry christmas rocket king !

RCbowtie69

12-30-2010 06:19 PM

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nice project,looking good :metal:

Pop's C-10

12-30-2010 06:30 PM

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coming alone good

bosco200

12-30-2010 06:43 PM

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Very nice can't wait till its done.

RocketKing

12-31-2010 12:41 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by RCbowtie69 (Post 4378301)

nice project,looking good :metal:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pop's C-10 (Post 4378322)

coming alone good

Quote:

Originally Posted by bosco200 (Post 4378340)

Very nice can't wait till its done.

Thanks for comments!

67chevy1series

12-31-2010 01:36 AM

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any recent pics of the truck or any that we havent seen

RocketKing

01-01-2011 11:27 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 67chevy1series (Post 4379298)

any recent pics of the truck or any that we havent seen

Here is a pic of the motor and tranny set.

Yes, that is a piece of nylon cord holding the tranny.:lol: I wanted to see how the tranny looked moved over a little and couldn't find not one of my straps. I guess this means I am impatient and cheap.:lol:

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...omcrew/002.jpg

Here is what I get for bragging about how well the TBSS manifolds fit...
The "ears" on the 4l80e stick out farther that on other trannys. Looks like I will be able to cut the ears off and get everything to fit, I will keep everyone informed on how it works.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...crew/003-1.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...omcrew/004.jpg

67chevy1series

01-01-2011 11:56 PM

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no your not ,your just doing a mock up that is all .nice engine looks sweet i will be looking forward to more progress

spike38

01-02-2011 01:01 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by RocketKing (Post 4382388)

Here is a pic of the motor and tranny set.

It's coming along nicely. :)
I hope to be at this point myself,
In about a week and a half. :D

Spike:smoke:

67chevy1series

01-02-2011 01:11 AM

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i would hope so! spike

Palf70Step

01-02-2011 03:27 PM

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Trucks coming along real nice!

mcbassin

01-02-2011 04:35 PM

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Nice progress! I hope to be to this point soon too.

yukon ratrod

01-02-2011 05:08 PM

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great progress! looks like your moving right along!

mooseknuckles

01-02-2011 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by RocketKing (Post 4017415)

Thought I would put the TJ jeep springs in..

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...w/100_0599.jpg

I had read that they fit very well in the stock location but I was still surprised by how well they fit.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...w/100_0656.jpg

Since I had the heavy duty springs out back, the coils were very thick and the jeep springs were much smaller diameter. That lead to quite a bit of slack between the frame and spring as you can see here...

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...w/100_0652.jpg

I am sure that most of the slack would have been taken out when tightened, but I did not see the need of it if I could tighten it some. So, I massaged the coil retainer with a great big hammer.

First I flattened the middle and then around the edges to make it more level

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...w/100_0654.jpg

ended up with this

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...w/100_0655.jpg

In these pic you can see how that the fit is much better

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...w/100_0659.jpg

and final fit looked good as well

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...w/100_0663.jpg

As you can see I also took a pic of my high dollar fluid retainment system, if anyone is interested I could hook you up for a small fee:lol::lol:

I also have the lowering blocks on and I will try to post some pics of that later.

Hope you like it!

is it just me or is the rear end in upside down? .....isn't that the vent hose with the coke bottle on the end of it?

RocketKing

01-03-2011 12:22 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by mooseknuckles (Post 4383786)

is it just me or is the rear end in upside down? .....isn't that the vent hose with the coke bottle on the end of it?

Hmm...maybe the frame is just on backwards.:lol:

Good eye! I appreciate the heads up, just in case though.

Actually, I stuck it in wrong when I first put it in and I have to pull the rear suspension back off to do some welding so I am gonna switch it back then.

67chevy1series

01-03-2011 12:26 AM

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:lol: well i hope you get it all squared away

RocketKing

01-09-2011 12:25 AM

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I changed the large mid 80's blazer tank to an '99 jeep wrangler tank. I was able to put back all the original bracing and it will allow me to use a standard trac bar in the stock location. It is only a 15 gal tank but I think the headaches it solves is worth the trade off.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...crew/006-1.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...crew/002-1.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...crew/004-1.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...crew/005-1.jpg

67cheby

01-10-2011 10:26 AM

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nice find

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