The upgrades that are coming in the future are finally finishing the interior off with the parchment seats, door panels, side panels in the bed area with a custom Blue carpet that is as close of a match to the exterior paint as I could get.
I also started down a long road of acquiring and modifying parts to put a 2x4BBL crossram on the engine. I couldn't afford to get a real one from a 69 DZ302, so I ordered an Offenhauser copy that "might" get delivered in July after ordering it in September. I am going to use 2 Terminator X Stealth throttle bodies, so hopefully the Fuel Injection will be less temperamental than carbs. I was able to confirm that a repop DZ302 air cleaner does fit on the Offenhauser intake, so it will have the look that I want with that big oval air cleaner canted at a 45* angle. Those crossrams like a lot of velocity going through the intake, which is accomplished on the 302 by running them wide-ass open at high RPMs. The other way to get velocity is to increase the CID of the engine, so I'll be ordering a 406 short block from Smeding when I go to install the intake. I'll probably be upgrading the clutch again due to the probable 100+ HP increase.
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Steven
"If dogs don't go to heaven, when I die I want to go wherever they went." -- Will Rogers
R.I.P. Oscar
R.I.P. Ratchet
1967 Pontiac GTO - Dad was the Original Owner
1970 Chevy 2wd SWB "Oscar's Truck"
1970 Chevy 2wd Blazer
"Ratchet's Blazer"
2013 Chevy 2500HD Crew Cab Duramax/Allison Z71 LTZ "Brown Sugar"
2017 Chevy Suburban "BDB"
2020 Chevy Blazer Premier "Foxy"
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