78 2wd Blazer build

[tvblazer78]

Originally Posted by 72BlckButy

So Travis... what's next my friend?

Well, here is my new project.. 2door 2wd Tahoe. I told my wife it is going to be my new trash truck..

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=353050

[watahyahknow]

clear headlights remove roofrail and most of the chrome trim on the sides different sidemirrors sand the doorhandles smooth and paint them in the bodycolour make a set of foglights in the frontbumper again hmmmmmm you could do a lot of the same stuff to it you did to the blazer

[68 TT]

Originally Posted by watahyahknow

clear headlights remove roofrail and most of the chrome trim on the sides different sidemirrors sand the doorhandles smooth and paint them in the bodycolour make a set of foglights in the frontbumper again hmmmmmm you could do a lot of the same stuff to it you did to the blazer

I'd make it all black like the other one and put on the black & red bowtie grille like the 454SS trucks had. I love the way they looked. A Tahoe done that way would look evil.

[nlped]

And you have got to get rid of the tire tread trim running down the sides. That stuff is a bear to get off, but once it is off, it makes a world of difference.

[68 TT]

Originally Posted by nlped

And you have got to get rid of the tire tread trim running down the sides. That stuff is a bear to get off, but once it is off, it makes a world of difference.

^x2

You can get the clean bumpers without the rubber strip on them too. It really cleans up the look of the rig.

[watahyahknow]

Originally Posted by nlped

And you have got to get rid of the tire tread trim running down the sides. That stuff is a bear to get off, but once it is off, it makes a world of difference.

eeehm little off topic maibe if its stickermaterial we usually use a carameldisk its made of some special kindah rubber and fits on an electric drill
it makes a big mess but does remove the stickers without harming the paint

[nlped]

Yep! I used an "Eraser" wheel on my old '94. It leaves behind a bunch of booger lookin' stuff, but washes right off. It worked great.

[tvblazer78]

I took all the trim off of it the day after I got it. Here it a pic of it as it looks today and I do have a build link for right here..
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=353050

Trav

[5150]

Why is that thing that far off the ground??? What are you waiting for???

[menace121978]

so high it wont even fit in the garage even with the roof rack taken off!

[tvblazer78]

Man that just not right. I am working on it, I am doing on my long weekend next week. I have to much going on right now. But It will be on the ground!

[menace121978]

looking forward to it Trav! and ya, this time of year is rough! works trying to burn me up!!

[watahyahknow]

its allready starting to look good maibe some blackened rearlights and clear headlights and indicatorlights
i've seen someone take the clearcoat of his stock aloys and use rubbing compound and an electric hand held buffingmachine to get the wheels shiny like chrome he did say he would never do it again though since it was a hell of a job to do

anything planned on the engine?

[tvblazer78]

Originally Posted by watahyahknow

its allready starting to look good maibe some blackened rearlights and clear headlights and indicatorlights
i've seen someone take the clearcoat of his stock aloys and use rubbing compound and an electric hand held buffingmachine to get the wheels shiny like chrome he did say he would never do it again though since it was a hell of a job to do

anything planned on the engine?

Just K&N and headers not much right now, but down the road a STS motor may come into play

[72BlckButy]

I'll have to check out the new project Travis, nice buy!

[rdm1208]

Awesome Blazer tvblazer78, I just bought an 82 2wd Blazer last month. Looking at yours it gives me lots of ideas.

I see you installed a steering damper on yours. Did this make a difference in the steering, I haven’t seen too many on 2wd’s.

[watahyahknow]

been reading some interesting stuff with a project called "the grenade" on some turboforum
the guy blew up a big dollar engine and just for giggles is now using a stock 350 engine with a cam he found somewhere 2 stock T3 turbo's out of a buick mounted to some tubulair manifolds he migwelded an mega squirt injection on a basicly stock tpi intake and a 50 schot of nitrous at 3000 rpm .
the total tread is about 150 pages long where i am now he actually drove this setup with a if it breaks it breaks state of mind on the track to 9.89 in a 3500 pound 3th gen firebird using semy slicks and a build turbo 400 with a trucktype B&M converter and its still together the car tested about 600 some hp and even more torq on the dyno
he never touched the engine itself other than check the oilfilter for particles and taking the heads off to check the valve seats and de gap on the toprings wish needed to be big to prevent them from butting its a 2 bolt cast everything and the blowby is tremendous hes running 22 pounds of boost on a normal headgasket and isnt using any ARP stuff.

now this might be a bit over the top for youre project but i think the T3 part is interesting there comming ontoo boost at about 3000 rpm meaning there kindah small for racingpurposes but verry nice on the street , you might not even need a STS setup in the future but build one youreself on a budget , the parts needed to rebuild these turbos are about 60 bucks and the turbos somewhere between 25 and 125 bucks at the junkyard im not behind my laptop right now but i give you the link later on

if times get better again for me i like to go that route on a 305 i have in an older truck , i will put an enginedaiper under it though before taking it to the track

[watahyahknow]

http://www.theturboforums.com/smf/index.php?topic=61219.0[/url] here you go

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnIDXKGoEY0

[url]
i been reading on and found a movie from the testing

[tvblazer78]

Originally Posted by rdm1208

Awesome Blazer tvblazer78, I just bought an 82 2wd Blazer last month. Looking at yours it gives me lots of ideas.

I see you installed a steering damper on yours. Did this make a difference in the steering, I haven’t seen too many on 2wd’s.

It did help some, my dad had one on it back when it had 33" on it. So I just put one back on it and it works. Thanks for all the kind words..
Trav

[tvblazer78]

Originally Posted by watahyahknow

been reading some interesting stuff with a project called "the grenade" on some turboforum
the guy blew up a big dollar engine and just for giggles is now using a stock 350 engine with a cam he found somewhere 2 stock T3 turbo's out of a buick mounted to some tubulair manifolds he migwelded an mega squirt injection on a basicly stock tpi intake and a 50 schot of nitrous at 3000 rpm .
the total tread is about 150 pages long where i am now he actually drove this setup with a if it breaks it breaks state of mind on the track to 9.89 in a 3500 pound 3th gen firebird using semy slicks and a build turbo 400 with a trucktype B&M converter and its still together the car tested about 600 some hp and even more torq on the dyno
he never touched the engine itself other than check the oilfilter for particles and taking the heads off to check the valve seats and de gap on the toprings wish needed to be big to prevent them from butting its a 2 bolt cast everything and the blowby is tremendous hes running 22 pounds of boost on a normal headgasket and isnt using any ARP stuff.

now this might be a bit over the top for youre project but i think the T3 part is interesting there comming ontoo boost at about 3000 rpm meaning there kindah small for racingpurposes but verry nice on the street , you might not even need a STS setup in the future but build one youreself on a budget , the parts needed to rebuild these turbos are about 60 bucks and the turbos somewhere between 25 and 125 bucks at the junkyard im not behind my laptop right now but i give you the link later on

if times get better again for me i like to go that route on a 305 i have in an older truck , i will put an enginedaiper under it though before taking it to the track

That sounds like fun! I may have to look into that. Thanks!

[tvblazer78]

Jim85IROC,

Hope this pic works for you. If you need any more just let me know.

Trav

[jgh64pkup]

Originally Posted by watahyahknow

been reading some interesting stuff with a project called "the grenade" on some turboforum
the guy blew up a big dollar engine and just for giggles is now using a stock 350 engine with a cam he found somewhere 2 stock T3 turbo's out of a buick mounted to some tubulair manifolds he migwelded an mega squirt injection on a basicly stock tpi intake and a 50 schot of nitrous at 3000 rpm .
the total tread is about 150 pages long where i am now he actually drove this setup with a if it breaks it breaks state of mind on the track to 9.89 in a 3500 pound 3th gen firebird using semy slicks and a build turbo 400 with a trucktype B&M converter and its still together the car tested about 600 some hp and even more torq on the dyno
he never touched the engine itself other than check the oilfilter for particles and taking the heads off to check the valve seats and de gap on the toprings wish needed to be big to prevent them from butting its a 2 bolt cast everything and the blowby is tremendous hes running 22 pounds of boost on a normal headgasket and isnt using any ARP stuff.

now this might be a bit over the top for youre project but i think the T3 part is interesting there comming ontoo boost at about 3000 rpm meaning there kindah small for racingpurposes but verry nice on the street , you might not even need a STS setup in the future but build one youreself on a budget , the parts needed to rebuild these turbos are about 60 bucks and the turbos somewhere between 25 and 125 bucks at the junkyard im not behind my laptop right now but i give you the link later on

if times get better again for me i like to go that route on a 305 i have in an older truck , i will put an enginedaiper under it though before taking it to the track

yeah im subscribed to that thread thats a bad car for what hes got in it

[Jim85IROC]

Originally Posted by tvblazer78

Jim85IROC,

Hope this pic works for you. If you need any more just let me know.

Trav

Those are great pics, just too small for me to actually see the detail of the stitching, leather, etc. Any chance you could snap a couple up-close pics next time you're out there? I'm not in a hurry.

I'd appreciate it!

Thanks
--Jim

[tvblazer78]

Originally Posted by Jim85IROC

Those are great pics, just too small for me to actually see the detail of the stitching, leather, etc. Any chance you could snap a couple up-close pics next time you're out there? I'm not in a hurry.

I'd appreciate it!

Thanks
--Jim

Jim here is one and I think I had one on my home PC and will try and look for it.

Later,
Trav

[lyrikz]

Originally Posted by tvblazer78

Jim here is one and I think I had one on my home PC and will try and look for it.

Later,
Trav

Cant believe i missed this thread. I saw someone ask but couldnt find an answer. My truck is almost done and i do not have an air cleaner for it. How did you make yours??

Beautiful truck.