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Re: Went to a Bigger Blazer
Pics of the progress.
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Re: Went to a Bigger Blazer
Great to see you get it installed. I'm just waiting for some warmer weather around here so I can stab my 400 sbc in my K5. Good luck getting the tank installed today.
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Well...the tank isn't going to fit as expected.
Contacted 'fuel cell guy' to find out what he has. ![]() |
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That fuel injection is gonna be a good thing for that blazer.
Good luck on getting it back together and running (I have had my motor out a year,still doesnt have one ![]() BTW,your making me so jealous with that blazer....Im setting up a deal to get one....wont be that monsterous though ![]() Last edited by 1969k10stepside; 01-26-2007 at 07:39 PM. |
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Re: Went to a Bigger Blazer
I used a oem plastic tank and cut a hole in the top, made a bracket to hold the in tank pump. Works great. I'll see if I can find some pics.
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Re: Went to a Bigger Blazer
What's in the way of the tank? I've got a '90 Blazer tank in my '72.
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![]() An intank pump retro-fitted to my poly tank may be the answer but I like the idea of a fuel cell, just waiting for pics to be sent from the 'fuel Cell Guy' Did get it installed and running at least, mounted to old 90 blazer tank in the back bed for 'testing' purposses. ![]() Last edited by vtblazer; 01-29-2007 at 07:02 PM. |
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Re: Went to a Bigger Blazer
Lookin good..is it just the pic or is your PS pump return line bigger than normal
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It's a PSC ram assist kit, see the aluminum reservoir on the rad support where my spare battery is supposed to be? ![]() Only allowed an 18" hose from the pump, so that's where it gets to live. |
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Nice work, now I have model to follow. Looks like you did all the hard work. Thanks
This thing will never be dun. J.
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Installed/running and semi tuned.
![]() As every install has it's stories... We finished the install/start up late on a Sunday night, backed the thing outta the shop and went home. I left feeling like it was running pretty crappy and no where near how I expected an injected 383 to run. ![]() I goofed with the timing but didn't start to worry cause the I knew the plug wires were total crap. (figured they were messing with the ECM) The new 'LiveWire' plug wires came Fri afternoon and I installed them on Sat. In the mean time, I'd been reading all about how a stock TBI won't properly run a 383 and was truley beginning to worry now. ![]() Okay, long/short of it... Plug wires 6 & 8 were switched on the dizzy. Amazing how well it did run like that. So now it runs like it should, I can power brake my 39.5's! ![]() Still needs some minor tuning but wow, what a difference. Can't wait to wheel it and have throttle response/power on demand. ![]() |
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Re: Went to a Bigger Blazer
so on a scale of 1 to 10 how hard was the swap?
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1st time ever doing the swap, it's somewhere around a 7 or 8.
Takes a fair amount of planning and set up to get it right the first time 'round. I also did quite a few other mods while I was in there, so that all added to the total. Doing it a 2nd time will be a 3. Will I do it on another truck? Absolutely! |
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Re: Went to a Bigger Blazer
what harness did you use?
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Can't believe I forgot to post the pics of my 'minor' fender trimming job.
Needed the room to flex so I did what I had to do. ![]() Last pic shows the same exact 'position' sitting on the concrete block prior to the trim job. |
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Re: Went to a Bigger Blazer
Still trimmin`,eh?
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Geez Kurt,you aint gonna have much left of them fenders if you keep getting bigger tires
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Re: Went to a Bigger Blazer
There only fenders anyways..
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Re: Went to a Bigger Blazer
Kurt,did you leave out cup holders?
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Exactly! I devised a way to duplicate them in about 10 minutes a side. This way when I bend one and I'm pretty sure I will, I can throw the next one on without any issue or long term involved body work. special-K, those, the off-road buckets/harness/console and toilet paper. ![]() |
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