86 Suburban daily driver

[SBTork]

I'm very curious if you still have this Suburban and how things are going on it and with the LS swap....

[BlueJeep]

Originally Posted by SBTork

I'm very curious if you still have this Suburban and how things are going on it and with the LS swap....

Thanks for the interest! I guess I lost motivation to keep this updated since the process to upload pictures here is such a pain.

Update: The suburban has 7k miles on it since the swap. We took it on the Hot Rod Power Tour this June and took it from Iowa down to Memphis, then along to the gulf coast in Florida, Atlanta, and back home. Then in July we had it up in Wisconsin for a canoe trip and then northern Minnesota for Boy Scout Camp. I've made some upgrades and changes since I last updated this.

It was too low in the front and the control arms would hit the pavement. My solution to this was to go from 18" front wheels to 20" wheels, so I swapped in some US Mags Boulevard wheels. That got rid of any clearance I had with the inner fenders, so in with Slosh Tubz. That necessitated that I change everything that I had mounted to the inner fenders, so more modifications there. I got both front and rear AC working with a low-mount 2005 suburban compressor and T's in the refrigerant lines. Blows cold at 98* ambient! The power tour taught me that I was not happy with the very little caster these trucks have and how it drives with that. It wasn't terrible, but definitely not
"comfortable" for me. I went with the QA1 front suspension to solve that problem, and drove it for the first time this past weekend after that mod and I'm very happy with that. Between the 8* of caster I now have and the 1 3/8" sway bar it is solid in the turns. The adjustable rebound on the coil-overs is a noticeable difference for me too and I see myself doing quite a bit of experimenting with that. Also, I swapped out the front brakes for Kore3 C6 calipers and 14" rotors. That was more of a nice-to-have not need-to-have. They stop really well, and now I just need to find time to swap out the rear drums for the 13" rotors there.

So there, this suburban has proven to be a very reliable, very family-friendly way to go anywhere we want to. I achieved exactly what I set out to on this project and I'm very happy with it. Can't wait to pile up the miles on this setup!

[SCOTI]

Nice report on the updates.

[LT7A]

Good to hear. Do you just load the pics straight from your computer or do you use a hosting website? I just go straight from my computer - not fast but not terrible.

[Palf70Step]

Glad to hear it is still going.