I'm Cheating On You...

[ZEUS]

Do you mean Hill, Bill, the wrecked dress, and purdy mouth?

[Bob Barker]

What part of AR? I have family all over, maybe we know some of the same people...

and sorry for the tread jacking!

[ZEUS]

Don't care one little bit.

[Triathlete]

Sawzall, sawzall, sawzall, sawzall...

Same ride hieght and 36's....once you wear out those 33's of course!

[ZEUS]

Well OK THAT might happen!

[Triathlete]

Man, I wish I was always that persuasive!

[ZEUS]

I bolted the new trans and motor together and did the first test fit today. I had to remove the A/C compressor and mount (it mounts really low and contacted the frame rail). There is a way to relocate it to the stock S-10 location using 4.3 TBI parts though. Of course the exhaust manifolds were not going to fit so I took those off first thing. Now the trans is 1" away from reaching the stock trans mount/crossmember. The heater box is barely in the way - if it weren't I could bolt the trans down in the stock spot and start fabbing motor mounts. I may just Rotozip a hole in the heater box and patch it together with a recess... don't know yet.

V8's fly!


Here it is in the bay sitting a little lower than it will when done.


See... the steering pump is sitting on the steering box right here.


Here is where it contacts the heater box (rear of the valve cover).


More research before more work!

[Triathlete]

Where's your sense of adventure? Research is over rated...just fly by the seat of your pants.

[Bob Barker]

That's how I live life.... so far only a few dislocated shoulders and no major scars to speak of.


Planning is for the birds!

[ZEUS]

Hey Beau! Patrol_Stuff

[Ascinder]

How did you know I'd check your build thread? Damn am I that predictable? I just got the Patrol running again yesterday, new forklift distributor, new wires and plugs, timed everything, fixed a flat, and today I replaced one side of the front brakes. Tomorrow the other side and then the top's getting put on for winter. I just don't think I'll be keeping it long enough to use another engine though. But if I was, you know I'd swap in something better(like, dare I say it, a 4BT)-that's how I roll. I will give it to you though:

[ZEUS]

Now this project has more of an update!
After I did this:


...I healed... sort of... and tried to redeem myself by finishing this:

Spring over install with the overload leaves removed. The '95(?) Rodeo Dana 44 is what crushed my hand so I wanted it in - still work to do but it does suspend the Blazer enough to do...
This:


The Blazer needed to be moved to the other 'stall' so AWOL could go back in the garage. Fun weekend with the rental hoist... installed the truck bed and moved the Blazer over. Then placed the motor and trans back on the frame after I removed the fenders and a bunch of IFS bracketry:


This is how it looked before the weekend's work:


Now that the motor is sitting on the frame again, the front axle is underneath it, and the brackets are out of the way... I have been trying to figure out what exhaust manifolds I need, what motor mounts I should order, what steering issues I will have to deal with, if the radius arms I want to use are going to work, and what radiator mounting options I have. Everything is really tight, just how we like it!

[Triathlete]

Just trade it in on this one!

[Ascinder]

I can tell you right now that everyone hands down for power uses longtubes on the truck motors. However, space considerations obviously come into play here. I am running shorties, but am concerned with them coming very close to the frame. Block huggers are also an option. Just remember that you can use car parts too. Some of the older gen 3 vettes came with titanium exhaust IIRC. I can also check the clearance rack at summit for you if you decide on a particular type. I still think my idea of the motorcycle muffler zoomies is the best though

[Robbomaz]

Who would want to rape a hillbilly?

Every other hillbilly. Or so the stories about those parts of the US go around here