offroadman83
Registered Member
Well finally paid for subscription here and felt I should share the blazer that has been in the build stage for a while. First of all its a 77 gmc jimmy or whats left of one. I bought the chassis already built the way it is tube and all with the engine, transmission and tcase installed. Already had the 52s and 56s installed as well. At one point in time it was a proven rig driven on the street from time to time. I bought the chassis for a decent deal and have turned around and been putting in the time and money to get it back to its glory stages.
Specs---350 on propane, to th350 and np205 (all leaks). dana 60 front 14 bolt rear, 4.56s, welded front, and rear about to be welded up. I have a full set of front ten factory alloy shafts for the front dodge 60 and yukon superjoints with 35 spline flanges to be put in. Full hydro double ended howe ram (still figuring this out since I have hydroboost and I am confused lol). 42" iroks on double hummer beadlocks etc.. I have lots of little odds and ends to install but its getting close. Probably leaving out a lot but here is a pictorial of the stages from when I got it to about now......................
How I bought it...................
After some work it got here (still looks like this overall)-------------
The 14 bolt with disks and have the 4.56 gears sitting in the box and just need to get it welded up. It now has brakelines (no pictures of that)
Pretty cool view from the top
Bought a psc hydroboost reservoir and still haven't plumbed it to the howe double ended ram. (hoping to find some help and pics on here of how someone has done it possibly.)
Mounted the reservoir over the ugly engine (someday will clean it up all up but for now I just want to get this thing moving!!)
Bought a full hydro mount for the ram, welded it up and found out the clearances were too tight to the stock engine crossmember for high steer and welded on the mount too far back on top of axle so cut it all off and got a buddy to help me fab up a new one. He did a hell of a job on the new one. He also made a new engine crossmember out of tube further back by oil pan and the only clearance I have to worry about now is the harmonic balancer. Got about 6" before it hits.........
Specs---350 on propane, to th350 and np205 (all leaks). dana 60 front 14 bolt rear, 4.56s, welded front, and rear about to be welded up. I have a full set of front ten factory alloy shafts for the front dodge 60 and yukon superjoints with 35 spline flanges to be put in. Full hydro double ended howe ram (still figuring this out since I have hydroboost and I am confused lol). 42" iroks on double hummer beadlocks etc.. I have lots of little odds and ends to install but its getting close. Probably leaving out a lot but here is a pictorial of the stages from when I got it to about now......................
How I bought it...................
After some work it got here (still looks like this overall)-------------
The 14 bolt with disks and have the 4.56 gears sitting in the box and just need to get it welded up. It now has brakelines (no pictures of that)
Pretty cool view from the top
Bought a psc hydroboost reservoir and still haven't plumbed it to the howe double ended ram. (hoping to find some help and pics on here of how someone has done it possibly.)
Mounted the reservoir over the ugly engine (someday will clean it up all up but for now I just want to get this thing moving!!)
Bought a full hydro mount for the ram, welded it up and found out the clearances were too tight to the stock engine crossmember for high steer and welded on the mount too far back on top of axle so cut it all off and got a buddy to help me fab up a new one. He did a hell of a job on the new one. He also made a new engine crossmember out of tube further back by oil pan and the only clearance I have to worry about now is the harmonic balancer. Got about 6" before it hits.........
