For sure! Thanks Ron!
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Badass build...keep it up. Makes me want a L29.
Thanks Dean, after checking out your rig at BB that is a hell of a compliment. I am totally satisfied with how the L29 conversion turned out, especially considering it was my first EFI conversion.
It's funny; if it was my truck the color matching would drive me nuts. On someone else's rig I think it's a cool touch of character.
I am starting to consider it too.
I have a friend that is considering letting one go.
I rechecked my average after filling up once we got home. It went up a tenth from what I originally reported. 11.45 mpg for the entire trip. Pretty silly measuring mileage in tenths though. I haven't heard what Ron's trip mileage was.
We did talk a little about how they did compared to each other. On highway hill climbs the L29 was the champ while I was buzzing the little 5.3 to the moon and back. On off road hill climbs mine was a little more stable. Ron did mention to me he missed the sway bar up front on the highway as I was taking some corners at a bit higher rate than he felt comfortable with. But a little of that is I'm going on my second year driving this combo with the camper and I've got a better feel for the road. His feel will come with seat time for sure.
We did talk a little about how they did compared to each other. On highway hill climbs the L29 was the champ while I was buzzing the little 5.3 to the moon and back. On off road hill climbs mine was a little more stable. Ron did mention to me he missed the sway bar up front on the highway as I was taking some corners at a bit higher rate than he felt comfortable with. But a little of that is I'm going on my second year driving this combo with the camper and I've got a better feel for the road. His feel will come with seat time for sure.
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I have never been into the statistics much when it comes to mileage but was keeping track until I forgot a receipt for gas in Moab. All in all however I did use a lot less fuel then I thought I would and if I had to guess I would say 10ish mpg as an average. This package pulls really good thru all the gears and Vail pass in 4th gear made me pretty happy.
It did seem like not having a sway bar affected road manners at first but by the time we made our way home I was used to how it behaved and the lack of a sway bar turned out to not be a huge deal.
I am overall happy with the truck but I am thinking a rear spring package minus one of my overloads and a couple of regular leafs instead should help give me some more flex and cut down on the tricycle moments.
As Rob said, more seat time both on the trail and highways should bring more skill/confidence on my part.
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I think this truck should be your CK5 avatar.....
So let me see if I got this straight.... The crew cab guy thinks I should drop my CC avatar for a Blazer??
Updated that quote for ya a bit
Otherwise, good call...
You are a Crawlabago guy now. Embrace it. You got a lot of time and effort into it too, show it off.
Yeah, the Crawlabago is going to be the rig you are associated most with here. I actually pondered changing my screen name to MrCrewCab, but I just couldn't do it.
I installed a new heater core today. Found a new one still in the box in the basement, it's an aluminum one but #free to me.
Congrats fellow Crawlabago!
Love this build. I would love to find a camper shell for the cucv.
Thanks, after looking at your build that is a hell of a compliment. I have a line on a FWC camper for a Blazer but the guy wants 2 grand for it.
Man if I had the money I would scoop that up. I still have a lot to do before blazer bash lol
