Thanks man I will certainly be doing that!
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79 K5 Prerunner "Lucy"
- Thread starter sreidmx
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Glad its running! 
Whats your timing set at? Sounds a little too retarded but that might be because I am listening too it on a laptop from a recording by a cell phone, ha ha
Whats your timing set at? Sounds a little too retarded but that might be because I am listening too it on a laptop from a recording by a cell phone, ha ha
Dam that thing sounds sweet! I bet you just wanna drive it so bad!
Thanks man!! And I have no idea what the timing is, my timing light took a poop..Glad its running!
Whats your timing set at? Sounds a little too retarded but that might be because I am listening too it on a laptop from a recording by a cell phone, ha ha
What’s the saying, if it fits it ships?? Been waiting to do this for 3 years now.. it is finally starting to set in..
discovered two things already. My turning radius blows chunks.. and it’s lower than Ethel and kind of weird feeling considering I’ve never been in a low k5 before..
You guys taking the race K5?
Looks like you might need to widen your trailer now that you have that.
No sir the motor is hurt still.
This is @retroblazer trailer and he’s been nice enough to let me drag it around lately!! But we are gonna add some wings off the sides to allow drive over fenders etc to be added.
Careful towing backwards that tends to sway alot with the engine over the tail end. At least for me it always does. You might not be going very fast or far though.
I actually have towed it both ways, with this trailer I can get more tongue weight if I back in on. But I always drive 55 or slower depending on how it feels and the traffic.. I do not mess around with trailers.. real quick way to destroy your work and kill yourself or a lot of other people..
Yeah I know this firsthand... Not the killing of any folks though. Thank God...
Fixed the leak!!! Intake gasket was fubar so that issue is resolved!! Yesss andnnnnndddd got the 2 weeks til a full dirt test on the calendar now! I ammmm motivated!! Woo! Going to swap a bunch of the bolts out, get the cantilever setup, and verify where limit straps and what not need to be, I’ll have to drop her off at the driveline place prior to running to retube the driveshaft as it’s about 2 inches too short cause I suck at measuring stuff..
Here’s pics from yesterday’s event!
Here’s pics from yesterday’s event!
That moment when you realize you made a gross error on measurements and mock up and only have 12 inches of usable travel.. so much for that cantilever.. good thing my shocks are 12 inches.. fml
Wuh hoppawn?
I actually don’t know.. I dropped it out tonight to change all the bolts and noticed that the pack would separate badly. This is 16 inches down from bump, this will never last and would probably bend or break a spring.. plus zero spring rate like this.. and I have to lower it down til it sits on the rest of the pack and that so happens to be at 12 inches.. whatever.. it is what it is.. bummed about it but it speeds up our development on the rear cantilever and fourlink with coilovers and bypasses.. that will happen ASAP, until then I tune and run this with standard shock mounting.
Now I could probably have someone modify the pack to have more arch like it should but it is not worth my time for the money I would have to spend for 4 inches of travel..
I would rather spend that getting links and 6 inches of travel, adjustable ride height and dual rate springs..
I would rather spend that getting links and 6 inches of travel, adjustable ride height and dual rate springs..
I really like those wheels, they look sweet. Blazer is looking awesome, I look forward to seeing that thing in action!
