89-ish K5 build. Beat cancer!!! Time for icecream!

[jekquistk5]

I still plan on running mild trails and things with this, it won’t always be airborne but it sure is fun. With 190hp and only 4.10s it bogs pretty badly in mid second gear. If I get towards 4K rpm in 2nd I’m golden. Getting 100 ore 120 more hp will sure help.

 

[Justin V]

Nitrous hit the stocker...

 

[jekquistk5]

Well looks like I’ll be picking up a 01 truck with 5.3, 60e and tcase for 500 when my truck gets back from the dealer. It has 160k on it but has 45 psi of oil pressure st idle and is complete and I know it runs and drives so probably doing that.

 

[ashman]

Nice!
Getting the whole truck makes it super easy to be sure you get everything you need.

 

[nvrenuf]

Can’t go wrong with a complete donor.

 

[76zimmer]

Fight the fight Jesse!
Let me know if you need some help w anything.
My 6.0 has 245+ on it, and it’s still running/performing great. I wouldn’t hesitate on anything with less than 200 on it if it’s had reasonable care.

 

[bmxbryant9]

Woo goo! I need more pictures of it airborne! I just picked up a 5.3 too

 

[jekquistk5]

So this happened.

 

[Justin V]

You take that thing off any sweet jumps?

 

[mrk5]

You bought another truck without a hood?

 

[jekquistk5]

You bought another truck without a hood?

Yup. The blazer will get a good after that ls swap. I’ll probably buy a new radiator that actually fits in the core support. Currently the diesel /454 rad I have sticks up too high. It fit fine in my k20’s core support but not in this blazer.

 

[jekquistk5]

Prepped and ready for another week of dunes. About every exhaust bolt was loose.

 

[jekquistk5]

Beat on it all day. It took it like a champ

 

[Chevy305]

Is that your Duramax in the Dunes too?

 

[jekquistk5]

Is that your Duramax in the Dunes too?

Yup. Wife drove the kiddos and in-laws In I took a few others kids

 

[swettysblazer]

Nice tars

 

[jekquistk5]

Another dune day! Was not nice to it. Need to replace the serpentine belt as it has a tear in it. But other than that still needs nothing. The tbi motor still runs great, embarrassed several jeeps making it up “test hill” in 2wd while they got stuck in 4. Cant wait to ls swap it and possibly link the rear. No real pics cuz I was busy driving.

 

[jekquistk5]

Cleaned my shop a bit and got the parts truck in to start slowly removing stuff. The next round of chemo is going to be interesting but I’ll be st home while doing it. Hope to make it to the shop a few days and start taking it apart. Blazer will be left as is Incase I want to take it out again this year.

 

[beags86]

How big is your shop?

 

[toomany]

They come out real easy if you don't plan on saving much of the donor truck. Sawzall to the core support and out she came.