I actually thought you might had been up and staring at your phone. We left the south side Loaf n Jug about 8:30 and fired it up just before passing Stem Beach on I-25.I missed it
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'91 K5 Four Wheel Camper
This is the build for my 1991 V1500 Blazer, AKA the K5.3. It started out life being sold to the U.S. Government with a 350 TBI/700r4/241 combo. 4 years with a 5.3/700r4 Combo and now moving to an 8.1L Vortec and NV4500 5-speed.
Grabbed the footage I took from the snow run on my phone and put them together for a quick video. The footage is sped up so it's not a minute by minute watch at trail speed. This is just from the start of the trail to our friend's cabin up outside of Westcliffe, CO.
Hate that I missed the IG Live. Those can be a good bit of fun. The snow wheeling looked like a very good time.
David
David
It was fun. It was pretty spur of the moment so zero notice to anybody.
I know you didn't solicit my opinion, so I'm here to offer it anyway
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You have some free time today. Go ahead and locate the right linkPut up oval port heads and then rectangle port EFI...
Free time? I've already been on the clock for 6 hours...You have some free time today. Go ahead and locate the right link
Funny you should offer the advice. Which is much appreciated to by the way. I've got time to figure out all my options. Reason being, Larry and I had a discussion yesterday strictly about the timeline between now and the desert trip in June. Between his schedule traveling and my 6 day a week gig we'd only have enough time if I had everything ready to go now. Which I don't. We want to minimize downtime of my truck and clogging Larry's garage up.
My truck runs and drives great fine other than lacking power. I can finish the bumper project, make a new more accessible and comfortable lower bench in the camper and drive it anywhere right now.
The 454 is snug as bug in Larry's garage right now. It's not going anywhere. I need to complete the horse trading on the 4l80 to 4500. I still need full hydro pedals for the sex change operation too. Then exhaust maniolds, harness, clutch, clutch hydraulics, ECT.
That's the other problem is I just can't spend that much cash in one massive get it all done at once buy. Spreading out the buying of parts is easier.
It's not what I want to do, but I have to be realistic of the timeline and budget. I don't want to be in the middle of nowhere having issues with a truck we finished the day before we left. Or not go at all because the truck isn't ready.
beags86
Eastbound and Down
That post is the story of all my vehicles.
So since you are going to wait MAW slap some heads on it. And MAW build some Powaarrr...
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We joke about that “Moab thrash” but truth is, it’s a vacation and enough things go sideways as it is without hurrying
Speaking of Moab...
Whatever fits the budget. Who knows what might happen. But I will say this, any upgrades that may be easier to accomplish with the engine out of the way will happen. Hydroboost is one.
Yeah neither Larry or I do well under a deadline building things. When we are out unless we break something the tools typically stay stowed away. Breaking something from wheeling and having a failure due to rushed assembly are two different things though. We went through that with the fuel pump debacle on the 17 Desert trip. Nobody was happy coming home on that trip. It flat sucked and I hated being "that guy" holding up the group. I'm a firm believer in a validation run close to home prior to a major trip to find issues before we are far from home and the ability to fix it easier.
Moab is on the list of trips for this year. The Desert trip is the first, then the Nomad Convention in Omaha and BB. There will be some weekend runs sprinkled in through the summer too.
What time frame does that put you making the engine swap?
Pending parts buying, winter this year near the holidays. Most of the wheeling will be done by then, work calms down a little and Larry has more time in the shop. I'd like to take some time off so he's not doing all the heavy lifting by himself this time.
That means I'll be rocking the 5.3 for the wheeling fun for the summer. I'm patient and the end goal will be so worth the wait. The power will be just what the doctor ordered. I'll I need to do is keep might right foot in check and not blow the 5.3 up before I can sell it.
Good call on the validation runs. Putting it on DD duty over the winter will also build up confidence before the long trips start. These are good ideas.
Though neither of those helped me on my last truck...
You've heard it a zillion times, but putting in more engine won't solve the right foot problem.
You've heard it a zillion times, but putting in more engine won't solve the right foot problem.
With the mountains around here, foot flat to the floor is cruise control for me. Because that's where it needs to be in order to climb these grades with the 5.3. If a big block was in there I could attack the hill with much less throttle to maintain speed. Case in point, last year Larry cruised by me in 5th gear with his 8.1 while I was down to second wound up and only doing 45-50 mph. This was on wolf Creek pass which has a 6.8% grade too. Which for a flatlander like you is really friggin steep.
So yeah, if I had more torque to work with I wouldn't have to beat on it. Hence less right foot needed.
The other danger is off road if I take an aggressive run at something, in 4low, 1st gear it's gonna spin to the Moon quick. So I'll be a little more relaxed and methodical in my approach which will transition well to when the rat is under the hood.
What I meant is that the extra power, combined with a right foot that's set in its ways, will simply cause something else to break.
