91 Suburban, Family truck build. She done :(

[83ChevyK5Blazer]

Took the truck over to Mississippi for thanksgiving. Put a couple hundred miles on her, made a list of crap to fix lol.

Heater- i need to swap the core and get it working now that its cooler.
Headlights - they are horrible, im going to swap to led
Door and window seals- the wind noise is rediculous.
Door pins on driver side- slamming is getting old
Speakers- only one front is working

And ive been hearing a tap noise for a little while, it got much louder on the way home, turns out the flex plate has numerous cracks, like i suspected.

So yay, i get to pull the trans

But, it is just doing truck stuff......

 

[nvrenuf]

You are your own crowd everywhere you go. LOL!

I still have that box of hinge pins if that'll help on the doors, nothing else on your list though. If you need any help, holla!

 

[83ChevyK5Blazer]

You dont need them?

 

[nvrenuf]

No, the tube doors have specific pins and realistically the OE doors will probably never go back on.

 

[nvrenuf]

December bump......

 

[83ChevyK5Blazer]

Just put a 6 hour trip on it, not impressed with tbi at the moment. I got an amazing 8 mpg.....

 

[imiceman44]

Just put a 6 hour trip on it, not impressed with tbi at the moment. I got an amazing 8 mpg.....

I don't think tbi gets better mileage just better reliability and off road performance

 

[Fastereddie]

Just put a 6 hour trip on it, not impressed with tbi at the moment. I got an amazing 8 mpg.....

I don’t think It’s the TBI either I have tune port injection on mine and I got 8 to 9 miles per gallon on a trip 2 weeks ago.

 

[nvrenuf]

Dang dude!

I thought I saw you in traffic Friday but didn’t have time to flag you down.

A bigger motor will help, trust me...

 

[83ChevyK5Blazer]

Were you in the jeep on cottage hill? I saw it but the new top throws me off lol

 

[83ChevyK5Blazer]

Hey, if I'm getting bbc mileage might as well lol

 

[nvrenuf]

I was in the Dodge on Cottage Hill, headed home from work about 5:00.

My old K10 got 12-13 with 454 & 38's as a daily (many moons ago).

What are all these bearded pics I keep seeing? I wouldn't think work would let you have that.

 

[83ChevyK5Blazer]

Just for no shave november, and then they gave us an extra month.

 

[83ChevyK5Blazer]

The blazer got much better mileage, even with a th400

 

[nvrenuf]

Yeah, the Sub is fat.

 

[imiceman44]

Yeah, the Sub is fat.

Well my suburban gets 13-15 with tbi350 700r4 33" tires.
Not sure what I would get with the bbc but I guess I will not know. Decided to put a diesel

 

[83ChevyK5Blazer]

We found a nice place to check clearances while geocaching the other day. I need to do a little trimming, but should be able to keep most of my front fenders intact.

 

[jd350az]

Cool project!

 

[83ChevyK5Blazer]

Thank you

 

[AugustDiesel]

Love the truck. Probably one of the fastest buildups I’ve ever seen. Guess it helps having the blazer to donate the organs. Glad to see some other SE guys around here! I’ll definitely be following along!