In all honesty thats exactly what im going for. Not jacked up, just clean looking, with enough power and driveline to put the trash talkers in their place (in my rearview mirror)
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Deulings 1985 K5 Blazer, --aka Borderline Obnoxious; Silver Lake pics and Vids
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Sounds familiar.
Mine needs a paintjob SOOOO bad.
Mine needs a paintjob SOOOO bad.
As far as your exhaust, just run it the way it is (hopefully it doesn't fall off in the mean time) and just save up enough to go to an exhaust shop and have them build you a system with some good mufflers like Flowmaster, Magnaflow, Borla.
Im all for hearing that engine sing to me with no muffling. Mmmmm
I think its cool to a point.
3 years ago I had headers into 4" sidepipes open....sounded really good until your doing 4000 rpm down the highway for a 1/2 hour
Gets kind of annoying at that point.
Brand new emblems really help make a clean look. I thought I got my old ones cleaned up really good, until I just went ahead and bought new NOS emblems and put them side by side my old ones.Oh yah im sure it does. So I may as well get my fun out of the way now right
I saw this today online. It makes me want some new paint really really badAnd I really need some of those k5blazer trim logo thingamajigs
Yah my paints got the runs
lol. Somebody tried to paint it once before. Im scared to sand the paint down and see how much bondo their really is... As far as your exhaust, just run it the way it is (hopefully it doesn't fall off in the mean time) and just save up enough to go to an exhaust shop and have them build you a system with some good mufflers like PYPES PERFORMANCE VIOLATORS.
Their now its a very true statement and one I will live up to
I think its cool to a point.
3 years ago I had headers into 4" sidepipes open....sounded really good until your doing 4000 rpm down the highway for a 1/2 hour
Gets kind of annoying at that point.
Well thats what the 2 10"s and the amp are for in the back, to drown that sound out
Brand new emblems really help make a clean look. I thought I got my old ones cleaned up really good, until I just went ahead and bought new NOS emblems and put them side by side my old ones.
Oh them is perty, Link???
speedfreekk
1/2 ton status
I have stopped using the copper and plastic and started using the Braided Pressure Gauge Line. Like the racers use, you can get it from speedway motors for $20. Linky http://www.speedwaymotors.com/Braided-Pressure-Gauge-Line-Kit,4147.html
Oh now I feel retarted for spending $11 on that copper line at az
. well I plan on runnin the copper line till something happens I guess, its paid for so Ill run it. Im gonna grab an 1/8" compression cap from work one of these days to keep in my glove box just in case I have a leak I will have something to be a temporary fix and cap that fitting off.But then Ill get this one, thanks man!!!
y5mgisi
1 ton status
So, i think your on the right track with the hanger deal. I would add more nuts and washers everywhere and make them self locking nuts or jam nut them. My worry is that the exhaust will bounce around too much without nuts and washers keeping it more firmly in place. Whole exhaust just looks like it needs pushed up about 10" or so. Is there any way to do that? Or does the system not allow for that?
See the guy at the exhaust shop told me that this was a system just for a k5 blazer, he may have been correct if I had the long tube headers... but the headers I have shoot down so oddly that theirs no way with the fittings I could find that arent specially made that I could fit the system above the tranny cross member
. So basically it is as high as it will go for the time being, untill I can get it running and bring it to an exhaust shop where they will make the correct fittings up for me. Basically I need like a 60* bend on the driver side, and maybe a 50* bend on the passenger and they both need to have an offset in them horizontally to get around the spring shackles. Its kinda hard to explain I guess. I know these headers were not made for this style truck.I will make sure to add some locking nuts and washers to keep those hangers from getting loose for the time being, and ill drive it for a bit before I get it fixed, just to make sure everything else is working properly.
See the guy at the exhaust shop told me that this was a system just for a k5 blazer, he may have been correct if I had the long tube headers... but the headers I have shoot down so oddly that theirs no way with the fittings I could find that arent specially made that I could fit the system above the tranny cross member
I will make sure to add some locking nuts and washers to keep those hangers from getting loose for the time being, and ill drive it for a bit before I get it fixed, just to make sure everything else is working properly.
So order some bends or have the shop make you some and weld them in, don't move the exhaust down so far you could burn the grass in the shape of your mufflers when you park it.
I am sure you will get it the way you want in the end DUDE, I am just messin with you, but if you move the exhaust up then you can put your yoga mat under the truck and still have room to lay on it.
Ahh You somebizatch!!!! lol. Remember its my (mechanic mat) lol.
Ill get her done up right man, till then ill try not to park over any grass
I just really dont have the funds to go spend on something I really dont absolutley need right now. I NEED a new pair of boots, and a new pair of DIY4X gloves. Finally ripped a hole in the fingers roofing a house today. Hint hint kert lol.
Ill get her done up right man, till then ill try not to park over any grass
I just really dont have the funds to go spend on something I really dont absolutley need right now. I NEED a new pair of boots, and a new pair of DIY4X gloves. Finally ripped a hole in the fingers roofing a house today.
Hint hint kert lol.
Dug up some old pics today of my dads old 91 burb. I cant remeber if ive posted pics up before or not, but oh well lol.
These were both me driving it the summer I turned 16, and the first day I ever got to drive on the dunes.
First time up test hill!! (I made it, then dad started to tear up lol)
Thing was stock as could be with 33"s on it, loved that truck. Had dual glasspacks and was loud as s!!! I felt so cool driving it to school the first day of school after I got my license and my dad tossed the keys at me when I walked out the door instead of driving the old taurass.
These were both me driving it the summer I turned 16, and the first day I ever got to drive on the dunes.
First time up test hill!! (I made it, then dad started to tear up lol)
Thing was stock as could be with 33"s on it, loved that truck. Had dual glasspacks and was loud as s!!! I felt so cool driving it to school the first day of school after I got my license and my dad tossed the keys at me when I walked out the door instead of driving the old taurass.
Cool pics, was that a 2WD burb? I see the roostin, and it looks like the tires are staying vertical as they travel in that 2nd pic...but it also looks like it has the crossmember hangin down too, so maybe it's an illusion.
Nope it was 4x4. I just put her in 2 for some sand throwin
84 k5 blazer
1/2 ton status
Adam, have you got a new TV cable yet.......I wanna see that thing moving and purring down the road.
Ahh crapolie!!! I forgot to order it lol. Ive been coming home and passing out basically after work everyday. I gotta run to the bank first and then ill order it.
Ok I ordered the TV cable. Hopefully it will be here friday or so. That would be nice.
