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Fullsize Pre-runner Thread!
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zcarczar
1/2 ton status
I'm finding its pretty easy to make a blazer go fast in the desert. We took my dad's blazer and redid the front suspension using a set of deaver's, my old Race-runners from my blazer and and a set of air bumps and it will haul ass threw the whoops pretty damn good. I still need to put deaver's and bypasses on the back and do some valving work in the front, but it flat out hauls ass, and its fun too. I was hammering it pretty good the last couple trips, and the air bumps make a HUGE difference, I only bottomed it out once on accident when I was playing robby gordon out at glamis and launched pretty high when I hit a lip I didnt see. Im guessing I was 5 or 6 feet in the air and who knows how far, I was moving pretty fast.
I'm planning on going the same route with mine, do the deaver setup with glass fenders, good shocks, high hp and some good axles. It will be my pre-runner, I will have the race truck after I get out of school for going stupid fast.
Oh yeah check this out, this is similar to what my blazer will end up like, although my interior will probably be trimmed out. http://www.chaosfab.com/projects/blazer/blazer.html
I'm planning on going the same route with mine, do the deaver setup with glass fenders, good shocks, high hp and some good axles. It will be my pre-runner, I will have the race truck after I get out of school for going stupid fast.
Oh yeah check this out, this is similar to what my blazer will end up like, although my interior will probably be trimmed out. http://www.chaosfab.com/projects/blazer/blazer.html
hmmm So I'm not the only ck5 member that owns a 2wd k-5
original balzer
1/2 ton status
Several years ago I bought a '73 2wd blazer with the intention of building a budget prerunner with the crappy fabtech long travel lift and some fiberglass. Nothing serious, just something fun to haul my dirt bikes around in. Then of course fabtech quit making their lift. After pricing a few places for a custom coil over job I decided I didn't have the cash. I still have the '73 though, and will keep it for a while in case I hit the lottery.
I wish I could find one like that
That's a really nice blazer. I wonder if that's all the flex it has. I guess that's a trade off.
zcarczar
1/2 ton status
Oh yeah, here is another BITCHEN trophy blazer. http://www.race-dezert.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=49
zcarczar
1/2 ton status
I doubt it, those deavers work really well, they have a ton of free-arc which works well for both flex and high speed maneuvers. I know my dad's front suspension flex's more than that, and the rear of that blazer looks like its barely working.
zcarczar
1/2 ton status
Nope, couldn't afford em at the time. I was trying to see if I could make stock springs work for high speed stuff, but I didnt know anything about valving and never really spent the time to get it right. Its been on the back burner since I built the samurai, and now going to school full time I really dont have time to mess with it. It will be built to go fast once I get out and get my shop built, I want to be able to beat sand rails in the drags out at glamis.
NEK5
3/4 ton status
Mr Steve is a busy dood mang, you`ll be lucky to hear back from him
avery, you looking for a pre-runner platform? I know a guy with a rust free 2wd k-5 that he'd get rid of cheap
I'm looking for a pre-smog rig... I'm still deciding if I can go full out pre-runner (2wd) or if I want to keep 4wd to help in the really deep sand (you can't go fast in some areas of Oceano)...
Mr Steve is a busy dood mang, you`ll be lucky to hear back from him
I know, I'm a patient guy I just want to make sure he realizes there are plenty of guys on here that are into pre-runners so it'd be a very nice addition to the site... continually growing and expanding is always nice.
zcarczar
1/2 ton status
You dont need 4wd for the sand, you would be amazed what a set of paddles can do, or hell even aired down tires. Last weekend at glamis I used 4wd twice, once was climbing oldsmobile hill, and the other was pulling out a stuck truck, and yes I duned it, its all about momentum and throttle control.
Yeah but what about those times you do need it... you just admitted you needed it on Olds. hill...
I'm sure I could get away with it but I figure with the nice leaf springs available today (and coil-overs down the road) why not keep it 4wd...
Run it in 2wd but then when I need 4wd its there...
I'm sure you've been to Oceano and sure once you're out there and going its really no big deal... a stock truck can make it pretty much everywhere in 4wd but there are plenty of sections where it gets really soft especially around where people camp (and even more so on busy weekends when you have to camp deep into the soft stuff)...
On another note check out how many leaves are in the Deaver leaf springs on that red project blazer... is this how they make them so soft?
I'm sure I could get away with it but I figure with the nice leaf springs available today (and coil-overs down the road) why not keep it 4wd...
Run it in 2wd but then when I need 4wd its there...
I'm sure you've been to Oceano and sure once you're out there and going its really no big deal... a stock truck can make it pretty much everywhere in 4wd but there are plenty of sections where it gets really soft especially around where people camp (and even more so on busy weekends when you have to camp deep into the soft stuff)...
On another note check out how many leaves are in the Deaver leaf springs on that red project blazer... is this how they make them so soft?
Yes, lots of thin leaves
I just read on their site... looks like their packs are anywhere from 8-12 leaves and shesh I knew they were expensive but didn't realize $800+ expensive... but I guess its one of those things where you get what you pay for 
zcarczar
1/2 ton status
Deavers are hands down the best leaf spring you can buy right now. TONS of desert race trucks run them, tons of rock crawlers, and other trucks and they all work awesome. But yes, lots of thin leaves move much easier than a few thick leaves. It also creates a progressive spring rate, more so than standard production leaf springs that have 3 or 4 leaves. Oh yeah, deavers are hand made too.
Now, I could have probably made it up olds in 2wd if I aired the rear tires down more or if I hit it with more speed but there was too much traffic for me to hit it in 3rd gear. Never been to pismo though, I'd just assume go to glamis. 4wd is fun though, the looks on peoples faces when you come climbing UP out of a near vertical bowl is priceless.
Now, I could have probably made it up olds in 2wd if I aired the rear tires down more or if I hit it with more speed but there was too much traffic for me to hit it in 3rd gear. Never been to pismo though, I'd just assume go to glamis. 4wd is fun though, the looks on peoples faces when you come climbing UP out of a near vertical bowl is priceless.
I'm running Deavers on my blazer and love them. I have jumped it numerous times out at Oceano and never had a problem with the springs bending or even sagging. I bought my springs about 4 years ago so they didnt cost as much as they do now. I was running BDS before the Deavers and killed them in less then a year (you get what you pay for). Wish I had a set of those air bump stops though because it might have saved a few other things from breaking.
Yeah Jason thats why I'm thinking I'll stick to a 4wd based rig because I like to adventure around as well as go fast
camok5 I have a video of you guys out at Oceano from about a year ago I believe and it has a clip of you jumpin'...pretty sick to see a full size rig up in the air
camok5 I have a video of you guys out at Oceano from about a year ago I believe and it has a clip of you jumpin'...pretty sick to see a full size rig up in the air
Yeah Jason thats why I'm thinking I'll stick to a 4wd based rig because I like to adventure around as well as go fast
camok5 I have a video of you guys out at Oceano from about a year ago I believe and it has a clip of you jumpin'...pretty sick to see a full size rig up in the air
You must be talking about the video that Jason (Willyswanter) shot that had Ryan and Kevin's tubed out blazers in also.
Yep thats the one... wish I could have been there it looked like you guys had a blast.
Was it just Ryan, Kevin and you that had trucks out that weekend? Thats all I really saw vehicle wise in the movie...
Was it just Ryan, Kevin and you that had trucks out that weekend? Thats all I really saw vehicle wise in the movie...
