josh86k10
1/2 ton status
Well, I had been looking for a decent 350 to replace my tired 305, when I found this $500 beauty. The new plan is to swap motors around with my truck (there's nothing wrong with the 305, it's just not hardly up to pushing 40's), throw my old detroit locked 4.10 geared 10-bolts under it (been sitting in the shop since the D60/ 14FF swap), hog the fenders out, throw some 35's on it and beat the pi$$ out of it! Yay!
So, on to the questions:
- Since this is going to be trail only, what would be wrong with flipping the tie rod over (stabilizer hole on the passenger side), bolting on a 2wd steering box, and fabricating a drag link that goes to the hole for an inverted T "crossover" steering setup? I've heard of jeep guys doing it with transplanted 10 bolts, but never on a blazer. I'm sure there's a good reason why not, I just don't know it yet. Would it hit the leafs or something? I figured that way I might could throw on some 52's without spending much on crossover. Driveshafts will be square tube.
-Any suggestions on other really cheap mods to build a mean budget beater?
What do yall think, is it worth $500?
"Black with a small block 350, edelbrock carb and air filter, just put in a new 400 turbo tranny, stock axles, 33" tires, lockout hubs, the engine is really nice, along with the interior and aftermarket captain chairs up front. No rear glass and some rust as expected."- from for sale thread
So, on to the questions:
- Since this is going to be trail only, what would be wrong with flipping the tie rod over (stabilizer hole on the passenger side), bolting on a 2wd steering box, and fabricating a drag link that goes to the hole for an inverted T "crossover" steering setup? I've heard of jeep guys doing it with transplanted 10 bolts, but never on a blazer. I'm sure there's a good reason why not, I just don't know it yet. Would it hit the leafs or something? I figured that way I might could throw on some 52's without spending much on crossover. Driveshafts will be square tube.
-Any suggestions on other really cheap mods to build a mean budget beater?
What do yall think, is it worth $500?
"Black with a small block 350, edelbrock carb and air filter, just put in a new 400 turbo tranny, stock axles, 33" tires, lockout hubs, the engine is really nice, along with the interior and aftermarket captain chairs up front. No rear glass and some rust as expected."- from for sale thread
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? I'll probably end up with 52's or a 4" lift but I'm checking out all my options first. Now that I've got a money pit on 40's and a ton drivetrain, I realize the most fun to be had is in a $500 beater, plus I needed a home for my old polished turds... I mean 10-bolts 
? Will an Inverted T work 
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, should get rid of a lot of the rust. The tail gate has bright red racing stripes 
. It even has a sunroof. Its missing both driveshafts (will get new square ones), the kid lost the torque conveter bolts in the tranny swap (no big deal), it needs a throttle bracket (the kid lost that too, another couple of bucks), and the brakes are horrible, but once I replace the axles with my old ones, about all that's left is the master cylinder so that shouldn't be too bad to fix (they may just need bleeding 
