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if you were going to buy...

what would you buy??

  • a 72-85,86 carbed,350/205

    Votes: 48 40.7%

  • a 87-91 tbi,700/208,241

    Votes: 63 53.4%

  • neekid just get a go kart

    Votes: 7 5.9%
  • Total voters
    118
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I got into a dissucion with a buddy of mine the other day about this..


if you had to start all over and buy another blazer,what would your priority??

a 72-85,86 where you can score one with a 350/205 but carberated or

a 87-91 where you could score one with tbi but the 700/241 or 208

where would your priority lay at???If there was something diffrent you would buy what would it be??

oh and this would be used for a short wheelbase trail rig for small jeep trails...
 
I think I would want an '87-'91 with a 465/(208/241). Super low gearing, TBI, plus I really like the way the later trucks look.

The 80's Q-jets aren't nearly as good as the early ones.

IMO, the 80-86 K5's are the least desireable of all of them. Emissions, the later Q-jets, early 700R4's :doah:, 208's, etc. all make them the worst run of K5's.
 
Personaly i would try to find the best K5 for what i wanted. Theres lots of stock ones, but also keep in mind some custom ones can be had for less than you can build one (SOMETIMES). Just gotta look and see what you find i recently came accross a pritty cool find, if your a ford fan but im not so i passed it on to a friend of mine who quickly bought it. It is a 73 f-250 hi-boy with a complete drivetrain out of a rolled 2002 superduty powerstroke. Granted its still a project that needs finished but it runs and drives. He got both trucks for $2500, he needs to finish the wireing, then finish the bodywork thats mostly done. The interior is done, but its kinda a weird mix of old and new, that im not sure if i like it or not. Id love to get pics but he took it to salt lake to his dads shop. BUT my point was if you look long enough you could find a good start on what you want for a reasonable price.

Balzer
 
I would get a TBI350, sm465 hydro... the t-case is easy to swap in. and add the doubler and you have a trail tank.
 
You have some flaws in your question. First of all, these things are between 16 and 38 years old, so lots have had things swapped around. But if you're talking stock, like your question implies, then only 69-72 & 1980 have the TH350/NP205 combo. 73-79 are TH350/NP203. For the rest of the 70s you had to get the SM465 to get the 205, of course in 74 there was no 205 option, everything had the 203.

The real differences are 72 & older had a 104" WB and '73 & newer were 106.5" WB. Up to '75 is full convertible and in '78 the bigger rear seat foot well came out.
 
i've never left a vehicle stock. I would get an earlier blazer and convert it to TBI and whatever else i wanted. Or, buy a newer blazer with TBI and convert to full removable top. Either way, full removable top
 
38377k5 said:
IMO, the 80-86 K5's are the least desireable of all of them. Emissions, the later Q-jets, early 700R4's :doah:, 208's, etc. all make them the worst run of K5's.
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208 starts in 81, not 80. No 700R4 until at least 82.
 
No, I don't know the year on that one for sure. But IIRC it was 86.
 
I would say half way though 85 they started useing hydro clutch. The reason is I have had an 85 K10 with mechanical clutch stock, but when i converted my current 85 K5 to standard trans there was indents in the floor/firewall where the mechanical clutch rod goes AND indents for the hydro master cyl. My stock 86 C10 has a hydro clutch, but does not have the indent for a mechanical rod in the floor. Sometimes its hard to say what came in what years, and theres always those "friday built" trucks that arnt normal. I think my old 85 k10 with mechanical clutch was one of those friday trucks, it had problems.

Balzer
 
I would start with whatever vehicle was sitting in the yard. *cough*cough* a lifted suburban with 3/4 ton axles and 38's would be a good start.

the first thing I would do is go wheel it and stop over analyzing everything. Then I would make small modifications to it after every trail ride that would make it just a little bit more capable each time out. Eventually you would end up with a very capable rig that you knew every detail about.

It takes years to get to that point, I know because I have been building mine for 9 years now, but I have gone wheeling several times this year with a few more trips planned. The entire point is to get out on the trails, they don't have to be the most extreme trails.

I could have taken your sub down every trail I ran my truck down. it would not have been as easy but in turn that would have made it more fun.

I'm not giving you a hard time, I'm posting this because way to many guys on here never go wheeling and spend all their time building. Look at Pauly383, he runs 10 bolts and has a ton of fun.

GO WHEELING PEOPLE!
 
wll this thread came from nowhere. i put the older blazers but the other guys had valid points. by now you have already got the rig

yes??
 
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