My Aggie Son's 91

[TexasSilhouette]

Got my son this K5 for his 18th birthday.

Blown motor and pretty hacked up.

We freshened up a TPI motor I had in the store room.

How many of these have you seen?

 

[79rustyk10]

Ive seen a a few from 72, 75 I think and 88. I just had incredible luck for a long time finding virgin blocks. still have most of them too.

 

[BadassBlaze]

Aggie with a blazer here. Good to see you are starting him right.

 

[magik235]

Nice dad. Nice ride.

 

[eclipse85k10]

x2!!!

 

[Nazarethk5]

Awesome gift man my dad and I wrenched on my k5 when I was 17 and I'm 18 now. I learned everything I know from that truck.

 

[TexasSilhouette]

Guess we got everything hooked up right, first attempt.
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Now to button it up and make it pretty.
Next up,
Exhaust
Cooling fan mounts
Air cleaner (a real one, not a crappy filter on the end of a plastic tube.)
Putting the ECM inside the cab.

Test Drive!!

 

[magik235]

Nice

 

[BadassBlaze]

Looks great man!

 

[y5mgisi]

Sounds awesome! So, I give up, what do you mean by "aggie son"?

 

[TexasSilhouette]

Sounds awesome! So, I give up, what do you mean by "aggie son"?

Texas A&M students are Aggies. Gig em!

 

[y5mgisi]

I should have known that!

 

[StevoandaRedK5]

That engine is mean and sounds awesome. I'll just gloss over the big A&M on the intake

 

[BadassBlaze]

Texas A&M students are Aggies. Gig em!

Whoop!

That engine is mean and sounds awesome. I'll just gloss over the big A&M on the intake

Lol. Hows that football thing working out for yall?

 

[TexasSilhouette]

We don't play football.

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[BadassBlaze]

We don't play football.

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I'm an Aggie! And the guy was talking about ignoring the A&M logo on the intake... probably a tea sip.

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[BadassBlaze]

BTW, there is a pretty good group of truck guys here in town. I'm graduating in May, so they will need another resident blazer guy

 

[TexasSilhouette]

He works at the bowling alley, met one of you 4X4 club guys there. I hope it turns into an honest hobby for him.

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[BadassBlaze]

Tell him to sign up on texasrebelstrucks.com, maybe he can make it to a meet with us or hang out. That and tell him to check out TAMU offroad, although its mostly Jeep guys.

 

[TexasSilhouette]

The boy got to drive it up and down the street a couple times last weekend.

We have the under hood electrical about 80% complete. We still need to shorten the ECM harness but will save that portion for when we move to under dash electrical.

I buttoned up the exhaust last night, it sounds quite a bit better that the open manifolds did.

I "tested" the rear axle by digging a nice set of posi ruts in the yard with it.

Working on fabricating the fan mounts and air cleaner this weekend.

Hope to get it insured, tagged, and inspected in a few weeks.