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Stuck on how to build 92 Blazer

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b454rat

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I picked up my 92 Blazer over the weekend, didn't do much other than wash all the leaves and tree seeds off of it and inspect the rust situation. I need to get the tranny rebuilt, but not gonna pull it till I get my 400 together. I'm using Vortecs, found a TBI Vortec intake, but won't be here till next month or so. Don't want to pull the tranny, then have to pull the motor, would be easier to do it in one shot.

But what I'm stuck on is how to build it. At first I wanted to swap the drivetrain from my 89 into this, but I want to drive this, and the 89 is close to being a bada$$ truck offroad. A 92 Blazer with a 454, 400, possibly 203/205 doubler, HP60 and 14ff with 4.56s and 40" boggers would be quite the machine, but gas would be a killer, and rear d/s would be steep to say the least.

I have a set of 35s on nice Eagle alloys, pretty much any axle I want (if I go with the 35s, a 77.5 HP44HD with 4.10s, be perfect with 35s an OD). Probly go with a HD60 rear if I can find it at my buddy's yard. Don't want a 14ff, don't need anything that heavy.

Or with 33s on the same rims, HP44/60 rear with 3.55s. This setup would be close to stock gearing of 3.42s on 265/75s.

Or leave it the way it is, but put the 400 in it, put some nice wheels with 32s or something simple on it and drive it. I can't leave anything alone, so I doubt that I won't do nothing to it...
 
Don't have any pics of the Blazer yet, the wifey don't know that I bought it, need to get that taken care of so she doesn't freak out. Probly will anyways, but she is gulable, so I could just tell her that I traded parts for it, since it needs a tranny, got it cheap.

Also forgot to add, that I have the ORU kit, ORD shackle flip, 4" springs, and bunch of other stuff. I'll make my own brackets, since I sorta have the ORUs sold, plus if I go with the 35s, want to run 52s for a nice cushy ride. This will be my driver, and the wife needs to get in this too, and she is barely over 5' tall. Plus with the little one, might make it hard to get her in and out of the back seat. Those two factors keep me from going with the 35s. The old man's truck has a 6" lift and 35s, when I was driving that all I ever heard was her b!tching about getting in and out.....
 
the second option with 35-36s sounds like the best idea for a daily driver. 4" springs are prolly gonna be too tall for even 36s though, may want get some shorter leaves or design your hangers to only give like 1-2" of lift
 
I would rather have a little too much lift than the tires hitting the fenders. The 35s are 14.5 wide, not super wide, but wider than most 35s I've seen. There not the greatest tire, but I got them cheap and still have real good tread for the summer. Plan on getting new ones maybe next year, 35x15s.

I plan on going with 52s, from the reading it looks like 4" is the norm for lift. So with 3" or so from the brackets, and 4" from the spring, once they settle should be about 5-6". If I have to I can take the overload out, or tweak them somehow.....
 
This is the new body style Blazer, has the IFS front suspension. Depending on how the brackets are built, 4" springs can give 6-7" overall lift. My 89 had 4" springs, with the ORU kit got about 6-7". Cleared 36s no problem, and with some trimming cleared 38s. I plan on making this a nice rig, so 'nother reason for a tad more lift so the tires don't rub. Got a nice set of GM fenders for $50....:)....
 
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