The General

[bcolman]

after i got the oil cooler off i think i am just going to loop it up by where the cooler was and worry about taking the lines off some time later(maybe when i have to rebuild the motor, hopefully not soon)

[bcolman]

i got the new cross member done and installed, hopefully i wont break this one. now i just need to finish the torque arm for the 205, fill fluids, install my front shocks, and lengthen my front drive shaft

[Doug Krebs]

Thats a nice looking bend!

I rule!

[bcolman]

Thats a nice looking bend!

thanks again for helping me out with that

[bcolman]

so i just got in my stealth conversions vss adapter, but i need to know which wire on my blazers wiring harness to hook it up to, the wires that went to the old vss were purple with white line and green with black line, are either of these an ecm ground? if so then i am set otherwise i will need to find an ecm ground

[bcolman]

i am thinking of getting some new rims for the blazer, my tires are 13.5 wide, would it be a bad idea to run them on an 8 inch wide rim? i found a set cheap but i think it might be better to get a 10 inch wide rim, what do yall think?

edit: currently i am running stock gm steel 16 inch rims, i think they are 6.75 wide.

[Sharpe]

On the skinnier rim they'll wear funny if you do too much street driving but it will be much more difficult to blow a bead. If you are not going with beadlocks I'd deffinately go with the narrower wheels.

[colman]

i think his plans are internals like stauns and there is no street driving except like from clayton to the trail

[DRAGOONRANCH]

Does staun list any specs that would dictate the width of rim that can be safely used? If so, just stick with that. The 8" wides should be just fine with those tires, but you were already burping air at times with the 6.75s so you may have to up your pressure until you get the staun's in.

[DRAGOONRANCH]

SBLNC166: Suit 16 in rim x 6-6.5 in wide
SBLNC1679: Suit 16 in rim x 7-9 in wide
SBLNC169.510: Suit 16 in rim x 9.5-10 in wide
SBLNC161112: Suit 16 in rim x 11-12 in wide


Looks like they offer a couple of different models in the 16" variety. Guess you need to figure out what rim you want to ultimately run before you drop coin on these.

[bcolman]

so i need to put on a few new gauges, but i want them to match the ones i already have in the garage waiting to be installed, so does anyone know if i can run a water temp gauge as a trans temp gauge?

[Doug Krebs]

I have an autometer tranny gauge. What type of gauge are you looking for?

[Sharpe]

As long as the temp range is similar I would think so.

[bcolman]

im not sure exactly what they are, but i know they arent auto meter, after looking around the water temp and the trans temp gauges use the same sending unit, so i dont see why i couldnt use the water temp gauge for a trans temp gauge

[bcolman]

so i have been looking for beadlocks for some time now and came across these, do yall think they will hold up to wheeling hard?

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