Holy **** I can tell that was done with a Mig because of the silicon remanants. Was this guy old and shaking like a mo fo?? Or was he bent over and you thought his ass was cute and pinched it??
Holy **** I can tell that was done with a Mig because of the silicon remanants. Was this guy old and shaking like a mo fo?? Or was he bent over and you thought his ass was cute and pinched it??
1988 Blazer...RIP
how much did you fork over for those tabs?
Poison Spider Customs' shock tabs. They measure 2 1/8" tall with a radius of 1 3/4". (pn:BURLEYSML) At $3.75 each, it's a no brainer.
1988 Blazer...RIP
What's that? $3.50 profit?
Probably, but that's well worth not building it myself. I used the money from selling my textbook back.
So was he old or did you pinch his ass!??
1988 Blazer...RIP
I still haven't sold mine...not sure what I'll do with my $5.Originally posted by AgDieseler
Probably, but that's well worth not building it myself. I used the money from selling my textbook back.
did he weld them to the remnants of the old shock mounts? that is what it looks like in the pic. Here is how you build shock mounts.
Boats and hoes
Stumble in to the liquor store
With a dollar-fifty for a bottle of wine,
I know just what I'm lookin for
Thunderbird will do just fine.
I used those same F250 mounts on my front mounts with 9012s. Finally, I'm not alone with my Ford brackets!
did he weld the teh tabs to what was left of the old mounts or is that just what the pic looks like?
Boats and hoes
Stumble in to the liquor store
With a dollar-fifty for a bottle of wine,
I know just what I'm lookin for
Thunderbird will do just fine.
Though I asked him not to, he did weld over the old spots. The new brackets are actually not as wide as the old ones, so they should have set inside of the old welds, but he put one tab right on top of an old weld. I'm about halfway pleased with the quality. I know that it will hold and that there is nothing wrong structurally, but it has been mentioned (and I do agree) that they beez some ugly welds. I guess that's that I get for going to a professional welder.
why didnt you 6011 that bitch up?
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no welder down herre
Finally, the truck has a turbo on it. I ordered the rest of the kit from Banks, and got it all installed two weeks ago. I went back to Dallas yesterday to finish up the exhaust and get some miles on it before bringing it down here. I dialed in the boost to 11-13 psi, and adjusted the injector pump +1/4 turn. That should make about 220 hp and 450 lb. ft.
A big thanks to Jimmy, Fred, and Robert for their help. All that driving we did looking for a manifold gasket could have been avoided. There was one in the garage I didn't know about.Thanks Jimmy for using a torque wrench; thanks Fred for giving me "the eye" when I tried to go back without that header gasket; and thanks Flem for letting me eat your fries.
Thanks to Ryan St. John for re-indexing my tailpipe. The muffler hung down too low in stock form, and to get it up high enough, the tailpipe was pointed up a little. Ryan gave it the chop, and TIGed that puppy in the right position.
In the old 300,000 mile motor, 75 mph was attainable only with a tailwind heading down a hill. With the new engine, I could maintain 75 no problem until I hit anything more than a 5% grade. Now, I can bury the needle past 85 mph up a 6% grade hill, and still have room left to go. I'll be towing Jose's Dodge to Houston before too long, so that will be part two of the power test. I'm looking forward to getting an idea of how this thing pulls.
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