gotta figure out how to mount the tranny cooler. i have ALL the parts now

 

Don't stop with the intake and carb. Get yourself a cam also :bigthumg: You already have headers and exhaust for it right? Make that blazer bang wheelies, you know....like the FD

 

Ok now that I noticed that this thread is 4 pages long...



Damn that is a huge radiator! How are you going to run the transmission cooler lines? A popular way to do it in cold climates (like up here in ****** cold MN!) is to come from the trans - into the radiator cooler - our of the radiator cooler - into the new cooler - out of the new cooler - into the trans.



If I was you i'd go with the 195 t-stat, keep yourself/blazer warm in the winter. Is the blazer only used in the winter?? If not maybe the 180 would be better.

 

new radiator is in. couldn't find a good place to mount the trans cooler so i didn't put it in yet. just waiting to get some more coolant, then gonna burp the system. i have to see how expensive the cam and lifters are..... anyway i'm glad its running again and not leaking anything now :bigthumg:

 

Man I wish I could mod the hell out of every vehicle i own Instead of switching thermos you could just put some card board in front of the air duct, thats if you're lazy.



its actually getting kinda warm up here, i think temps are around 20 in MN right now, wrench time

 

1Revvin7- 34.0 deg down here in lakeville right now. Got my shorts on and a t-shirt, heat wave



vosko- we are talking about 100-125 for a cam and lifters. :bigok: you know... to complement the carb/intake/headers

 

Best prices I've seen on cams are PAW catalog and Summit catalog. If you get a Competition Cam/lifters(brand name), make sure they know its for the stock ratio rocker arms. One V-8 I built I bought one of their cams and it was for the wrong ratio of rocker arm, I called comp. cams and they said tough luck(I don't recommend their cams.)

Summit lists their own cam kit(cam. lifter, assemble lub) for $79.95, A Edelbrock kit for $115.00 If you change cam its a good time to change that old timing chain set(summit has a good deal on those also. Also shipping is Free!

 

ok will do

 

they are zip-ties, like $4.95 for a set, didnt they come with your "mounting kit"?????

 

like these, all you do is push the ties thru the radiator, then use the square part to zip down on it, like wire ties.