Matt 4.3 TBI
11-22-04, 12:33 AM
This forum's really moving slow, so I'll try to give it another shove.
http://www.h-a-s-t-e.com/albums/album32/DSCN0191.jpg
This old Blazer's been good to me, and I return the favor with lots and lots of parts and maintenance!
The current mod list is linked in my sig, and quite a few pics are in the gallery link.
Most of the GM options it has, I added. Such as the fog lights, power mirrors, 12-hole Outlaw wheels, ABS mesh grill, overhead console (from a 2nd gen) and leather steering wheel.
I got sick of the awful side molding (took forever to ArmorAll it to get it black after a wash and wax!), so I shaved it all except the bumpers.
Drivetrain mods:
Bored .020, forged pistons. Edelbrock cam, intake and TES headers. K&N open-element. MSD 6AL, custom PROM chip. Dacco 23-25 converter, Vette servo and shift kit. 2.5 exhaust, Flowmaster 40. High volume fuel and oil pumps.
Upcoming mods (hopefully):
Rust repair! Need to get some metal replaced at the corners in front of the rear wheel wells. That damned rust is like cancer, so I'm not taking any chances!
Steel cowl induction hood, so I can get cooler air into the TBI. I plan to build some kind of carb tray to isolate the air cleaner from the engine heat to improve the effect. I'm going to install a velocity stack as well, to get the filter up into the cowl opening and for the added airflow velocity benefits a stack provides.
Kicking around the idea of a Wynjammer supercharger, since they've got a 4.3 TBI kit in the works.
One day, in the long off future I want to get it repainted. Just solid black this time. I also want to get some Bushwacker Extend-A-Fender flares, and get rid of the stock ones.
Depeding how it ends up when I feel I'm "Done" with the power mods, I may switch over to a Bravada AWD transfer case. Until then, I'm keeping the old NP231, never had a problem (outside of the vacuum modulators :boggled_1 ).
http://www.h-a-s-t-e.com/albums/album32/DSCN0191.jpg
This old Blazer's been good to me, and I return the favor with lots and lots of parts and maintenance!
The current mod list is linked in my sig, and quite a few pics are in the gallery link.
Most of the GM options it has, I added. Such as the fog lights, power mirrors, 12-hole Outlaw wheels, ABS mesh grill, overhead console (from a 2nd gen) and leather steering wheel.
I got sick of the awful side molding (took forever to ArmorAll it to get it black after a wash and wax!), so I shaved it all except the bumpers.
Drivetrain mods:
Bored .020, forged pistons. Edelbrock cam, intake and TES headers. K&N open-element. MSD 6AL, custom PROM chip. Dacco 23-25 converter, Vette servo and shift kit. 2.5 exhaust, Flowmaster 40. High volume fuel and oil pumps.
Upcoming mods (hopefully):
Rust repair! Need to get some metal replaced at the corners in front of the rear wheel wells. That damned rust is like cancer, so I'm not taking any chances!
Steel cowl induction hood, so I can get cooler air into the TBI. I plan to build some kind of carb tray to isolate the air cleaner from the engine heat to improve the effect. I'm going to install a velocity stack as well, to get the filter up into the cowl opening and for the added airflow velocity benefits a stack provides.
Kicking around the idea of a Wynjammer supercharger, since they've got a 4.3 TBI kit in the works.
One day, in the long off future I want to get it repainted. Just solid black this time. I also want to get some Bushwacker Extend-A-Fender flares, and get rid of the stock ones.
Depeding how it ends up when I feel I'm "Done" with the power mods, I may switch over to a Bravada AWD transfer case. Until then, I'm keeping the old NP231, never had a problem (outside of the vacuum modulators :boggled_1 ).