My truck

[blazerbrad]

Since I'm always sticking my nose around this forum, thought I would at least get you a rundown on my junker (ummm, I mean trailrig). I've had it out three times since I got done with the current version this fall, which isn't anything radically different than before (diffferent tires, hydro-assist steering, and rattle can paint). Some of you might remember running into us in Slade around Carb several years ago (was red/black with 38's at the time and had just broken an inner D60 front shaft), don't know who all was in your group but I remember Brad (blue YJ), Montero Dan, some big Jeep on 'rocks and 44's, etc...

Hopefully I can maybe join you guys on a trailride this coming summer.

1990 Chevrolet V1500 (K5) Blazer

Bought it in 1994 with 49k on the clock and completely stock expect for a set of 32” mud tires. The specs were:

6.2 diesel, 700r4 trans, 241 t-case, 10-bolt axles front and rear w/ Gov-lock and 3.73 gears, and all of the bells and whistles of a Silverado (power windows, locks, cruise, A/C, etc…).

It was my daily driver for many years and has been a work in progress since. I won’t bore you with the different versions over the years, but it has had an interesting life including being stolen, wheeled hard, and then stripped before being recovered. It currently is a trailered off-road rig, but is licensed and street legal.

Here is the current specs:

Engine: mostly stock 6.2, tweaked timing, dual Flowmaster 40’s w/ turndowns. Poly engine mounts. To come includes tweaked injection pump and “J” code (non-EGR) intake.

Trans and t-case: 700r4 with big cooler and NP 241 t-case (2.72 low). Poly trans mount.

Driveshafts: rear now has a larger tube with 1350 u-joints, front is stock with 1310 at the diff and S44 (similiar to 1330) CV at the t-case.

Axles:
front = Dana 60, Lock-right, 4.10 gears, 35-spline non-neckdown Spicer inners, Spicer u-joints, 35-spline Yukon stubs, Mt. Logan 35-spline flanges, minor housing shave for ground clearance, beefed stock diff cover (basically two covers welded together, then extra plating over ring gear).
Rear = 14-bolt FF, welded diff, 4.10 gears, disc brakes, minor housing shave for ground clearance.
Line-locks installed for front and rear.

Steering: Stock Hydro-boost, ORD cross-over steering, re-sealed 2wd steering box, stock pump modded for more flow and pressure, HD (1.25", apparently not heavy enough because I bent it already) tie-rod, RockLogic hydro-assist (1.5” cylinder) w/ drilled and tapped stock end and top cap (end cap reinforced). ORD bolt-on steering brace and weld-on frame reinforcements.

Suspension:
Front = 4” Tuff Country HD springs, ORD HD shackles and greasable bushings. Plans to install 1” zero-rate and move front axle forward 1.5”.
Rear = Sky Manuf. Shackle flip, stock 52” springs. Plans for reversed 56” springs which will move axle back 4” and install longer rear shackles.

Tires and Wheels: 39.5x15.5-15 Super Swamper TSL, 15x8 Procomp wheels w/ 2.75” backspacing (hillbilly beadlocks).

Bumpers: home-built front and rear
Front: 3/8” plate used for frame and winch mounts. 3x2x3/16” for center part of bumper, currently 1.5” box for outer ends (will eventually switch to round tube), stinger hoop, Ramsey ProPlus 9000 winch with roller fairlead.

Rear: 4x2x3/16” tube, wrap around corners, ¼” frame mounts go down to bottom of fuel tank w/ 1.5” tube to act as a “tank bumper”

Body: Rocker panels cut out and raised (about 5” cut out of bottom of doors for reference), replaced with 3x3 tube, front floors all 1/8” plate and new subframe built to support floors, seats, and rockers. Heavily trimmed front fenders. Quick release door hinges. Interior completely stripped except for dash, seats, center console. Tailgate permanently removed and reinforcement bar running between stock latch mounts.

Rollcage: S&W full family cage (plans for more reinforcement) including door bars (makes it a pain to get in and out but well worth it because I ran with no doors most of the time).

Misc: Toolbox mount using small turnbuckles connected between floor and box (holds box securely, but can be removed by hand quickly by loosening turnbuckles and then unhooking them). Hi-lift mounts (bolts up through top of rear wheelwell, then jack secured with wing nuts and washers). Interior light modified to work on manual switch (because doors removable), red interior running light under dash (so you can still see a little inside while running a trail at night, but doesn’t affect outside visibility). Doors converted to manual windows. Cruise and ABS crap removed, brakes lines all redone.

[JET455]

Nice! I have a K5 sitting around also.........

anymore pics? or if you have alink to some build pics up on the K5 board?

[94Dodge Truggy]

I love it! Looks like it would be a blast to wheel! I miss the sound of thin guage metal crunching on trees and rocks.

[blazerbrad]

Originally Posted by 94Dodge Truggy

I love it! Looks like it would be a blast to wheel! I miss the sound of thin guage metal crunching on trees and rocks.

Don't know what you are talking about...the body is pristine ;)

Okay, well it used to be that way. Here it is back in '98 or '99 (crappy scanned picture). I had already owned it 4-5 years at this time, but this was when I first started actually trailriding with it. "Built" (at least for the time ) 10-bolts - 30-spline chromo shafts and Tru-trac in rear, Eaton posi in front, 4.10's, 33" BFG Muds:


Couple years later - Welded 14FF rear, front 10-bolt converted to 8-lug (still had posi), 35" MT/R's. The body was starting to rust, so that was my excuse to start thrashing it


Next iteration - D60 front with locker, 13/38 TSL's:

[94Dodge Truggy]

Wheres the pic. from with the truck on 38's crossing the water at? Reminds me of truggy when it was a scratch free/ rust free truck in its better days :o

[blazerbrad]

Originally Posted by 94Dodge Truggy

Wheres the pic. from with the truck on 38's crossing the water at? Reminds me of truggy when it was a scratch free/ rust free truck in its better days :o

That picture is from a trail we run on a regular basis down in Vinton Co. (East of Chillicothe). Of the 20 times I've probably ran that trail, that's the highest I've ever seen the water.

The truck looks pretty good in that picture, but don't get fooled. The rain makes the paint look shiny, the mud hides the wavy body panels, and the rockers and section of floor behind the seats were pretty rotted.