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Here is my new 86 V8 s10 I picked up today....Lets see how long this keeps my attention.
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Sounds pretty decent. I always wonder why someone who was going to put that much work into a truck (or car) wouldn't go South and get a better donor to start with. I hate rust! Still, it doesn't look TOO bad and as long as you didn't spend a potful it should be a ton of fun.
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I'm digging the Avatar :DEscaped on a technicality.Comment
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Naa I had maybe a grand in the blazer including buying it, so Hell the heads on this thing are worth that..lolComment
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Well got it off the trailer and into the shop. Turns out the center pin bolt came loose and let the center pin loose and it broke that in half and broke one spider gear. Good think i kept the 7.5 out of my 83 malibu wagon... Came in handly for parts.Comment
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how the hell does the pin bolt come loose? someone had to be in there messing around and did not tighten it back up...I dig V8 S-10's...can I assume you do not have to worry about emissions where you live....
Didnt you buy a vette?If you can leave two black stripes from the exit of one corner to the braking zone of the next, you have enough horsepower. - Mark DonohueComment
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I had traded for a vette, then sold it, bought a 84 GMC then sold that , bought 3 s10 blazers and then traded one of them for this truck sold anoter one, and I've got this last one sold, just gotta deliver it this week.
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He emailed me some basic specs on the engine..
488/510 Eddelbrock cam
Eddelbrock RPM intake
Holly 650 carb
World sportsmen 2 heads
cam button
new eagle crank
TH350 trans
B&M 2400 stall and shift kit
10.5 to 1 pistons
I got it in the shop, got the rear end fixed for now and installed a new shifter.
Had this old ass TCI shifter Edit..Its a TCI lighting reverse manual th350/400 shifter...the internet is great.
Had to paint the white stripes I couldn't stand it.
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Well couldn't stand the faded primer so I gave it a quick prep and splashed some martin Senor industrial coating gloss black.
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Looks like a spray pattern on the back door and an airhose on the ground. I'm assuming you used a paint gun.Bakersfield, CA.Comment
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yea, It was a northern tools cheapy. I painted Aircraft in the Navy for 8 years.Comment
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dont look too bad, you gonna buff it or leave itIf you can leave two black stripes from the exit of one corner to the braking zone of the next, you have enough horsepower. - Mark DonohueComment
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Well I'm gonna rob the engine for my other new project a 77 impala coupe, and the rest of the truck is for sale, But I might try and buff it and get some practice.Comment
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pulled the engine and sold the truck,,pulled the heads off the engine cause it never really seemed to be right and sure enough, the flat tops are .030 in the hole and it had .040 head gaskets on it so the compression was down from what was really needed for the RPM cam, gonna put it back with some .015 gaskets and that will bring me to whee i need to be for compression ratio and then its going into THIS!!!
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