[BowtieBlazer]

Been a long project in the making, almost 2 years now in my free time. Advised another friend in his swap into a 79 K-5 Blazer which is completed.
My specs will be a stock 4BT probably aftercooled before its all said and done, sm465, d60 front 14FF detriot rear from a CUCV geared 4.56 and a np205 for the time being son to be replaced by a stack with OD or an NV4500...

A picture of dryfitment stock drivetrain

 

[MoparFreak]

Motor Mounts

Hey man looking good so far. What are you doing for motor mounts? I have a '79 RC that I'm looking to convert and would like to see what kind of setup you're using and want to know if you're going off the crossmember or the frame? Good luck!

Michael

 

[BowtieBlazer]

I have completely removed the old motor mounting points and crossmember and am going to fab new ones to the frame to set the motor as far back as possible and as low as possible without jamming the exhaust into the firewall, my 85' RC might be next....

 

[BowtieBlazer]

wow, how projects come and go, the economy sucks and here I am again, except diving in next week to do this swap into my 88' k-5 I will post pics, so far I plan on going with a lower stall than my current RV converter in my 4l80e using my comp-u-shift controller swap to diesel mode add the 3200 spring and get the truck back on the road within a couple days. For drivetrain I've sold off lots of my projects and parts so we'll see how the stock stuff holds up while I search for new.

 

[BowtieBlazer]

no record time here but I finished my swap 98% and drove it home 38 miles last night uneventfully. 3" straight pipe is LOUD I'll be ordering a muffler soon, I should be able to put a good 100 or so miles on it today we'll see how she does...I did a few things a little less typical like mounted the turbo high and fwd and I'm running a 4l80e, I still have a few things to figure out but so far so good, tons of pics to follow

 

[BowtieBlazer]

start

empty bay

sound deadened firewall

 

[nexxussian]

Is the black stuff some sort of insulation (Lizzard Skin perhaps)?

 

[BowtieBlazer]

similar... this stuff is made by second skin. The member that turned me onto this stuff has a e350 with this stuff and some other deadening that made me a believer with a 7.3L and a bare interior that van is nearly luxury car quiet, as the funds become available I will be following up some coatings in other spots, this stuff needs 1-4mil coverage to work, so a gallon goes a long way.

diesel tank 22 gal vs old 29gal gas

4bt with auto adapter and wave ring

sitting on mounts

 

[BowtieBlazer]

using a few cool tools

built and installed my new front crossmember

 

[nexxussian]

similar... this stuff is made by second skin. The member that turned me onto this stuff has a e350 with this stuff and some other deadening that made me a believer with a 7.3L and a bare interior that van is nearly luxury car quiet, as the funds become available I will be following up some coatings in other spots, this stuff needs 1-4mil coverage to work, so a gallon goes a long way. ....Edit

Thank you.

 

[ericP]

really interested in doing a swap that is using a k5 with the lil' cummins. keep the posts coming!!! what size is that cross member tubing?

 

[BowtieBlazer]

off hand I think the tubing was 1 1/4", here is a short video of it running, I have around 6k on the motor since the swap completed late January.

 

[88 k5 blazer]

What to get?

I am looking into swapping and need to know what I need and for ab how much it would be.

 

[Jishory]

I am looking into swapping and need to know what I need and for ab how much it would be.

Lots of time and money. Try to look at some more detailed build threads to see what you are getting into.

 

[elktracker]

Awsome work, savin up for my swap, an 87 K10 long box. Keep the posts up love it man

 

[88 k5 blazer]

what kind of thread do you think i might get more detais on?