The Short Bus...

[chevelledaddy]

Just thought i would post up some progress on the blazer...The Short Bus will be flat black, so my Son and I cleaned it up, painted the engine bay, Door jams, and roll cage, Headers, also pained the cab floorboard with trunk speckle paint. I also removed the brake booster, split it and cut out the mounting studs on both sides and made my own bracket for the master cylinder.
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[406shark]

Looking good! :thumbup:

Keep up the good work... it'll be worth it in the end.


Jeff

[East End Riders]

Looks good. Man, that flat black is going to be a KILLER sitting in the staging lanes..

[spib]

very cool blazer, and the name rocks also!!!!!

[littlewickeds10]

very nice!

[wade w]

Thats a cool idea on the master cylinder mount. Does the stock push rod work with that?

[Toecutter]

LOL the short bus thats what I call my wifes caravan kids hate to ride in it now.

[bigfoot385]

Looking Good!!

[chevelledaddy]

Thats a cool idea on the master cylinder mount. Does the stock push rod work with that?


Thanks..I am using the stock push rod, it was about a 1/2 inch short, so I moved the brake light switch bracket forward, seems to be ok...

[85ss]

Lookin good...
Like the master cylinder mount...

[bluehair]

looks good I agree on the mount ,good idea !

[chevelledaddy]

We got the line-lock installed and the lines ran out of the way....

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We also got the engine back from the machine shop....it made 697hp @ 6400rpm and 650 foot pounds @ 4800 rpms

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We have to get a steering column kit to relocate where the column exits the cab, so the steering shaft will clear the headers, A little bit of fab work in our near future, should be fun!!!!!!

[J.D.Rhodes]

now we talkin daddy !! some serious ponys,love it!

[85ss]

Sweet!!!

[sgblazer2]

blazer is coming along nicely!

whats the specs on the motor? if you dont mind me asking...

[chevelledaddy]

blazer is coming along nicely!

whats the specs on the motor? if you dont mind me asking...

No Problem..... 496ci
its a gen 6 block
scat 4340 crank
scat I beam rods
srp forged pistons 12.7:1
Brodix Oval port heads with some work done.
isky solid roller....around .700 lift
Vuctor Jr. intake
850 DP

powerglide trans
stock case
1.76 gears
Trans brake
5200 ptc stall

narrowed 9 inch
430 gears

[Manyfire]

That thing is sick man, love it

[chevelledaddy]

Thanks guys...more to come, me and the boy are going to the shop right now to remove the column, and get the transmission in there and bolted up, just to make sure thats where its going to set....bolt the headers up and see where we have to make the steering run...

[chevelledaddy]

Got all that done...Now we have to wait till I buy a column kit....

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[Diabolical]

Looks killer!
What headers are those? They look like a very good fit.
You only had to cut one tube?

I think its great you got your boy in there helping.. I guess he's going to get a couple of passes
with that beast hu? ;)

Keep the pics coming!

Mike

[chevelledaddy]

Thanks!!!
Yeah...Only one tube was cut...
I bought the headers from a guy that has a 8 second Sonoma out of OKC...
They were hand built for his truck, 2 1/4 primaries and 4 1/2 collector..
As far as the boy driving the Bus......He will have to make many....many passes with the Chevelle first.....haha

[wade w]

I'd like to see the chevelle.

[chevelledaddy]

Been off of here for a while...best buy couldnt figure out my computer, and were holding it hostage, bought a competition engineering steering column kit and installation kit and ran it so it would clear the headers, wired in everything, delay box, line lock, trans brake, new auto meter guages, picked up a dual bar gemini nitrous kit, wired and plumbed it all, here are some pics..and a vid ..if i can make it work..

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV44yyU0BHY


went to Ford Vs Buick..(I put a gmc grill in it so I could run on the buick side)
1st run was just a shakedown run, let off at the 1/8 mile, ran 10.54 @112
2nd was 10.26 @132.8 was good enough to qualify 5th out of 85 buicks.

The final run I made was with a 250 shot, it blew through the converter pretty bad, shut the nitrous off at about 300 feet, you can see the shift light turn off,

ran 1.35 60 foot, 6.03 @ 109.98 and 9.63 @ 135.39

It has alot left in it, pretty good for the first time out ...i think

The mustang ran a 8.47 @ 157.....holy moley

[chevelledaddy]

I'd like to see the chevelle.



http://s10racer.com/board/showthread.php?t=5317

[spib]

holy smokes very nice ride you guys have built there and way cool on son right there with you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and your chevelle, is also bad ass, a few of us like our chevelles on this site

[chevelledaddy]

Thanks, we ejoy it....the blazer got alot of attention, alot of "how the hell did you get that in there"?

[Diabolical]

Very impressed.
Awesome rides.