The kit includes a fuel sending unit designed to work with your factory style fuel gauge. You can run stock rubber bushings. Air Intake The cherry on top of this swap was bolting on the cold air intake. Is there more wiring to worry about? My goal is 10's but if I'm in the low 12's I'll be super happy. Now to our favorite part. These trucks are pretty light and can fit nice fat powerplants easily.
So i recently bought a 1982 Chevy s10 off some nice folks who had it parked for 5 years or so in the back of their farm total barn find kind of deal. Manufactured from the highest grade American made steel. If they fail, your car burns to the ground. The kit has two available Walbro fuel pump options. Here are some pictures of how that went: Here is a comparison of the old rotors we put on to roll it home vs the new rotors it got. We offer several sizes so you can match them to your horsepower level.
Another option is to use an external mounted pump, but you will have to install some sort of sump to suck up fuel. As for shocks the ones on it were put on a couple months before it was parked so they are new if we go by mileage on them. But we needed a transmission as well. Good spacers are expensive, cheap spacers are scary. The last piece of the fuel system that required attention was the throttle linkage. This required us to cut and reweld the factory radiator mounts, but no big deal there.
You can have custom delrin bushings made. Oil Pan Besides the motor mounts, one of the biggest concerns is the oil pan. Don't worry about getting that right now. It will have a big front sway bar that will bolt right on to your truck. Because it is larger than the factory radiator, minor modifications are required for installation.
If you feel up to fabrication and spending some time, i suggest you check out. Built to our specs by Moroso, the pan works with strokes up to 4. I will get some more pictures of how it sits now when I go work on it later. It was way too big. Steering This is another area with many options and a need to decide what your intended use of the vehicle is. If the old engine has already been removed, you are nearly ready to mount the V8 in the engine compartment. And the two best things I did to improve the driving experience were, in this order, limited slip torsen from an f-body and Blazer sway bars.
We slapped it on our tank and called it a day. Front Axle: All 2nd generation 4x4 5 speed S10's came with a cast iron front differential housing instead of the weak aluminum housing found in automatics. Its all cheap and fairly easy to service. The latest option on the market is the Rough country lift kit arms. It seems as though 2nd gen s10s are a lot easier to find for sale than 1st gen trucks are.
The car now does 75 mph on the freeway, or can sit in traffic all day and not overheat. In reply to Robbie : Thank you, yeah I', not worrying about it yet but I will have to move the truck soon because it will be changing locations so I can work on it so I do need to worry about the wheels soon. I have a 2nd gen blazer with a carb 350 in it. Every swap is going to be unique and have different challenges and costs associated with it. The upper control arm there two choices: 1 Stock style balljoints such as Proforged 2 Fullsize balljoints in the instance that you have Rough Country control arms installed. Or you might have some parts laying around that you could use to make the swap cheaper, like a radiator or fuel tank. Swaybar… The basic 4x4 S10 came with a front sway bar.
A spool is an option for vehicles which rarely see the street as they are a direct mechanical connection between both axle shafts. Make sure you still have tire clearance if you have increased the size of your tires upon full compression. Now a little about me: My name is Gabe and I'm 16 years old and I'm homeschooled in Central Florida. For photos, the radiators have been removed from the packaging and cleaned with an aluminum cleaner and scotch brite. This would cause a lot of debris to get stuck in the filter, along with water and possible damage from rocks. We had to stick to our guns on this one and maintain going the cheaper route. The best option is to build sway bar disconnects.