92 s10

[FirstGenZq8]

bought some stock taillights from LMC. three days later, one tail shows up with a note on the receipt letting me know that one of the taillights is on backorder. the other tail shows up and i immediately notice that one is made by "TYC" and the other is made by "DEPO"





upon initial inspection, everything looks fine...



i start straining my eyes and notice something...



freakin' A, the reverse lights are different sized squares. WTF?!? freakin' chinese sh|t.

i tried working w/ LMC to get two taillights made by "DEPO" as i felt they were better quality over the "TLC" taillights, but LMC only sells "TLC" taillights exclusively now. meh. LMC was very good about a full refund though.

[FirstGenZq8]

i think the motor is in its final position. it took a lot of fanaggling to make sure the passenger side header cleared the firewall, frame, and transmission bellhousing. still working on the transmission crossmember. i think i'll have something on it in another few weeks. upon mocking up the transmission crossmember i found that i'll need to have the driveshaft shortened 1-1/2".



optispark, electric water pump, and ASP crank pulley installed.



i installed the core support just to mock up my aluminum radiator and check my electric puller fan clearance; i should be fine.



hydroboost, pedal assembly, and steering column installed. jeep steering shaft installed but then removed for a little paint.



working on the interior. i'm trying to do away w/ the 80s blue and go mostly black.

OLD VS NEW

i took a 4-1/2" hole saw to the front bumper. i'm going to weld some 4-1/2" pipe in those holes to house some fog lights.



going to start working on my blazer rear bumper in a bit. i cut out a bunch of filler peices for it. those holes in the bumper are what the stock trim mounts to.

[FirstGenZq8]

thanks for the compliments everybody!

No more Bravada grille?

probably not, but i'm going to try both and see which one i like better.

Hey do you still have the 315 tires on the 9.5" wide centerline wheels? How dodid they fit?

i have since sold the centerlines and replaced them w/ 9.5" ZR1 replica wheels. the 315s fit OK on it, and the tire jockey at discount didn't have a problem mounting them. they do buldge a bit, but nothing unslightly. i only went w/ the 315s because i got a smokin' deal on them. the widest i'd go if i had to pay full price is a 295.

[Samckitt]

thanks for the compliments everybody!



probably not, but i'm going to try both and see which one i like better.



i have since sold the centerlines and replaced them w/ 9.5" ZR1 replica wheels. the 315s fit OK on it, and the tire jockey at discount didn't have a problem mounting them. they do buldge a bit, but nothing unslightly. i only went w/ the 315s because i got a smokin' deal on them. the widest i'd go if i had to pay full price is a 295.

I have 275's on 9.5" wheels. Maybe I will look at 295's.

[FirstGenZq8]

a lot of time has passed and i don't have much to show for it.

below are pics of my stock transmission crossmember modified for the T56.

knocked the 700R4 transmission mounting plate off:



assorted carnage from the transmission crossmember:



gettin' after it:



installed:



i wish i could say that i'm finally done w/ the transmission crossmember, but i need to weld in a notch so that i can run exhaust out of the driver side header collector.

[FirstGenZq8]

also cut a hole for the shifter.

[Green70]

its gonna be sweet when your done, i love s10s i had a 92 also i think i remember your old pics from the s10forum cant wait to see it finished

[lower90xcab]

looks good joe......

[FirstGenZq8]

maybe, maybe not.....only joe will tell.............

valve covers bought from lower90xcab, gloss black powder coated:



took the time to polish my fuel rails; they came out pretty good. much better than these pics show.




umm...going through my pics to see if i missed anything. oh, installed some more stuff to the LT1.



had the driveshaft shortened 1-3/4", beefier u-joints installed, etc.

so as you can see, i haven't done much. life keeps getting in the way.

[lower90xcab]

some nice progress joe....

[FirstGenZq8]

progress has slowed. a lot.

back in october 09 i discovered that my motor builder put plugs in the back of my heads. on gen 2 LT1s, those ports are where the coolant/steam tubes are bolted down. access to those plugs is impossible w/ how far i had it mounted, so i took my cab off. lots of room to get at those plugs. driver side; peice of cake. passenger side; not so much. the plug in the passenger head was a square drive plug. i broke a few of my tools trying to remove that thing. tried drilling/extracting it and broke 3 extractors. ended up removing it and taking it to my builder. i should have just done that in the first place .

bought some percy's header gaskets PHP-66031 and got those on. i also ground down one of the fins on the passenger side of the T56 that was hitting one of the header primaries.

got the passenger head back, put it on and got the valvetrain set up. installed the steam tube. intake manifold. put together my fuel rails w/ the 30# injectors. installed the aeromotive FPR as well.



i seem to have misplaced the bolts that BBK included w/ their throttle body, so for now i have it on there w/ just the top two stock TB bolts. glad i keep everything (mostly). got the accessory bracket on and mounted the power steering, idler/tensioner and AC delete pullies.



decided to chuck my stock transmission crossmember. i've seen that a few companies sell universal xmembers. thought about that route, then i saw THIS article. it would have been a lot of work to notch the stock xmember to run my driver side exhaust so a buddy who's helped me since day 1 went ahead and made one for me. it's a simple 1X2 14 gauge mild steel design. roughly 36" long and boxed on the edges. i used 3/16" for the "L" brackets that i welded to the frame to mount the xmember.

[FirstGenZq8]

fuel system and hydroboost components purchased. i'll start working on that this coming weekend.

2 - RUS-640830 adapter fitting
2 - RUS-648060 #6 TO 16MMX1.5 O-RING SEAL
1 - RUS-648080 fitting
1 - RUS-650133 russell fuel filter
2 - SUM-G1882 1/2" insulated clamp 10PK
1 - HYDD246 hydroboost fitting kit
2 - ANF001203 -6 AN red/blue stainless steel line straight adaptor
5 - ANF001209 -6 AN red/blue stainless steel line 90° adaptor
4 - ANF001206 -6 AN red/blue stainless steel line 45° adaptor
30 ft. - ANF001240 -6 AN black PTFE braided stainless steel lines



also got some v-bands from www.siliconeintakes.com since i ordered so much other stuff from them.

2 - CLA000325 3.0" mild steel v-band clamp ring
2 - CLA000314 3.0" v-band clamp

[baktrak09]

Great build, Im building a 93 for street and auto cross.

[cl08]

My cusin has pretty much the same build. His is a 91, its orange, Caprice 4.3 V8 (soon to be a LT1 302), ladder bar 9 inch, clean little truck. He is on the S10V8.org broads. I do not know his avatar name but his real name is C.T. If you had any questions about wiring or anything he could help you out. By the looks of things you dont need any help. Here is his other s-10. Pretty fun when it running. Got tore down to be built pro-street twin huffed.




Your S-10 is SWEET!!!

not too crazy about the olds grill, but it is different and different is awesome.

[70Nova4dr]

Have a part number for the ZQ8 center caps ??

[ArtosDracon]

That blue blazer is gorgeous! Congrats to the owner.

[FirstGenZq8]

back from the dead.

the exhaust is done. power windows are wired and interior is going back together. baby steps...

[FirstGenZq8]

i took my truck to a local shop to get the last few things finished.

in the meantime i've been fartin' around w/ my garage.

before:


it's a 21X20. 2 coats of primer and 2 coats of gloss white on my 70s ear wood paneling.



two fold up tables and a 3X2 spray paint can cabinet.



storage rack for wheels/tires.



VCT. it laid down pretty easily once i got the hang of it. ignore the brown couch, it's gone.



after waiting 4 months, a deal on some used kitchen cabinets presented itself. i love craigslist.



i still have some painting to do. i put casters on most everything so i can wheel it all out of the garage if needed.



i gave my metal cabinets the same red/black treatment:



i decided not to paint above the garage door. i kinda want to remind myself of how ugly the paneling was before.



my wheel art. i'm a forged wheel whore.

[syborg tt]

Trucks looks good and I lov-n the garage.

[FirstGenZq8]

it runs!



shaved the front bumper carriage bolts and added the foglight pockets.

rear bumper is a blazer bumper with all of the molding slits filled. now just need to sand/bondo/sand/sand/sand/paint them both. i'm thinking black - but should i do blue?

the interior is still a hot mess, but all of the gauges work. the interior is something i'll fart w/ once the truck goes home.

alignment is set for next week, with base tuning coming shortly thereafter. dyno tune is going to be sometime in june hopefully.