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Car-Part.com--Used Auto Parts Market There's a few Michigan members on Colorado K5 - Full-Size Chevy K5 Blazer 4x4 Restoration and Off Road Community . Used to be one myself. (GR eh? Grew up in Middleville.) The problem you'll face is A - most got scrapped or picked apart years ago and B -...

Friend of mine replaced the fan on a S10 and discovered that - squirrel cage was on backwards.

Yes. I had 255/85R16's (33x10ishR16) Load Range D's on my '96 Ranger 4x4 and I never could get it to align right (partly my fault, partly Ford's) and despite that I was over 15k miles with lots of tread depth left. I wasn't past 40%. I was planning on at least 40k out of them. Sold the truck...

I had a set (different size) and loved them. How's the width of those 37's?

Flowmasters are baffled and chambered meaning the air is routed through several different chambers (2 in the 40 series) and around a variety of baffles (I want to say two or three per chamber in the 40 series) so how can that be free flowing? It's not as bad as your typical OEM muffler...

I've got two Maremont Cherry Bombs (the actual brand) on mine. I just replaced the factory mufflers with them, I have the part numbers for them. Should be a bolt on but mine involved some rusted on 20 yr old factory parts so it wasn't quite. Anyway, not terribly loud or anything, just a nice...

Well, that might be trouble for them since 24v is surely a limited application. I can get just about any 12v civy part for my K5 Blazer within a day but then again, they're much more common. That said, if it's a good NAPA they have a big book o' military supply stuff and can cross reference...

I've had good luck with NAPA's and they're my first choice. Seems like I always find "car guys" at NAPA's and not backwards hat wearing kids with aspirations of one day being car guys. That said, there's tools at every store. The NAPA I used to go to in Traverse City had one guy that was just...

Yeah, lots of variables and you do have a boat anchor (weight wise) of an engine in there. I always laugh when people say they have a 6" lift and then start assuming it really is 6".

That's weird. That's mine fitting under a 7' door at my old house.

Eh, dunno about that. With the gearing it's about like 3.73's and 32-33's on a stock truck. If you expect the performance of a warmed up small block or a big block...you'll be disappointed...if you just expect the performance of a 6.2L it's not bad. I found that instead of bouncing it off the...

No problem. I know I pimp it a lot here but Colorado K5 - Full-Size Chevy K5 Blazer 4x4 Restoration and Off Road Community is a great site for modifying these GM fullsize trucks. Whatever you want to do someone has done it and/or knows about it.

Ah, gotcha. The 16.5" is just a dying breed anymore. I'd definitely recommend a different size wheel when you do figure out what you want to do.

Honestly, unless you're wheeling hard...you shouldn't need a front traction adder. Some good 35" muds and a rear locker (throw a Detroit in there while rebuilding the rear) and you should be able to get anywhere that isn't true, hard wheeling. You might consider 16" or 17" wheels though...

Well, realize adding a limited slip or locker to the front will change handling if you have to drive in 4x4 on the roads. Being in PA I know you get snow. The BEST option would be a selectable locker like an ARB...but they're expensive. What are you running for tires? Rear end locked?

Why do you want a limited slip or locker in the front?

You said side tread above, not side wall. My issue is height. It'll be a long time before I can have a pole barn or garage with a door and ceiling high enough to fit Big Ugly with 4" of suspension lift. As it is now mine clears a true 7' door jamb with about 1.5" of space.

Uhm, the side lugs should touch the ground. The tread should roll flat across the ground at driving psi, not just aired down. Tires aren't meant to be so over inflated they're round even on the bottom. You're not one of those guys driving around with big ass tires running 30-40psi in them...

Yeah, cause I don't know a bunch of folks who have run wide tires on narrower rims for tens of thousands of miles or so... The proper pressure is a matter of vehicle weight distribution + tire size + rim width. You have to find that out yourself...it's not a sticker on the door. FWIW about 8...

I have 11.00R16 Michelin XL's (38x11ishR16's) on stock GMC 2007 16" steel wheels with 1" of front lift via ORD Zero Rates and fender cutting and trimming. Works well but I am going to relocate the front axle an inch or so forward. No, they don't.