86 squarebody made2drag

[made2drag]

i will continue working on it in the fall....i am working a little here and there on the 78 blazer right now

[made2drag]

[91Subbed]

Looking good! Good job man!
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[3r!c84]

plan on keeping it aol ?

[made2drag]

Originally Posted by 91Subbed

Looking good! Good job man!
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thanks

[made2drag]

Originally Posted by 3r!c84

plan on keeping it aol ?

yup. i havent driven it yet, but i wanted the rear to carry the load between the axle and frame instead of front of the leafsprings. i know i'll lose alittle ride but for peace of mind that i can carry anything and also be able to change or work on my rear bags anytime will be worth it. i may be moving the air tank to the bed and maybe the rear valves behind the seat. i am working towards never having to take the bed off again. it will be easier to drain the tank when its in the bed and i plan on adding another compressor or 2. i also want to finally add shocks which was another reason i built the bag brackets and relocated them up high so i can weld some tabs and mount the shocks. i did keep the area between the notches empty, so i can air up and as long as my pumpkin is lower than the bed floor....i can still lay stuff flat like a filing cabinet or furniture......in fact, ive got stuff to move right now and im trying to get my bed back on soon, so i can move it

[3r!c84]

How is it as far as wheel hop and the axle wanting to twist? Could you put like.caltac's with that set up maybe? I want to go bags now but don't have a welder nor do I know how too..
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[watahyahknow]

there 2 3 4 link kits available that are bolt on and work with bags , they solve all those issues

[truckzilla]

Originally Posted by 91subbed

looking good! Good job man!
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x2!

[made2drag]

Originally Posted by 3r!c84

How is it as far as wheel hop and the axle wanting to twist? Could you put like.caltac's with that set up maybe? I want to go bags now but don't have a welder nor do I know how too..
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before with no bags and no shocks and no add-on leafs and with the bed off...if i floored my 4.3 it would wheel hop bad, if i drove it normal...no problems. i havent driven it in the current set up yet but im thinking with my shocks im going to do soon and the bags aired a little and keeping the add-on leafs...i shouldnt have any wheel hop. my add-on leafs are from autozone. not sure how caltac's would be.

get a bolt on 2 link from ekstensive for a couple hundred bucks and you'll be done in the rear...bolt a c-notch in then get a welder at a muffler shop to weld it...then for the front, buy the bolt in brackets for the front bags

[made2drag]

Originally Posted by truckzilla

x2!

thanks!

[luifer76]

looking good bro.....

[aggie91]

Bag mount look good.

Do you have a build thread on the Blazer?

[luifer76]

when you gonna Z this thing?

[made2drag]

Originally Posted by aggie91

Bag mount look good.

Do you have a build thread on the Blazer?

thanks....

yes, there is a link in my "signature".

[made2drag]

Originally Posted by luifer76

when you gonna Z this thing?

probably wont. i do have an extra 73-87 crossmember and control arms and disc's that i might put on my 56. if i do, i'll have to narrow the crossmember and section it, then z the front near the firewall because i wouldnt have any clearance at all if i didnt. the 73-87 is supposed to almost bolt up but the width it puts the wheels is too wide and it also hangs too low if you leave it stock. all this if i cant find a 78-79 subframe to weld to the 56's frame.

[made2drag]

i also have an extra (2ND) set of lca's. i want to do the "Luifer76 lca mod" to those for the 86 so i can run my Dominator 2600's up front

[luifer76]

Originally Posted by made2drag

i also have an extra (2ND) set of lca's. i want to do the "Luifer76 lca mod" to those for the 86 so i can run my Dominator 2600's up front

cool post some pics when you do....

[luifer76]

im gonna be cupping the ones on my 73 here shortly once i start the bodydrop.

[made2drag]

Originally Posted by luifer76

im gonna be cupping the ones on my 73 here shortly once i start the bodydrop.

[made2drag]

i started on my shock mounts....ran out of welding wire right after i tacked one of the top mounts on the driver side...just my luck...

[truckzilla]

Originally Posted by made2drag

i started on my shock mounts....ran out of welding wire right after i tacked one of the top mounts on the driver side...just my luck...

You couldn't just run down to your local 24 welding supply house?

[made2drag]

lol.

[made2drag]

ok, so 15 bucks worth of wood and 2 bucks worth of bolts, washers and nuts...i built this tonight and still have to do some diagonal bracing from 4x4's to 2x10's and diagonals from 2x8 to 4x4's. my plan is to lift the bed so that the lowest part of my bed is 30 inches...then drive under and lower it into position by myself

[3r!c84]

a case of beer and some buddys would be cheaper and faster... haha