Ya, think. Lol

 

Boy, you stripped that 91 pretty good didn't ya! LOL I was checking out your gallery, love what you've done so far. And I just wanna say, the 350 is the right choice for that truck. DO IT!!

 

ya man ive heard of other ppl thinking of doing the 350 swap but i am completely serious and commited to doing this.
ive got my mind set, and i guarantee that it is going to be done. and about that guy with the v6 of course he'll be able to beat some v8's with nitrous and the supercharger n crap. but like seriously if you put that much money into a v8 it would smoke his v6 time and time again. so wat i am saying is that ya it would be fast, but a v8 with the same stuff done would be faster.

 

Sorry if I seem a little passionate about the v6. But I have listed my HP on this site , I just havn't put in my dyno sheets, The problem that I have, is by the time that I post something , I have changed things maybe twice. That is why there are so many different pictures of the dash and the engines.

I can't go by my last session because I found out that I had a almost completely blocked fuel line! Damn plastic fuel lines above the fuel filter! I have since replaced the lines with braid, My last session was about 380 HP at the rear wheels and that was with the fuel blockage. Disapointing!! I havn't did a new dyno since replacing the lines and adding the 36% but it is coming and I will make sure that it is video'd and posted.

What I am trying to get accross is , that if you want a 350 , get a 350, if you want to keep the 6 keep it.

I might have posted a lot of information on another forum, same sign in name , but after I post this I will try to find all of the information and compile it into one post, everything that has worked and didn't and what you need to get as a kit in order for things to work as expected (mods). Just buying and doing one mod will not give you what you were expecting, but taking that same mod and adding another will make it work.

Again I apoligize if I came off on the wrong foot.

 

I forgot to add , that if you do keep the v6 you can do things in steps and still drive your Blazer to work every morning. The longest that my Blazer was up on blocks was only one week. And as I always keep saying if you want the eisiest and best mod to do first . Spend 90$ and get some 1.6 roller tip rockers direct replacment , less than a hour of work sets you up for so many of the other mods, like restrictor removal, air intake, exhaust, free flow cat, and so on.

The pics that are posted are really old, just an example , the traction bars that you see are no longer angling down , they are now straight. so much has changed to the engine compartment, I think that I will wait a little while to post any new ones. I think this project is about at an end. I thought of donating my Blazer a while ago and working only on my 350 project, But I love the Blazer and I realized that I can't let it go. If you think about it what else realy comes close? Look at all of the 1st genarations still on the road! I know everybody and their mother now offer their own SUV's . Blazers still have a following!!

 

On the stroke question .

355 from 348. H beams.

 

Could you elaborate a little more. I dont understand what that means.
Thanks!

 

1.6 roller rockers are only $90? Where did you find them, I think I will get some, if I don't already have 'em (different motor already has roller rockers, just don't know about 1.6 or not)

 

Last I knew... displacement could only be increased by two means... By 'H beams', I think you mean that you changed the rods... 3.48" is the standard stroke... So you increased the stroke by 0.07" by rod change alone?

 

Seems that I left out a lot of information on the stroker thing. First the stroker kit was a custom supercharged build. The kit listed .355 as the stroke of the kit ,but the kit was stroked to the max that would be good for a supercharger. The real stroke is actually more that the .355, The stroke was obtained with the 5.7 Hbeams with v8 crank size journals , which is actually smaller than the journals that are used on the v6, the journals were then machined to get the desired stroke, the pistons were custom made to move the pin to the desired range.

First I needed to give them the measured volume of my combustion chambers and they took it from there. Just A little information , the posted size of your chambers are way off, Measure for yourself before you even think of replacing your pistons. There is a whole lot of room in our v6 blocks ( clearence ). The more that you learn about the v6 , the more you will grow to love it.

Check ebay! there is a wealth of parts on it , and 1.6 roller tips will fit. we have more than enough room from the piston to the valves, the 1.6's wake up that factory cam by making it theoreticly bigger. the factory cam is actually realy realy good. But if you go supercharged or nitrous it has to go!