just got done driving about 75 miles. It makes a heck of a difference. Oh,and its off by 12 mph lol according to my gps. Maybe il go see if i can find a 92' with 3:73 and get the little vss box thingymabob so it'll correct my speedo. I wanna say its piggybacking on top of the ecm.


I got on it WOT on the interstate. im turning at least 2400 at 70. Poo. Oh well. luckily i mainly drive city 75% of the time.

 

Repaired rusted out body mount behind drivers side front tire. Shortened rail pipe because of body mount. Put a new muffler on my daughters VW. Oh with the new body mount, my door shuts better

 

shuts better because the body sag is gone
I cant wait to do my passenger one, drivers I did last fall, that door closes like butter now.

 

Didnt do the body repair the right way, but what I did worked great. Did the other side last year. Removed the rusted body area and cage nut. Then drilled a hole through the floor and ran a longer bolt down through everything using an extra 2 inch Body lift puck I had( so now theres 2 , 2inch pucks. Works like a champ. The frame mount is good

 

That works.
When I did mine, I pulled back the carpet, cut out the floor pan, welded the new cab mount to the new floor pan, dropped it in place and welded it in.

 

Bought some new wrenches today and done my ECT sensor. After about 3 hours of taking it out and putting it in and debating on if I should use the old one since they don't ever go all the way back in. I Finally went to take the old one out and snapped the plastic off, so no more debating. New one will be in forever!

Tomorrow I'll probably be (correctly) routing my amps power wire and maybe I'll do the thermostat.

Also have a new distributor cap & rotor & plugs coming from United Ignition Wire and a new 02 sensor so I can make the SES light go away. Been pretty productive!

 

Tomorrow I should have photos and videos finally of the switchback lights installed in the Jimmy. WOOHOO!

 

it must include a vid of at least one burnout -.-

 

naw, not gonna beat up the jimmy. and cant do a burnout when the streets are snow covered.

Even though it will be 50 tomorrow, hard to melt the 22" of snow we have on the ground.

 

Usually you can just change the little gears in the speedo drive on the tranny - just a couple plastic gears. PATC carries them for the 700r4 if I'm not mistaken.

Wow 12 mph is a bit higher than I thought! Forgot you have the smaller wheels - makes a big difference.

Your RPM isn't bad at all at 70 though - my '88 S15 with a 5-speed and 2.5 Iron Duke used to turn 3k @70. My '72 El Camino was the same with a TH350 tranny and 3.55's. My '07 Silverado turns 2,200 @ 70 with 3.73's, so your not that far off.