It showed up on my driveway....

[towcat]

This '87 blazer has a 6.2na and THM700....kinda cute in its own ugly sort of way, and a potential donor vehicle for the 6.5TD that is coming out of one of my trucks. Owner wants $500 for it....if it wasn't for a 6.5 hanging out in the wings, I wouldn't condsider it. I am overloaded with trucks too. When/if the wife comes back next summer, I will be a dead man.....
But....a 6.5TD with a TE06H in a big blazer body is just so damn tempting of a project.....

 

[pafixitman]

Cool. The GM version of Mel's project! (Ignore the fact that the factory offered it and it is not homemade.)

I have always liked the big 2 dr sport utes - Blazer, Bronco.

I had a 1970 John Deere model 70 Lawn tractor show up Saturday morning prior to the turbo install. Asking forgiveness was easier than permission!

 

[Mike]

6.5TD with a TE06H in a big blazer body is just so damn tempting of a project.....

do it, do it, do it, do it..................

 

[dieseldummy]

Ya know ya want it Better do it...

 

[Nickbf2504x4]

good deal...motor shoud bolt right in, i think, and it should wup up on mel's bronco since his will be N/A

 

[towcat]

Looking mainly for better MPG and the chev wins that one hands down. I've towed with a Blazer before and that is scary deal when the trailer is pushing you through the intersection. So...this deal is mainly for commuting mpg than towing.

 

[PackRat]

This '87 blazer has a 6.2na and THM700....a 6.5TD with a TE06H....

Just my $.02. If you do anything, at least pull the 700R4 out, and have it updated, or you will be in for trouble. From 87-92 there were more updates, than members left over at TDS.

 

[Jarlaxle]

If you're going to go through the monumental task of a conversion, why not do it right and ditch the boat anchor for a Cummins...I'd happily take a 4BT over a 6.5 Detroit.

 

[towcat]

If you're going to go through the monumental task of a conversion, why not do it right and ditch the boat anchor for a Cummins...I'd happily take a 4BT over a 6.5 Detroit.

well....here's the problem...IM LAZY . I've done the factory 6.5TD drop-in to a earlier chassis and its not hard outside of the downpipe. Everything else is literally a bolt-on. A 4bt requires work. Also, when I do get around to selling it, a somewhat factory appearing job sells easier.