I am watching it now. They are putting a Ranger front clip into a Blazer. Also a 9" rear end.

 

Thanks for reminding me its on... was gonna watch it but got on FTE and i dont need to explain...

 

Yeah, I watched that. That is screwed up, ranger frame on a blazer. They ordered headers for that blazer frame, no wonder they didn't fit!

I noticed this motor they put in started right up. They put in a new crate motor right? I can't remember, must have left the room at that time. Anyway, I'm just surprised it started right up. It seems like all those crate motors, espcially the Edlebrock ones, never like to start right up. Must take a bit to get them primed and tuned right.

 

What got me was the fact they used the stock Ranger brakes on a "race" truck. 600 claimed HP and stock brakes??

 

I liked Jesse's reaction when he reached the top...
His hands were shaking and he proclaimed it was a great ride. He was soooo keyed up, he didn't know whether to jump up and down or throw rock or shoot of a gun.
Now that's when you know you enjoyed scaring yourself half to death.

 

In the pics I saw it looks like they actually put the Twin I-beams on it! Cool way to improve a Chevy!

 

did u see the 600 foot drop

note to self build something like it with a 427 and a super charger and make it my daily driver

did u see when u first pulled out of the garage damn that thing was really powerfull

 

Did you see the build tally at the end? They paid $6000 for that Blazer and then scrapped it from the firewall forward, not to mention all the other stuff behind the firewall. Why pay that much for a vehicle that old that you are going to cut up anyway? I guess TV shows have a lot higher budget for builds like this than those of us out here in the real world. And Jesse didn't impress me too much when he lost his temper and started smashing things just because he couldn't get the headers to fit right. I've gotten mad/frustrated enough to throw things in a situation like that, but not just smashing things like a 5-year-old having a temper tantrum. The finished product was pretty cool, even for a Chevy. Would have liked it better if they had used a Bronco, and retained Ford power, of course.

 

i was surprized when they did away with the 4-wheel drive, if i was putting 600 hp in a vehicle doing a uphill dirt-road climb, i would certianly want all 4 wheels pulling! that looked like a ford 9" rear end also. the best way to improve your chevy? install ford parts!

 

I thought it was pretty cool. I've driven up Pikes Peak several times and to race up it would be a rush! I would prefer two wheel drive since the blazer weighes a ton. It makes it easier to kick the rear end around. In a smaller vehicle I would prefer 4wd. Even with 600 horse, it would probably dog the motor with 4wd at 14,000 feet.

 

AHH what they don't show is the week it took to get the engine to start on the first crank before the show

 

HAHA, yeah 98rangerstep, I bet you're right about that one. It's kind of strange to get a new motor that hasn't had any fuel through the carb to just start right up. I know they sometimes break them in and dyno them at the factory, but still.

 

One word: ETHER!

 

Oh yeah, that is good stuff. Very potent smell and sometimes it can cause a little fire if the timing is WAY off. Haha, don't ask how I know.