Just a good, down to earth video. Love it. I have a 97 2wd 4.3 auto long bed. 3.08 gears are LONG. I was considering a 3.73 non g80 locker axle from the junkyard, but I might go ahead and get a g80 model and see how long the locker lasts. If it goes bad, I'd swap in a standard spartan locker. I'd also get 4" wider track width so I wouldn't need my wheel spacers. It also gives me disk brakes and sway bar mounts. As of right now, I'm waiting for surgery on my finger after a bad break, so it's going to wait a while 🥲
I can also tell it's an 82 Because the points coming out of the fuel and spedo gauges. My late father bought a brand new S-10 Tahoe in your color blue with the molding and it was painted white on the bottom with the Chevy rally wheels. It was a 5 speed manual - realy nice truck. He paid $9,000.00 American dollars back then if I remember correctly.
Oh boy, I did quite a few more mods than that to my S10 haha! I love the differential swap idea! Never thought of using those parts for the rear end but I will now! I totally love your truck brother! Its clean as hell and tastefully done. Once that engine gives up the ghost, go ahead and put a little small block in there and you'll be quite happy trust me! I have a few different vehicles but my S10 is by far the most fun to drive!
@@DougL12 327 is my favorite engine! Love the RPM range. I run a slightly built 350 with a th350 trans and 3.73 gears and it's just bananas! Always loved these little square body trucks and anyone else who loves em is a friend of mine.
Want me to come show you how to drive a s10? Lol. Been racing these for a long time. Best mod, a v8 and th350. Get some weight in it and it handles like a dream.
Got a G 80 in my 88 s10 Blazer and it definitely makes a difference with traction . Wish I had one in the GMC Sonoma . Like the LED headlight and the flow through muffler upgrade . I wouldn't over inflate the tires to 45 lbs though . You will get premature wear in the middle of the tire . Try upgrading the shocks . Makes a difference on the corners
my 2002 S10 Sport 2.2 liter has neoprene suspension parts which replaced the factory rubber ones..also the factory shocks were replaced with NGK performance along with 18×10 IROCZ wheels with 50 series Michelin tires all around & a Magnaflow muffler twin exhaust & split manifold exhaust
I love square body S-10 with that straight across dash. GM did offer a gauge cluster for 82-85 S-10 with a tach. Not many had it. The fuel gauge became the tack and the fasten seat belts was moved to the center display screen to make way for the fuel gauge. Nice truck.
I have a 91 S10 with the 4.3 V6 2wd automatic that's my daily driver even in the snow I just put on studded rears and two 70# sand bags in the back and it never gets stuck, just take things slow. I've recently been putting some money into her and mods so this video was great. Only thing I don't like is practically no AC due to how out of date the system is so it's a hotbox in our high desert summers.
Like to find one of those rear sway bars for my 93 S10. One upgrade I did was find the fatty 1 5/16" sway bar for the front. It does help the handling over the stock wimpy 1 1/16 sway bar.
I daily drive a 88 S10 with the 2.5 EFI 4 cylinder and 5 speed. Factory 3:73 gear. My dad bought it brand new. I had it repainted bright red again and rebuilt the engine. Looks and runs like a brand new one. But the little 4 cylinder barely has 90hp lol. That’s all they had brand new ( and mine is basically new again although bored 40 over). I don’t think many people bother rebuilding the 2.5 engines but I wanted to keep truck all original. The only mod I have is a cherry bomb Glasspack on it. It’s not loud but has a nice deep mellow tone. No rasp or pop whatsoever. Still has a cat on it though. I wanted a KN air filter but apparently KN doesn’t make one anymore that fits factory air cleaner. The efi has little different breather than yours does
@@DougL12 I finally uploaded a video of it if you wanna check it out 👍🏻. And thanks ! And I didn’t mean to be rude and not comment about your truck. It looks like a really good one to start a restoration 👍🏻😎. It’s hard to find S10s that haven’t been ragged out really bad by multiple generations of teenagers lol. But you got a good one with lots of potential ! I say go for it and don’t stop fixing her up ! Plus with gas prices right now these small trucks are going to get really popular and valuable I think. They will make a comeback
I got amy family from dealer 1992 chevy red 2.8 v6 manual 5 with 200,059 miles at my Mommy's house. She still drives very stock. Think need water pump but she are old girl.
May I ask if it's hard to come across new parts for an older truck? I'm looking at a 1984 gmc s15 2.8 4x4 4 speed manual and am wonder about part availability.
Hey, I'm wanting to flip the filter lid on my truck but I also want to know if there are any downsides to doing this? If you see this please respond, thanks!
It takes a bit longer to warm up in the cold weather because it's sucking in so much more cold air. I didn't run it like that in the winter but in the summer and when it's not cold its fine.
Just sucks in warm air from the engine bay instead of pulling colder air from in front of the truck. They don’t make enough power to need more air filter flow anyway.
It would be nice for fuel consumption, I had my 1988, S15 doing like 22-24 mpg. also in my opinion it would definitely be worth it if you wanted better response with Torque as well, My brother and I used to tow our 24 foot commercial fishing boat with ours and in 4 low it would pull it up the ramp too lol.
Swap to factory TBI maybe but if you started getting into custom fuel/intake setups I’d think about just building a V8. You can make better gas mileage because it doesn’t work hard until you need or want the extra power then it’s easy, reliable power, that would be unmatched by even a tuned V6.
I will give you 5 my dad did for his. 1.572 big block, 2. Roll cage, 3. Fiberglass body and bed, 4. Drag racing suspension, 5. Nitrous. Lol he did way more... Put over 100k into it.
Hold the fuck on. Did you really use the bore size then slap "big block" on the end to sound like you have any clue what you're talking about? Fucking pathetic.
I’m just here bc I’m tryna rebuild my brother 85 s10 square body while he is in rehab for him thanks for the help brother
Idc what they say about you man you're a good doode and brotato. Hows he doing?
I'll pray for your bro, hope all is well!
Hope your brother is doing well man.
Man I'm getting a 97 next week for a daily in town.
I like what you did, the differential modification was smart.
Just a good, down to earth video. Love it. I have a 97 2wd 4.3 auto long bed. 3.08 gears are LONG. I was considering a 3.73 non g80 locker axle from the junkyard, but I might go ahead and get a g80 model and see how long the locker lasts. If it goes bad, I'd swap in a standard spartan locker. I'd also get 4" wider track width so I wouldn't need my wheel spacers. It also gives me disk brakes and sway bar mounts. As of right now, I'm waiting for surgery on my finger after a bad break, so it's going to wait a while 🥲
You are a very resourceful person! Great job man!!
I can also tell it's an 82 Because the points coming out of the fuel and spedo gauges. My late father bought a brand new S-10 Tahoe in your color blue with the molding and it was painted white on the bottom with the Chevy rally wheels. It was a 5 speed manual - realy nice truck. He paid $9,000.00 American dollars back then if I remember correctly.
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@@robertcartwright563 don't be a hater
Oh boy, I did quite a few more mods than that to my S10 haha! I love the differential swap idea! Never thought of using those parts for the rear end but I will now! I totally love your truck brother! Its clean as hell and tastefully done. Once that engine gives up the ghost, go ahead and put a little small block in there and you'll be quite happy trust me! I have a few different vehicles but my S10 is by far the most fun to drive!
Actually since this video I did swap a 327 in it, it's fun
@@DougL12 327 is my favorite engine! Love the RPM range. I run a slightly built 350 with a th350 trans and 3.73 gears and it's just bananas! Always loved these little square body trucks and anyone else who loves em is a friend of mine.
@@DougL12 What's the price on 327s these days?
@@GT-pf6nb these older engine are definitely get harder to come by.
Want me to come show you how to drive a s10? Lol. Been racing these for a long time. Best mod, a v8 and th350. Get some weight in it and it handles like a dream.
I'm thinking of getting a Blazer. What V8? 350 or LS? A V8 Vortec?
Got a G 80 in my 88 s10 Blazer and it definitely makes a difference with traction . Wish I had one in the GMC Sonoma . Like the LED headlight and the flow through muffler upgrade . I wouldn't over inflate the tires to 45 lbs though . You will get premature wear in the middle of the tire . Try upgrading the shocks . Makes a difference on the corners
my 2002 S10 Sport 2.2 liter has neoprene suspension parts which replaced the factory rubber ones..also the factory shocks were replaced with NGK performance along with 18×10 IROCZ wheels with 50 series Michelin tires all around & a Magnaflow muffler twin exhaust & split manifold exhaust
I love square body S-10 with that straight across dash. GM did offer a gauge cluster for 82-85 S-10 with a tach. Not many had it. The fuel gauge became the tack and the fasten seat belts was moved to the center display screen to make way for the fuel gauge. Nice truck.
My 83’ doesn’t have a tach. Crazy how that was option 27 years ago.
Easy to install one.
If you want one.
I have an auto 83' s10 Tahoe, and installed one.
Really helped figuring out where my misfire was coming from.
I've got one in my 85
My 88 Tahoe has one...
SBC ! You will love it .
I had a 383 stroker motor in my 85 S10... Fun times
I have a 91 S10 with the 4.3 V6 2wd automatic that's my daily driver even in the snow I just put on studded rears and two 70# sand bags in the back and it never gets stuck, just take things slow. I've recently been putting some money into her and mods so this video was great. Only thing I don't like is practically no AC due to how out of date the system is so it's a hotbox in our high desert summers.
Nice ya in Canada it's not that bad with out ac, sliding back window does a good job
Got the same exact model, have you gotten a better AC system?
Ill have to look into the rearend for my 92 and the swaybars
Nice truck!
Like to find one of those rear sway bars for my 93 S10. One upgrade I did was find the fatty 1 5/16" sway bar for the front. It does help the handling over the stock wimpy 1 1/16 sway bar.
You should have grabbed the larger front sway bar from the Blazer also. I put front and rear from a blazer on my 92 Sonoma
Kool little truck.
I daily drive a 88 S10 with the 2.5 EFI 4 cylinder and 5 speed. Factory 3:73 gear. My dad bought it brand new. I had it repainted bright red again and rebuilt the engine. Looks and runs like a brand new one. But the little 4 cylinder barely has 90hp lol. That’s all they had brand new ( and mine is basically new again although bored 40 over). I don’t think many people bother rebuilding the 2.5 engines but I wanted to keep truck all original.
The only mod I have is a cherry bomb Glasspack on it. It’s not loud but has a nice deep mellow tone. No rasp or pop whatsoever. Still has a cat on it though. I wanted a KN air filter but apparently KN doesn’t make one anymore that fits factory air cleaner. The efi has little different breather than yours does
Nice really cool all original is definitely cool because almost every s10 is modified
@@DougL12 I finally uploaded a video of it if you wanna check it out 👍🏻. And thanks ! And I didn’t mean to be rude and not comment about your truck. It looks like a really good one to start a restoration 👍🏻😎. It’s hard to find S10s that haven’t been ragged out really bad by multiple generations of teenagers lol. But you got a good one with lots of potential ! I say go for it and don’t stop fixing her up !
Plus with gas prices right now these small trucks are going to get really popular and valuable I think. They will make a comeback
Put a Corvette transmission from the same year I did that and it runs great
Where did you get that roll bar ? It’s looks killer !!
I have a manual 93 matte black smoked all the lights long rear view mirror straight piped slightly stretched tires
Lower, wheels, tint windows, shave tailgate, and tonneau. (;
Truck looks good man!
Good mods. Thanks for the muffler info. You should investigate getting rid of that prop rod. I did and now I run with hood shocks
I got amy family from dealer 1992 chevy red 2.8 v6 manual 5 with 200,059 miles at my Mommy's house. She still drives very stock. Think need water pump but she are old girl.
Found your page. Watching your build up on the s10!
May I ask if it's hard to come across new parts for an older truck? I'm looking at a 1984 gmc s15 2.8 4x4 4 speed manual and am wonder about part availability.
Rockauto has lost of parts and thers lots of forums about s10's
Hey, I'm wanting to flip the filter lid on my truck but I also want to know if there are any downsides to doing this? If you see this please respond, thanks!
It takes a bit longer to warm up in the cold weather because it's sucking in so much more cold air. I didn't run it like that in the winter but in the summer and when it's not cold its fine.
@@DougL12 ok, thanks!
Just sucks in warm air from the engine bay instead of pulling colder air from in front of the truck. They don’t make enough power to need more air filter flow anyway.
I have my air filter lid flipped year around. Its a 4.3l tbi.....more air helps the ol girl breathe
Would you ever swap the carb for direct fuel injection?
Its probably not worth it.
It would be nice for fuel consumption, I had my 1988, S15 doing like 22-24 mpg. also in my opinion it would definitely be worth it if you wanted better response with Torque as well, My brother and I used to tow our 24 foot commercial fishing boat with ours and in 4 low it would pull it up the ramp too lol.
Swap to factory TBI maybe but if you started getting into custom fuel/intake setups I’d think about just building a V8. You can make better gas mileage because it doesn’t work hard until you need or want the extra power then it’s easy, reliable power, that would be unmatched by even a tuned V6.
can’t decide what kind of pipes to get for my 4.3 s10
I got true dual straight pipes for my 92 s10. Sounds monstrous
Shave the butterfly disperser and out in electric fans instead of belt driven
Were u get the front fog lights ? Down front bumper
The bumper came with them I just put new light in of the same size
Did you make your bed rollbar or get it ? I need one
I got that one at a junkyard and I built the one I have right now
Oh i c u did it already lol
What's the name of the blue color on your gmc? Thanks 👍
Its gm's medium metallic blue
Do you have a link to those headlights?
Just go to Amazon and type in led headlights for your vehicle
My 84 s10 with the same style dash has a factory tachometer, really rare, doesn't work tho
I will give you 5 my dad did for his. 1.572 big block, 2. Roll cage, 3. Fiberglass body and bed, 4. Drag racing suspension, 5. Nitrous.
Lol he did way more... Put over 100k into it.
Gtfo with ur bullshit comment
Yep cus we all have 100k to throw at our cheap s10s
Chicken Mcnugget We can all scrape together $500 for nitrous kit though! 🏁
Never heard of a 1.572 big block. But okay.
Hold the fuck on.
Did you really use the bore size then slap "big block" on the end to sound like you have any clue what you're talking about? Fucking pathetic.
305 to 383 stroker best mod
V6 to v8 is the biggest upgrade
Where’d you get the rollbar?
I got it from a s10 at a scrap yard.
Cool, did you weld it to the bed?
@@kolbycrawford no it's held on with 6 bolts going through the bed
Cool
Can 2002 S10 rims fit on a 1989 s10
Ya they will
@@DougL12 ok thanks really really appreciate it
Looks like your air cleaner is lower then the one in my 93 S10 Tahoe 2.8 TBI
Yes his looks low.. I also have a 93 S10 Tahoe, but mines a 4.3 4x4
Top mod for RUclipsr if you want people to watch your videos: STOP flipping the damn camera in circles. Came here for mods not motion sickness
"Zed-R2" eh?
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