Diesel K5 Chevrolet Blazer Drag Racing racelegal.com 8/9/2013

Friday night drag racing at QUALCOMM stadium 1/8 mile drag strip this 1973--1991 Chevrolet K-5 blazer four wheel drive Diesel (cummins Diesel Engine) not the 6.2 chevrolet diesel some great runs on the 1/8 mile. After 1987, when throttle-body injection was introduced in the truck engines, the 350 was made the standard power plant. GM temporarily changed the usual "C/K" designation to "R" and "V" for the 1987 through 1991 model years. This was done to avoid confusion with the GMT400-based Chevrolet C/K pickup trucks, which were introduced in 1988, during the overlap period. In 1988, four new colors were introduced: Bright Blue Metallic, Forest Green Metallic, Light Mesa Brown Metallic, and Dark Mesa Brown Metallic. More new features for 1988 included a fixed mast antenna in place of the old windshield antenna, a trip odometer as part of the gauge package cluster, and an improved pulse windshield wiper control. Also, helping to reduce air leaks in the doors was a new door handle seal. The 1989 Blazer had new base and up-level grilles, as well as new headlight bezels, body side moldings, and bumper rub strips. Corporate 10-bolt axles were upgraded to 30 spline axle shafts from previous 28 spline. New for 1989 was the introduction of an all-new base coat/clear coat paint. The standard L05 5.7-liter V-8 now had serpentine accessory drive belts in place of the older multi-belt accessory drive. For the 1990 model year, all Blazers now had a standard rear wheel anti-lock braking...