Vehicle Owner

Member ID: ShuggsRR

Location: Saginaw/Fort Worth, TX

Vehicle Info

1985 GMC S15 Jimmy

Bought: Jul, 2005

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile0 sec @ -1 mph
  • 0-600sec
  • Top Speed-1mph
  • HP330
  • Weight-1lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

Modifications

Performance Parts

Interior

Exterior Styling

  • Custom Lighting 
  • Custom Tires 
  • Custom Wheels 

Ratings

    • Currently 3.2/5 Stars.

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Greg’s GMC S15 Jimmy
“TycloneSS”

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ShuggsRR's 1985 GMC S15 Jimmy

ShuggsRR's 1985 GMC S15 Jimmy

ENGINE

- 1996 Cadillac LT1
- 1997 Camaro Z28 SS heads & intake, ported, gasket matched, valve job
- Crane Cams - CC502 cam
- MSD blaster coil, MSD 8.8mm wires, NGK plugs
- MSD fuel pump
- Cleaned injectors
- 1LE intake
- TB mod, MAF de-screened, AIR removed
- New GM timing chain and gears
- OBD1 ECM, cable, software, and knock sensor
- Oil cooler w/ remote oil filter
- Tranny cooler
- "Tyclone" CNC’d throttle body plate
Aluminum coolant bottle
- Air conditioning (frame notched to accommodate compressor)
- Corvette fuel rail covers painted to match exterior

EXHAUST:
- Single 3” exhaust
DMH 3” electric exhaust cutout w/ dump
- muffler and cat yet to be installed

TRANSMISSION & DRIVETRAIN
- 1996 4L60-E completely rebuilt to stock specs
- Borg Warner 4472 all wheel drive transfer case
- 2000 stall converter
- 3.73s, rear posi, front open diff
- Typhoon driveshaft
- Heavy duty custom front prop shaft

BRAKES
- 2000 LS1 Z28 big brake conversion, dual piston front calipers, single piston rears, 12” rotors all around
- New brake lines all around

WHEELS AND TIRES
- 1999 18 x 9.5” Corvette C5 "wagon wheels" 
- 275/40/18 Falken tires

SUSPENSION & STEERING
- 3” Bell Tech leaf springs and 2” blocks
- Bilstein shocks in rear
- Bell Tech torsion keys in front
- KYB Monomax shock in front
- ZQ8 steering box - 12.1:1 ratio
- Xtreme Blazer rear sway bar
- Rear C-notch by SuicideDoors.com
- Energy Suspension sway bar bushings
- Complete front end/steering rebuild: Upper & Lower Ball Joints, Idler Arm, Pitman Arm, Inner & Outer Tie Rod Ends, Adjusting sleeves

EXTERIOR & BODY:
- Typhoon front bumper cover (fiberglass replica from Paul's Select)
- Sonoma GT factory original bumperettes 
- Goodmark 2” cowl hood
- Grant Kustoms weld on rollpan
- Phil Chivers hood strut kit
- 92 Typhoon core support (modified to house radiator)
- Handles shaved
- Roof rack shaved
- Upper body lines/roof seam shaved
- Shaved antenna
- Shaved emblem holes
- Tailgate handle shaved and handle relocated inside
- 1992 GMC grille
- 91-94 GMC grille top cover filler
- Door hinge pins and bushings
- New seals and weather stripping

PAINT and EXTERIOR APPEARANCE:
- 1996 Corvette Grand Sport replica
- Admiral blue paint overall
- Arctic White stripe
- White vinyl pinstripes down sides of center stripe
- Left fender hash marks in vinyl
- Painted Corvette fuel rail covers

LIGHTING & ELECTRICAL:
- Crystal clear blinkers and corners up front
- H4 headlight conversion 
- LMC heavy duty headlight wiring harness
- Smoked/black aftermarket eBay tail lights
- 92 Typhoon power mirrors

INTERIOR:
- Full 1992 Typhoon interior (dash, seats, panels, headliner, etc)
- Power driver’s seat frame (from 2nd gen blazer power seat)
- Typhoon rear seat cushions/covers with 85 Jimmy seatbelts (no shoulder belts) 
- Over head console with compass and thermometer
- Sonoma GT gauge cluster
- Power windows, locks, mirrors
AutoMeter full 3 gauge pillar pod
- AutoMeter 1 1/16” Trans temp, Fuel pressure, & (one more to buy gauge)
- ACC charcoal cut pile carpet
- Remote door popper kit w/ emergency release
- Grant 1470 Club Sport Steering Wheel w/ Matte black grip and center pad
- GMC horn button
Relcated battery to trunk with Summit Premium Battery Relocation kit

 

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GMCJimmyMan  

Posted by: GMCJimmyMan

09/07/2009 06:59AM

nice 5 stars cant wait to see it and its so depressing to se a wrecked typhoon:( but good work!!!!!

98pewterjimmy  

Posted by: 98pewterjimmy

04/03/2009 08:07AM

anythin new?? 5 stars! chek my jimmy

98pewterjimmy  

Posted by: 98pewterjimmy

12/21/2008 09:47AM

lovin the updates. 5 stars!! chek my updates on the jimmy

dough957  

Posted by: dough957

11/06/2008 06:40PM

did the truck have mechanical drive speedometer cable or a vss---i need 2 find a cheap way of changing my 4l60e tranny from vss to a cable speedometer

Weman  

Posted by: Weman

08/28/2008 09:55PM

Shes getting there nice truck man, i cant belive that engine. Thats power. Check mine out, Keep up the good work

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Vehicle Owner

Member ID: ShuggsRR

Location: Saginaw/Fort Worth, TX