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Old 09-15-2008, 12:11 AM
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I have no need for my 4wd jimmy after winter...i goal is to slam it and do the 350 swap...but my question is...its a 4wd and i want to swap it to a 2wd i bought a 5" lowering kit through belltech and am sure its gonna come with some of what i need...i have a 2wd s15 for parts so ya whats it gonna take to the swap...how hard what do i need...
 
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hmm thanks?
 
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Default RE: 4wd t0 2wd Swap

The general consensus on this type of thing is to just get a 2wd truck...

If you are dead seat on doing this and not keeping the transfer case, then you will need a 2wd transmission and driveshaft. Well, that is unless you want to try swapping tail shafts to install a 2wd tail housing.

The front end parts can be removed.

For a 350 up front, you may want to create a new cross member to go under the engine to support the frame where the motor mounts are (similar to a 2wd frame).

In the future, some vehicle information would be nice.
 
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Old 10-23-2008, 05:55 PM
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in my opinion im not sure but you may be able to just change the bodys if it will bolt up it might actually be easier its not as hard as you might think on older ones if you have a lift or enough people to lift the body my 87 s10 was easy as heck i did it by my self with no lift it wound up being made up of 7 different trucks and like 4 different years
 
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