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Originally Posted by 94SlowYota
in way over my head? no. i've built several custom vehicles in my time and i know what i'm doing, but this is my first 4wd most of my vehicles have been 2wd lowriders and i decided to go the other way this time. i just need to know if the stock ifs will hold up as long as i don't do any major wheeling with it. just a little show off every now and then and mainly to get me to my huntin spots. I don't plan on puttin an ungodly 350 under the hood just a regular rebuilt motor with nothing but exhaust and a full open air cleaner.
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First, lemme just throw one stone (okay, BRick) at the S10 - if you had wheeled it even a little you would know how IFs breaks. S10s aren't even good cars, let alone trucks... anyway... (I feel better) (EDIT- Just realized your S10 was not 4wd. My bad...)
The Toyota IFS is fine. It will handle all the wheeling you ever want to do if the truck is stock and you don't go bigger than say, 31" on tires. It will STILL handle serious wheeling up to 33s, and be a bit more careful and it will still get you down the trail with 35s (all this of course assumes good maintenance and gear changes) but you'll replace the occasional axle and idler arm. BUT, toss in a V8....... A mild little small block, say 200 hp or so, not a problem. With 31s it will still last forever. Bigger tires or a bit more horses - drive sanely and it'll be fine. More power than that, or go to 35s or bigger, or start getting show-off-ish and you will start breaking stuff. A lot.
The above was a generalization, but maybe explains better what they're tryin to tell ya.
As to the rest of the drive train. The 4cyl transmission is not very strong. The V6 transmission is excellent and can handle the V8 - Downey be damed! IRoinically - the 4cy tcase is stronger than the V6 tcase. Go figure...
The rear axle is not a problem. Yes, the V6 rear axle is stronger than the 4cyl axle, but the 4cyl axle is still stronger than a Dana44! Again, driven sanely these things can take it.
So go for the v8 and don't overdo it. You'll be fine.
But there is not a kit, you will have to get various adapters and parts and make up some stuff yourself.