SwampThing

Talk about cramped? Try in a 89 Dodge Omni. Legs all stickin out the window, blown shocks making all sorts of racket, with your dog baying his heart out the entire time. Think that was when I turned into a smoker, right after that one...

I was actually thinkin about partin it out today. Figure engine $500, tranny $500, tcase $250, body & frame $400, all 5 tires and rims for $300, axels & gears $400 each. Thats like 2.75 right there, though I was just gestimatin on prices, aint never really researched all that. Wouldn't save nothin but my steering wheel cover, cb & antenna, and recovery gear. Want to pretty much start from scratch on my next one.

4Runrfun

more pics would be great. takin a road trip to SAT soon.

dijlop

i wonder... how hard would it be to mod my truck to 4wd using parts of urs swamp? possible? lol. shoot, id even let u help if ya rly wanted.

KevinInSac

It'd probably be much easier for you to do a SAS than an IFS swap. With the SAS you would (in very basic terms) cut off everything in the front, weld on some spring hangers, weld on shock hoops, convert the steering and bolt on a transfer case & crossmember and fitting a drive shaft. Adding the proper IFS would be very difficult, and not worth the time in converting.

dijlop

hmm... now if only i could find the money, a car to drive for the year and a half it would take me to do that, and some more money to fix all the mistakes i would make... lol. a sas to convert to 4wd would be nice, but a-i dont have the money to do crap, b-i dont have the time to do it all, 3-i dont have the tools or knowhow(although im completely confindent that i could find the basics on here) and, 7-i dont live anywhere near somewhere that i could show off my new found beastedness on rocks or anything. not even rly any good mud. oh well. maybe if someone gets bored one day and decides they want to do the swap on my truck. that would be nice. lol. till then, i'll keep the sas and 4wd swap in mind. although ive almost got a better chance of buying a new-to-me 4wd truck.

KevinInSac

Exactly. That's the easiest route and probably the cheapest.

dijlop

yea. hopefully i can build up the funds to do that maybe near the end of the summer or something. if i can im gonna have a project truck. wooo. ive already ordered the stuff to lift my 2wd now, but thats more for looks and style points. with an extra 4wd truck i could do tons of crazy junk for a lot cheaper than if i had to keep it a dder too. well. guess my audio add ons will have to wait till after i get my 4x4. lol.

SwampThing

Or you could do a body swap if they years are similar.

I'll get some picts up here in a few. Got the cord thingamajigger for my phone's whatchamacallit, now just gotta find a program for gettin the doodads off er. Yeah, I aint too compatible with technology...