96 k1500 swap to 99 c2500

[NicoF]

So I had a 99 c2500 with a 5.7 that ended up blowing up after about a month of buying the truck. So I found a rolling and driving frame with the motor tranny transfer case and everything from a 96 k1500 burb I was wondering what’s the easiest was to go about swapping it…. Solid axle on the 3/4 ton frame or pull the front end off the burb and swap everything into the 3/4 ton frame with the 1/2 ton front end maybe chop the frame and swap the rear ends around, I’m just throwing some ideas out. Let me know what you think and how should go about this

 

[454cid]

So I had a 99 c2500 with a 5.7 that ended up blowing up after about a month of buying the truck. So I found a rolling and driving frame with the motor tranny transfer case and everything from a 96 k1500 burb I was wondering what’s the easiest was to go about swapping it…. Solid axle on the 3/4 ton frame or pull the front end off the burb and swap everything into the 3/4 ton frame with the 1/2 ton front end…. Let me know some ideas about how i should go about this

2wd and 4wd frames are vastly different. Your best option would probably be to sell what you've got and buy a 4wd, if a 4wd is what you want. Otherwise, I'd suggest swapping the engine to the C2500 and keeping it 2wd.

 

[b454rat]

The motors will be the same so just swap motors. Not much else will swap over....

 

[NicoF]

What if I just put my 2500 cab and bed on the 1500 burb frame and fabricated mounts for it ?

 

[NicoF]

What if I just put my 2500 cab and bed on the 1500 burb frame and fabricated mounts for it ?

The wheelbase should be the same shouldn’t it?

 

[BNielsen]

The wheelbase should be the same shouldn’t it?

The wheel base is the same but the frame shape is entirely different