NightRunner
Resident Junkman
I guess it was only to be expected at this point. From planning to lower this truck to lifting it. Now I'm really ready to see some mud and dirt in this thing. I know the general consensus is that selling it and buying a 4WD would be easier, but I feel such a personal connection to this truck. I've put a lot of time, money and effort into making it look and ride the way I want. I don't think I could live with myself if I did sell it.
That being said, let's talk 2WD SAS. I've done a ton of reading in the past few months about it, and I'm ready to get serious about it. I have someone that I can take the truck to for the labor and custom fabrication, but I'd like to get the parts list and stuff out of the way. I've visited the SAS thread but it seems more aimed at 4WD trucks. A lot of threads have discussed the idea of it, but some have said it's impossible since the crossmember is so massive and would require extensive surgery to remedy. Is that still the case? A lot of the threads mentioning this were years old, hopefully someone's found a solution that's not as "cutty".
The next issue is my transmission. It's 2WD so I've been looking for a good Divorced transfer case (passenger drop as I assume I'll be using a set of GM axles with the flat top knuckle conversion). Is finding a divorced transfer case just an absurd hope? My hope is that I can find one, custom fab up a crossmember for it to sit on and get some custom driveshafts for the front and rear to accompany this setup.
Any help is appreciated. I'd like to be able to at least mount up the front axle successfully and have the transfer case in hand before I get my guy involved for the fabrication and driveshafts.
That being said, let's talk 2WD SAS. I've done a ton of reading in the past few months about it, and I'm ready to get serious about it. I have someone that I can take the truck to for the labor and custom fabrication, but I'd like to get the parts list and stuff out of the way. I've visited the SAS thread but it seems more aimed at 4WD trucks. A lot of threads have discussed the idea of it, but some have said it's impossible since the crossmember is so massive and would require extensive surgery to remedy. Is that still the case? A lot of the threads mentioning this were years old, hopefully someone's found a solution that's not as "cutty".
The next issue is my transmission. It's 2WD so I've been looking for a good Divorced transfer case (passenger drop as I assume I'll be using a set of GM axles with the flat top knuckle conversion). Is finding a divorced transfer case just an absurd hope? My hope is that I can find one, custom fab up a crossmember for it to sit on and get some custom driveshafts for the front and rear to accompany this setup.
Any help is appreciated. I'd like to be able to at least mount up the front axle successfully and have the transfer case in hand before I get my guy involved for the fabrication and driveshafts.