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What the hell should I do with this Mazda?!

 

Katie I hate to say it but a 4wd swap into a 2wd truck is a TON of work. The truck wasn't built as a 4x4 so it would take a whole lot of work to transform it into one. You just don't have the hardware or bracing set up for a front axle, a 4wd transmission or a transfer case. Not to mention wiring harnesses. Seems like the middle ground here would be to build a truck from the frame up with the equipment you want to run then drop the Mazda body onto it. It's still the same truck, sort of, if you do that.

 

I know it isn't an easy job, sucks money and time.
Building a truck from the frame up would eat even more money, yes?


I am still thinking about it, I see no need for 4x4 if I have people to help me get unstuck all the time. Maybe I will just make it a snazzy 2wd with Baja Claws in the rear and a locked rear....

 

Get a Expo 8.8 and lock it. Then you'll see how far that gets you and decide if you want 4x4. If you do decide you'll have the rear done already.

 

That sounds a little more reasonable. From what I've heard, a 2wd with a locker is just as capable, if not more, than a 4wd with open diffs.

 

Depends mostly on the terrain. Do like me!

Brenton

 

We will see

 

It depends on what terrain. Hill climbs and rocks the 4x4 will probably win, but in mud and on flat terrain your correct.

 

No hills in Florida, so no worries.

 

Katie, your avatar looks HOT!

Brenton

 

aka the old skool griggs rig

 

If your going to convert to 4wd then you might as well do a sas........ You already have the coil buckets.

 

Yeah, that is what I was going to do.

 

Out here with the rocks and hills 4x4 open diffs wins every time over a 2wd locked. I know because I used to have with 4x4 open diffs. Now I'm 4x4 locked rear open front. I tested running a section of trail when I had open diffs in 4x4. No problem. Then when I got my locker I ran the same trail in 2wd locked. I had to beat the truck up to get through. I made it but the truck was getting the crap beat out of it.

 

No she doesn't. Her truck is basically an Edge, so she has torsion bars.

Also in her signature it says her t-bars are cranked. lol

Brenton

 

save ur money for a 4x4

 

i already told her what todo lol

 

opps I didnt even look at her sig.


Well then maby you will have to add those then.

 

I like the locked on desert claws idea.

 

unless youre going to be doing some serious off roading then theres really no need to get a 4x4 lock the rear and get a winch you'll never get "stuck"

 

Dont swap it lock the rear end and decide down the road what you want to do IMO