ENGINE sWap 4X4 possible?

[Mushroom777]

HEY guys i have a 1986 4x4( got it because it's the same year as me) and i was thinking about upgrade the v-6 2.6 li to a V-8 pro from a 19923 Chevy caprice but i was wonderign before i add more money into it cause i'm already adding new brakes lines calippers, sanding it down interior but i was wondering if i could add a V-8 and still keep my 4X4 and what kind of transmission would i need of it was possible i want to make it my summer project so i'm a save up now till then to do it

THANKS ALOT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PRO BLAZER

[OverBoardProject]

It's done on theis web page, so it must be possible
http://hickory.engr.utk.edu/~gpowell/2.html

[blys2]

Originally Posted by Mushroom777

HEY guys i have a 1986 4x4( got it because it's the same year as me) and i was thinking about upgrade the v-6 2.6 li to a V-8 pro from a 19923 Chevy caprice but i was wonderign before i add more money into it cause i'm already adding new brakes lines calippers, sanding it down interior but i was wondering if i could add a V-8 and still keep my 4X4 and what kind of transmission would i need of it was possible i want to make it my summer project so i'm a save up now till then to do it

THANKS ALOT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PRO BLAZER

if you contact jtr (jags that runs) out of livermore, ca. they have the books and the parts to do it. I have an 1983 4x4 with a 1990 305 and 700r4. it is even smog legal in Ca.

[Floyd_ODB]

sure it's possible
jags that run is how I did it
http://www.photodump.com/viewer/Floyd_ODB/406right.html
http://www.photodump.com/viewer/Floyd_ODB/406left.html

[dmbrisket 51]

its not as easy to keep the 4x4 but it is possible, but, remember, no one here said it was an 'easy' swap by any means