1994 v6 4.7L 4x2 conversion to 4x4

[Klynt]

yes/no?

if yes how much labor/money will it take

all stock just had the engine rebuilt; power steering pulley isn't even back on yet; it's an automatic transmission. It's a nice little truck with no lift.

It's BONE stock and everything is as it was back in 1994.

(not trading it in so if i can't convert it or it's not worth it then i'll buy a used one)

[abaird]

With enough money and time I suppose it could be done. There are companies that make full size vans into 4x4s. The easiest way would be to buy a junked/wrecked 4x4 of roughly the same year. There would be a lot parts that would need to be swapped. The 2wd trucks had completely different front suspensions whiched used coil springs instead of torsion bars like the 4x4s. If you are open to purchasing another vehicle I think that would be the way to go. There are alot of low priced, reliable early 90s chevy 4x4s out there.

[J-Ri]

It really depends on what kind of 4x4 you want. If you want something to drive year-round and have it just incase it snows, you'd be better off going with one that was 4x4 to begin with.

If you want something for rock-crawling and mud-bogging, converting it would be much less extra work. Most of the time, something built up for offroad driving is going to have heavier than stock parts. My truck, for example has very few stock suspension/drivetrain parts. If I had started with a 4x2 truck, the only extra work I would have done is weld on the shackles for the front leaf springs, and adding a transfer case.