so i'm in the middle of buying a house right now so i'll have a fresh empty garage to get some work done in and was thinking about changing my rig up a little. not sure what i want to do just looking for possible ideas. what kind of engine swaps have you guys done? body swaps? 2wd to 4wd?

 

After seeing the 1980, 4-headlight variant I want one of them. May take radical surgery but it would sure light my way...Li-i-i-i-ght my way...sorry, Terrapin Station derailment...
cheers,
Douglas

 

I did a gas W250 to a cummins. It was fun, I like the ramcharger idea too.

 

i did a 1984 gmc wrangler to cummins swap
super simple!! and worked out great!

 

I'm in the middle of doing a short bed crew cab gasser Dodge V8 automatic 2WD to a Cummins powered NV4500 5 speed 4WD repower. It's involves taking 3 trucks and making one. It IS a lot of work doing this 2WD gasser to 4WD diesel route.

 

Im in the middle of putting a Cummins in a 1968 swb Chevy pickup. When its all said and done will be close to 2000lbs lighter then the donor, needless to say Im excited about the mileage!!

 

i really like 4wds better than 2wds. i like the pic of that gmc swap. is that all dodge drivetrain and a gmc body or are there adapters that can be used to just do an engine swap? since i dont have a 4wd drivetrain it would be nice to just get an adapter to butt up to a ford or chevy. i like the dodge but they are way harder to find in good shape.

 

the gmc is mostly dodge! its got a getrag and 205 tc
the axles are from an old logging crummy dana 60hd and dana 70hd
its got a polished aluminum freightliner fuel tank in the box
and we used a crossmember from avalanche engineering made the swap easy!! used the stock gmc trans crossmember un molested!!

 

I put a '89 CTD in my '79 F250. I used the engine and transmission (NV4500) from the Dodge, an Advance Adapters adapter to go from the NV4500 to the Ford NP205 transfercase. I had a rear driveline built, and was able to use the front driveline from my '79 F350 axle donor. I used the Dodge motor mounts on pearches I built myself. I rebuilt/modified the Ford transmission mount.

 

did you have any problems with suspension not being strong enough for the added weight of the cummins?

 

we need pictures! I love that year of fords, thats one of my dream swaps I'll do someday

 

the wrangler is a one ton and it had no problem at all!