Thoughts on Solid Front Axle Swap on 2007.5 3500 hd

[buffydores]

250K is a lot of miles, no doubt. I think you're cost estimates to do all you plan may be low. I still feel there is a value opportunity in the class 5 trucks.

[RADustin]

I’d look into a regear before engine swapping.

Duallys run 4.10s, most SRW are 3.73. I think kodiaks are around 4.30 and higher. Kodiaks have the ally 2000 as well with the higher gear set.
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[Puke160]

Originally Posted by buffydores

250K is a lot of miles, no doubt. I think you're cost estimates to do all you plan may be low. I still feel there is a value opportunity in the class 5 trucks.

I'm just talking about the SAS. Around here you can buy a school bus with a dt466 or a 3126 paired to an Allison for around four or five thousand dollars then I will have all the big parts I will just need a divorced transfer case.

I could buy one of them. Chop the entire center of the body out reweld the back right behind the driver seat. Then put a flat bed on it. I could get it built for under 10000 dollars. It would just look really redneck and it might be hard to get insurance. And It would just be 2 wheel drive though

[Puke160]

As of right now I'm not dead set on anything yet. And for an engine swap I it was something I want to do on my 2000 k2500 with the 350. But i cracked the frame so it got parted out. But, I still like the idea of putting one of them in a light duty truck. The duramax is a much better engine for a work truck that the 350. Isuzu have made good engines for a lot of years. Just a mild build on a duramax make a great setup. But, I also now what caterpillar and International are capable of.