I put a high pinion dana 44 under the front of my 2wd truck. I used a seperate 205 transfer case. I used a 5 lug setup froma 70's model F-150. I can send some pictures if you would like? The fram on the 2wd is the same as the 4wd and it was not hard to do just took a solid week of doing the work and about 5 months of gathering parts. I used a steering gear box out of a Jeep grand cherokee form the junk yard. email me if you want pictures. mark.rowe@electricsupplyinc.com
if you want an off road vehicle get a LAND ROVER LR3. best thing i have ever driven off road! not sure how it would handle jumps because it weighs so much bu other than that it is PERFECT! and still amazingly civilized on road.
I have no problem stopping, it feels real good. These are 37"x13.5 on some 18x12 wheels so they are not too big. There are some guys around my house that have bigger tires on the same front end.
Nothing inherently wrong with independent suspension at all, as long as the parts are strong enough. Baja trucks have huge travel IFS front ends. I built SAE Mini Baja cars in college, and 4 wheel independent suspension was a given. Beat the piss out of them too.
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'07 ST 2WD
3.7 / 6 Speed
Flowmaster 40
