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Larry you and I are cut from the same cloth I think. I just ditched the 4L60 in my Tahoe last winter. I bought a parts truck with an NV4500, rebuilt it and stuck it in my Tahoe. One of the best things I've ever done to the truck. When I went out wheeling after the swap I really liked the...

why manufacturers can't stick with a simple manual method of 4wd engagement I'll never know. If it's not the actuator in the t-case it's the actuator in the front diff. If it's not those it's the TCC module, or the dash buttons, and the list goes on and on..... I swapped an NP241 transfer...

that thing is awesome, I'm jealous. If I didnt need the extra space of a Tahoe, I'd have sold it and stared with something like that. Nice find man. It's also got all the ideal upgrades too.

Who are you to decide if someone is being "overindulgent" or not? What business is that of yours and what bearing does that have on this discussion? Do you think it's your job to decide how people spend their money? Ever heard of a guy named Marx? That being said, people that take on car...

I bet not. Any used truck will need some work, but not like that. Trans dipstick rusted in half!? Rust bubble above the windshield?! Are you kidding me? My 98 tahoe has 200k miles on it and nothing like that is wrong with it. This kind of stuff is why I'm sticking with my old 98 till...

A fool and his money are easily parted. Plowing or not, how about you find out if your parts are actually bad before you look for the cheapest front end components you can find. I'm 100% certain the bargain basement parts like you see in that ebay link are not nearly as well built as the OEM...

I'm 6'4" and I sleep in my Tahoe all the time. I just stack my crap in the front seats and off on the passenger side. Then I roll my foam mat out and I'm as comfy as at home in bed. Usually I'm camping with a group of guys so it's just me in the truck alone. If I had to sleep 2 in the truck...

This is really an apples to oranges comparison in my opinion. Do you need a "real" truck to pull, haul, big interior space? Or do you just need something big enough to haul 4 people and some gear? Is parts cost and availability a major concern for you or not? I have a '98 Tahoe, I'll...

Here is my 98 Tahoe. This truck has been awesome for the camping, playing in the woods on trails, and hauling my cars. Add-a-leaf in the rear, crank in the front to match with Bilstein HD shocks. 14bolt SF rear with true-trac rear diff, 3.73 gears front and rear. Custom rear tire/jack...

she is a wise woman. looking forward to the "tourqasuarus" build.

I'd go with the caddy. Better off idle torque and midrange than the 454.

had the truck out last weekend. here is a pic of the rack on the truck with me standing farther than the garage wall away. This gives some perspective of how it looks on the truck. I'll whore some other pics of the truck here becasue I've never posted pix of it before.

I'm going to guess there was a lot more going on here. On top of the cost of the axle, we don't know what steering mods were done, frame reinforcement and bracket fab, front drive shaft situation, heck they might have changed to a different transfer case. Then add labor on top of all that and...

I was about to come in here and question the gear ratio you posted but I looked it up and you are right. So I'm posting for clarity and knowledge of others. The CUCV pickups had the 4.56 gear, the Blazers had the 3.08.

I've eaten slept and breathed OBDI GM stuff for the past 15 years. Everyone else here has made good suggestions, I'll add the following. coolant temp sensor (when these fail it will run like CRAP. The ECM depends on this input to determine injector pulsewidth) MAP sensor (ditto, see comment...

since this is a budget build, you have 90hp and stock sized tires I'd get a junkyard axle for the 7.5 and call it a day...

You're the only other person I've seen on here running the Geolanders. I've got them on my Tahoe, and they are by far the best tire in the snow I've ever run on a truck. We get lake effect around here and I can go anywhere I want, stop, turnaround, take off with wheels turned, whatever; all...

Thanks for all the comments guys. I appreciate the positive feedback. I honestly wasn't sure how this would be received. I view this as a middle of the road "half way" type of solution that I thought some guys would think was stupid. The fact is, I still use this truck to pull my car trailer...

Hey guys, I'm a new face here. I've got a '98 Tahoe that I've begun outfitting for camping and some minor trail and off road work. My typical winter projects involve hotrod cars, normally I'd be building an engine, swapping a transmission, fabbing an exhaust or installing suspension and brake...

I have Bilsteins HDs on my Tahoe and I pull a loaded car trailer fairly frequently. I have not regretted it once, they transformed the truck. Bilstein is a large OEM supplier and I feel their R&D and product quality is superior to any aftermarket brand like Rancho or Monroe.