F-250 Conversion ???
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its practical. pretty much a drop in, just bolt up. but a solid axle swap is more practical than a ttb setup. ttb sux in my oppinion. check out this site. http://soderblom.net/bronco/tech/
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Practical money wise or time? One concern I would have is I think the crossmember under the motor is different between the 2 and 4 wheel drives, but I'm not completely sure. Do you have a donor truck? Would it just be easier to sell the 2 by and buy a 4x4? It's really a matter of choice of how involved you want to get.
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f250 2wd and 4wd are 2 completly different animals.
Leafsprings for 4wd, coils for 2wd. The 2wd and 4wd place the axle pivot brackets in different places on the crossmember. the front frame horns are different on 2wd and 4wd so you need to cut the bottom of the frame out and weld in shackle brackets. It can be done, but its definatly not a bolt-in.
A F150 is an easy bolt-in conversion.
Leafsprings for 4wd, coils for 2wd. The 2wd and 4wd place the axle pivot brackets in different places on the crossmember. the front frame horns are different on 2wd and 4wd so you need to cut the bottom of the frame out and weld in shackle brackets. It can be done, but its definatly not a bolt-in.
A F150 is an easy bolt-in conversion.
Last edited by oldhalftons; Jan 8, 2006 at 03:59 PM.
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you can put a f150 TTB under a 2wd f250 if you completly strip the frame to the rails and replace and relocate all the brackets, drill new holes, 150 radius arms a 3/4" longer than 2wd F250 arms. you still have a TTB beams that are thinner than the 250 beams. If you want 8 lugs in the front you need everything from the hubs out including stubshafts from a chevy D44 and that takes alot of work/fabrication (the ford 8 lug stuff is just completly incompatable)
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Originally Posted by oldhalftons
f250 2wd and 4wd are 2 completly different animals.
Leafsprings for 4wd, coils for 2wd. The 2wd and 4wd place the axle pivot brackets in different places on the crossmember. the front frame horns are different on 2wd and 4wd so you need to cut the bottom of the frame out and weld in shackle brackets. It can be done, but its definatly not a bolt-in.
A F150 is an easy bolt-in conversion.
Leafsprings for 4wd, coils for 2wd. The 2wd and 4wd place the axle pivot brackets in different places on the crossmember. the front frame horns are different on 2wd and 4wd so you need to cut the bottom of the frame out and weld in shackle brackets. It can be done, but its definatly not a bolt-in.
A F150 is an easy bolt-in conversion.
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Originally Posted by chrono4
if he goes with the ttb setup, its a complete bolt in, just need the driveshafts, t case, and ttb. the sas requires some work, but i think is totally worth it.