best budget offroad option for my 2wd


sluginxlt

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my daily driver is a 91 2.3 manual 2wheel drive, it was supposed to stay stock but i had a body lift and coil spacers from a previous truck laying around so ofcoarse i got bored and there it went on the truck, i just bought a set of used 31" mtrs today. so the question is this isnt gonna be a hardcoare offroader but i wanna take it on the dunes...... so on a budget whats the best way to get me up on the dunes. i considered throw'n some welds to the spider gears but i have to drive this every day and dont know how well that will work out:secret:. also thinken of gettin a 8.8 out of the junkyard with atleast 3:73s and a l/s. will a limited slip be enough for me to make it through the sand? what do you guys suggest i do to run decent on the dunes
 
L/S would work well if you repack it like it suggests in the tech library. also, balder tires work better on loose sand because they wont dig in as much.
 
You'll want 4.56 gears if you have 31s on it with your 4cyl engine.

Gears & adding a locker would be the best things you can do for improving the offroad ability of a 2WD truck. Limited slips help, but will leave you still spinning if you get a back tire in the air (happened all the time when I had a 2WD).

Hope that helps
 

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