best budget offroad option for my 2wd

[sluginxlt]

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. 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

 

[metalmacguyver]

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.

 

[4x4junkie]

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