What engine should i use?

[2000RANG3R]

ok i was going to put a 3.8 supercharged engine in my truck but realized that i wouldnt have 4x4 then its a gm engine and tranny and a ford transfer case so i guess that idea wont work. so what engines could i put in the thing that would make the same power or better and i can keep my 4x4?

 

[dangerranger83]

There are still many ways to keep it 4wd. Will the engine hook to any gm tranny that is a driverside drop transfercase (such as a 4.3 tranny that are in s-10's). We cant help that much until we get more details on what you plan to use the truck for. You can also do a divorced transfercase too if the tranny that hooks to the 3.8 is 2wd.

Anything is possible.

 

[cammeddrz]

ok i was going to put a 3.8 supercharged engine in my truck but realized that i wouldnt have 4x4 then its a gm engine and tranny and a ford transfer case so i guess that idea wont work. So what engines could i put in the thing that would make the same power or better and i can keep my 4x4?

read my post in your other thread i said:

ok so all gm 3.8s have 1 of 2 bellhousing bolt-patterns

some 3.8's have the same bellhousing bolt pattern as the longitudal 2.8l/gm 4-cylinder. If yours is that way what you'd need to do is find the trans/transfer case from a late-80s 2.8l jeep cherokee that used the gm2.8 and has the drivers side driveline drop. Some of the late-80s/early-90s s-10s also had the bellhousing you would need with a drivers side drop.

Some (very few) 3.8s have the 4.3l bellhousing which is the same as all gm v8s too. If that is the case what you need to do is find the trans/t-case from any 90s i.f.s. Truck that has the drivers side driveline