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Re: Sy/Ty Ride Height I talked to JS Manufacturing late yesterday, and they say their coilover setup is NOT recommended for use at any amount above the stock Sy/Ty ride height since the ball joint would then be stressed at its max allowable angularity limit (sort of the same thing that is...

Re: Sy/Ty Ride Height I guess I really need to know what the stock tire size is that is used on the Sy/Ty in order to determine the actual difference. I'm currently using Pirelli Scorpian 255/55-16 tires on '01 Camaro 16 x 8 wheels on my conversion (the stock tire & wheel size was 235/75-15's...

Can any of you tell me exactly how much lower the stock Sy/Ty ride height is compared to both a stock 2wd & stock 4wd S10 truck? I currently have a V8 powered 4wd S10 truck that I installed a BellTech lowering kit on that drops the ride height 3" lower. It appears to be about 1" lower than a...

Dropping out the front Diff with the engine still in the vehicle brings up an interesting idea that I have been thinking about and would like to propose. I had a nightmare of a time getting mine out on my 4x4 S10 V8 swap (had to raise the engine way up along with removing the axle tube to get it...

Yes, The 2WD S10 housings (both 7 5/8" & 8 1/2") will fit in the 4WD S10's. The 2WD & 4WD's both have the exact same spacing on the leaf springs, so bolt-up is no problem. I was planning to do just this same thing on my '93 V8 powered 4x4 S10 truck, since I picked up a low cost 8 1/2" rear...

Hey Guys, I've covered most of the issues on 2WD, 4WD, AWD, & Auto 4WD in previous posts about a year ago or so (just run a search on it to find those posts). As some of you might recall, my solution to get the "best of both worlds" was to use a newer generation active auto-4WD t-case setup...

Vintage Air sells the Sanden compressors new. Any goog AC Supply house should be able to get the Seltec compressors. As for the variable orifice, I am not really sure what specific vehicles used it stock, but none of the GM vehicles that I know of ever used it.

If you want the absolute best cooling system in an S10 or Sy/Ty, the following components will give the best results: 1) Change out the stock tube & fin condenser to a parallel flow one from any '96 up S10. It will fit in place of the original tube & fin condenser perfectly as long as you trim...

The ZQ8 steering box has a 2WD pitman arm on it, since all ZQ8 S10's are 2WD models. All you have to do is remove it and replace it with a 4WD pitman arm, and it then works perfect on the Sy/Ty's!

Yes, if you get the swaybar from an Extreme model S10, get the bolt-on frame mounts & connector links as well, since they will also fit on the Syclone frame (that is after drilling three holes in the frame on either side to allow bolting up the frame mount brackets). As far as the Belltech...

You can use a '98 up 2WD hub from an S10 Blazer, because GM changed the design of them to match the same floating brake rotors and same calipers as the 4WD models. It bolts on the new 2WD spindle the same as the 4x4 hubs bolt to the 4x4 spindle (as a matter of fact, the '98 up 2WD spindle is the...

I'm looking to get what I have into it out, which is $650. The custom wiring harness to fit the Gen 1 S10 requires ALOT of hours to make (not to mention the number of hours studying the wiring diagrams in order to determine what to wire up!), and it is being thrown in for no extra charge. It...

jwaller, With that type of system you WILL NOT be able to go thru a turn in 4WD on the pavement without dragging your front tires severely, since the elec shift NV-233 4x4 t-case that you are going to use will have both the front & rear output shafts locked together as a unit (there is no slip...

jwaller, Which transmission are you using with the NV-136 conversion? If it is the 700R4, did you get Advanced Adapters to make you a custom adapter to fit the NV-136 up to it? Also, did you wire up a VCM for all the download data to get the TCCM to function? (The factory service manual...

Invisibill is not exactly right when he says that adding the shiftable front differential to a Sy/Ty will do little to improve it; however, doing so will ultimately cause the viscous coupling in the t-case to fail sooner. The reason the disengageable front diff is put in the 4x4 version S10's is...

Lowaholic, The older style Borg Warner 4472 t-case does not have an electric motor activated clutch disk assembly like the '98 up New Process NV-136/236 series of t-cases that are used in the '98 up T-series GM vehicles. The 4472 t-case has a viscous coupling in it that makes it a full time AWD...

Wrong, wrong, wrong...... The Smartrac used in the '98 up Bravada's is not interchangable with the Sy/Ty system. It is completely different, and will only fit on the '96 up 6 bolt tailshaft 4L60E auto trans (unless a special adapter is made to fit the this t-case that is used in the Bravada up...

It is true that the shiftable front differentials will not disengage under power, and the part time shiftable t-cases cannot be shifted out of 4WD under power. The new generation autotrac "on demand" auto 4WD t-cases, on the otherhand, CAN be shifted out of 4WD under power. As a matter of fact...

Eric with Belltech, You might want to consider making a front sway bar for the Sy/Ty's using the lower swingarms from the '96 up 4x4 S10 Blazers & trucks, as they have a FAR SUPERIOR mounting method for the end of the sway bar (they use connector links similar to the 2WD models, with the links...

No, it is completely mechanical system. The Borg Warner AWD transfer case in the Sy/Ty's & the Bravada has a viscous coupling in it that allows differentiation between the front & rear output shafts so that the wheels can rotate at different speeds around turns without dragging tires, but still...