1998 Chevy Tahoe Retro-Mod

[Eric Wozny Sr]

Hey Everyone,
I have owned a 2 door Yukon/Tahoe since the year 2000. I recently acquired a 98' Chevy Tahoe 2 door with 190,000 miles immaculate undercarriage from FL. I would like to get the newest late model donor truck I can find that I can swap Drive train, dash etc. I will either update my seats or if new ones will swap I will take them. Has anyone pulled this off before? What year and model trucks should I be looking for? Chevy, GMC, Escalade? I would like the bells and whistles of a new truck in the look of my bad ASS 2 door.

Eric in Chicago

 

[Squirrelsmith]

Bad ass tahoe i hate to see you do too much to it. Just a preferance of mine ofcourse

 

[haks310]

You can start by googling "5.7 to 5.3". It's not something I've looked into but I have definitely seen around different forums.
Clean looking Tahoe.

 

[Eric Wozny Sr]

You can start by googling "5.7 to 5.3". It's not something I've looked into but I have definitely seen around different forums.
Clean looking Tahoe.

I didn’t find any more info about the interior swap

 

[Tonyrodz]

I'm not familiar about the swap, but an awesome looking truck. Have any interior shots? Welcome btw.

 

[haks310]

My post was for the drivetrain part.
I don't think I have seen anyone do major interior modifications besides dropping in new seats from the GMT800s and refreshing what's already in our GMT400s.

 

[Fosscore]

Welcome. Nice 2 door.

 

[05Single]

Nice find , and looks well taken care of. Love those wheels. My cousin has them on his 06 silvy.

 

[Toomanyhobbies]

Hi,

I am finishing up the total gut restoration of a 1998 2-door I acquired in the fall. I did the GMT 800 front seat swap and a new 350 motor. While the LS motor is great I couldn't justify the idea of spending more money on a used motor or $6-8K on a new motor.

I should have the truck back next week and intend to post pics here. I posted in the fall a list of what I intended to do, which is pretty much exactly what I did. PM me if I can help.

PS - Mine also was at 190,000 and was from AZ so also had an undercarriage that looked factory new.

Thanks

 

[Tonyrodz]

Hi,

I am finishing up the total gut restoration of a 1998 2-door I acquired in the fall. I did the GMT 800 front seat swap and a new 350 motor. While the LS motor is great I couldn't justify the idea of spending more money on a used motor or $6-8K on a new motor.

I should have the truck back next week and intend to post pics here. I posted in the fall a list of what I intended to do, which is pretty much exactly what I did. PM me if I can help.

PS - Mine also was at 190,000 and was from AZ so also had an undercarriage that looked factory new.

Thanks

Can't wait for the pics.