2wd LT vs 4x4

Hey guys I'm new here to the forums and I know this has probably been asked a 1000 times but I want your opinion. Would you rather have a long travel 2wd or a somewhat built 4x4. I currently have an 1981 Chevy Blazer 4x4 and am looking to get a tacoma in the near future but can't decide on what set up to go with once I get one. I mostly hit the mud holes with the deepest being about 3 feet and pismo. So far my blazer has done all this in 2wd but I didn't go very hard at pismo due to not having someone to pull me out if I did get stuck.

 

So just go 4x4 with some slight mods instead of a LT 2wd?

 

If your mostly hitting mud you probably want 4x4.

 

It's the occasional mud after a rainstorm but mostly pismo and dry, hard dirt.

 

You can still go long travel with 4x4. It would be around 14" of travel instead of 18" with a full race kit on a 2wd. Really just need to determine how you will use it and if the long travel is worth it. There is a bunch of long travel threads on here.

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/long-travel-suspension/56245-long-travel-information.html

 

If you never use 4x4 then you're fine. If you turn it on once in awhile then you would surely miss not having it. You are a candidate for a 4x4 long travel I'd guess. Its a compromise of front end travel, but you can do alot with 13-14"(toyota travel, I dont know blazers) from a 4x4 if its properly valved. Add in a bypass and you can go even faster.

If you want to go as fast as possible then you'll want the 2wd 16-18" (toyota) of travel and the roll cage/engine cage/solid mounts that go along with that to use it to its potential.

 

Problem is I'll only be able to afford either a 2wd long travel or a 4x4 with some suspension mods.

 

Sounds like a midtravel 4x4 is in your future...

 

4x4 all day everyday.

 

If you have to go a little slower and be able to go everywhere and anywhere. Or be able to fly across the flat desert and look at a small hill and know you can't make it. Id say go 4x4. So many more possibilities.

 

Thats what i was thinking.. icon stage 3 or the build your own mid travel from DSM?

 

I think you'll be happiest sticking with the 4x4

 

the deepest i've seen in my blazer is about 3 feet. I'll mostly be hitting pismo once i get my tacoma

 

There isn't much you CANT get out of at Pismo, with a 4x4. Unless you rolla bead, like I've done on a few occasions.

 

Cleanup does suck but it's fun while it lasts. the mud hole is only like 10 feet long so i just go through then turn around and come back a couple times.

 

I haven't gone too hard at pismo due to being alone but in all the spots i went through i was fine in 2wd

 

I would go 4x4 only because there will be time when you hit a sand pile and get stuck and won't have 4wd to help you out. But it's your personal preference if you want more travel I would go with 2wd. I'm pushing 15-16 in of travel with my 4wd lt