After driving both I like my 20r better. It pulls harder and revs quicker. The crummy little 20r carb on mine runs better at extreme angles than the 22r I had too. The 20r carb always seems a little rich and has a lousey idle most days, but you can put it vertical or on it's side and it still goes. My 22r carb quit when laid on it's side.
That's just my individual experience running both in stock form.
I'm sure other guys will chime in here.
If I were you I would set up the '80 for a driver/wheeler and cut up the '84 for a hard core rig.
There is just something better about driving a 1st gen...
Thanks for your opinion! And your experience sure helps... Yep the 84 will be a the dedicated crawler/wheeler regardless... I don't need a D.D. vehicle.. So that's why I would consider either selling the 80' -or- keeping it for a project truck later down the road... the 84' will be a learning experience and I'm pretty sure that I'll want to build something bigger and badder down the road. That's just the way it seems these things go!!! (That's why I'm considering keep ing the 80' regardless).. But yeah although I haven't driven either one yet... Sitting behind the wheel of the 1st gen just feel right!!!
