I appreciate the lack of music and allowing the shop noise to be the background .

After having a roll over in my racecar NOTHING was salvageable besides the ignition key...i truly appreciated having the appropriate safety equipment on board. I no longer think the words "overkill" applies. Over building is 110X safer no matter the components.

Been welding for over 50 years. TIG takes skill, while MIG is possibly the easiest mode of welding process. Knowing which is better for your application is key. You have mastered that.

It's therapy dude. Whether you are building it or i'm building something of my own, it's a heck of a lot better than dealing with the crap all around us. Thank you for showing us your build and your talent.

The voice over takes me back to the power block days.

15:00. Somtimes you can put some valve grinding compound on the threads, and just run it back and forth through the rough spot and it will slowly grind away the tight spots without ruining your threads. It’s a trick an old diesel mechanic taught me. Works great if it’s a large bolt that you don’t have a tap for

I've been tig welding in a Fire Truck manufacturing plant for 35 years(mostly aluminum, with 10-15% being stainless steel), all steel on Fire Trucks is MIG welded(I.e. ladders, turret, hydraulic tank, etc.). I train a lot of people to TIG weld. The ABSOLUTE hardest part is rhythm. Hands down. So, one of the questions I ask ANYONE I'm going to teach is: Can you dance? If they say what, and they always do. I ask: Do you play an instrument? Then it's usually a stupified look. If they answer yes to either, I absolutely promise they can tig. The rest can be taught, but if you CAN'T KEEP TIME OR RHYTHM, you're hopeless.

If it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing. Then you never have to worry about it. Excellent work!

This and the BIY V10 continental are my favorite builds on YT right now, awesome stuff!

I'm loving the direction you have committed to for the build. Fantastic work, as we all know you are capable of, and I'm all in for the rest. Thanks LT for the progress update 🫡

Love to hear the lifts and tools working in the background too. Glad the shop sounds like it's doing well! Keep up the hard work! Loving every video!

Watts-Link would be awesome in your application with limited travel. With your road race aspirations, would keep your rear end LOCKED in the center!

I really like the content of this video. LT also seems happier and more relaxed than has been usual lately. 👍

You are a very hard worker that I know right now and good luck with s all your projects

Those stacks of dimes look purty dam good to me.

HOLY SHIT! That speedo disappeared when you floored it, lmao! Freaking awesome!

Love watching you fab. Amazing! The build is going strong!

You keep your shop clean I really respect that.

No thank you for not stopping after you left Trucks. I think moving over to KZfaq was the best move you could have made. Your content is awesome. Keep up the good work

I love this particular build series. I look forward to the future of this truck. Thanks LT for putting this together.

That is world's most monstrous monster truck strong.

If you can put a bump stop over the pumpkin you could use all of your shock travel because it usually isn't bottoming out on both sides at the same time. A thing I do when welding something like those links is I'll ground my welding table, tack the spud in the tube twice, then roll the tube on top of the table with my torch hand as I'm welding so I can get the entire weld in one shot. If you don't have a motorized rotary fixture for that the rolling works pretty well. As for the bottom links, you might consider re-doing them in 1.75" 1/8" wall tubes to reduce unsprung weight. I would leave the top link heavy because there is only one of them and it's shorter.

Can’t wait to see this one complete. Really miss having an awd truck on the channel. Copo truck was my favorite! So far!

Over kill is always good,you have some really great ideas with all the trucks. One thing you need to do is...reseal you cabin vent before you install the bed back on, it will leak. My truck is a 98 and started leaking, it took me a while to figure it out.

LT you’re a very talented and smart guy! Great job on that 3 link!

I'm glad to see you weld that gas x-member up. I can't tell ya how many air bagged s10s that the rear end was all wonky because the kids just welded a link to it and called it good. Seen one first gen the factory rivets let go and sent the x-member up ripping the bed loose and sitting the rear of the truck on the ground. On that one we were gonna try to help him patch it up but after we crawled under it and seen the botched job on the front and rear we told him to just call a rollback. I wouldn't trust that thing to roll off a trailer and by us at a show.

When you lived in Utah, at least one of my comments was that you needed your own shop. Now that you have it, look at the rate of your output! This is fantastic for all of us, including those of us who are "armchair gearheads" and who will likely never do most of what you do, but still love it as much as if we were in there TIGging, MIGging, and building with you.

Awesome video sir, been a while since I’ve landed on a video of yours but I’m glad to be back. Time to binge !

Bro, awesome build! FYI I've done two of these awd swaps on s10/ s15 platforms. Running around 350 & 450 hp at the flywheel (for reference) and I've NEVER experienced wheel hop in the awd iterations. Your build quality is far superior as I left the rear suspension stock(*ish). As you know, wheel hop is never going to be a problem for ya. Excellent build, sir and I'm loving every video.

I've always wanted to build a turbo AWD s series. I love watching your fab at all up.

I saw the Dino chicken nugget cardboard. Those are a staple In my house for the boys. Love your videos, just long enough and you show and explain the process very well.

JS Machine and Fab makes a 3 link kit for S10s. They were primarily designed for the Syclone.

Man I love this build so much!!!! I just wish it was a single cab Xtreme 😭😮‍💨

Love the content LT. but i might need to get you some fresh Merchant Automotive swag!

That burrito looked good and made me hungry.

Your welds are art.

Looking good LT 👍 Longer ride in the ugly truck video would be sweet too . Just some everyday driving running to stores etc is always cool too and of course a rolling tire fry once in a while 😁

Super sick build! Glad I found your channel. Use to watch you on the TV. S10 fanatic here as well!

I love the attention to detail! I consider myself a great fabricator but you always impress.

Very nice, I just completed full rebuild an install on my dana44 front diff on 79 ford shortbed. 1yr since started ground up restore. 90% done she’s a beaute. To.

You can clean threads by making a thread chaser or tap by cutting grooves in a bolt that fits the threads you want to clean.

I love the content on this channel. I'm a beginner MIG welder. But I'm an experienced grinder, so it's okay. Keep up the great work!

Very cool, LT. Nice work.

Nice work on the 3 link suspension! Can't wait to see the rest of it coming together!! Awesome work LT and I really enjoy the channel!!

appreciate you and your work. been around since I found you 0411 swapping that burb, and stuck around every since. keep at it!

TIG is definitely harder. Loved the voiceover style on this video. Keep them coming on the 2nd gen syclone

Just found this channel awesome! Great how to stuff!! Thx man!

Great build so far!! I could never do this line of work.... I'm more of a measure once and cut 10 times kinda guy 😂

Great video as always. I see you and your producer are still ironing out the hair cut details😀 Professional quality. I appreciate your hard work.

As always, love your fab process, you always do a great job!

Looks great! I can’t wait to see it in action

That is a nice looking suspension build ,cant wait to see it in action

Always enjoy the videos!!

Loving the attention to detail as always

Love the Dino nugs box template. Awesome video

Love the build. I have gotten into the Dakotas' (just to be different than all the S-10's) and a lot of the HP stuff/parts for them can be easily used on the Dodges. And Holley started carrying a LOT of dedicated parts for them.

Great video! This has me reconsidering just going with slapper bars on my project!

This makes me want to get another S10. I had 5 of them over the years. All 1st gens.

I really appreciate ur precision and attention to detail on the fabrication. It looks really good and can’t to see it perform 👍

Nice work! Keep it up!

LT, a 3-link is a great choice, simpler and easier to package than is a parallel 4-bar and Watts link. It seems as if you've got some clutch slippage in the Ugly Truck.

I used to use antiseize on a bolt weld it in and remove bolt and screw in joint... At least with taps and a lathe make ur own inserts great video

Another great video and job.

Man I love your videos you do awesome work. And beautiful exhaust work.

Awesome!! Love the overkill!

The three link is amazing ! But one of the other highlights for me was ugly truck reeling in the e mustang thingy like a dead trout while spinning the whole time lol !

Where it takes the second person to help lift stuff from a fab table or even say on the suspension, a easy to build and thinking ahead make a lift that can be broken down for storage and also adjusted for different heights, I saw a fellow in Australia use a pallet jack and build a engine lift on it. You can wheel it around easy, slide under tables or vehicles and lift enormous weights. Give it some thought and don't commit to any one way till you mock it up. Nice shop building, so figure if you own a part of it, then that itself is quite a commitment. So many tools are just a one time or once in while use item so think ahead and find what works for you.

Thread the end links into the bungs before welding that should save having to chase the threads

Man, the burrito sounds so good and I literally just went through Colorado springs June 13th. Next time I'll stop for one. Have you been to Bishop Castle? You definitely need to see it if you haven't yet!

I want to do this or a 4 link to my 2003 Silverado . Great job so far

GM new it would do that axle hop from the beginning, the ZQ8 came with an old school 3rd shock mounted on the passenger side, It was sufficient for the 4.3 2wd barely.

I have the same vise, I tapped the mount and put a bolt to stop the wobble.

Set of caltracs and sliders would have stopped the problem and better for most $$$ wise and skill wise , but you did build a solid setup super nice .

i love tig welding, yes it takes 4x as long. lol but it is pretty. especially aluminum.

That offset third looks like it could be a compremise. A PHB with the axle mount on the other side of the third link MIGHT counteract it. Did you think about maybe a wishbone, or [lowercase]Y arm, where the axle has two mounts? I get trying to keep things stock appearing is quite the challenge sometimes.

LT, gotta try the Colorado burrito from Albertacos 👌

Too late now but if you paint the inside of the tubes and fill them with expanding foam you can prevent rust pretty well!

Nice welds LT

Im using headphones and Im 100% deaf right now

What a great video if u can’t buy it make it … going to be a amazing truck when done

I’m kinda surprised you didn’t put a couple gussets on that cross member you added the link bracket to. Might be worth it to add a couple on for extra measure. Just my opinion.

Ain’t no kill like overkill… 😂❤

And I do this to myself on 1/2 the stuff I do to but Monday quarterback So there is no question about Alex center and positioning for more average guy with more room for errors The could weld in the upper link and panhard bar stuff with the axle still bolted in with leaf springs

My god I miss Colorado burritos

Cast steel and cast iron are two completely different animals. Ive seen alot of different methods, but usually it's pretty forgiving. It'll be fine!

Big swoleee💪💪

Loved seeing this series of videos coming along so quickly! When you 1st mentioned the 3 link, i got excited. Have a ridetech on a 1994 LS swapped S-10. I would encourage you to add triangulated reenforcement from the frame to the 3 link mount on the fuel tank crossmember. Adding the welds certainly will help, but that steel really isn't much of a suspension structure. At least that is what me and my buddy did to solve the destruction the LS power did to that member.

Right that axel will give before anything else.

Don't do just a pan hard bar. Do a watts linkage. Way better but a little more complex but I can tell you don't mind

I work for a suspension company, everything that isn’t chromoly gets mig welded with .035 solid wire and powder coated

Nice

Would you consider doing the equal length exhaust that’s been getting popular on the gmt800 trucks? I think it would sound really good.

Did you do the math on the instant center? On an extended cab truck it has to be rather low. The lower links are usually parallel to the ground.

Loving the progress, but why not a watts link?

If i had the money id let you do my single cab stepside 5.3 4wd into CoPo 2.0😊

Lt. What did the previous owner do to the back of the cab on the driver side where the third door is? Those are some pretty good size holes drilled through the back.

Got a question. Is it really necessary to have both ends threaded instead of just one? I made my own control arms on an older Cherokee, and only did the one end. Also thought about sending a differential gasket to someone to water-jet some .500 That would sandwich between the cover and diff housing that would let me have ample room above the diff to be a base to weld to for arms. You keep me motivated!

8511!!!! For the love of god. Someone please get this man some 8511!!

No panhard bar? What about side to side movement?

Are you going to upgrade the brakes and wheel studs?