Gotta love that no matter where you live in the country, the same 10 songs play on the radio on repeat.

I have one of those iron case front diffs for my AWD supercharged V8 S-10 blazer project. I also have the AWD front axel for parts. 3.73:1 gear ratio as well. Mine will have a Zexel torsion carrier. making it 4 wheel positraction.

It's never a cookie cutter build. Beefing up the differential to AWD is such a nice touch to a project. ❤ Can't wait to see what's next!

There is nothing like that sigh of relief when you get that bolt in and you know that the thing you're suspending in air is not going to fall on you. 19:50

I've been a mechanic for 29 years. I care about doing things right, I don't half ass anything. I don't cut corners, I don't just change parts until the problem is solved and I'm honest. I know, crazy right! Glad to see you go ahead and tear it down and do what needs to be done. Not criticizing, but maybe next time wrap that pry bar with some electrical tape when your prying out a stubborn seal and your up against the sealing surface againt. Got mad respect for you and you great work ethic.

You can hang plastic sheets from the sides of the vehicle when pressure washing and it keeps everything else from getting messy.

Man, thank you for just being a normal person and just making simple videos with commentary. I can watch these all day!

Subscribed! This is the kind of video gearheads like. No fancy editing, no $(#*$ music, no one acting like a clown, just simple, informative and to the point. Cant wait to see the final results of this build.

That was quite the dance removing the front sway bar. LOL Looking forward to your engine choice. I'm hoping you're going BIG. (6.2L)

I'd call it the Hurricane since Typhoon and Cyclone has already been used, and this could have been the next version if GM had created it. 👍🏻

Loving this build, keep it coming!

Thanks for going through all the steps

Nice work! Love this build! You the man!

Hell yeah already loving this build!

Yeah - cleaning oil and grease off the frame usually takes paint with it. I just rattle can the exposed portions of the frame some black semi-gloss.

I totally relate to that "while your in there" mind set. I love your sound track also!

You are doing a Fantastic job. I really enjoy watching your videos. I cant wait to see what engine you plan on running in this truck. hope its a real tire burner.

Love this build! Appreciate seeing the details on combining the best of the best parts from different applications. I think it's great that you're using a lighter vehicle this time around, and I bet it will be a blast to drive.

Great content! I miss truck tech... it's cool seeing the logo in your tool chest!

I can appreciate your attention to detail! Can’t wait to see this truck rip! 2nd gen SYCLONED!

LT, I completely appreciate your desire to always do everything right. Anything worth doing, is worth overdoing.

Super enjoyed!! Looking forward to the next video and what engine you'll be going with.

I love the way this build is going!!! I like all the details. Also Cleetus needs to sponsor a video for you with all the merch you were wearing in this video!! LOL

Making it look simple good stuff man

Glad to see someone on YT who cleans up a messy truck before putting it back together. Good job, LT!

Always admire your attention to detail (most of us call that OCD...fellow member here)....looking great!

Love this kind of content!

Ha Ha! I'm sitting here watching you work while wearing my McFarland Racing T Shirt! :) I am too old to do this kind of work anymore so I get my enjoyment from watching videos on the tube. Yours, Cleets, VGG, Flying Sparks, Alex, etc. Thanks for posting.

Pretty cool build. Subbed.

Great job!

Funny that I started seeing you build on the old power block. Keep it up man

It all looks pretty. Can’t wait to see how it does… I wish your shop was just down the street. I got a 04 Suburban I had since it was a puppy and would love for you to tweak it…😉

i would let you work on anything i drive , your work that you show on your vids give me total confidence in your stuff

Did i just watch you pressure wash you rig in the shop in the air. Lol KEEPEMCOMING

Gonna a nice truck always wanted to see a second Gen take on a syclone

Such a great combination to make a more Bullitt proof,I agree if you go to the trouble of removing it might as well fix and over build l love this project....I hate all that grease and oil everywhere I like a clean canvas to work..I have 91 s10 parts you can have..I like it keep going

You got lucky with the torsion bar keys. I always need to heat and beat those blasted things!

Love everything about the truck, I had a 2 door Blazer (non ZR2) and the front diff would make a banging sound. Seeing all those pieces from the front diff dissembled makes it easy to show how fragile that disconnect system is. I wanted to manually lock it in, but I could have had a problem with that shift sleeve/coupler thing. I love that you deburred everything in the cast iron diff, I wouldn't be able to resist either. Setting up the diff, I always thought that the in/lbs torque wrench was to check for problems, I thought the main thing you wanted to do is set the pinion depth with the crush sleeve and then check that the rotating force is within spec..

Sweet. Both of my 5spd "Z69" Blazers have the cast iron front diff. I kinda want to take the offroad one apart and Lincoln lock it and use a push/pull cable to engage and disengage the pass side

I think this is your best build yet. I think it will be a rocket

Complete rebuild. Count me in. I love the way your brain works. Now we got a Frankenstein monster machine. 😎

Austin Lefort said he would be stopping by your shop to give you a hand. Can't wait to see what happens!!

That’s a beautiful voodoo blue tundra in the background!

mad skills balancing the anti roll bar with your foot

That swaybar removal made me chuckle the way you used your foot lol

S10s look like it would be convenient and fun to own

Nice work! Though, I might suggest hanging up some plastic to contain and 'direct' the water/gunk during that cleaning to at least just that bay. You sure got to wear a fair bit of it. :) I'm guessing on a 4.8L swap, perhaps with the success of the COPO truck; maybe? Look forward to this project as it continues.

Nice work, fyi: engine swaps in 4x4 S10's are easier if you remove the body bolts and lift it up 3-4 inches. At least it was for me when I did my ZR2 LS Swap. I used 4x4 wood spacer blocks. Enjoy seeing others do what I used to be able to. I'm excited to see your engine choices next time.

When you go ls, use good clamshells. The ones I got from dirty dingo for my 4x4 jimmy sagged out quick and oil pan was sitting on the diff .

just an FYI for anyone wanting to do a similar thing, late 90s stickshift blazers also had iron diffs, not just the Zr2

This oem+ kick reaffirms my love for 2000ish gm's

It was my dream to do this exact thing, but with a 2 door Jimmy and manual trans (I used to work at GMC). GM Performance actually built one but with the Isuzu nose on it.

There a solid metal bypass for that selonoid. Also pretty sure you can get a torsen differential to replace that open diff.

It may be time for cab mounts also as my 98 went around 100,000 miles and had flattened rubber between the mounts and cab. The Urethane bushings worked great for mine but I live in a salt state and my frame brackets were rusted so I added washer to close the holes. I wish I still had my 98 S-10 but the body was starting to go every where.

Get yourself a ZQ8 steering box, it will give you a faster ratio than the stock 4WD one. And while your at it, grab the anti-hop shock and its associated bracketry and it will keep wheel hop to a minimum.

Always loved s10s. Still want a first gen project that I can put a VW 1.9TDI in

Watching you work on that front diff gave me flashbacks. I had to replace actuators and encoder motors on every 4x4 Chevy I've owned. On the last one I replaced the diff actuator with a choke cable and put a manual shift T-case in it. Wish I would have known about the Bravada shaft!

LT I’m going to be rebuilding an 8.25 ifs full-size diff. I saw you made a tool for the side adjusters. Anyway you can show us that in the next video. And also do you tighten the side adjusters to a predetermined ft lb. Like on the mopar 9.25 it’s 75 lb ft.

Keep up the great content. You should add a transmission cooler, that 4l60 its going to be running hot 😂

15 👍's up LT thank you for sharing 😊

When I do those kind of jobs the most important part to remember about degreasing is fire control. I could care less how it looks but if something were to get out of hand at least it doesn't have excess to feed off of

Project: Psych-clone SS Explanation: Front end made it sketchy to drive when you got it, so it would be crazy to turn into a Sport Truck. Syclones were AWD turbos. SS's were V-8s. Future Mods: V-8 and twin turbos

It's nice to know you have a type LT. All it has to be is a fast V8 all wheel drive truck, that's all.

First thing look into getting fox racing goggles for safety glasses. The foam seals to your face not allowing anything in! Second check out MC PERFORMANCE! They are developing a tubular upper and lower control arm for 4x4 s10s that allow a coilover!

L67 Buick V6 fully built, lots of boost, and AWD conversion!

Larry, always love your content! Miss seeing you on the Sunday morning show you used to host. Quick question; is a rebuild of the diff or 'recondition'?.not trolling or trying to split hairs. Just curious how one would differentiate the two terms? As always, enjoy your content!

I've always wanted to build a typhoon clone but have moved past the project. Now that I'm neck deep in a shovelhead, jeep, square body Suburban builds and my buddy offers me a running driving Bravada for $500. I put a couple hundred dollars in Parts in it and now it's a nice running driving rig. It's freaking so hard to not just build up a typhoon clone or rip the engine out for my Jeep build aaaaahhhhhh!

Hay LT here is a thought you those host you took out maybe you bring 1 of them back and install it maybe on side of your building or out back somewhere you could do cars or trucks in the air. It would probably be a spring into summer time. This way if you don't have time to clean it up the moment you clean up later. Hope you like the Idea 💡.

This would be a great build, Fasterproms did one and Tony from MotorTrend on their channels, if i had the money n time and knowledge I'd make one. But here I am, nothing but desire n watching lol.

You are definitely wearing a good amount of that dirt & grease from under the truck. Lol Im super picky too. Work tries to make fun of my OCD but my work is always the best it can be & always clean.

So...very cool project, but that diff is so tiny I have my doubts it will survive. Hope it does though. Can't wait for the Ferrari V8 to go in.

Front coil overs would be great.

I am really looking forward to this build, a 500 hp na ls would make this little truck move out .

This is awesome, but unless you have massive diameter tires and a locker going off road, that aluminum housing is a great awd housing.

I found a cast iron front diff in the junkyard once. I saved it along with the 8.5” rear end.

Category 4 would be a cool name.

You can get a limited slip for that front axle. I have one in my rig.

For the full size GM trucks they make an aluminum slug to replace the 4wd actuator to always keep the front axle live. This is particularly useful in the earlier OBS trucks that use a thermal actuator and you have to wait forever for your front axle to engage. It's called an on demand conversion and it's available for order at every parts store, a little spendy compared to the conventional actuator though.

All s10's with 4wd and a 5speed from 98-2004 came with a cast iron front diff and an 8.5 rear diff.

Noticing the Fleece hoodie...did Duramax get some upgrades?

A LT based engine would be cool, or a turbo 4.8 LS. I put a N/A 4.8 I built in mine and it’s relatively rowdy. I can only imagine what a turbo 4.8 with AWD would be like….

Project name - Psy-Clone

Really should research SyTys and LS swapped ones also. Lots of upgrades that would be good for an off road 4wd or RWD with slicks. The stock front diffs and even the rears with a girdle can take 1000 plus all day everyday when in an AWD setup

Let’s go LT

Coooool

Since you have the ability to get to all the frame, you should throw some surface shields on it. You will most likely get s couple years out of it assuming it's applied correctly

Can't stress enough about the 1 ton idler upgrade and replacing the steering shaft rag joint with a u joint... that stock idler ain't gonna handle what your doing

Where did you get all the torque specs? I have the same diff that I pulled out of a Blazer and I’m going to use a aftermarket shaft that I found online instead of the Bravada shaft.

LT, first time swapping out rear differential to LSD 9.5 on a 97 Silverado 4x4. Can you help me out on setting the pinion bearing and shim?

LT, I recently came in to a 2003 S10 4WD LS. I wanted to drop it in the front but am having trouble finding drop spindles for it. Would you please let me know where you are getting yours from if you plan to drop the front end?

Chevy hurricane is a good name.

You could combine the two names from both turbocharged options. Cyclone and Typhoon = Tryclone

Get the quick ratio steer box from an extreme or zr2

Have you ever thought about going with a coilover front suspension instead of the torsion?

Is there an easy way to move your air compressor outside of the shop? I would go bonkers listening to that thing all day😅

McFarlane racing FTW!

LT! GM had the Syclone and Typhoon maybe the New Truck could be Project Hurricane???

Needle bearings suck. Bushings are superior for longevity. Just run a little extra diff lube to keep things moving! Recommended for Toyota front clamshell diffs.

Should have left the grease. That's free undercoating. In my neck of the woods those frames are prone to rust

Big Aluminum LS with boost Please!😁