Front Suspension Fabrication for a 1,500HP AWD Silverado 

LT!! Watching you over the last few months has inspired me to make a total career change from natural gas pipeline operator to an automotive machinist! Building everything from hellcats to caterpillars. Thank you man!

What I love about your garage videos is that you have much less tools than I do and can do five times what I can. Which means is not the tools that’s limiting. It is the passion and willingness to just get to work. Love it.

I know there’s a lot of fab tools you would like to acquire in the future with more shop space, but for now a 360 degree tube sander attachment would really come in handy with all the tube work your doing, especially once you start to build the cage.

you know, something I did on my old Ram was pushing the rearward UCA mount all the way in and pulling the forward one all the way out. Ended up with barely a change in camber, but much more caster, which is what I wanted at the time for how I drove it. don't know how that'll affect drag racing, but it's something to consider.

All this work done by himself in the garage. True inspiration here. I got too come out too utah and see the action for myself one day. Keep up the good work

I started dreading the chrome strip job as it developed - glad you wore a respirator.

When you started on the upper control arms all I could think was why not modify the frame. I've always seen the upper control arms moved upwards on performance oriented builds(caster gain benefits?) I don't guess your going to be auto-crossing a 5000 lb extended cab full size truck, Even though I'd like to see that. Always putting out quality work friend.

There is a very important reason why the outlet on a filter body is smaller than the inlet. It is to prevent the collapse of the filter medium. The idea is to reduce the flow across the element at maximum pressure differential. Otherwise the filter medium may not capture it's rated filtering size particle as the pressure drop just allows debris to pierce the element. It can also cause the filter to fold on its self even in extreme cases tear. The filter medium will have a maximum rate of media it can properly filter given its surface area. To achieve a bigger flow rate at given hose size and still keep the filtration rating a greater surface area of the filter media needs to be exposed. This will also reduce the pressure drop across the element and enable it to deliver it's rated filtration. Fuel Filters can be tricky as the pressure drop can fluctuate dramatically according to injector demand as well as regulator response time. Just a heads up really...

Nice the ol 8100 tread wear fixer, I had a good 5.0 model that was 3 spd, it would fix tire tread in seconds...

Co-linear is the word you were looking for.

CANNOT wait to see this truck rippin’ in AWD! Thanks for the great content LT, keep it coming brother!!

The rear suspension is where the magic happens and I can't wait to see it

Your wife, or whoever was filming you, added a nice touch. Love the fabrication videos!!

No big deal on the promise man, the progress is happening!! Having a RU-vid channel and a family myself I know what you go through!! Keep up the good work and inspiration!! I'll be doing the same thing on my '06 Silverado Prerunner as far as beefing up the a-arm mounts.

Really nice work! Thanks for showing us, LT!

Nice work on the upper control arms and that added brace looked good! Your welds are unreal! Can't wait to see what you do with the shock towers!! I am staying tuned!! Thanks LT!

My shop is an open bay with no doors and the dirt just pours in. It's a constant yet losing battle but hey, it's a roof with lights, water and plenty of electrical power and the rent is dirt cheap. As always, I dig what you are doing and eagerly look forward to the next video. Cheers from Saudi Arabia!

Can't wait to see this thing when it's done, it's going to absolutely rip

Instead of dropping the motor down, why don’t you lift the differential up, so you can have the CV angle to drop the whole truck down to get the ride height you want? It’s a win win lol.

I'm a little jealous of how nice your welds look.

I don't like ATF but All The Fuel is pretty cool 👍

Watching your videos makes me miss Utah, too bad we can’t afford to move back.

Making progress it's looking good!

Dead nuts is a fine unit of measurement!!

Consider gusseting the control arm mounts on the frame. Next weakest link on a hard awd launch

LOL on the flaking wheels. LS camaro guys will tell you that the GM 10 spokes from 2001-2002 had the exact same problem! I happen to have a set in my garage from back in the day!

LT, PLEASE do a video on how to get started with ac tig. Did I mention please?

this is comming along awsome.

Hi 👋 👋 👋 👋 👋 LT good job on the A-Arms also have heard anything on your rockerarms yet. Hope they will help you out with them.

As I predicted… Headed to 200,000 subs by March !

Awesome work and great video LT! What do you use to keep poly bushing from squeaking? Years ago I put Energy suspension bushings in the upper & lower control arms on my GM IFS truck but went back with OE rubber due to the very annoying squeaking. - I hate to be critical but safety is worth it. Welder pro tip: when you crack a gas bottle open stand on the opposite side as the regulator and use your closer hand to crack it open. (In video your regulator is on left side so stand to the right of the bottle and use your left hand) In this manner if the regulator blows out your body is not in the line of fire and your arm helps protect your face and vital organs. I want to see you continue to pump out great content and not be taken out of the game too early by a regulator.

Love the Fab content!!!! Its the little things..

GOOD STUFF MAN!

Decladded wheel on the green truck lol. You should declad you new wheels 😉

Cragar S.S. wheels were alum.chromed, and peeled badly in winter up north. Aluminum chromed looks nice but dissimilar expansion rates to chrome plus some other things Im sure, lead to peeling/ flaking. Make a grown man cry!

Your budget person needs to turn loose of some money so you can buy a second grinder, so you’re not always changing from grinder to flap disc. Also a solid mounted vise would be nice. That this flopping around in the receiver hitch mount would drive me crazy. Just busting your chops. Keep up the good work!

Cadillac wheels are famous for that flaking

Looking good

I hate picking up a grinder and there’s no guard. So dangerous.

Lt good job on the process of the ugly truck and keep up the gud work

Do you by chance have the part numbers for the aluminum spindles?

Hey LT you making me wonder if I should order WF control arms with unwelded ends. Lol. I'm super attention to detail ocd also. Definitely need suspension to be dialed to be competitive.

Did you check caster during mock up? If you mocked up both upper and lower at the same time could you have taken care of the camber in the lower arm and avoided changing the upper arm?

If you get it done by April 2nd I will consider it a birthday gift, only because that’ll be my 38th birthday lol

Awesome LT!! Who’s the cameraman or woman. On the last half

Any better lighting so I could see what you're doing better

Iron is actually a great source of energy and is good for you lol

Why didn’t you just fit poly bushings in the stock sleeve’s instead of replacing the whole sleeve

what spindle are you using?

Where is your front axle housing? what is that? That's going to break like a chicken neck. Throw same as the rear?

I’m just sorry you didn’t find Send Cut Send earlier. You might have been better off just building your own control arms from scratch.

Dude I have an 07 denali I have been wanting to do similar things to. Just found your channel. What's the first upgrade to a stock truck you would make?

Lol that dude just basically bought a bunch of China fuel filters, hogged open the 3/8 hole end and slapped his logo on it. Those filters are all over amazon for $10.

Doesn't all that grinding and cutting put a lot of metal dust in your shop? Then how do you take care of that afterwards?

Who’s the camera guy / gal?

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What are you using for bushings for the new control ends? Part number?

*nice

How much compression do you have on the front suspension till the upper ball joint binds? It looks to be at a hard angle at that ride height.

all this time i was thinking it was a 3/4 ton frame with the bigger diff. then i see 6 lug wheels and shafts vs the 8 lug. what front end is that then LT?

How's the caster angle with the modified control arms?

"Machine" aka Ugly Truck's nickname

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Looks like you have a camera person, did you recruit your wife to help you?

PLEASE LEAVE UGLY TRUCK ALONE AND FIND PARTS TRUCK FOR THAT FRAME.

I’ll bet you 100 bucks that your motor will NOT make 1500 ?

Lt atleast give it some thought THATS ABOUT TO BE A BADASS FRAME UP BUILD LEAVE UGLY TRUCK OUT OF THIS LOL. FIND A CATEYE 03/07 style YOU DONT HAVE ONE AND THATS THE BODY STYLE YOU SAID INSPIRED THE BUILD PLEASE LEAVE THE UGLY TRUCK OUT OF THIS PLEASE 🙏🏾

Not gonna make 1500

@Lt the word you are looking for is collinear en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collinearity

Hey LT. Just wondering if you have fire extinguisher you recommend? Because this show is smoking. Glad you are starting to get the credit you deserve. 🔥 🔥 🔥 🧯⚙️🛠️😂