Building The Ultimate 8.8 Solid Axle For DRIFT TRUCK V2... Why Not IRS?

[@solar-_-wavy6855]

this channel is soo entertaining and enjoyable.. i've been watching for years.. i love how you do almost everything yourself and your pretty much self taught and its awesome.. i love the vids..

[@_Gingium_]

Thank you so much!

[@Ryan-mg7pd]

same brother, been watching since 2016

[@lennyfeis]

I love to see how far this man has come since the forza days

[@rubenwijtman2736]

For real!

[@jonjohnson102]

You should watch Matt's off road recovery! He just built an entire off road wrecker! Frame and all

[@ichdu4104]

I'm following this channel for the last seven years, and I'm always amazed how much you are able to construct with your own hands and a mind that strives for greatness. Hands down the best Channel on KZbin, you're awesome man! Keep doing your thing.

[@nidiahk]

Love that the live axle doubles as potato cannon lmao, stay safe man 😅

[@KlaximumSkroeft]

4:56 it's good you had your friend there to immediately break the tension. If something like that happens to me at my job and I'm alone, I'd have a weep and then go home to hug the missus/pets.

[@bradleyhille6163]

I love your content, and think you do some pretty awesome stuff. As an engineer, I’d caution you from running with those slotted holes in the bracket. There are a lot of stress concentrations in those overlapping hole edges and could definitely cause a failure.

[@willohm5439]

Glad to see this here, that sheet steel will probably fail if you don't use the "slotted holes" for position only - could just make new brackets with the desired height selected?

[@williamkim164]

I'm now 15 and have watched your channel since 2014. When I was young, your channel was the first subscribe to

[@ito_obli]

the fact you learned all of this from previous builds specially from the eclipse and rally Miata is so amaizing how far you have come , from sketchy welded suspension towers to a high quality fully built custom drivetrain, suspension and much more!

[@-Hari-03]

12:00 gotta love imperial measurements 🤩

[@Rnfjaydee]

Only in america🤣

[@DingDongDrift]

Cannonium making weapons out here

[@Blurgamer17]

So aside from the Cannon diff, and the human-welding, those holes for the bracket slots can and will bring up the issue of your axle sliding down on them, when the bolts eventually loosen from the vibrations of you going full send in this thing. Now if your axles bolts are already situated at the bottom of those slots, no problem until you go on a bumpy road that causes your diff to go upwards into the cab. If it isn't, maybe take some time to convert those slots into holes again if you haven't fully welded the brackets yet. The more potential risks you can think of, come up with a solution for, practice said solution, then eliminate/minimize said risk, the longer this truck will last.

[@_Gingium_]

The slots actually aren’t ovals, they’re three circles that’s are slightly connected. So there is metal preventing the bolts from sliding around!

[@Blurgamer17]

@@_Gingium_ seems you were one step ahead. Don't stop now!

[@Pieteros21]

@@_Gingium_ with forces you dealing in suspension it can became ovals ... so for me - risky move .

[@Conman-xc8px]

I’ll say it again, this channel deserves twice the ammount of subscribers. The cinematic quality and build quality here is at such a high level but gingium stays slept on.

[@a.schwizz3537]

Its been so long since I have seen any of your videos. Since you refinished the floors… I am happily surprised to see how well you are doing. Keep up the great work and videos!

[@Ghandisgarage]

Hey bro don't get wheels spacers for the rear, get a C-clip eliminator kit. It will space out the wheels and make the axle safer. Also weld the tubes to the center housing. They like to spin.

[@steon808]

Can't wait for the next episode - love the series, keep them coming man, super inspired by your craftmanship!

[@johfur]

So enjoyable.

[@discipleoftheword1785]

Ok, now when the axle exploded, I subscribed. Just to much like my family. But when I saw the toilet in the background I felt like I should have found you guys a long time ago. Keep on keeping on. Also music doesn’t suck.

[@pollo.888]

you should use the 4wd front fenders as a set of "overs" on your stock fenders. spacing it out as far as you need and having a more oem+ look. plasma out the filler pieces and you're good to go.

[@silvergrandam2002]

Okay I have a cool junkyard find for you get a rear diff cover off a 2003 explorer that is aluminum and has tabs on it and cut cut them off and cover will bolt right up to the live axle and now have a drain plug and fill. No more sealing it back up again and again

[@jcsanti222]

Who would've thought the guy who made gaming videos come so far in a few year keep up the good work ging

[@yeetinusmaximus494]

been watching for what feels like forever now, I remember watching the video of you telling us how your neighbors were complaining about your blue miata... time flies

[@johncarella1836]

Man that looks good!!! And that New Cat Sub frame has to be displayed somehow! Such a Neat looking Hotrod!

[@VS666]

LOL that subtle roast about the gas tank that killed me

[@LiveToRidee]

Upvote this so Caleb sees it! - leave the bed cutout and polish up all of the suspension/frame work. Make it look sick and really give it that gingium special. This truck has become the definition of your channel, and I think you should really showcase your skills with it-

[@Rivalistics]

Youre gonna work for hoonigan one day on some crazy ass custom build man. Im calling it.

[@802Garage]

I gotta say... The axle cannon is a new one for me. Good tip on what to avoid in the future!

[@IllegallyAcquiredKIA]

I subscribed back when you did that OffRoad Toyota Previa!! That things still my favorite build you have done! This drift truck being a close second

[@heartbreakandmotorjive1867]

@4:37 not sure why I found this so funny, but I have literally laughed until I cried. Thank God you didn't have your face down there!

[@UncleSpool]

Try designing in millimeters, it's so much easier. You don't have to mess around with huge numbers. 0.1 mm is more than enough tolerance for what you're building.

[@_Gingium_]

I agree, but I don’t have mm tape measures lol

[@UncleSpool]

@@_Gingium_ I'll send you one, lol! I designed in solidworks using inches for years, but after making the switch I'll never go back. Since you're already used to doing quick math, it gets infinitely easier when you're dealing with whole numbers. .04 inches is 1mm to give you an idea.

[@paulvollmer4215]

Love to see you enjoying this build again man! Best build on KZbin right now. The content has been on fire man. Whatever your doing is working.

[@teamc.a.r.l8581]

I remember your head! that sweet red hair and miatas!! back 5 years or so

[@maxtrusler2757]

13:38 when you let your curiosity get the best of you

[@TheFabricatorSeries]

Some of this episode almost feels nostalgic for some reason 🤔

[@cwsmtlevidurov9291]

It's incredible to see from where you have come. I'm watching since the first Mods on the Rallyata and the time you were putting some new horns behind the front grill of daisy. Gotta say, I still kinda miss her to this day ❤ You almost made me buy a WRX wagon back then 😅 Keep up the good work and stay true to yourself! Greetings from Germany

[@jackarmstrong7285]

For the truck bed since it is going to be raised and flat some under bed storage for things like ratchet traps and extra tools would be really cool

[@thomasjones9685]

It’s still so cool to think and see how you went from working on your Ford focus ZX3 in a parking lot to this ever so cool shop

[@gabrieljimenez60]

Enjoying the build

[@WillThat]

Your last video was the first Gingium video I've seen. I went back and watched V1 of the truck and boy, have you come a long way. This thing is pretty sick.

[@toyoboi]

For some reason your intro reminded me of the top gear uk intros "on this episode of Gingium, I modify the solid axle, make the cantilever suspension, and almost seriously injure myself... Twice"

[@Reece-sx2ru]

One of the best automotive creators/ fabricators been watching your growth since the OG gaming gingium channel you’ve come a long way ✌🏽

[@cliffkatsande7494]

this drift truck episodes gets me thrilled all the time.....dont stop the drift truck..

[@SkyyMi]

Always learn something with these videos. And of course see some high quality footage. Can't wait for more.

[@elementmaniac]

Man I love this channel... you make it seem so easy, always comes out amazing, even if you have to redo things ... The struggles you've been through with finding a shop and working outside are far now ❤️ keep it up!

[@69BOSS429]

Love this truck.

[@raybeastbrook_2536]

It's hard to believe I've been watching this channel since I was a junior in high school

[@mikavandenbrink7963]

This is an amazing build and by the week its getting greater and greater Keep it up !

[@danielcgomez]

Looks great! ...make sure that those Rear Coilovers can in fat be mounted at any angle other than Vertical tho.

[@wowdogeful]

10:11 there's another reason: since the engine in the Explorer was mounted longitudinally, the engine torque would cause the body to move and would also make the vehicle steer into one direction when applying torque, which becomes more apparent the softer the suspension is. Placing the differential offset from the center helps to mitigate that issue; since the bulk of the torque from the rear axle towards the chassis is being applied via the shorter lever arm (the 17" long axle), there is less force being applied to the chassis, causing the body to move less. This has the added benefit of freeing up space for the gas tank under the car, but placing the gas tank on one side was not the primary reason why they did it 🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓

[@jaceconder4584]

Bro , I love watching your channel before the old drift truck, but this build is by far my favorite build. Did you know if you type in a drift truck? You're the first to pop up.

[@mastercricket7626]

maaaaannn this thing is looking sooo f-ing radical bro and i can not weight to see it complete and ready to rip .... peace and love fa keep it rad stay safe and build on .... l8z

[@keithparker7412]

This truck lookin so bad to the bone man, I’m SO HYPED for the cantilever system!!

[@WhatIs205]

Jet axle Glad you're good 👍

[@dorkvis5008]

Love it, the fabrication, edits, proces, epic ❤ stay safe mr axle Canon 😂

[@Hardcore_flat_four]

Ever since the eclipse build I’ve become a low key gingium fan. Keep on keepin on 💪💪

[@Asapjones215]

The fact man can makes jokes about his tragedy shows so much character!! One of the many reason I love gingium 😂💪

[@alonsoescala4902]

She's coming out so nice 🏁

[@CrazyHarryDoesMC]

Noted can use ford 8.8 as a homemade rpg if needed

[@suecra1228]

I think that was the brake clean, if it comes under vacuum like it likely did when you blew on it, it caused it to blow out through the axle.

[@abdulrahmansiraj1018]

Painting the whole chasis the same grey colour as you did with the drift rx7 would look crazy beautiful with white rims

[@The_Adventure_guild]

I love your enthusiasm bro!!

[@mrcoupe957]

Joke about the gas tank is priceless 😂. We live and we learn

[@justinwienand9351]

Man that's looking sick. Great job dude.

[@jrmyadventr]

such a sick build to watch

[@yig1993]

Can’t wait for the next episode. The truck looks clean 🧼

[@Whitenoise527]

coming out great ant wait to see it finished

[@devjyarn]

It's spare room to fit your 3" exhaust over the axle 👌

[@isaiahrivera1720]

This thing is coming out so sick 👌🏽

[@noambadash]

Love seeing your work! Have you considered a watts link instead of a panhard bar? It suits your needs (centering the rear axle, coping with side loads) perfectly

[@LUCKIPUP]

panhards are pretty decent but yeah if he’s basically custom fabbing everything a watts links should make the live axle feel just as solid as irs

[@Enter-a-name55]

A panhard is fine for what he has. If he was running airbags, that's when you need a watts link. It keeps the rear axle centered no matter how high or low the truck is.

[@jacobjohns6047]

Seeing a cantilever it instantly reminded me of working on old ww2 military vehicles some of them use a vertical arm that goes up to a horizontal arm attached to a coiled spring packed inside a greased cylinder as the arm pushed up the spring would unwind causing back pressure like a primitive Cantilever shock system

[@adinlouw]

Really cool episode. Lots to learn today

[@joshuanicolai4776]

That was a really good idea to uses angle iron to make sure the axle was straight while you tacked it

[@Enter-a-name55]

That what you do to weld tube together and keep it straight.

[@arijustoleikis4283]

Loving every second of this series!!

[@TheSilancer92]

Will you be taking the cab off aswell n getting the full frame powder coated

[@_Gingium_]

I will be taking the cab off and painting the frame. Probably not powder coat though

[@TheSilancer92]

@Gingium aww right can't wait

[@ChasingPerfection]

I'm not sure what your plan is with the bed floor and I say that based on where you cut it. When you body drop a bed, you dont cut the floor out. You removed say 2-3" from the inner bedside and you cut the front and rear at their furthest point. So like in your case. The side cut would have been made above your wheel tubs. That space above them is what you'd want to removed the whole length. When you'd weld it back together, the top of your wheel tubs would be about the same as the top of the bed rails. Just raising the portion you cut out is gonna leave pockets on the sides.

[@kevind5508]

Them slotted holes in the brackets are almost as brilliant as the gas tank in the front idea. With all the forces the rear suspension is under when it's being thrown around I'm not sure if that was such a good idea to join all the holes like that

[@_Gingium_]

There is still metal making three separate circles, it’s not one big oval. Don’t think it’ll be an issue

[@shiftymiata]

Look again and use your eyes this time, genius. The bolt cannot slide up or down because there are indexes.

[@kevind5508]

@@shiftymiata I see the indexes but I've also seen full holes stretch. My concern lies in the fact that there are only little points stopping the bolt from wandering.

[@sab3754]

Build a low profile tool box/drawer on the gate side of the bed under the main flatbed?

[@LunchboxQ50]

"How to make a cannon from a solid axle" haha!

[@HebuTheLoneWolf]

5:16 the mistake u did was give it oxygen when blowing in the axel. best way is to use a rag to suffocate the flame :D

[@redsquirrelftw]

That solid axle doubles as a RPG apparently! Glad you didn't get hurt there that could have been bad.

[@chriscampbell885]

Since you bolted the wheels on without brake rotors in place, you may not need spacers after all.

[@miketrout1423]

That explosion was hilarious.

[@andriusciuteikis2919]

This man got really good at welding.

[@slipknotic2682]

Gingium => baldium => headlessium.. gotta be more careful, my guy, I wanna see you do more cool shit to your cars. I'm glad you weren't hurt. Keep up the FIRE content, pun absolutely intended.

[@XxJGVxX]

5:19, Cannon craft recipe learned 😂

[@joshmorgan7639]

This looks so cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jasterable]

Hope you paint the bed red also

[@mattmockry]

should have drilled out the spot welds on the pumpkin. pulled the axle tube than trimmed it down. there are plenty of videos out there that show how to do this. it would prevent having a welded section in the middle of the axle tube that you need to insure is absolutely straight.

[@chrismarchese4503]

It's offset to one side because of the transfer case on a 4x4 has the driveshaft coming out that side. 😂

[@platapussboy6897]

So excited for the next vid great job

[@Datboii2wotone]

It’s crazy to see how far you’ve come from when you were building the 1st Miat to this

[@johnbarker5009]

Another great video. The most important lesson...don't blow oxygen into an overheated, fuel-rich environment that already has a flame front at the edge.

[@Remivanysacker]

The explosion 😂😂

[@ttinnovations3310]

SO NICE!

[@jimbojimson]

Love the content, great work, but one error: those aren't ladder bars. That's a 4 link, a ladder bar suspension used to be a pretty common upgrade on drag cars with leaf spring rear ends to prevent wheel hop. Instead of an upper and lower arm, it was simply a single arm with one pivot point at the front, and none at the rear as it was welded straight to the axle tube. They can be used with coil springs, of course, but I don't know why you would over a 4 link or any factory setup. They were just a really simple way to add positive axle location in a leaf spring car.

[@RipstickMaster1998]

Gingium almost turned into Singium with the differential bomb lol

[@stephen172010]

Yeah never cut on housing with the cover on. Builds pressure. Learned that the hard way too 😂

[@randomstickguy67]

When the solid axle became a cannon😭😭😭

[@QuarterD25]

I have a explorer axel in my 66 fairlane. It was an awesome upgrade. Are you still running the stock brakes? They are a bit underwhelming.

[@mikestinyshedofdreams]

will you use pass through spacers and longer studs?

[@zer0is387]

thank you for mentioning the no irs setup i was so curious to why you didnt go for that

[@starry9970]

its like watching stuart little build his boat