4WD Lada - first drive

[@darenzy]

My late friend had a Lada Samara 1300 with lpg back in mid 2000's the adventures we took in that car... Good winter tires, it was like a goat, passing trails in deep snow only 4x4 and agro machines could. Excellent choice of music by the way, привет из Сербии.

[@duane8620]

No matter how crazy, insane, poorly executed or dangerous a project is these guys always seem to be having tons of fun. Thats what its all about, learning what will work and won't work and having fun figuring it out. These guys are awesome! Edit: "No need for Range Rover, we pick up and move it ourselves. See, no problem" xD Well, if Garage54 breaks something, they break it *RIGHT* !!

[@MadScientist267]

Only in Siberia 🤣

[@wowfubar]

Nothing is dangerous in Siberia.

[@scunnerdarkly4929]

Nearly pissed myself laughing in the first 20 seconds. “Used to be infested by a colony of termites” isn’t something you hear every day when discussing old cars...

[@A3ATOT]

If i remember correctly, in Russian he said a family of beavers did that)

[@scunnerdarkly4929]

A3ATOT - that’s even funnier, cheers for the translation 👍

[@Novous]

I had a bunch of rats living inside my Sebring that was parked. They made a nest out of the hood insulation, and ate through a single engine ground cable. We spliced the cable and it fired right up.

[@SwapBlogRU]

@@A3ATOT exactly, it was "beavers" in the original video. But I couldn't bring myself to do such a blunt translation (though I'm not sure "termites" work that well either).

[@dastardlyman]

love this channel - still love the translate guy - he adds spice

[@davisjames8484]

Give it the beans, man

[@BipolarAyatollah4Q]

The translate guy sounds like he used to work for KGB

[@mharris5047]

It is too bad that there likely won't be any new videos once BMI Russian runs through whatever videos were in the can when Russia was sanctioned for their unnecessary war with Ukraine. As usual, the leaders of a country fucked around and its citizens found out. Vlad (the Garage 54 guy, not the dictator of Russia) won't see this comment as IIRC Russia has cut off internet sites from outside their country but IIRC phones still work so BMI Russian might be able to read some of these off to him over the telephone from whatever country he lives in. I hope the Garage 54 staff and owner are doing as well as can be considering their country was just cut off from the rest of the world. Maybe they can use their experience repairing and modding Ladas to specialize in their repair for paying customers until Vlad Putin is kicked out of office and things return to normal (best case scenario). They even have the CNC machinery to make their own car parts since they won't be able to import any new ones.

[@RealCapricousCavy]

Back in the day (high school years), a few buddies and I would "move" smaller cars for comical effect when we'd go out walking at night out of boredom. Moved a girlfriend's car a full 90 degrees one night (picked rear up and swung it around; so it was originally parked 12 to 6 o'clock in the driveway, we swung rear so car was in the 9 and 3 o'clock position with rear tires in the yard). Got a call at 8am the next day from her, yelling at me as her mom thought she came home (under the influence apparently) and parked it with the rear tires half way in the yard with the front basically sideways on the driveway. Remember saying to her "Thought your mom had you on a 9pm curfew?" Busted.... Man I miss those times. Thumbs up for better days!

[@rickfordmorningstar130]

dude, we used to do that too! Later, kids at our rival HS used to flip smart cars upside down in our neighborhoods, so we went into their HS parking lot one night and picked up the Honda Civic their auto shop was working on. we got it onto caster wheels and rolled it out almost a mile to block the front entrance of their school... sideways, so they couldn't just tow or push it out. It took 'em almost 5 hours to undo what we did in like 45 min lol! And WAY back in my Moms day, she and her friends put their principals car into their empty school pool! It took a crane to get it out, and Mom got expelled XD

[@Reziac]

My sister's class did that to one of their professors, only worse... one day he walked to work (lived on campus) looked up and there was his little bitty car.... on the balcony above the entrance.

[@rickfordmorningstar130]

@@Reziac It's things like this that give me a little hope for humanity back

[@shngsam8777]

miss the old days.. nowadays cars are getting soo much heavy

[@spankthemonkey3437]

pathmada sthink statue of limitations 🤔

[@thestone3849]

Love your work fellas, and thanks for doing such experiments which give us the conclusions for nothing. Thanks all Team and a special thanks to the clear narrator.

[@Pavlos_Charalambous]

Uh yeah, that's what I call high quality content

[@trogdorburninator6627]

You guys work hard and you play hard. Would love to meet and have a beer with you all someday.

[@spankthemonkey3437]

Trogdor Burninator you mean a vodka

[@toddaulner5393]

They probably don't drink. Haha!

[@TheMarcos911ss]

Поздравляю !!! новая работа!! лучше теперь с 4WD, это снег это здорово

[@jimdavis1576]

Laughed my ass off at the pack of dogs being called their fans at 9:35

[@manutd4life253]

Me tooooo lol

[@joefromravenna]

Probably should have lifted the car up to be able to drive through a foot of snow.

[@TheBalija1]

They should definitely continue whit this project. New rear diff, improve ground clearance, proper snow tires, maybe add weight for better grip..

[@RealCapricousCavy]

Think they did a bit. Rear tire gap increased. Front would need different struts or some type of extensions welded in or maybe cobble up some spacers under the strut tower?

[@bansheemania1692]

All About the Rubber... Basic and Work's

[@AmstradExin]

I was honestly surprised that they made it the first time! I know how they feel... I got into a similar situation... The same but uphill... I had to turn the car....

[@АлексейДмитриев-ш1ф]

Lifting car body does not give you more clearance. It's the axles that limit the clearance. They definitely need much bigger tires. Also need to change gear ratio in the gearbox: currently they can't start at lower wheel turning speeds because they don't have powerful enough engine for this, so they start at higher speed, causing wheels to slip and losing grip. And yeah, having no smoothing elements on the transmission lines causes giant shock impacts on the transmission elements. No wonder they ended with a broken gearbox. And look at 5:00 - the car goes stuck even when the snow is way below the bumper. I had a similar car (21099), it was the stock 2WD, and it performed MUCH better than this. Just say I would start worrying about being stuck only if the snow level goes near to the bumper's lower point.

[@stanley4290]

I love that you look in the comments of your videos

[@electronicsNmore]

How is he welding at 2:17 without eye protection? Looks like the shield is sideways.

[@User-rf6oo]

Russians are indestructible

[@ArchisMarathe]

In russia, the metal welds you.

[@eminatalay3238]

Eye protection is for day after pain there is mo harm atm

[@seanglendon4813]

Shield is for sun eyes is for weld in Russia

[@FtanmoOfEtheirys]

Gotta get that sun tan somehow in russia.

[@jakobholgersson4400]

I think that the best thing you could've done would be to give the car bigger/wider tires. Your main issue was that you were sinking into the snow, reducing ground pressure would probably have helped a fair bit. And of course, as you say, had symmetric grip/tire sizes.

[@EnterTheVoid09]

Needs better ground clearance... it seems to get stuck when snow is actually holding up the car lol. Lift kit!!!!

[@Blazs120gl]

Also that rigid rear axle becomes a snow plow if not combined with bigger tyres or portals. Still on a front engined car, front ground clearance is key to avoid a tendency to wedge the nose against the snow, as well as a skid plate to prevent picking up snow in the engine compartment. The Samara could have shown off on packed snow rather than fresh deep snow.

[@EastBayFlipper]

Put an airbag lifter system in it. As soon as you feel it starting to slip just hit the lift button and bingo, more traction

[@dcfuksurmom]

some bigger/better tires would also do it some good.

[@game-stance1048]

Great project! Greetings from Turkey!

[@bkgnkprt]

Game-Stance bunu izleyen tek türk ben değilmişim. Nice

[@_-nebruzink-_5948]

Game-Stance hey i will go to turkey 2 months later so what i should do in turkey for fun

[@sertaccalimli778]

Mercedes-benz W202td depends on which city you will visit

[@williamrutter3619]

Great video well done, Well done with the rust too, I had a few fords like this, my MK2 transit was especially bad, I was welding it for weeks, nice to see some hand on work done.

[@paulog8813]

With everything looked, you can’t run different size of tires. That’s what broke the transfer case. Try it again with the same “tractor” tires in all 4 wheels.

[@AmstradExin]

I think not having chains was the main issue... Having semi-loose chains could have improved the situation.

[@MF175mp]

That's absolutely not the reason why it broke. It was just too weak. And the parts were from a different car so the ratio probably weren't right anyway.

[@banaana1234]

The tires were slipping all the time so the different sized wheels wouldnt have made a difference.

[@MF175mp]

@@banaana1234 this, and the grip on the snow is poor. And you see in an another video with the UAZ that the transmission held on even with the wheels spinning in different directions with better grip. Likely would last that all day long when it's of proper build

[@mastermnd22]

They're in snow. Same as mud. Won't make a difference. they're not differet enough to have a problem. It broke because it's hacked together

[@ithehuman007]

I was going to sleep😳 but. Sleeping can wait 😊

[@SocksWithSandals]

You can put viscous couplings on the stub axles to prevent them getting twisted off.

[@Royrockbrain]

A 4wd with one engine on front and another on at the back maybe 4 wheel steering, 2 fwd engines

[@thatonedude5237]

I saw that on hoonigan some time ago.

[@notjohn4915]

@@thatonedude5237that thing was sick

[@Karjis]

Mercedes did that with A-class for some strange f1-special. Also Citroen 2CV Sahara was something similar :D

[@driver76fan]

Also Group S SEAT Ibiza.

[@vegas44gp]

Tony and Lucky did that with a chev impala 2 LS V-8's 1 in frt 1 in trunk all wheels driven only frt steering

[@LG1ikLx]

been waiting ages for this video!

[@romeorossi5221]

In Italy we have the Fiat Panda 4x4, a light 4wd car. It rides amazingly on the snow, especially the first generation ones! You basically built your own Russian Panda 4x4 😁 greetings from Italy 👋👋

[@MegaSockenschuss]

I heard in Tirol, Austria and Swiss they love and keep their Panda 4x4s forever. It's somewhat a legendary car in this area.

[@girlsdrinkfeck]

lol @ fiat

[@SmeiiyOctopus]

Okay James May

[@antoniomonreal620]

Weren't these Pandas named something like Sisley 4x4? I remember checking what the guys who take care of cattle in the mountains use, usually It was the most affordable and reliable available.

[@dodgydruid]

If you think that Lada's are basically FIAT's anyway, it wouldn't be hard to turn one to the other and I think the little Panda 4x4's are awesome. I seem to remember Yugo were looking to put a 4x4 from a Panda into its 45 or 55 but then democracy happened and Yugo was consigned to the annals of failed communism.

[@CaramelColored]

That thing is better than it has ANY business being! I LOVE THIS!!!!

[@lawrencemonaghan8033]

Greetings from Edinburgh, Scotland, Great video guys,bummer it broke on you,can't wait for part two,a stronger transfer box,big knobby tyres

[@m4d_mark_xtr3me79]

That was pretty damn cool. So basically all you needed to do was put a lift kit on it and make sure it's running equal tires, sweet... Looking forward to the next one 😁👍👍👍

[@kyle-vw6ik]

When you changed the rear tires you also changed the ratio at the same time causing it bind

[@MikeAndNary]

I really wished that I lived where it snowes. That's it, I'm moving to Russia!

[@calvarycustoms6681]

Definitely a successful project! Would love to see you take it out to your Test Track and do some snow-drifting with it. After that, you can give it some increased suspension height, and do some trail riding. Long live the Lada 4x4!

[@KTX666]

how would you call breaking the transfercase, and getting stuck every 2 minutes, a successful project? ;-)

[@calvarycustoms6681]

KentexDamgaard 🤣 Well, the goal of the project was to transform a front wheel drive car into a fulltime awd car. In that they were successful. It was able to drive forward, backwards, left and right, under its own power (except in deep snow; obviously it needs higher ground clearance), with all four wheels turning in sync. Admittedly, grenading the franken-case was a fail, but as long as the project continues to evolve, I wouldn’t consider it a total failure. As for getting stuck every two seconds... chalk that up to Driver Error. Why drive the low little car with skinny tires into deep snow?? 😆

[@-A-Hybrid-Skunk-Productions-]

That was an awesome Video Garage 54. I hope you all fix the Lada back & drive it again.

[@marcelosanches3397]

Nice work! With some more improvement it will be a good toy. Greetings from Brazil!

[@mikutv1]

That thing looks super fun in the snow.

[@ItsDaJax]

I think it's pretty awesome and I actually like the look of Lada's, they remind me of Chevrolet Chevettes. The components are a bit too weak to be welded, doing the front and rear added a lot of stress. If it weren't for the snow and that was dry pavement, it might not have lasted as long. Plus the tractor tires looked like they were taller than the front- more stress. Narrow tires are supposed to be good in snow. Rebuild that thing with a clutch type limited slip in the rear and maybe the front, though gear types are better for turning and it might last longer. Make another set of those tractor tires. I want to see this thing prosper.

[@LandmasterOne]

You guys are CRAZY!!! Love it!

[@scootergem]

wonderfully entertaining, loved it! please put car back together, don't let it die. please. brave little lada....

[@TheCardinal365]

Love your work guys! Keep going with these kind of builds and videos!

[@rodney7799]

Another awesome video from Garage54!

[@grexursorum6006]

I know this snow conditions. It looked wet and heavy. Not like powder. Can be hell to plow through that. Lada did great. Nice build!!!

[@BucksSuperStereoWorld]

Almost reminds me of the old Subaru Justy hatchbacks that we got here in the US.

[@scottfirman]

It reminds me of my Yugo. The thing was so light, my co workers kept picking it up and moving it around on me. I found it sitting on top of a big snow bank one day. I was not happy but they just slid it down off the bank easy peasy.

[@alanwhitehurst2576]

Fix it and raise the front up. Nice work chaps keep it up. From Manchester England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👍🏻

[@regulareverydaynormalguy6479]

This is the most Russian channel on KZbin !

[@eidolusgad]

And that's why we all subscribe.

[@joe125ful]

Yes!!

[@oilpond]

nahh

[@НОРДИКАНДРАМЕДОВ]

Это сербы.

[@loveashlyn320]

Have you seen the dashcam compilations though?

[@bakedbeard4203]

Loving this channel from USA .👍✌🏼😃

[@matsv201]

This is probably the russian trolls manipulating the election.

[@bakedbeard4203]

matsv201 lol 😂

[@matsv201]

@@bakedbeard4203 yea... this is really cool.. this want me to vote for trump 10% more... clear rusian election manipulation

[@bakedbeard4203]

matsv201 lol ok

[@skodakatie7341]

Loving the all wheel drive Samara!!.

[@GrantJohnston-dr9rt]

Some decent boots on the little car and you could show that cheeky Rover what for!

[@Howema]

needs to be lifted so it don't catch so much snow against the under body as that would greatly increase resistance, good gripping tires on the front as well to share the load, if the front is slipping and the back grips the back is dealing with all the force to move the car, this is a very interesting project and i hope i see more of it.

[@shanekneeshaw3483]

Really is one of the best KZbin channels at the moment i always very excited when you upload

[@MISTERPRESIDENTELECT]

Riding around in that car, you two guys looked just like Batmanski and Robinoff

[@jackyoung42]

Russian fender solvent did a bang up job on those floor pans , they use that stuff here in the USA too !

[@billwit7878]

These style of AWD Transfer cases are usually sized to handle how much torque a clutch can transmit at the rear axle. They are not sized to handle the amount of torque it takes to make the rear tires spin. So the host correctly root caused why it exploded.

[@volvo09]

I love this project!

[@TK42138]

How about fitting a low range transfer box to this setup? Could be a challenge because of the transverse engine but I'm pretty sure it's never been tried before.

[@darthgbc363]

Weld up a steel box around the transfer case. Reinforce it. Build a sled (skid plate) for the bottom of the car. Less anchor (plow) & easier sliding.

[@MrMazda-yw1cr]

From here now it needs tracks! 😍😍

[@jonnyrocket]

You Guys are crazy. ...that's so entertaining. ..

[@AnalogDude_]

how about: a bigger radius for the wheel on the rear axle? what caused stress on the gears and stuff.

[@StuffFilmedHere]

"Speed and power!" -Jeremy Clarkson

[@davisjames8484]

"Give it some beans ,man!" Ima steal that lolol

[@KrautigerKauz]

Pure love. Pure dignity

[@electrolytics]

Finally a video of a Russian vehicle that gets stuck. Ha ha! Love the channel.

[@remzo500]

Very cool, nice conversion :)

[@davekauffman8727]

Vlad's got a new toy! 4-wheel drive is great fun, but a drive-train designed for it is best. Is there a Russian version of the Jeep? Very good job calculating the proper gear ratios, and fabricating a system, but something had to give when parts not designed for a purpose get abused. Better luck with the next idea!

[@UniCrafter]

Wider tires should distribute weight more evenly and prevent sinking in so much, home made duallies? Or even sand type paddle wheels?

[@ithehuman007]

Btw tyres are spning so fast. Low range. It needs low range

[@girlsdrinkfeck]

thats why that land rover cruised through the snow with no issues with its smart electronic range selection that can alter it on any wheel

[@richiekenny1548]

Yall desurve way more views ..keep up the good work guys ..

[@powerbuilder0510]

should do a front wheel drive, mid engine with a front and rear diff connected to the left and right of the output CVs conversion

[@detailinggaragekilkenny591]

She drove thru that snow like tank!

[@radoslavgeorgiev1662]

Snow tires fellas, 4x4 aand decent snow tires!!

[@murmenaattori6]

Or at least those same types of custom wheels they got for the back, as the front was definitely the weak link after that and kept sinking deeper into the snow.

[@rarbiart]

the engine does not have enough punch. the transmission is too long at low revs. the only chance not to kill the motor is to go at nominal rpms with all 4 tires slipping.

[@murmenaattori6]

@@rarbiart Good point. One idea I had is to get thin wheels with decent tread and raise the suspension so they basically cut their way through the snow instead of trying to go on top of a compressed layer.

[@rarbiart]

@@murmenaattori6 we never learned what the outcome of BeyoundThePress was for the sawblade-wheel car.

[@murmenaattori6]

@@rarbiart Hehe maybe not THAT thin!

[@KimJakab]

It's not a ice breaker! No matter the enthusiasm! :)

[@Reziac]

"Four wheel drive lets you get stuck in more inaccessable places." -- Paul Harvey I'd like to see how it does if you gave it a few inches more ground clearance: Lift it!

[@Lurkerkun]

We have this saying in Russia: "The more rad the SUV is - the farther you'll have to go for a tractor."

[@Reziac]

Haha, that's perfect!!

[@wolfmanrebel874]

This is beyond true , on the rare occasion my 2wd f150 gets stuck it takes just a couple min. To get it out, when I get my 4x4 truck stuck it's there until summer,lol that's the red clay of the southeast US for you.

[@PenttiHinikka]

you need support bearing for the transfer gear so it takes torgue from rear

[@asandberg6]

The taller tires on the back changed the effective gear ratio and caused the tranfercase to blow, or at leat it would have if you had any traction.

[@Myiamimusic]

This would make a fun little amature rally car!

[@Christdeliverme]

I love that Supra sits there for credibility every show

[@theepicslayer7sss101]

it done a lot better than i thought it would but i have to admit the ground clearance is what made it get stuck all those places... 4 point of contact (tires) versus the WHOLE bottom, the bottom wins!

[@ferrofilos]

Just need a good exaust and intake to make more power and a lift on the suspencion, it wud be a perfect machine!!

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

Fan-club is here!

[@ulyssesdowning4101]

What if you put another set of tires like the ones on back on the front

[@conradkenneth5216]

Greetings from the international space station!

[@RealDJStew724]

Really?

[@DraganIGajic]

Dayve Stewert no not really

[@johnbarnett2804]

The back half of that Lada reminds me of a 81 Chevy Chevette

[@mattrockman1028]

you guys should make some like paddles from angle iron and put em on the tire for this snow.

[@AlexRib]

Oh, so it's already summer in Russia

[@Gamen4Bros]

Love this project🔥

[@douglaswiseman2630]

Make some continuous track wheels and that car would be unstoppable!

[@KanyeOnOzempic]

I remember you mentioned in the cement video that you are building a new shop? Is this tru, when can we see?

[@OlujaDoTokija]

Which remix of Moment of Silence is in the background?

[@nathan_hl9556]

"tractor tires" on the wrong axle?

[@pitecusH]

it was permanent 4WD with 3 welded diffs..

[@nathan_hl9556]

​@@pitecusH I know, but there was more weight on the front axle and the better traction in the rear was part of what broke the "transfer case".

[@soheils65]

@@nathan_hl9556 I agree with that. The problem was the weight ratio that not equal in rear and front and if tractor tires were on front axle the performance may be more better.

[@Chris-yy7qc]

@@soheils65 True, thats why FWD is better than RWD in the snow

[@misterdeedeedee]

how have i never seen an oil pumper like at 2:00 before? its so simple and brilliant, i need to get one

[@stijnVDA1994]

Could you like try to fix the diff see what other things could break under pressure in it...

[@md.moniruzzaman8521]

sir can you replace the nissan moco differential by a proper truck or car differential .I hope that will be not broken

[@joe125ful]

New Lada Sti:) Just lift car and use snow tires.. Drive 20 meters and stuck:):):)

[@sanjeewa247]

What if a leaf blower is fitted instead of a turbo? I think it should work right? Same concept. Plus DIY electric turbo.

[@wladsniper8223]

Nice work fellas,greetings from germany Morocco-Rusia partnership✊

[@-A-Hybrid-Skunk-Productions-]

Are you ever going to redo that car or another car. It was really enjoyable watch that little thing rip through the snow. I myself would like to see an experiment like that one again some time.

[@737Garrus]

Add Portal Axles on the 4WD Lada and throw a stronger Transfer Case at it and it should take snowy challenges like a champ!

[@rustygearboxnuts5327]

that was an awesome episode just like always

[@Jesse195592]

Fix it and add skid plates to see if they work better in the snow with awd

[@bandvitromaniaios1307]

Da 4wd Lada! Still better than Duster!

[@alexduke5402]

I've seen it many of times. Bald tires and less aggressive tires will get you further in SOME circumstances those belt tires just dug a hole where the street tires were just spinning. Deep Snow is kinda like sand mud tires dig

[@wolfmanrebel874]

Hey where do I get a tool like at 2:05 the guy filling the diff oil, I have the stupid little hand pump you put on your jug...the tool here looks far more convenient