How to make a fast Piston Engine in Scrap Mechanic Survival

[@Alstrak]

For those of you who can't go into reverse. Try adding 15 additional degrees of advance. Then try again. A good rule of thumb is to add as many degrees of advance as you can before it starts to turn the engine in reverse while going forward. If you manage to tune it like that. Reversing will be as easy as pressing the accelerator before starting the engine.

[@kc_z9655]

15 Additional degree add at 2nd?

[@dragonmen0027]

Alstrak you know you don’t need to disconnect from gas engine so you can just leave it not unlike electric engine have able to stay in place but the gas engine it not able to do that so it able to move not likely to electric engine?..

[@jacobdestroyah2120]

KZbinrs: make piston engines for unlimited fuel Me: hold my maxed controller Check out my latest video to see what i mean

[@Alstrak]

@@jacobdestroyah2120 I laughed too hard on that one. :D

[@jacobdestroyah2120]

@@Alstrak XD

[@I.am.gnarlyCrone]

I had some trouble building the engine. I posted here. Within a few minutes Alstrak was kind enough to respond. Then, he came to my scrap mechanic world and spent 2-1/2 hours helping me to fix and complete the perfect piston car. What a wonderful fellow he is. Thank you, Alstrak.❤❤❤

[@alexdaman.]

After 2 hours spent farming oil, I’m sold on this design type.

[@magepunk7711]

Hopefully they give you the ability to put pumps on oil nodes. It's a pain.

[@apexalaska]

I'm really curious whether a vaccum pump would work. Or if it would just suck water. It would probably just suck up water.

[@magepunk7711]

@@apexalaska I believe I read that the developer confirmed there is currently no way to automate oil. However, it does look like there is a strong possibility they will add it later. They added the ability to pump chemicals the first few days, and the vacuum pump can plant seeds and harvest crops, so the ability is there.

[@thebestwagon5236]

With the oil ponds update you can suck oil with a vacuum pump

[@emth7084]

Alstrak: "yes a motor, engines convert chemical energy to rotational energy, while motors convert any energy to rotational energy" also Alstrak: "piston engine"

[@AI-Idiot]

The piston engines convert linear energy into rotational energy

[@poopyscoopy7863]

shh, it’s a secret

[@CyberGenesis1]

@@AI-Idiot Batteries are stored energy, being converted to rotational energy...

[@CyberGenesis1]

"If it's already broke, don't fix it"

[@gamerbombstudios2668]

@@AI-Idiot technically the chemical energy is turned into linear energy wich is converted to rotational energy so technically by his definition even the gas motor isn't an engine

[@TheDutchRanger]

I've build the 4 piston version and this is the smoothest fast running piston engine I've driven yet, great step by set build tutorial as well nice and clear instructions so you hardly can make any mistake. I do recommend as well as what you have said to someone else for the reverse problem, add another 15 degrees going to 75 from 60 to make reverse more reliable.

[@lebird1559]

Just so i can know, how is the torque on it? I was thinking of making a big heavy rv with this but im worried the engine wont have enough torque

[@YamiSuzume]

"Best Design" is asymmetrical x doubt.

[@TechnologicNick]

I too, have been using pistons before they got released

[@portza6363]

thruster engine gang

[@Fransenn]

@@portza6363 Og Thruster engine gang

[@Imperviousos]

If anything, this shows that oil is too hard to come by and at least needs a way to be auto farmed, and/or gas consumption in vehicles are waaaaay too high. Also, nobody is going to use electric engines until you can recharge batteries.

[@Alstrak]

I agree

[@nulnoh219]

They could have make it so that you can get bio-diesel from one of the crops you farmed.

[@CyberGenesis1]

reasons most of us have edited oil in the configs somehow - or added "biodiesel" as a crafting recipe

[@adtrlthegamer7449]

this is why I was telling a friend of mine while we play that there's needs to be an oil pump that you can place near or on the oil vent to pump out oil. ^_^

[@phobos1963]

Scoop that’s what I tought when I built an electric motor, I was like but dude battery are literally more rare than gas

[@spawnface3493]

This is an incredible build. It's very effective. I couldn't get it's upgrade to work. It just complicated the system and left me fighting against the machine too often. I'm sure there's a fix for it but adjusting the controller didn't seem to work. Might have been because of the different weight or something, not sure. But I love it.

[@justinneria9197]

Great tutorial, one issue I had was getting into reverse. After mounting the vehicle on a stand and adjusting the timing wheel. I had to remove one of the blocks in the bottom left to get it to function in both forward and reverse. So my timing wheel formed a T (3 and 1) instead of being a 3 and 2.

[@Alstrak]

If you couldn't get into reverse then you could add 15 more degrees of advancing. This should fix the issue and you might be able to go even faster. :)

[@karyjas1]

I cant believe how well this works. I have built a 4 piston engine with a 1:2 gear ratio, and it has about 10 times less speed and it cant even pull that much weight. If i took all the benefits from this design, i could put together something really good, which i will do.

[@yungborger7036]

I wish these small youtubers had more attention and more peaples watching!

[@mnasir3210]

3:42 If you want to go straight to the tutorial

[@Alstrak]

I forgot to put a timestamp. I will add it to the description. :)

[@Esgaro]

I found I had a hard time getting the same level of speed as you seem to have in the video. Turning the angle of the timing wheel to positive 15 degrees seemed to result in the fastest forward speed, but it also made it so that the direction it went from a stop was somewhat of a crapshoot. Still, neat engine. Going to play with it a bit and see what I can do to get as much speed and power as possible.

[@RemoraDFC343]

Amazing video. Very clear, calm, well explained and demonstrated. Thank-you

[@spawnface3493]

Since I've been using this I've just been adding more pistons and more sets of wheels everytime I need to increase my load capacity. Right now I can easily carry up to 22 food crates on my truck up the hill to the farmers shop

[@KurNorock]

I made a piston driven tractor with an open differential that can mechanically lock if extra traction is needed. I made it in creative using gear mods, but I think it could be modified to use vanilla parts for survival.

[@PuppyLuvU2]

Wow okay I love this! I'm still just starting so pistons and stuff is not things I've invested into but yea I'm gonna try to work on them even more seeing this.

[@default-xl5fl]

this guy made so much quality content, I wish he made more videos

[@asclover2992]

Clear.fast.not bs stuff about asking for like or subs at the intro .. i luv it 💪

[@crimzonplays1134]

Facinating. I really don't understand logic gates other than the and & Or commands, but i can see this is far faster than my original idea of a four to six cylinder inline with a large flywheel.

[@double-you3409]

Flat four, mid engine, rear wheel drive, My man that looks like a Porshe Cayman.

[@urmomgay0166]

flat two

[@double-you3409]

@@urmomgay0166 In the end of the video he makes a flat four version, and technically the first one is a horizontal inline 2.

[@josevst7274]

You could hook up the piston engine to a cogwheel system using wedges, then attach saws or drills to it, then you could power multiple at once

[@Alstrak]

You can but it gets complicated real quick. :)

[@criperexplouder3889]

If you put timing in between the wheels (timing part is 2 blocks wide, and there is enough space) you can make the design very small!!

[@Alstrak]

The timing is on the outside for a reason. If you put it between the wheels you won't be able to get the efficiency aspect of it because you can't adjust the timing wheel that way.

[@thebigbrzezinski]

I think I can marry this design to a simple gear transmission I've been working on. I've been running if off a controller, but I think it could really use this better power source.

[@jonathanclark7444]

Ay finally I built kans piston engine but I feel like yours is better I’m going to build this one I think Edit for some reason when I tore down my old engine I lost two of my maxed pistons so that sucks

[@board7374]

exactly

[@mLevyks]

i think kans engine is better

[@caperocker6269]

Yknow how bearings, suspentions and pistons disapear when you remove the block they attached to. Remove those 3 first then all blocks

[@jonathanclark7444]

Sam Holt k thx!

[@RatoCavernaBR]

Wonderful tutorial, thank you Alstrak

[@GamingForTheRecentlyDeceased]

Man you're pretty smart for figuring this stuff out

[@goldfishwings]

Dude, that's so good! I've never attempted a piston engine, but I may have to give this one a try!

[@Silvyya]

Have the kan engine for my miner that's going to look like a Prius this will probably be a looter or explorer build use for me but I like how simple this flat / boxer engine is

[@xor_the_protogen]

"It's cheap" " *...You will need 18 Component kits* "

[@Alstrak]

You can get them easily from crates. :)

[@xor_the_protogen]

@@Alstrak I know... but still for some reason. I usually go to the spawn because there is many of them, at least I think so. Last time I was going there I got 14 :P

[@AHHEUS]

CharTee _ it is cheap

[@giin97]

Dunno how everyone always gets so many... I'll do that same spawn run and come back with 6. I get more from haybots than loot chests.

[@xor_the_protogen]

@@giin97 same

[@mattehwizard1979]

thank you for the design i will now go make an extremely complicated driveshaft because i like overcomplicating everything

[@Fransenn]

I have made engines just as long as you have and this is by far the fastest compact engine i have ever seen! i have made some fast engines but compared to this it is child play! nice engine!

[@lukastuber3946]

I got a tip for the steering problem. when you get lvl.5 seat or saddle you can change the turning thing and after the upgrade i could steer really good.

[@Bluuuuuuuuuuuu]

Lol, i love how this is like the comectals that are like, Have you been tired of bla bla bla bla ...

[@chaoz_2k185]

Exactly liked the comectals 🤣

[@katz9649]

Commercials*

[@what42pizza]

The reverse didn't really work for me (even with adding more degrees), so here's what I did instead: 1: Insert another bearing between the big wheel and the sensors, making sure both the sensors and the blocks attached are now attached to the bearing 2: Put down another controller, connect it to the bearing, and set it to -90 degrees (not the start position, the one after that) 3: Add a third button and connect it to the controller and seat That seems to work just fine. It takes a while to move, but so does the original design so I don't think it's that bad, and it works much better. Edit: Actually it's working now so I don't think you have to do this

[@ahloo6920]

WOW dude nice editing. BEST SCRAP MECHANIC CHANNEL OUT THERE

[@jerreYT]

Hey this is a really nice video, well made tutorial and I love the added touch of technical terms.

[@Nunya_Bidnez]

If you add a second set of rear tires that come down with the gas engine powering them you can simply switch it to gas mode by lifting the rear to the new wheels

[@k-easy2389]

This’s wat happens when the builder out smart the game.

[@uggranpops8442]

this guy is literally the scrap mechanic equivalent of mumbo jumbo, but with livetreams

[@uggranpops8442]

@RarePilot yeah but it's kinda hard to put into words, like he's better, but in a specific way that I just can't seem to fathom

[@GiziBrat]

wow... you've been making piston engines for a long time... nice job

[@Linkeb3]

Had a real rough time - but all setup! damn that's fun

[@BerzerkVideos]

Me, who carries atleast 60 spare gas, clogging up my inventory: ahahah yes bring the car back on a lift so relatable.

[@jollyaxekiller7972]

nice design, everyone make sure if you make this in creative mode you set your sensors to one really screwed me up at first

[@MadPirateShin]

I would like to see a heavy underwater car with a stabilized cockpit that can quickly piston the seat straight up to the surface for air. Gotta co collect that oil!

[@name281]

if you hook this engine up to a rear axle and a differential(which is surprising easy) you can easily fix the bad steering issue

[@loik1loik1]

I was waiting for another upload and it final came out☺

[@Noname-vc4bx]

You can use 2 max controllers ,a bunch of barrings set them to loop on max , connect the controller to your seat , make your car heavy and boom you have no fuel usage

[@Backup_Jack]

i messed around with the main idea of this engine and i made one that only uses 1 piston

[@rebel6301]

my dude your FOV is insane

[@Jarith_jenkins]

i just wanted to say that if your haveing problems with the desine and it isnt as relebol as a gas engine just add two heavy blocks to the opisit end of the to noodle pessest that connect to the axle

[@trekkergek5865]

About that hybrid bit, maybe we could put the output of the piston engine on pistons to extend with the press of a button into a set of gears?

[@Ecconia]

We have a lake nearby which is full of oil. But its takes me 1 horrible hour+ to farm enough oil to not care about it for the next hours... Time to switch! I don't want to waste more time on oil.

[@alteregold4814]

To fasten the engine is a dual gear, (ratio of 1:1 above is 5:1 connected to rear gear 1:1 to give a big power)

[@camerondenommee3350]

thanks for the piston engine, Alstrak! I love your work:D

[@Alstrak]

Thank you!

[@andreamendes8034]

perhaps shortening your wheel base and adding large wheels to the front will improve steering

[@maltewarling1209]

Very good video

[@kylemiller8767]

Awesome design and great tutorial! I feel like the video was a bit long though. You could definitely cut out all the pauses between you talking except where there's important construction happening. There's already enough video of you driving that those pauses in voice while you drive are unnecessary. Also, a written parts list would be nice for those of us who want to screenshot or throw it up on a 2nd monitor while we farm the materials needed.

[@atiabi8409]

I liked it so much, ty very much.

[@Cytrilix]

Your a real god thanks soo much man I had very trouble

[@syazananazir]

This video can stop pollution.

[@thefalseking4815]

We did it boys global warming is no more

[@727_chips]

i used kan's piston engine, but i found a way to be able to use a piston engine without needing a weld tool so i just saved some time

[@727_chips]

nvm i still needed 5 pistons instead of 2

[@727_chips]

Oh yeah I made a car without that weld tool... Piston car"

[@dragonpc8258]

next, piston car with suspension so it's not so bouncy and flippy overy.. ;)

[@loik1loik1]

Wow Now it's big brain time

[@Sumi96]

Man i love this video. u explain soo cool what we are need and show them step by step!! Soo cool and easy to rebuild, saving sooo much Gasoline. :-)

[@XadeGrimm]

dude you can get the same result from adding a bearing inside the wheels and connect the gas engine to them they will lock up when not running the engine allowing the pistons to carry the rotation.

[@fireboycze822]

The best car for survival (in my opinion) would be a car with both piston and gas powers (and maybe even with transmission to increase fuel efficiency)

[@Alstrak]

Gear systems don't work that well in this game.

[@fireboycze822]

@@Alstrak I saw a video where was engine with automatic transmission.

[@operator7585]

Can you take the 4 piston set-up but remove the center of the rear axle? Just extend the subframe through the center, make the single axle a dual axle, and the 4 piston motor becomes two 2 piston motors? It wouldn't quite be a differential but might allow different speeds at the different wheels? I haven't played this game. If it worked, though, you could repeat for the front and make it all wheel drive... When looking at a hybrid setup, can you just add an extra set of wheels that aren't connected to the axle that just roll when not powered? Guess I could just play the game and find out

[@cdllc1956]

I used Gas engines for planes in Survival, Ohhh I can smell the Kerosine from here

[@tjhedgescout3052]

The accelerator for me is backwards oddly, off means more speed, on means less. Granted this is still nice to have, and it's more compact than the one i built before by kAN Gaming. and the 4 piston version will help alot with a mobile base or harvest machines. Can the Piston Engine be used for drills too or just wheels?

[@CubsYT]

Definitely isn't the best piston engine like the title suggests but it's extremely cheap and still works so that's a thumbs up!

[@SpaceDave1337]

Just gonna say that kein anderer made a faster and cheaper piston engine, but this is still op

[@charleixd3869]

me: I wonder what happens if I use multiple of these at the same time while playing with a friend who has 4gb of ram friend: *static* $*~}{/)("£^@{: me: bro u there scrap mechanic: friend has left the game

[@PaulMats]

How you make that welding? I tried everything, but it doesn't work than way. It always weld a whole vehicle to some piece, not a small parts with each other. Oh I get it. It should be on lift. Never guessed.

[@Saperek-is6di]

Awesome guide thanks!

[@frosty8903]

Cool video man!!

[@dreamsparkle42]

is there any change u would do a video on ball joint steering attached to this piston engine ?

[@kronomikon5355]

well done sir

[@polarsbear668]

If you wanna make a hybrid car. Why not use extendable pipe thingies (using pistons) with gears to turn the piston mode on/off?

[@BiiZii]

I will save up the mats for this

[@Elswind]

But my god ... the voice it make is maddening !!

[@mathewlittlejohns3198]

this is a good one love it happy as a hammer hitting nails lol

[@phoenixes7881]

Thanks alot for this I needed it for unlimited fuel!. also it steal works today if you have not heard.

[@HexenMeister06]

You are a genius

[@Pauglin]

Gud vid alstrik Edit: it has that outro too!!! Best outro ever

[@Wreckedftfoxy]

honestly looking at the intro i dont lose fuel as much anymore and i usually build piston vehicles unless someone has a bad pc (i usually do multiplayer)

[@gamerul69420]

ur a legend man, thanks

[@alexanderrain5174]

This was great =) Thanks alot! :D

[@Kaktus6492_VR]

we miss you😢

[@guillenunez2593]

good video, but which is more efficient car to controller or car to pistons

[@DaFroggeh]

using 4 pistons for me makes the wheels bounce up and down for some reason :/ but the duel piston version works perfectly :) thanks

[@divy9474]

technically an electric engine is an engine because it is fueled exclusively by batteries which is a chemical fuel source.

[@davidgrey8235]

Thank you for this tutorial. Is there a way to reset the contraption after you built 2 piston version to line up for 4 piston upgrade?

[@Alstrak]

No need. Just add the additional stuff and you should be good. :)

[@Ashiata13]

WOW GREAT VIDEO GG

[@zerg6205]

Thanks for this!

[@MrLarsgren]

nice,, i wonder if its possible to make reverse too by rotating the part sensors read. like the variable timing on my engines.

[@Alstrak]

It should be but you will have to add an extra bearing, controller and a switch

[@MrLarsgren]

thats the cheapest parts on the list. for my heavy hauler i just put a springglitch on each wheel,set to 26 and then connected controller to seat. downside is no brakes tho. yeah i was lazy :P

[@Dyngdallen]

How do you make so that you can use W to drive?

[@RucaTuga]

That Engine/Motor it's not confusing. Motor/Engine its the same thing as both are devices that converts a form of energy into mechanical.

[@hpd_hero]

Awesome video! May I ask why that L-piece on the left needs to be free like that? Cant you just make it a supporting part of the chassi? THanks =)

[@Alstrak]

That is the timing wheel. The sensors react to that and it's free(attached to a controller) so it can be advanced or retarded.