I Built My First Piston Powered Car With a Combustion Engine!

In this episode we are back in Gearblocks building my first piston powered car with a combustion engine!
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[@kANGaming]

Shout out to all the non bots in the comments below!

[@Epicyc400]

0 likes, 0 reply’s, not anymore

[@war_fish]

I love undertime slopper

[@blueflame_sm]

Yay! I got a shout out

[@cataclismicall]

They are so fast

[@fusionviper7682]

How do I know I’m not a bot?

[@arandomnpc6409]

You need better suspension geometry, the character has weight even when seated, so when you sit you compress the left suspension, combine that with the toe out of the wheels and you get a car that pulls to one side

[@_HRIVA_]

indeed👍

[@hansvonflammenwerfer2817]

i think the pulling is just coded into the game. I don't think i have ever driven any car that doesn't pull

[@edi07ish]

i usually negate it by adding some plate or block with lead material to act as ballast into the other sides, or maybe adding some swaybar

[@ARCEUS_MASTER]

as a mechanic, I've made a few engines in gearblocks, I add extra belts that don't go to anything to simulate the other accessory belts on an engine (power steering, A/C, water pump, etc)

[@davidannen7448]

This would get really interesting if you used weights to simulate the accessories.

[@ARCEUS_MASTER]

@@davidannen7448 big thonk

[@wertyjax]

that toyota joke made me chuckle XD

[@jerrykoco4086]

Toyota corrola

[@kelvinelrick807]

@@jerrykoco4086 Toyota Pickup with the 22RE

[@funny_river9119]

hilux

[@chancejohnson7442]

also, since I'm this early, I think you will have better chance in seeing this. I had 30 hours in this game and was ready to quit because nothing I built ever worked. but every time I watch one of your videos, I learn something even if you don't say why or how something works. I would have uninstalled a long time ago. Thank you. please keep making gear blocks content. I love it.

[@kANGaming]

I've found with this game that sometimes you just have to try a few different layouts of a similar thing and it'll eventually work. I just have the ability to edit out some of that trial and error.

[@Gabriel_O.]

"i think the engine stalled out" absolutely PEAK HUMOUR!

[@BetaAulin]

please dont stop making these videos, its the perfect content to watch and eat and its fun watching someone learn about ICE's. keep up the work man!

[@GrippingLine]

If you go to "0" Hotkey and Shift+Q to settings you can turn up Update and Constraint to max to limit the gear wobbles at crazy RPM I found

[@jaceritchie7948]

Usually, in a RWD vehicle, the transmission has a transmission tunnel, where on the interior of the vehicle, it appears as a bump where the center console sits on top. This allows the engine to sit above where it would hit the ground. If the gears in gearblocks could accurately represent the size of the gears in actual cars, it would be much easier to recreate this (though, possibly at the expense of players) and thus create a realistic car

[@the.other.ian.]

Please put the 160 piston engine in a vehicle next

[@bobblehaveago]

😢built myself a car with an 8 cylinder engine that reaches 500kph. It's a beast with a 5 speed transmission. Great fun

[@rendy1091]

I dont think gearblocks calculates exhuasts and so on, but in a real 4 cylinder im pretty sure a header that goes from 4 into 2 into a 1 is the way to make peak power and well it looks cool.

[@MrBob-hw5eo]

If you set the "idle contol min %" setting on the engine throttle to 2 or more, almost any engine is going to run smoothly

[@stevepittman3770]

Seems like mid- or rear-engine would be easier to work with, maybe give that a shot when you get around to building a car with a bigger engine?

[@MyHandleIsGood]

When the ICEs came out, I just adapted my crappy electric cars to work with the engines rather than building a whole new car

[@funny_river9119]

18:47 anyone else hears the 1.9 TDI in it?

[@Ka0sGh0sT1]

The fan directly on the crank on all these engines bugs me just a little bit. Needs to be on a pulley with the alternator. Could also add a weight up front for a harmonic balancer

[@GueuleDaminche7652]

the suspension arm is generally fixed directly to the engine cradle, so the wheelbase wouldn't be this wide

[@bobbertbobbathon3322]

you can tune out the idle surge in the throttle body settings

[@kevinblatancic8024]

Maybe the differential is sending more power to left while and then you go right.

[@MaCHeaMaRoBi]

you should increase the update rate from settings so that the engine wouldnt freak off anymore at high rpm

[@ItsSamuel715]

Need to put a transmission next.

[@yoyocheqc301]

"We're gonna build a car from aluminium" instant cybertruck ptsd

[@yoruryoshi2288]

The lead weight for the idle causes you to turn.

[@BadXPiggyGaming]

Haven’t see the game before, but the drifting could be to do with the diff not being fixed into place, thus reducing the power of the right wheel

[@bigpoints101]

Double A arm may help up front with steering and traction. So you're not changing your camber over every bump.

[@TheHengeProphet]

For Macphersons, he has very long A arms for the length of the struts, which can make some odd behaviors.

[@oskark312]

player character has weigh in the seat, thats why it puls to the right

[@ollierinko9387]

A lifted car with proper 4WD setup, with a transfer case and button-lockable diffs on each axle? Then play around the idea of extending it to a 6x6

[@codeyisafk9487]

10:21 Gotta love how your just inhaling the fumes.

[@FallenDj122]

Toyota better watch out, Kan knows your secrets now 😂😂

[@ericbonanno5214]

Using the centrifugal clutch is basically the same as the torque converter in an automatic vehicle. Look them up. It's pretty interesting how they work. Also, how the engine sits in the engine bay depends on what wheels they are driving. If the engine sits perpendicular (left to right) to the vehicle, than it's usually front wheel drive. If it sits parallel (front and back) to the vehicle, then it's usually real wheel or all wheel drive. I haven't seen a perpendicular engine in an all wheel drive vehicle yet but I'll look into it.

[@jamieleeper8215]

Tons of vehicles that are fwd that have an awd upgrade are transverse mounted. I think it is more rare today to find a longitudinal awd car. Now 4wd is almost exclusively longitudinal.

[@markturcotte663]

Love it! Now lets see you do a Flat-6!

[@atomic...]

Really looking forward to when you start putting gearboxes in your cars. I've been at this stage of car building for a bit now just because I'm having issues with gearboxes, just seems like there's too much friction in the vehicle when I add one so the engine just stalls out when I engage any gear, also been having an issue where the engine just wont turn over when it's sitting on the ground. I do have a diploma in vehicle mechanics but It doesn't seem to help me lol.

[@edi07ish]

just add some ballast from plate or blocks with lead material to get some weight balance

[@ASOTFAN16]

This episode made me get this game. I hope it gets multi-player soon as well tho

[@jimaaman]

Well done!

[@TheHengeProphet]

I have been wanting this game to fiddle with the stuff and try to fix designs I see. I'm noticing your A arms are very long for your strut length, and you could probably do with some kind of anti-roll bar to help with the directional drift caused by the weight of your character in the driver's seat. You could also probably arch the frame and lower the steering rack to allow for a shorter rack and help with the steering geometry a bit.

[@joelrobe5498]

"it must be a Toyota" 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤣👍

[@lao4831]

Dude, he flips over like, 5 times and the first thing he says is "I think the engine stalled out"

[@ultrapepper88]

try using a piston that is set to automatic centering for the steering, it helped me fix steering issue. i love your videos on this game btw !

[@Gigachoungus]

My 93 miata has an forward facing in line 4 since the drive shift goes in-between the seats in a tunnel

[@cliptracer8980]

Odd I was screw drivers making a clock, dang thing goes way too fast, built it right. Uploaded it. Enjoy

[@puipuixproduction]

Now it needs a gearbox :D

[@JonCambell]

lol the clutch got me laughing 😂😂

[@Wiwerest]

Are you sure that both rear axles are connected properly to the differential? With limited slip it theoretically could still drive without one wheel traction

[@BeanLord03]

Oooh another gear block episode.

[@parsfan3180]

So a 2 stroke engine can actually have a firing order if it has more than one cillinder

[@blueflame_sm]

Gearblocks like many other games does not handle high RPM objects well. Something to do with floating point precision. If you want the actual explanation, basically the angular velocity is represented as a quaternion (pretty much a vector and magnitude). This is multiplied with the current ofientation to get the orientation 1 step further. Computers have finite precision, the faster something spins the less precise the outcome. And since its a continuous simulation the error stacks until its out of control. This is especially noticeable for rotation, because orientation is normalized. That is, if there is a massive error among 1 axis dur to high spin, it makes other axes unstable too. Long story short, the dev put limits on the RPM of engines for a reason, try to stay below 5k.

[@airzocker3046]

I think most of the problems don't come from floating point precision but from the physics update rate.

[@blueflame_sm]

@@airzocker3046 same thing, higher update rate means lower rotation per step means less error. The axel freaking out is a classic example of too much error building up so the physics engine has to freeze the object to prevent it from exploding the entire sim.

[@devlinguitarawesome]

need rc drift videos. i just finished my lp86 with a 56 bel air body. need to make it to the track. and need more slides on my yt feed

[@MrLarsgren]

maybe a crazy idea but why not do a horizontal suspension ? would make it easier to build a body over it since it dont go as high

[@kANGaming]

I've thought about this and do a cantilever system like F1 does. Also can use the torsion springs now and make something super compact potentially...

[@MrLarsgren]

@@kANGaming yeah just remember you need some weight before suspension start working properly. thats also why the steering hardly have any effect in turns currently.

[@Atherax]

Finally, we've been teased for so long. Love your content very fun video, al2ays informative aswell😊

[@danielwindler7404]

im so glad you showed the last part of this. i didn't know it had destructibility. and yo mentioned materials having different weights. very cool. do different materials have different durability? is it just with collision or does it include stress?

[@haydenaldridge]

Now all you need is a 3 speed gearbox and some better suspension (in my opinion, your suspension sucks, use a double wishbone)

[@Smartypants64]

You should build a realistic drift car

[@twstedsmilesjb14]

I've had the game for less than a week and have had a heck of a time with anything I start on I get pretty far into a build and can't complete it untill I find workarounds for certain part gaps such as using the angle connectors and it being a 1/4 or 1/2 a block short or high. Kinda wish there where shims for axles and connectors to adjust specific lengths and heights when using them to make more intricate buils have parts line up properly without having to find workarounds or start from scratch and change the design completely.

[@dragonhubgaming5934]

The angle connectors are weird they don't seem to line up with the regular grid so I stay away from them

[@matthewmonkhouse9147]

It probably does not help that the weight is also spinning at 6000 rpm

[@writersblockdoc4488]

Wonder if its possible to make a functioning Lenco transmission in gearblocks (just look it up they are waaaay harder to explain without visuals)

[@DonnieWarren-k5l]

Make a car out of the 160 piston

[@DonnieWarren-k5l]

Pl❤

[@Tennesseeguy47]

Love the vids bro

[@rileyham9058]

Your car in real life you mentioned being an i4 facing the other way most likely only has front wheel drive and the differential would be a part of the transmission aswell.

[@nyspace1]

Kan you have inspired me. I think I am going to try to make something like a double wishbone suspension (I am vary new to the game as well) (I am curious to see how moving the steering rack a little to the left, or to the right might change things)

[@SPEXWISE]

you are seated on the left so your body weight is making you drift right.

[@kaldo_kaldo]

Why wouldn't it make you drift left?

[@SPEXWISE]

@@kaldo_kaldo the weight is on the left compressing the suspension on the left hand side meaning less grip on the right side tyres

[@satansnarwhal]

@@SPEXWISEThe character weight is compressing the left side suspension causing the right side to extend which is causing the toe angle to increase which causes it to pull to the right. At least that’s what would be occurring in the real world. You can see this when he hits the right turn the first time and when he enters the apex it breaks the right wheel and suspension but the left side was still fine

[@Twitchthaclown]

Idk why you're gonna set the transmission one block down, most transmissions are inline with the engine.

[@jpb6532]

2:34 usually you need a weight before the clutch and after and it also helps to have both if the clutches next to each other apparently

[@AverageHaloBozo]

yo kAN, what other neat jobs have you had? because its lowkey kinda interesting.

[@samboenink421]

pls make moor vids i love jor contend

[@Till-Imboard]

You should really try and make a big block V8 and Are there turbos in that game or am I thinking of a different one?

[@midnghtshade2049]

I wonder if its possible to build the uncommon V-4 engine?

[@Spookyma2]

I like these woohoo

[@hippierdude]

not saying it couldn't be torque and that its not a factor but also take in account your character weighs i think about 130Lbs so even if your build is completely symmetrical your going to throw off the Balance by sitting in the car without a counter weight

[@crimzonplays1134]

Awesome episode on such a cool game. I would buy it, but I have a habit of buying games and not playing them for more than 400 hours.

[@JK-ph8pv]

It must be a toyota :)

[@DominikGray-br3pi]

My Toyota has an inline four it sits like that and the steering just sits next to the exhaust headers

[@onestepstaircase6758]

Nice vid

[@JonCambell]

It would be cool if you could make a V8 to put in a car too 🎉

[@geraldd500]

I could be wrong but if a engine is fitted sideways its almost always a front wheel? Rwd and awd are fitted front to back. Im more asking if there are exceptions i don't know of

[@mattstone3995]

Your right mostly but I had a car with a sideways engine that was 4wd

[@satansnarwhal]

It all depends on the parameters available. Most small awd cars have a transverse mounted engine whether it’s a I4 or V6 (Audi and Subaru are basically the only ones that do longitudinal cause they offer awd versions for most of their fwd cars) and 99% of fwd is transverse with Saab being the outlier they actually reverse the placement totally with the engine being at the firewall and the transaxle towards the front. There are old V8 cars that are longitudinal fwd but they pretty much died out in the 80s the Oldsmobile Tornado is a great example of one of those and is the first true mass produced fwd car in America. There are some transverse mounted V8s but they died out in the early 2000s cause they’re a bih to work on with the third generation Ford Taurus SHO being the most notable that I can think of

[@HeadsDisplay]

Aluminum car you say just dont tow with it XD if you dont get it teslatruck problem

[@JosephDunsdon]

Put a gearbox in then a 4wd system

[@CheeseLocalll]

i made a realistic engine in gearbox, 2l 4 inline with deco things as in using an alternator just to decoy as a air compressor lol basically 2 alternator and add an axle to the engine head like you do just to kmake it realistic

[@xenix7058]

V10 revving to 20K rpm

[@battfieldsniper1]

2 stroked do have a firing order its 1 and 3

[@RicardoGuma33]

Thanks kan! Taht wat i needed

[@JimWearsTimbs]

Does anyone have any issues with the axles flying around once you get the engine above around 6800 rpm?

[@Wopper420]

I want a V12 30.8L please

[@Wopper420]

33.6L actually

[@zionjarman3610]

If you don't know what to do take some of the cars the devs put in to build and make engines for them

[@zat-1-fury]

If you’re making a rwd car try making a fwd car instead 😅

[@cptindex854]

did he use imperial measurements ?

[@heathercreed286]

day five of asking kan to build a rear engine ride lawnmower PLEASE

[@Warmeloncat]

Yeeahhh babyy!

[@JC-lf9zi]

I flew off into a 30 foot culvert almost like that wreck at the end of this lol I didn’t flip upside down fortunately but the car did end up turned around facing the road like this it could’ve been worse then what happened luckily came out with only a bloody nose and a slight concussion cause of the airbags 😅🎉

[@JC-lf9zi]

Also the wreck was not due to any wrong on my part I went to a tire place before I had to drive to work in another town and there is a thing as to much air in a tire cause that’s what happened the air pressure in the front passenger tire was so high when I hit a small pothole the tire ejected off the wheel and sent me off the road

[@joshdavies6723]

if the engine is sideways it wont pull to the side. think its toque but thats best fix

[@Michael_Schweitzer04]

21:32 that should have been ur thumbnail

[@zavenador9781]

Make it a 2010 Toyota Hilux body

[@LilFhawn_unknown]

Please complete the car I need to see that 🙏🙏

[@ynsignia]

That's a Toyota alright.

[@kathiecraig2803]

dear god the bots How to look for bots: 1. First name-Last name then random numbers and sometimes a letter 2. Random emojis at the end of the comment

[@HiVR83]

can you make a new survival sires with kosmonot no scrap micanic

[@malachimilam1773]

A monster truck

[@jcamvs2537]

Kan, a two stroke is every other cycle. Comes up, fires, goes down, comes up DOESN'T fire, goes down, comes up and fires. On repeat.

[@TheLtVoss]

Wrong 4stroke staring in in the uper deat point is >intakt>compression>fiering/power stroke- >exaust> Each point is 180° apart from the other so 720°between the same stokes A 2stroke has only >compressionstroke>powerstoke> so every 360° the exaust gets replaced with fresch air at the end of the power stoke and ends in the first part of the compression stroke

[@theplumpert4852]

Dondé esta la bibilioteca

[@RadiantCataclysm]

I'm not super in depth into engines and types of engine, so I don't entirely understand why, if you have a two stroke engine, firing order wouldn't matter. If someone sees this and would be willing to comment please do. I'm not completely incompetent around engines but my brain just doesn't want to work rn.

[@Dusto9]

He's wrong about that. Firing order does matter for 2-stroke engines. Not sure why Kan is confusing firing order with strokes lol, maybe he's thinking of single cylinder 2-stroke engines. Firing order refers to the order in which the different cylinders "fire". Different firing orders affect the balance of the engine, smoothness of power delivery and engine vibrations, among other things and the basic principle of that is no different in a 2-stroke or a 4-stroke engine. You could make an engine without a firing order by having all cylinders fire at the same time but i'm not sure if there is any good reason to do so other than for the fun of it.

[@satansnarwhal]

@@Dusto9it’s literally impossible to make an engine with multiple pistons fire are the same time

[@Dusto9]

@@satansnarwhal It's not impossible at all. It's actually very simple as all you need is a camshaft and a crankshaft on which all the lobes are on the same side of the shafts so the combustion cycles for all cylinders are synchronized. I can't think of any good reason to do that because it would be a very rough and badly vibrating experience with all the complexity and parts of a multi-cylinder engine but none of the advantages, while simultaneously having all the roughness and disadvantages of a single cylinder engine. But it's completely possible, there is nothing preventing you from doing that.

[@RadiantCataclysm]

@@Dusto9 that's what I thought, thx