I put Koenigsegg’s freevalve tech on a Miata... It runs and drives!

[@benjamindover5567]

“I’m not that smart” Also him “Today we’re fabricating free float valve technology from Koenigsegg on a 29 year old vehicle”

[@JGuraan]

Honestly, you don't have to be smart to learn skills and useful knowledge, it just makes it easier. Lots of stupid people just like us do important and complex jobs every day, and not being as smart as some people are shouldn't discourage you from trying things and innovating. But if you aren't smart, and you try to do something like this, be sure to film it, so that it pays off either way

[@AA-gl1dr]

@@JGuraan spectacular failures are still spectacular.

[@sauercrowder]

Seeing the other extreme of Dunning-Kruger here

[@AtlasJotun]

@@JGuraan That's a beautiful outlook on life in general.

[@letmefindout81]

Reality is, smart people think they are not smart and not so smart people think they geniuses

[@TboneSTEAK111]

"its all free, reason for that is i dont want money to stand in the way of technology" Holy fuck dude massive respect.

[@deltacharlieecho4732]

This dude is a real scientist and a visionary; and he doesn't even know it yet.

[@Avetho]

Wes: "I don't want money to stand in the way of technology." Me: _[Wipes tear from eye, stands up straight, military salute to a national he-, hold up, no, an _*_international_*_ hero.]_

[@nateel86]

Imagine if money wasn't a problem with developing new technology.

[@randr10]

@@nateel86 It's really not money that's the problem, it's IP law and the regulatory apparatus. We're sold this idea of IP laws and regulations protecting the little guy, but they end up doing the opposite and protecting established players from competition by new entries into the market. This is why he released it for free I would imagine. The tech would never see the light of day otherwise, and he would never be able to make any money off of it. Auto industry would bury him if he did. A good guy to listen to talk about this is Joerg Sprave on the slingshot channel. He's actually a patent attorney and he was like, "no way am I going to benefit from patenting this technology (about his Instant Legolas repeating bow design), so I just release it as prior art into the public domain so that people can enjoy it." Paraphrasing there of course.

[@burntchickennugget191]

He is essentially saying "Ill keep developing it and you guys can help 2

[@nateel86]

@@randr10 Ah I see

[@gorkzop]

This is like the internet from 2008.. It's just amazing..

[@chickenchuggets6395]

Bro is a whole car manufacturer, you designed it, tested it, and made it in a garage. Mad respect!

[@quangvasot]

Dude is literally Tony Stark "HE MADE IT IN A CAVE"

[@IgnitionP]

@@quangvasot “WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS”

[@Chocoleet]

"I don't want money to stand in the way of technology." Some heroes wear no cape

[@EatPezzzz]

Except if he charged, even a little, it could help him find further developments. And even if he puts it out there for free, there are still plenty of people willing to pay for it because they don't have the time, skills, tools, etc to pull it off on their own.

[@Chocoleet]

@@EatPezzzz good point

[@lazar2175]

@@EatPezzzz Yes, but he would be cutting out a lot of people in 3rd world countries that would like to try and work/develop this further but have no funds. Basically what he is doing is making the whole thing open source, meaning anyone can contribute and anyone can use it. Only bad thing is someone could just start making money off of his hard work and there would be hardly anything he can do.

[@youmakeitwhatitis]

Selling materials, and opening source for designs are not mutually exclusive.

[@CSpottsGaming]

@@youmakeitwhatitis Yeah if he wanted to he could definitely build kits for installation to sell and also open source the design for those who want it.

[@chrisfix]

Dude this is incredible! What an awesome job pushing the envelope not just in concept but actually getting the car to run!

[@WesleyKagan]

Thanks so much! It was a long process for sure, but I’m excited to see the potential.

[@michaelskff]

How come you didn't think of this????

[@SigMargheriti]

How to SUPER UPGRADE your cams

[@sonicwolfsdutch]

Out with the old! In with the new!

[@1marcelfilms]

wa0w chris fixed

[@Purgso]

"cam delete" is going to be the hottest mod of 2021

[@fiat1314]

Worlds cleanest engine bay.

[@ChicagoBob123]

That should be on every hot rodders mind. Adjustable tuning, lighten the engine. Wow..

[@d4rkhound388]

@@ChicagoBob123 Plus... less rotating mass = higher RPM's.... assuming this gets further developed we could have 10,000 plus RPM Miatas soon enough.

[@ChicagoBob123]

​@@d4rkhound388 Or any car, motorcycle, etc. The Koenigsegg 2.0-liter 3 cylinders and gets 600HP. The weight reduction would get you extra MPG without having to loose power. It makes pickups trucks with big V8's look dumb. If all you need is a small 3 or 4 cylinder 2.0 liter and you have all the horses you need. Why hasn't Toyota or any other company started implementing this? Seems short sighted.

[@adamkarolczak5416]

@@ChicagoBob123 reliability probably

[@joshuathomas512]

Right when he mentioned he's keeping everything opensourced, I turned off my adblocker and dropped everything I could give him, what a lad

[@Thunderkorps]

bro if he charged money for a technology thats patented and not his he would be in jail in no time jajajaj

[@feet_exe]

@@Thunderkorps thats not what he means

[@KronoX01]

@@Thunderkorps he doesnt charge for the technology only for the blueprints and he couldve done that easily but he choose this

[@altairtodescatto]

@@Thunderkorps He could be silent about it, be the mad lad open it to the public

[@dilfonicz]

@@Thunderkorps not sure what you're "jajaja-ing" about.

[@AndreKlebleyev]

Wish main stream car KZbin content could be dominated by ingenious stuff like this vs click bait dumb hype shit. Keep it up buddy

[@WesleyKagan]

Thanks a ton, I appreciate the support!

[@declanthiele]

*cough cough* scotty Kilmer :)

[@calholli]

@@declanthiele scotty's alright. He still teaches quite a bit... its the "youtubers' that build a lambo or whatever thing that everyone else is doing, that gets old-- yet, that's what makes it to the 'curated trending page.

[@TiredWings]

Cletus would try this.

[@benyvonnemckenzie6576]

Needs to be on RUBY :-)

[@corvetteshorts4670]

"I'm not good at Math" Proceeds to drive camless car with self designed/built valve control system.

[@meticulouselectronics]

I'm not evil *proceeds to take over the world *

[@tomwilson7765]

"I'm not rich" Proceeds to pull 4 bucks from pocket...🙃😉😂

[@edi07ish]

@@tomwilson7765 plot twist : from the other people's pocket*

[@mightycarmods]

Love it mate, so cool that you did a thing like this (especially on an old mazda)

[@limdoo12]

Next MCM project??? :D

[@WesleyKagan]

Wow, thank you! I’m excited to do some future testing, if you guys want to try out a set when it’s ready let me know!

[@akassasin5768]

@@limdoo12 mcm doesn't know how to build a good engine much less disign one like this guy.

[@murdoch9106]

@@akassasin5768 But I'm sure you do, so why dont you show us!!

[@akassasin5768]

@@murdoch9106 not that hard bro. Nice try though. The rhetorical why dont you show us when you know its physically impossible to make a video post it and tag you without doxing myself😂😂.

[@Driver61]

Incredible work!

[@yarou26thewise_yt82]

its weird that no one replied to ur coment saying driver 61 commented lol

[@sujendrannairtheywaharen2230]

Hello there Mr Scott

[@theconfusedguywhogotthespi9889]

Wow, surprised to see you here, sir .

[@celestialmedia2280]

Hi driver 61 ! SYNTHETIC fuel is grea as rare materials is needed for battery cells 🔋 Even Porche and Siemens have teamed up for this Synthetic fuel is carbon neutral ♻️ and its like using fossil fuel And the problems with battery cells is the charging time + range ~ Check playlist in KZbin channel

[@franklinwilliams3213]

the British guy

[@rheinerzufall4056]

"Its all free, I dont want money to stand in way of technology" big respect! also mad respect for the project it self!

[@touristguy87]

why don't you go "respect" yourself into a tree, dood

[@EOtekk]

It's exactly why all of Tesla's patents are open source.

[@cyjanek7818]

@@EOtekk Tesla won't tell how carbon sleeve for the motor was made, they protect their tech (like everyone)

[@EOtekk]

@@cyjanek7818 That's not a patent. They're just not disclosing the exact manufacturing process. Doesn't stop anyone from figuring it out and making their own.

[@merqury5]

He doesn't understand that his initiative sets him miles above 99% of the rest of us engineers. This guy will go further than he fathoms. Incredibly impressive. He is 7 in one at least.

[@von...]

100%, its so hard to think of projects to take on when you spend so much time working for someone else. in my experience at least (maintaining enterprise code & basically just doing bug fixes with some B2B software gets pretty boring pretty quick).

[@TheColt5495]

Do you feel as though your workload has negatively impacted your passion for solving problems, making, and learning about things? I'm a sophomore in an ME program and I'm still excited about the material, but the rate at which the material is coming at me is starting to wear on me.

[@walperstyle]

Yep. I'd love to just hang around him so knowledge wears off. That and attitude. He's too humble in my opinion, but so was Elon Musk back in the 90's.

[@von...]

@@walperstyle nah bro, I like him how he is. I admire the dedication to humbleness. Even though it is clear at this point that he is consistently doing multi-disciplinary work/projects far beyond the capabilities of a large portion of bachelor level ME's

[@walperstyle]

@@von... I'm guessing you didn't grow up in the 90's ?

[@the4bangerthatcould833]

"i'm a terrible programmer" *literally has an NA6 with koenigsiegg freevalve tech*

[@Karatektus]

"working" and "good, maintainable" code are two very different things :D

[@Grovichun]

@@Karatektus it doesnt have to be maintained though right? its contained

[@randr10]

@@Karatektus For most people, myself included, being able to program anything at all looks like JFM, so it looks pretty spectacular to us.

[@flatoutnorth794]

@@randr10 couldent of said it better.

[@rogerj412]

@@Grovichun You wouldn't believe how easy it is for code that is working fine one day to have issues the next. I work in insurtech and have to deal with code basically every day.

[@electronicengineer]

Your quote: "I don't want money to stand in the way of technology" tells me everything that I need to know about your character sir. My personal conclusion, from listening to you speak, is: Wesley Kagan is an absolute asset to humanity! Please never change. Fred

[@CHMichael]

Or it's the beginning of a scam.

[@ScottSchubel]

@@CHMichael brother you took a wrong turn at that crypto investment vid you watched. Turn around plz

[@fila1445]

Alternative title "How to fix lifter tick in mx5" :D

[@BMXRXS]

i actually laughed out loud to myself

[@fila1445]

@@BMXRXS i thought it was funny... Now im just sad :/ My lifters are ticking... and i dont even own an mx5

[@patrickharding8851]

First thing I noticed too! Hey, no lifter tick!!!

[@maszkalman3676]

@@fila1445 well then i'm much better off, my 16 valve opel engine only one lifter ticks sometimes with cold engine..

[@MiataMoney]

This man understands that it doesn't matter what powers a Miata as long as it is a person with a passion. And pop up headlights.

[@farmerbobbygrows3338]

I'll take my 99 nb1 over na thanks🤷 pop ups are not for me I think they're ugly asf imo and only lead to problems in the future

[@TGears314]

Pop up up and down headlights!!!

[@CorruptInfinityOfficial]

@@farmerbobbygrows3338 k

[@-smp-scientificmethodpersp838]

Definitely the headlights

[@screwdajuice]

Yeah, a Miata is a person. Good job, buddy.

[@balisticjoe]

"I put a turbo in a miata" "To get more power" "No, so I can freevalve" "What"

[@ThePecy]

You can do both

[@krosypt1]

the world needs more people like this, spends 2 months of making his own freevalve assay, talks smack about himself then gives all the files as an open-source, fucking insane, I appreciate all the documentation and in-depth explanation, best channel on YT

[@T0astedR0asted]

I’m surprised i need to say this: You are a genius & need more recognition

[@Misteryman321]

This man designed everything in 2 months. Man is a genius

[@TibianoUru]

its more easy when all things are invented and u transform the concept to your car , the hard thing is make it from 0 from no concepts .. imagine one freevalve on magnets? how u can do it , that is the hard part

[@coltoncook4680]

@@TibianoUru if it’s so easy, why don’t you do this to one of your cars then?

[@luketape2693]

@@coltoncook4680 Because it's easier to leave poorly written stupidity in the comment section. Saying "how u can do it , that is the hard part" like that's what this man did, he figured out how to make it work on something new and completely different from a Koenigsegg.

[@Thunderkorps]

@@luketape2693 you know the compay free valve is several years old right? and from yer 1 they had the prototype working AND there is a diagram of freevalve online and free valve is as simple as a set of electric valves timed by a computer , he only designed a valve head

[@JPmaxlevel]

@@TibianoUru you are right, look at all this sensible kunts hahah

[@brownianmotion2373]

"eliminate lifter tick with this one simple trick!"

[@skylined5534]

"Camshaft belt manufacturers don't want you to know about this one simple trick!"

KZbin just put this in my homepage... At first I thought "Did this guys just spend a whole bunch of money buying a Freevalve for his damn Miata????" and now I just realized you built it yourself. I'm a Automotive Engineer, working in Powertrain Calibration for a big OEM and I'm completly impressed. Hands down!

[@collinryser]

Give this man all of the likes and all of the subs. Dude, this sort of content is why KZbin exists. This is very cool.

[@WesleyKagan]

Thanks so much!

[@randr10]

@@WesleyKagan Honestly I don't think KZbin deserves content this good. You should have your own TV show.

[@lucasvanhamburg4937]

well apparently a low iq guy giving away free money to people gets more views...

[@jeffreyroth7517]

Agreed!

[@tandmbros5877]

I subbed he deserves it

[@Derpynewb]

The fact you manufactured a functioning valvetrain by itself is impressive. It's not just about how much acedemic knowledge you have. It's about what you create. Sure theres millions of engineers, but how many said "FUCK IT, free valve miata"

[@PostalTwinkie]

Neighbor: "Hey Wesley, what are ya doing?" W: "Freevalving the Miata." N: "Oh, yea, totally....uh, I do that too.." *confused walk*

[@bakerXderek]

Great work man

[@sladesarosy7193]

Ello mah braddah

[@yaaaserrr]

Ayy yoo

[@PRYRA]

CHYYEEAAAAAA

[@MrCPogue]

PLEASE READ THIS!!!! Turn an AC PUMP into your air compressor. A lot and I mean A LOT of 4x4 crawlers use them for on-board air.

[@BaileyRey66]

DM him! This is a great idea!

[@simodawg]

Comment for bump!

[@thekalekale]

Good comment

[@jamesward1931]

You can get an air pump off most commercial vehicles, they use them to power the air brakes

[@squidvis]

@@jamesward1931 Yeah but those are gear driven and a bit bulky/overkill for this.

[@zdfnhxfgjnhxfgnj]

Imagine in the future aftermarket making these for all engines.

[@samtimo3002]

Youd be able to tune it so its retarded or advanced in low RPMs and then obviously whatever which way it is in the high RPMs And if im correct you should be able to pump a certain amount of fluid to push the valve open more or less depending on the RPMs as well, thats with more software tuning

[@von...]

@@iceeice1234 bro its shit like this that makes me wish I allocated more money to invest in bitcoin or something lol I would love to be doing freelance engineering trying to make that a reality, but I have been aggressively paying off my student loans working & just couldn't delegate the time to cool, not-actively-being-paid-for projects like this. Designing something like this & approaching a company with casting & manufacturing capabilities to bring everything to production would be so sick. Idk... maybe ill 3d scan a 5.3 LS that my homie has & just start seeing if this idea would be worth it in my free time, the LS platform would be the guys to make it for too lol

[@OMGWTFBBQSHEEP]

Ikr! I can totally see this becoming a thing some time down the road

[@abangirfanabangabdulhalil7532]

Exactly what im thinking, with 3d printer and fabricator, im thinking android concept of cars

[@drifterslayer9245]

@@abangirfanabangabdulhalil7532 I'm thinking of becoming an entrepreneur and starting my own business my dream would be a a custom car design studio where you can get anything and everything done I think offering cam deletes for the tuning portion of the studio would be badass you do that and offer ev conversion/tesla mantiance and you'd have a future proof company biggest thing for me is I wanna give the customer as many options/services as possible to make it as approachable convinent and for the tuning and design portion an exciting event!

[@rei39]

A true open source advocate, you're the man!

[@weareallbeingwatched4602]

You mean open and closed source and open and closed exhaust

[@quillmaurer6563]

@Andrew Kay I'm guessing there's restrictions on this sort of tech in F1, otherwise they would have already approached Koegnisegg in the same way.

[@dvddobson]

@@quillmaurer6563 f1 has used something similar in the 80s

[@quillmaurer6563]

@@dvddobson Ah, I figured someone had probably done something like this then it got banned. The 80s were the heyday of innovative tech in F1, since then they've been more restrictive to "make things fair," and anything that's actually good gets banned immediately.

[@adamskinner5868]

The whole free-valve tech is an amazing idea with huge benefits to engine management n control to get better performance in almost every aspect of efficiency n power but I didn't imagine someone could just produce such a system in his home garage, fit it to a rather elderly Miata and actually get it to work, that's just wonderful in so many ways. You read or hear stories about early engineers who came up with amazing innovations in all kinds of fields that they developed themselves, it's great to know such folks are still out there doing it, really pleased about that n wish you all the best. The innovations created n perfected by Koenigsegg and his team and put into his cars are amazing, just like all his cars.

[@lawrences1347]

This is one of the most interesting things happening in the car world right now. In 10 years time we won't be getting any new engines. So amazing projects like this that take what we have and make it better are amazing. To be able to flick a switch to go between 40mpg or max horsepower would be amazing.

[@WesleyKagan]

That's one of the beautiful things about the internet- taking things that are already here and making them better!

[@NoOne-ef7yu]

With a more refined version, you would not even need to flick a switch - The Valve profile could be adjusted on the fly based on throttle input. But that would probably either take some *really* clever modelling or a *lot* more refinement - probably even both.

[@quillmaurer6563]

I would agree that this is the most significant thing in automotive development at the moment. Everything else I hear is yet more ideas for variable valve timing, all of which are overly complicated and still limited in capability. This can do literally anything, the tunability, performance, and economy possibilities are endless. This is a revolution, both for OEM car development and retrofit onto old cars - especially if it could be cheaper than a performance cam, which I'd imagine would be more expensive than the "nice exhaust system" he compares this budget to. I think of this as being like the switch from carburetors to electronic fuel injection, which is now universal on OEM applications and quite common retrofitted on classic cars, through things like Megasquirt. I have converted my classic Beetle to EFI in this manner, and I'm looking forward to installing this on it.

[@RandyRandersonthefamous]

@@NoOne-ef7yu Not at all. You simply optimize low RPM for maximum power and high RPM for maximum power. The problem with cams is you can only pick one.

[@Walkeranz]

Computer could adjust valve timing on the fly, one map for maximum torque/horsepower another map for maximum fuel economy. Ecu that could optimize timing and even be able to run different fuels by measuring o2 readings. If ecu could measure torque generated by motor in real time it could really adjust to make max hp, with a good learning algorithm of course.

[@ThaMythbuster]

"There's a million engineers out there that are way smarter than me" I honestly wouldn't be so sure of that... Even if Koenigsegg put ALL the info out there and you were able to copy EVERYTHING they did, you still have to be kind of a genius to adapt it to an existing engine and have it running and driving within a couple of months, when they've spent many years and probably millions of dollars designing it for a custom made engine, I think. I wonder if we should make Koenigsegg aware of this project, wheither they would hire or sue you...

[@ratgreen]

Another good reason why he shouldnt sell it. c̶a̶n̶n̶o̶t̶ Unlikely to get sued by Keonigsegg if hes not making profit from it. But yeh I hope they see it

[@cloroxmints355]

On the first one I saw a comment from a guy claiming to know some people who work for cvk and that they might be able to get him an interview for a job. Grain of salt though because it’s a KZbin comment

[@Samqdf]

If I am understanding everything correctly it's not overly hard (relatively speaking) to make a system to open a valve via pneumatics, the issue arises in the closing of the valves. A valve is meant to ramp closed and without that the valve smashes into the valve seat every time it shuts. I could be completely wrong but if I am not then both the valves and the valve seats will be wearing out at a rapid rate on this engine. I am open to correction here.

[@MrL1ink]

I can tell you he has barely copied 5%, Koenigsegg & Freevalve has a patent on their tech. This is a great build, it's a cam-less engine but it is not Koenigsegg Freevalve technology. Edit: Freevalve AB is very aware of this project (;

[@von...]

@@MrL1ink without too much info, could you tell us how you know they are aware of it?

[@100PercentJake]

An old A/C compressor can be turned into an air compressor if you wanted to elegantly run your air solenoid version off of the accessory drive.

[@aygwm]

You’d need some kind of pressure reservoir or battery powered compressor to get the engine started though.

[@100PercentJake]

​@@aygwm For sure. A small priming pump and accumulator would probably be required. Or just crank it until it builds up enough pressure (interference engines need not apply).

[@aderptcain]

@@100PercentJake Seeing as the air solenoid version *should* have all the valves closed when air isn't being supplied / is inadequate, having an interference engine shouldn't be an issue with cranking to start. The scarier part is cranking an engine with a belt-driven oil pump for that long imo.

[@Cheeeeeeesed]

When are you getting a second Miat to try this on? Seems right up your alley!

[@deciplesteve]

I would probably run the small compressor he already has in tandem with an A/C compressor converted to an air compressor. Pair that with a decent sized (I'm not really smart enough to know what size would be best) air tank and have the electric pump set up to only run when the tank is below (insert pressure here) and let the engine driven one do what it does.

[@Senihmo]

Still processing the fact that he straight up said “cam shaft delete”

[@Littlebudda12321]

Either you have a basement full of enslaved engineers, or you are one man with skill, dedication and pure fu**ing will! Thumbs up from a System engineer for special application Trucks from Germany! Keep it up, what a marvelous insight into the rabbit hole of new approaches! Thanks!

[@WesleyKagan]

Thanks so much! I appreciate the support!

[@leok3347]

"Its all free, I dont want money to stand in way of technology" - this guy is modern nikola tesla but this time round he is understood engineer and not an outcast! So much appreciation man! I have few engimeering friends and they generally dont care about many as they just want to advance towards efficiency. Awesome people!

[@flatbread8709]

This is unrelated, but why is your pfp the Google "G" logo?

[@amicloud_yt]

@@flatbread8709 more importantly why isn't it centered correctly

[@flatbread8709]

@@amicloud_yt yeah idk

[@jm036]

*Nikola

[@leok3347]

@@flatbread8709 I wanted to replace old picture I had there. I just downloaded first imave I thought of and cropped it within about 5 seconds. No specific reason. Never expected to be questioned about it either 😁

[@tiber4159]

Said it once before and i'll say it again. You're a genius, lad.

[@my31and37]

This would be impressive if done in by an engineering firm in a well equipped facility. The fact that you've made this work in a home garage is beyond amazing!..Super impressed..

[@JakeyyFD]

Opensourcing a project like this is downright heroic. I can't wait to see the developments from this technology.

[@lfox02]

@@adrian69644 As I understand it, he's not going at it the exact same way. So even though Honda were the ones to bring variable valve timing to market, you're free to copy the idea without copying the execution. He's calling it freevalve here because that's an easy way to refer to it that "everybody" knows. "I put Infinitely Variable Valve Timing on a Miata" doesn't have quite the same pull to it. Which kind of also begs the question: it's not exactly ideal to keep calling it Freevalve, which, to my understanding, is a registered name of Koenigsegg's. What should its catchy name be?

[@SWTH71]

@@lfox02 not just variable timing but also duration and maybe even lift

[@crazzn8rz]

I have an unbelievable amount of respect for you, uploading the files for everyone to have for free after all of your hard work on it. I am ecstatic for you and I can't wait to see what you can do in the future, I would love for you to get more recognition, I'm going to share this everywhere I can

[@WesleyKagan]

Thanks so much! I hope it’s worth it!

[@Daytonaman675]

It’s amazing someone busted their ass so hard on this and just “gave it away” because they wanted to see the world better... great job man.!

[@alexrosado3890]

Let the freevalve swaps begin!

[@NickStewartProgrammer]

As a software dev that loves all the open source code that pushes my community so fast and far, I'm so happy that an engineer sees the value in open sourcing his awesome engineering prototype.

[@pnwchris2000]

“...because I’m deleting camshaft” is a very weird thing to hear

[@Brianlikescars]

Right? Like... my brain is hurting, and I want to see where this goes.

[@marco7563]

meanwhile crankshaft is sweating profusely

[@Brianlikescars]

@@marco7563 Imagine how bad the ol’ DSM/4g crank walk would be... I kinda wanna see now actually.

[@soundseeker63]

Indeed. Weider still that engine still works aftwards! :-D

[@cuileanboulland2571]

"i dont want money to stand in the way of technology" absolutely love it man

[@macoppy6571]

Open Source Internal Combustion Engine (OSICE) design. The world has need of this. 👍

[@bjrnboedhai5246]

where can i find it?

[@user-fl1jv9cv7z]

I want to free valve all american V8s lol

[@macoppy6571]

@@user-fl1jv9cv7z That is a worthwhile goal. Just remember that Knowledge and Support is where the money will go. The product will become very inexpensive.

[@Rad_Triumph_765_RS]

The Aston Martin Valkyrie is the highest hp production NA. It’s a V12 but it was designed and proven as a 3 cylinder concept. Honestly I think the best proof of concept would be to use a 1 liter 3 cylinder ecoboost.

[@boriscareaway5862]

That would be incredible!

[@112abba211]

Wesley.. I am an engineering faculty and find a lot of my beliefs ingrained in you. Keep at it bud and you have earned a follower. Cheers !

[@benjamin1031]

You said "Cam Map" That in and of itself is awesome. I am a huge fan of this technology (which led me to your channel) and my hat is off to you sir for literally making it work in your garage. Kudos!!

[@2kanchoo]

I hope christian von koenigsegg see's this. Awesome dude.

[@p1yaan]

Fun fact: he loves MX-5's and has one too. That alone may make him watch it.

[@mathis1446]

@@p1yaan fr? What gen?

[@stallis2009]

@@mathis1446 Here is a video of CvK buying back the Miata he previously had owned: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYKTe6aXn7hreJI

[@redyellowpink01]

Wesley: "obviously electromagnets are no good for this purpose" Me (who can barely zip up my trousers): "Jesus Christ Wesley, of course you can't use electromagnets for this purpose"

[@mohamedessam2906]

Lmao

[@ddyta2794]

🤣🤣🤣

[@SianaGearz]

Don't worry, you have no reliable knowledge on whether Wesley is good at zipping up his trousers. A lot of great engineers, their minds are well absorbed in what they're doing so they end up forgetting... most things, like eat, sleep, go on the loo, that's really not a flaw of relevance. So if you can't zip up your trousers, you're actually on a good way to get going.

[@roxasparks]

Why arnt they?

[@112abba211]

Okay! Your comment was a sudden disconnect and made me laugh - a lot more than was appropriate in the quiet car I am in……. 😃 Thank you..

[@Danielshuadshuad]

Dude is a legend... Blazing fast development is mesmerizing to me

[@Tekno_1499]

Honestly just commenting for the algorithm, this deserves to be out there.

[@daszieher]

interacting for that reason

[@ItJstWrks357]

Yes

[@chancesmith4333]

Same here

[@H3110NU]

How many subs do you need for this to be your full time occupation? Of all the people trying to make KZbin car vids as their sole living, you are perhaps the one I would love to see succeed the most.

[@undertheshadetree5230]

I've seen people do it with just 12k subscribers but the main thing is views and consistent uploading, if you don't have both you just can't make money

[@randr10]

No way will an individual viewer generate $100 ​ @Dick weed .

[@randr10]

Sorry, had to reply just so I could use your handle in a sentence.

[@jsplit9716]

Most car youtubers make most of their money over merch and sponsorships. Stapleton42 said once that a lot of car channels are just t-shirt companies with a car ads.

[@randr10]

@@jsplit9716 The ratios of views to purchases on that type of thing are still enormous though. I've been watching YT almost since its beginning and I've only ever bought 5 things from content creators in that time if I remember correctly. I'm probably not representative because I"m a stingy MFer but I would still guess at least in the hundreds of views per sale, and that's if you're really good at selling and have a great product.

[@bananablu23]

Your modesty is humbling. When there's an influx of people putting freevalve heads on old engines, Wesley Kagan will be the name I think of

[@arthurerby2466]

When someone takes a free valve head and puts it on a ls and. Shoves it in an frs Wesley will be their

[@evancarespodi1708]

Man's a genius, a gentleman and a scholar for releasing the files for free

[@mattlloyd1848]

What an amazing, rare combination of intelligence, skill, humility, and resourcefulness. Very few people in the world can do this from the resources in their home garage

[@bastaudio]

Next video: how I got hired by Koenigsegg

[@WesleyKagan]

I wish, but they are a bit smarter than I am...

[@sirmiro2]

@@WesleyKagan No. 😊 You are a lot better than you realize.

[@darttoyou1398]

Next, I build a rover that is powered by earths atmosphere.

[@mrflippant]

​@@WesleyKagan Hey man, don't sell yourself short - Christian von Koenigsegg seems to me like the sort who would probably be extremely impressed by what you've done here!

[@HerbaceousM8]

hired or sued. take your pick

you deserve the titanium play button for ingenious KZbin channel.

[@torinveronesi9726]

You are a pioneer of innovation, the open-source community is really what is going to drive development in technology; not shut-door companies that develop tech purely for a profit, cutting costs and missing out on everything there is to be learnt. We don't know what we don't know, and as a wise man once said; "fuck around and find out"!

[@GrindhouseJho]

"I dont want money to stand in the way of technology." Good Guy Wes, keep that shit up homie. 👍🏽👍🏽

[@deuswilktm7341]

"I don't want money to stand in the way of technology" Dammit dude, you are a true hero!

[@marbles2466]

this is so much more interesting than building an offroad lambo

[@ChevTecGroup]

Lol. I love them both

[@brysonfields2284]

Damn

[@apexoffailure9738]

Why not both?

[@ehmjauhh5495]

Better not let chris read this, must hurt

[@tilendynaguy4895]

ABSOLUTELY!!

[@laurean5998]

Hear me out. You need to build a 2 stroke engine with an intake valve in the head, an exhaust port in the cylinder and a supercharger. The full valve control of your "freevalve" would allow you to have proper idle thanks to the atkinson cycle and open the intake at the right time to flush the chamber without blowing tons of air fuel mixture into the exhaust at all rpm and loads, allowing you to acually run boost unlike the detroit diesels for example. So much more power to weight than a 4 stroke but much better than conventional 2 strokes in terms of: 1) less oil in the combustion chamber as there is a wet sump instead of premix and the oil lost at the port gous straight into the exhaust 2) proper idle instead of just firering every coule of revolutions 3) real supercharging, centrifugals can efficiently run over 40psi And with mazdas new skyactiv x cylinder pressure sensors got much cheaper and it would be possible to implement them to tune the engine by computing bmep on every stroke instead of having to use a dyno. This way you can have software run the engine with the goal to maximise bmep and do minor changes on individual strokes instead of the slow process of changing valve timing and doing another dyno run to test the changes.

[@CANBigPickle]

You just described a large slow speed marine engine. Look up the Watrsila Flex series to see what it looks like in the real world. Of course we do the intake in the liner and exhaust in the head. Unifow scavenging of combustion gas is great way to exchange your combustion air.

[@Unirule]

Time to build one hell of a Trabant

[@ayoutubechannel921]

All two stroke diesels that I know of idle properly, only gas two strokes seem to have the Idle issue

[@RonnieMacJr69]

There have been attempts at 2 stroke engines using intake valves before eliminating the need for a reed valve or piston ported setup and gives you more engine building leeway not having to worry about bottom end compression and transfer timing. There are also a few attempts at a low emission oil injected 2stroke which operates like a four stroke in the way that the piston skirt is oiled but no oil or small amounts make it past the rings into the combustion chamber

[@fidelcatsro6948]

my yamaha 100cc likes this.. waaang waaannng ting ting ting

[@nickcoul699]

Not gonna lie, making it open source will help prevent liability issues if there's still bugs or issues. Love the noble cause

[@testep02]

As a computer engineer (software and hardware) who is ALSO a gearhead, I truly appreciate the effort you have put into this project! It's people like you that create that initial spark that turns into the fire of projects that change the world. The fact that you are contributing this to the community for further expansion is awesome. And I fully plan to pull this down and start migrating it to a faster MCU, such as an STM32, so more features can be added. Thanks you again!!

[@rodrigodealba8381]

Mexican Engineering student here, very much inspired by your work! Keep it up! Thank you!

[@mhoffmann1991]

I have been telling everyone about what you've done here. You will change the OEM and aftermarket by doing this. We witnessed an automotive legend be born here.

[@mmmdawe]

i don't think so. koenigsegg surely have patent for freevalve

[@WesleyKagan]

I appricate the support!

[@seth6878]

@@mmmdawe I don't think so man, the name freevalve is really old and knowing Christian he probably likes other people engineering and figuring out this stuff

[@Avetho]

@@seth6878 Christian von Koenigsegg seems like the kind of guy who eagerly awaits other people finding ways to make his tech simply because its cool to watch others make it work on their own. He's cool like that.

[@agerrgerra1361]

"I wanna take this and put it in a rotary" Props to you if you can find a good way to put valves on a rotary, I guess.

[@liamf3647]

6 ports kinda have valves, in a faucet sorta way

[@scotty305]

I can't help with the mechanical side of adding valves to a rotary, but I would be interested to help with the electronics and controls side if that's what is holding someone back.

[@quillmaurer6563]

@@scotty305 This is all a big joke - rotaries don't have valves at all, so there'd be no application of this technology/concept on them. But if you could help make progress on this for conventional engines that would be great.

[@cnafets]

Freeport design

[@TheRonin508]

Forget the valves in a rotary. Where is a direct injection system? In theory, it would be 1000x better than Port EFI.

[@ironhydroxide2]

JUST for you releasing the files, I'm subscribing to patreon. You're the MAN. you could make BANK on this, but you're about the potential, and what's possible NOT about how much you can make off of it.!!!!!!!!! There needs to be more people like YOU in the world.

[@denishent8744]

I was looking for Freevalve information and due to the fact that i have build a couple of CNC machines and i am interested in automation (not good at all in programming but i want to learn a bit with my arduino when i find some time), i just cant leave your video without commenting it: So, you are that kind of guy i wish to have a as a neighbor or at least a good friend. Smart, humble, interested in technology and not wanting a penny for something that you build by yourself, spending hundreds or even more hours of your free time. I will always respect people like you. Stay like that. Best regards from Poland!

[@Bzorlan]

Lots of people would charge money for the files. The fact that you're giving them away for free shows that you really are doing this for the love of it. This is real engineering. Making cool shit for the sake of making cool shit.

[@802Garage]

Instantly sharing with all my car friends. 😁

[@MonkeyWrenching]

I was already on my way, but here I am 😁

[@winguard96]

This is sooo interesting

[@WesleyKagan]

I appreciate it!

[@mjergenson]

SAME! This is tremendous!

[@Tigermoto]

I'm right with you, but tomorrow as it's midnight

[@ImBarryScottCSS]

This is freaking dope. Also categorical proof that KZbin can find someone to dislike any video 🤷‍♂️

[@sendit9129]

This is without a doubt the coolest fucking thing I've seen, I've always thought about a cam-less valvetrain system.. but to see it done, in a small garage, and then the design released for FREE is nuts. You're not the hero we deserved, but the one we needed.

[@KGB908]

Can't stress how cool it is that you're giving all of the files away. You're truly someone who loves cars and technology and engineering. You really live and breathe this stuff and it shows. Incredible stuff man.

[@Monocog007]

This entire project is almost unreal.

[@calholli]

I thought the same thing when I found it... Yet here it is a month or two later and he's already done it.. Very impressive.

[@sierraalphaalphabravo934]

This guy will have 6 million followers someday. Bravo 👏

[@calholli]

@@sierraalphaalphabravo934 meh.. He'll probably get hired on by Elon Musk or someone and we'll never see him again. That's what usually happens.

[@sierraalphaalphabravo934]

@@calholli you can always hope though, if I could make stuff in my garage at that level my life would be complete

[@thelightspeed3d712]

This is just fucking genius. You are not a “me too” creator and that takes legit time and effort! You’re awesome.

[@Shadobanned4life]

Hat's off to you Sir! Unbelievable and amazing !

[@gregmcable]

The antidote to all those "I put an aftermarket exhaust on my Lambo and now it wounds like an F1 car!" KZbin empty calorie videos.

[@gravitas2974]

But man I love empty calories sometimes

[@Cher007]

@@gravitas2974 They aint bad from time to time, but it is always great finding something like this :)

[@cjgordon22]

Dude seriously underestimates how smart this is. Theirs people who couldn't find their dip stick on their engine lol

[@janeblogs324]

There is I bet

[@tiko4621]

They’re is I bet

[@SoI_Badguy]

@@no____-____ah whoosh

[@rihe2692]

There is

[@rihe2692]

A house

[@thelocodragon]

This is straight up some of the most impressive garage engineering I have ever seen on youtube. Great job!

[@mistermcribbb1066]

Love that you decided to make everything free, most people would be cash grabbing and be really annoying about it and this is such a sick technology, #1 youtuber on the planet in my opinion, keep it up man, love the work you do.

[@rileystairs9244]

Awesome build! I’m a piano technician and have rebuild several player pianos. The pneumatic systems involved here is strikingly similar to a player piano, except that that system is based on vacuum. Your software is the stand in for the roll of paper with little perforations that slide across a tracker bar. When the holes in the paper align with a hole in the tracker bar it allows atmosphere to trip a small leather “solenoid” valve and unleash the vacuum into a hinged pneumatic activating a note. Just thought I’d share that!

[@WesleyKagan]

Very cool! I’ve always loved pianos and organs with complex designs. It’s amazing what people figured out 200 years ago to control air.

[@timrattenbury4768]

"i wanna put this on a rotary" ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT

[@jason454ss]

🤣

[@zapa47]

First rotary with a valve?

[@mccryan3]

I also chuckled at that. No hate on Wes for not kowing tho, man's putting my projects to shame.

[@janeblogs324]

He said rotary not wankel. A real rotary plane engine does indeed have valves

[@joec1995jc]

@@janeblogs324 vast majority of plane engines are radial. We stopped using rotary engines back in the biplane days for the most part.

[@26b47]

Computer science, fab, motorcycle, Miata!? This is what I want to amount to, I got the motorcycle, the Miata, the mechanical skill through uti, and I’m learning python right now in community college, Next up is fab! Thanks man. Truly a role model for me! Subscribed!

[@peterfisher7433]

Moto Guzzi at the end but what is the motorcycle at about 2 minutes in? Another Italian machine? MX5s (UK) and Italian bikes make a great combination :)

[@nuekgg2305]

you can start from moped i guess? simple cylinder head. 2 valve 1 cylinder 110cc. from 9hp to 30hp++. that would be awesome.

[@OperatorKaoss]

This video and this guy is underrated. This is a new open door for performance engines, You sir have just showed us that it is possible without millions of dollars to have a freevalve engine and it allows us to eliminate camshafts thus allowing most of us to rev our engines past the fabled 10,000 rpm that most performance engines cant even get to.

[@alexanderSydneyOz]

The achievements and breadth of knowledge of some men with home hobbies, is staggering.

[@windolite]

this is the most technologically advanced automotive video that I've ever watched

[@camman4316]

Imagine the job opportunities this guys going to have in 3 years

[@nicholasbenninger5544]

i’m a little late but THIS IS FREAKING AWESOME can’t wait for this technology to keep advancing and maybe i’ll be puttin a free valve system in one of my cars, very awesome project!!

[@b00sted_mx59]

Easily the most under rated channel on KZbin. Very excited to see what comes of this and earned yourself another patron 😄

[@WesleyKagan]

Thank you so much! I appreciate it

[@DerKrawallkeks]

22:53 a rotary?;) Is that a joke? Thanks so much for making your design open source. Not for me, but for all the people who will build and improve this. Absolutely amazing success getting this to work!

[@klausbrinck2137]

Not linear or V-shaped, but rotary, where the 6 cylinders are arranged in a hexagonal manner, and were used on airplanes 100 years ago...

[@stefans6658]

@@klausbrinck2137 that's radial engine, rotary is wankel with triangle shaped 'pistons'. I think the point was he wants to test it on everything. Some rotary engine actually have valves many 2 strokes have valves and they are quite efficient.

[@klausbrinck2137]

@@stefans6658 Well, out of other comments, I figured out that a radial engine were meant. Except of it, I´ve heard many people naming radial engines "rotary", and it is false, but never the less, still happens sometimes. He doesn´t clarify, so maybe it were a joke, after all, but freevalve is needed in radial engines more than in any other cylinder-configuration, on the other side...

[@jamesalexander7540]

The rotary engine was an early type of internal combustion engine, usually designed with an odd number of cylinders per row in a radial configuration, in which the crankshaft remained stationary in operation, with the entire crankcase and its attached cylinders rotating around it as a unit. Its main application was in aviation, although it also saw use before its primary aviation role, in a few early motorcycles and automobiles.

[@marklucas3140]

The three dislikes must be Koenigsegg engineers.

[@jeffb7788]

I'd like to think that Koenigsegg's engineers are just as impressed as the rest of us, if not more. If their only focus was money, the Gemera (an absolute masterpiece) would never have existed.

[@danielmanzoni9134]

Isnt the main guy from Koenigsegg a huge miata fan though?

[@russellshiluk798]

Nah, it's the rotary fanboys that heard him say he wanted to put it on a rotary

[@marklucas3140]

LOL. I'm here to borrow it to put it on an obscure 2.2 Chrysler turbo platform. The Lotus/Lamborghini/Chrysler twin cam that has major timing belt issues. It wouldn't have belt issues without cams, would it? :D

[@davids1043]

Respect

[@Fitbrit88]

Now that you have released all that data for free, just remember that many people would still pay you for a kit. Some just like things ready to go out of the box! This is brilliant, and you could certainly make a meaningful impact by producing this technology

[@ArthurX-eg8bc]

Kits require insurance.

[@SpaceShipDeathstar]

I waited way too long to see Koenigsegg Freevalve adapted to a Miata. I would have bought it but I love your humble approach of making it free for everybody. Very stoked for future videos.

[@timdean2129]

Gave me chills man when you said you would put all the files online. Subscribed for all vids Wes.

[@nelsonclub7722]

Yeah, yeah, yeah come back when it does 300MPH Seriously though this youtube thing? It was invented for people like you - brilliant. Have subs and likes a plenty

[@27qwljrob2]

Awesome video! Oh and, 22:54 - you had me at rotary. Can't wait to see what you do with that!

[@EatPezzzz]

14:30 To compress the valve spring without dropping the valve, fill the cylinder with compressed air through the spark plug hole. I've done it a dozen times. Adapter hoses from 14mm thread to air hose chuck are readily available.

[@jesterokjones4954]

I was looking for this comment.

[@MonkeyWrenching]

Sir, thank you for sharing the fruits of your labor with us. I do my best to encourage “community > self” and this video is an amazing showcase of that. Thank you for this.

[@WesleyKagan]

Thanks for the support on the channel! I enjoy these types of projects... I'll give back where I can.