How to Make a Piston Engine for Survival! (Scrap Mechanic Tutorial)

Hey everyone welcome to more Scrap Mechanic! Today we are going through a simple tutorial on how to build a piston engine for survival mode! A lot of people have been asking how the piston engine I use is setup so I went through how to make one and connect it to some wheels for all your survival needs!
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[@lenamehere8896]

You know kAN's spent a lot of time in survival when he doesn't paint his bearings anymore in creative.

[@Omlet221]

oh yeah ive broken the habit as well. its just like screw this im tryna survive who cares about wasting paint.

[@Woolsupgamers5]

I painted my bed red like in Minecraft, and my lights white, and also some parts cyan

[@_ulick]

@@Woolsupgamers5 i dont even paint my lights white, they illuminate good enough

[@justinpatterson5291]

I dont paint my bearing because I cant be bothered with it.

[@slimee6715]

I just build orange builds

[@NitramiuZ]

I'm getting Minecraft redstone tutorial flashbacks because of this

[@kevindeblin5944]

NitramiuZ it’s quite simple

[@MK42YT]

Welp, i tried to make one in survival without watching any vids and it didnt work. I guess i know what I'm making next cause i keep running out of fuel

[@kablamoman3749]

I have SOOOOOO much fuel

[@bithisarkar1412]

Scrap mechanic has a lot more possibilities for engineering than minecraft.

[@Thezedword12]

@@bithisarkar1412 Check out Sci-craft, you may change your mind

[@jaem-ql2kc]

You posted this two days after I figured out how to make it myself. It took a few hours of agony and watching clips in slow motion, but it paid off. 10/10 would do again

[@Josh-oc7ib]

But why though?

[@nateolmsted22]

I don't understand why anyone would dislike this video. It's brief, and super informative. Thanks Kan!

[@NSarg04]

Because he stole the design from Al Magma who made and designed it 6 months earliee

[@garbuckle3000]

Awesome. I've wanted to find a simple piston engine tutorial even before survival came out :)

[@fahren1884]

Yo-Ya know that sms was released on the 7th of May right?

[@hazeltree7738]

@@fahren1884 And?

[@MK42YT]

@@fahren1884 Are you ok? You should prob read the comment properly before commenting.

[@chrisjordan6129]

Really appreciate this build tutorial. Just got into Scrap Mechanic for survival and don't have any prior build experience. This really helps.

[@Stormbladess]

Thank you for taking your time to explain this! It is very helpful, cheers!

[@archkyle]

OMG i just got this game yesterday and i'm already overwhelmed. thanks for this, it helped a lot!

[@Bobcatboy]

Thank you so much for making a tutorial I was trying to slow down your video and copy your piston engine from the survival series

[@lorenturner9706]

I followed your tutorial and made myself a little 1 drill bit mining car, to get started with, works a treat, I put a off-road suspension I found in a box between the drill bit and the front of the car, and it really helped reduce recoil. I then decided to try to package up and deliver crates of veggies, and omg this thing will carry a load. Reminds me of my old Mule lol, slow but just keeps on goin', up hill down hill, around hills lol I know you said there were better engines out there, but for a starter car this thing is awesome. =)

[@crxstalline_]

Dude massive thanks, this is awesome. modified yours into a 2 cyl design, similar but works better for my applications. You know its a good tutorial when someone whos bad at the game can make a modification of the design you showed in said tutorial. :)

[@john.s1962]

dude, i commented it on your video, i didnt thought that you would actually make a video about it! you rock!

[@shaunada9000]

Amazing video as always! You made so much progress in scrap mechanic survival! Keep up the good work!

[@KayJblue]

No way! I’ve wanted this for years! thx awesome

[@poptartmunchereaterofworld8155]

I just started playing Scrap Mechanic for the first time, I will definitely have to give this a try awesome piston engine!

[@timmyalexandranova]

THANK YOU! THANK YOU SO MUCH! I have spent hours on trying to make one of these!

[@mikewiththebluecar]

Brilliant design. I like it.

[@squnxfisher9831]

thanks, exactly what I needed

[@StevesMakerspace]

Perfect. It's just what I wanted. Thank you, kAN!

[@TheUnNonChristianChristian]

Omg THANK YOU I have been wanting a tatorial of this engine cuz I need it just in case I get survival

[@HEXAN-tv9eu]

Perfect design, using real combustion engine principles such as an even firing interval, given this is a three cylinder they fire 120 degrees apart and a four cylinder would every 90 along with how you talk about the secondary forces where the pistons if unbalanced will shake a lot making it 6 cylinders where it is the 3 cylinder but mirrored.Thank you so much I’m getting this game for this alone

[@xiao-ans]

Thank you, I literally searched for a piston engine tutorial yesterday but couldn't find a good one.

[@tannerkilbey10]

Yess ty been trying to find a good video tutorial of a piston engine thank you

[@770tim]

Very helpful, great introduction to piston engines

[@mekyg813]

Hot tip: If you are trying to go at high speeds, switch the piston lengths to 2 instead of 3 to have it run smoothly! Your welcome 😉

[@tjhedgescout3052]

I know im 2 years late but yeah it helps, less bounce.

[@VictorAlvarez-cq9pr]

@@tjhedgescout3052 same here, good tip tho

[@babaje7433]

thank you so much kan, i currently having a oil shortage on my survival world because there are no oil ponds nearby. so this design helped a ton when i needed to find a oil pond one problem, its rather brittle.

[@c_death]

Wow I was literally going to pull up a video on piston engines and going to try and build one RIGHT NOW, then THIS video shows up on my feed. HOW did you KNOW I wanted this kAN? Love the videos, though I think multiplayer ones are my favorite.

[@Turdinator300]

Thank you exactly what I needed

[@chaos8272]

Very good! i finally understood how to do that! thanks!

[@harlyquin]

Thats awesome, thanks for uploading the tutorial.

[@Mat-sl6tj]

Tip for people building: upgrade the controller to level 3 and connect the forwards piston to it, now set the piston to go 1 block when the controller is on and make sure the controller is set to repeat. After that connect the controller to your seat and now when you hold W you will go forwards!

[@ropoke9052]

Thx you Ian I love all your videos this will help me so much thx kan

[@sillyzillyy]

Thank you so much i subscribed and liked you deserve it keep up the good work ! :D

[@BertoLaDK]

I've been needing this.

[@FoamSquatch]

Thank you soooo much. Gonna start building one of these !!

[@kraziejackson5392]

Very cool.. I got this game a while ago but I've never really played it much. I never knew you could do this type of building. Thanks for the video

[@kiritosa1938]

Thx so much I found a piston engine like yours and I’m going to make it and I needed this

[@jambie]

Thank you. I was *this* close to putting your timelapse in ur noob vs pro piston powered challenge into slow mo and doing it that way lol

[@neutralguy3221]

Heck yeah thanks for this!!!!

[@TheRevv666]

thx man this helped me make one!

[@mostlylucid1562]

New to the game but after a few tries got it working thanks

[@mathewlittlejohns3198]

works good love it ty

[@crazy_wiskerb7718]

I love this engine design it works great on my piston powered R.V. Reason: It has low amount of brearings is easy to make and fits perfect in my R.V. ! Thx Kan!

[@JawshS]

This is exactly what I needed

[@Dont6Blink9]

Thanks Kan. Very well explained and easy to follow. Can you maybe do a tutorial on how you build the mining rig too? That thing was awesome.

[@blackdiamond575]

KAN ur the best man this video helped me a lot thx i spet six hours 11:00pm-5:00am just making a car for the pist0n engine which was great because i hate oil runs

[@RayOfLite332]

Thumbs up!! I had some juddering but fixed it by adding a pipe to each 'outer' wheel bearing and welding the pipe to the chassis, :)

[@asztal4305]

Thanks kan ☺️!

[@predur4136]

I've been watching your videos for a long time, together with scrapman and moonbo ... I've never had scrap mechanic ... survival comes out, the hype rises, steam offers it and of course I buy it ... I start survival and I seem to be 2 years old and playing with cubes with letters, my constructions are an abomination ... I see your video on the piston engine and I take an intensive course to understand how they work, how to build them but above all how they use the controls, I don't even know how to weld and it all farlo off in pieces every time ... I can finally understand after 6 hours how to do it... AND ONLY AFTER YOU PUBLISH THIS VIDEO ... lol

[@lemonteurdesanuseur9686]

never give up

[@snoopy5435]

Thank you I needed to now how to make this

[@1mariomaniac]

*THANK YOU* I've been wondering how to make piston engines for so long and all of mine have locked up before this lol

[@hazeltree7738]

This'll be really useful when I play Survival again! Gasoline seems annoying to get, since I think you get it from crude oil. So I'm happy there's a (kind of) costless engine :)

[@luddebama]

Yes thank you so much for making this video! :)

[@sigvicious]

Thank you for the beginner friendly tutorial.

[@michaelgonzales1247]

Works fine for me. it did take me a couple of hours ( I forgot the bearing behind the piston sensor). Had to follow his guide and connect everything in order and make sure parts were correctly welded and when making modifications, it depends on whether or not the whole structure is on a lift or not. The order of when installing stuff matters on and off a lift as seen on his video. Now I need to upgrade my pistons to have more force.

[@Gremlins2871]

thank you so did i

[@aimusoorii4484]

thanks for this!

[@illuminatikum9799]

Thx kAN u helped me soooo much❤️

[@harryfy]

Thanks i realy need this

[@ant1po1e]

Thank you kAN that help alot!

[@Krazy_kris]

Hi, love the survival series

[@KookeePenguins]

Thank you for this :) time to grind haha

[@rababmorad8334]

Thanks KAN I now know how to build piston car Keep up the good work

[@lepoulp3]

Wow too easy thank you !

[@JessicaMarinaRushie]

Awesome!

[@Dude13450]

OMG thank you SOOOO much. I been playing with piston in creative for almost 4 days but could ever figure anything out.

[@shaunada9000]

That creative piston glitch is interesting, you might be able to make something cool if you're creative enough! Also nice tutorial!

[@MrSuperOik]

We appreciate you :)

[@Bumble_Bill]

Yay finally a good guide to piston engines

[@checkgames4738]

DUDE YES I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT FOR 3 DAYS NOW

[@user-kt9sn8mz7z]

Much appreciated

[@ogcarrot88]

ive been waiting for this

[@mcgamemaster]

thx I am hopefully getting the game myself soon

[@insetcasade8137]

THANK YOU SO MUCH LUVS YA MAN

[@magnusgaardsrensen5158]

thanks for the tutorial kan

[@Achilds01]

Wow cool thanks a lot.

[@Scrap_woodic05]

Really I spent about an hour to copy your design from your survival series and a day later you come out with a tutorial

[@RumorLand]

Thank you!

[@antoinelangree8904]

thanks so much! I really like this style of video like a reference to inspire builds. You could use this format for different types of suspensions, irrigation, automation for mining/lumbering etc, and I hope you consider it!

[@zackattack7489]

I love your videos Kan

[@krulltomten7008]

I spent like 2 hours two days ago trying to copy the engine from your video

[@loganhagendoorn6327]

yeah same

[@chao807]

I ended up slowing down his Noob Vs Pro video and copied that build. That one was a pain in the butt ^^;

[@yes_cookie7790]

@Chao Yep... Pain In The Butt

[@Omlet221]

i did the same but i didn't have much difficulty it took me like 20 minutes. mine looks a little bit different though and its not block for block but it works the same way.

[@chao807]

@@Omlet221 I kept missing really simple parts cause whenever I blinked I missed something - mostly without noticing for a good while. ended up getting an exact replica by the end of it which is pretty fun, though

[@yann889]

Thanks so much

[@Alessandro-dz3cw]

Man when u made the roadster on noob vs pro i replayed the video in slow motion to rebuild it, and it worked and it was crazy good fast and powerfull

[@Nob-Stop]

Thanks kan!

[@sandboxjunkies]

Thank you so much for this tutorial kAN, going be building this live in survival on my twitch stream tonight. I'll be linking my views back here.

[@danixthegreat7134]

I had to watch ur noob v pro video at 0.25x speed to replicate it for survival yesterday and now you release this lol

[@m3nj051]

My attempt at building one of these wasn't far off, but now it works way better!

[@Kraxel-North]

Really helpful! Now I won't need fuel anymore!

[@aldenroswell8504]

I made a very similar engine and it really helped to change the shape of piston sensor things from an I shape to upside down L

[@nz5932]

Thank you :)

[@12Skidoo]

Are you going to upload an episode of survival today? I’m hooked on that series worse than tiger king

[@paulinas7827]

I hope so

[@derpmaster2732]

Same

[@kANGaming]

I am but its MP with Kosmo :P

[@12Skidoo]

@@kANGaming this is kinda weird to ask but do you have a P.O. Box or something

[@irisical8934]

kAN Gaming im pretty happy they also added multiplayer at the release, ive been playing with one of my friends for a few days and its pretty fun

[@Veneno2911]

I've been wanting to do this

[@0rbnotacus]

So I have been watching Scrapman for a couple weeks, so naturally, I've seen you around, but recently I followed a youtube tutorial that was posted to steam. I am just now finding out it was this built by you! I thought that was kinda funny... Thanks for the builds, keep up the good work!

[@hpd_hero]

Kan, a cool idea for a piston engine would be to use pistons powering half the revolution and then suspension for the ”dead part”. Probably very hard to control, but would be cool to see if it made the engine more powerful

[@megalacrabtato2519]

OMG SO USEFUL!!!!!!!!!! We need survival mods still, though.

[@polskitygrys4951]

yesx you did it! THX!

[@polskitygrys4951]

YES!

[@thedragonfly7615]

thank you so much this will help me a lot bc I don't even a car:)

[@xenix882]

Thank`s!

[@BlacKommando]

Thanks for the tutorial kAN. I built this in survival, but still have that jerky motion. I'll try to upgrade the piston to have that color code and see if that fixes it. Thanks again for the tutorial!

[@RedDead-rl9nf]

Omg thx i didnt expect u to actually listen to my comment on ur other video

[@S1arGazer]

I improvised a crappy suspension glitch powered propulsion system for my car, but it's big and ugly, and turning is a pain too, so i think i'm gonna stick to your design for now until i refine my own. Thanks for the tutorial by the way, really helped to understand the mechanics, i only got the game today cause of survival update