D-d-d-dang! There's no WAY I could ever afford to save that much money. You truly are an inspiration. All hail
@NarfBLAST2 жыл бұрын
Matt, your honesty and attention to detail and comedic timing are incredible. Your videos are not just entertaining, they are uplifting.
@johnwooten77752 жыл бұрын
now that you mention it, your right. lol
@mr_voron2 жыл бұрын
I lost it at $100 bill being lit on fire
@332ARA2 жыл бұрын
@@mr_voron relax, only about 4 cents was destroyed
@righthoekstra2 жыл бұрын
This is exactly summing up the frustration from a lot of DIY projects, Love it!
@Paul-fi7vv2 жыл бұрын
Almost couldn't take it. My pain still is too fresh.
@xxxggthyf2 жыл бұрын
It pretty much sums up why I have projects and not just stuff I need to fix / build. Stuff I need to fix gets done the proper way and projects get done in the most ludicrously over complicated way. There's not many problems in life that can't be solved by a bloody minded stubbornness and a refusal to face reality... And an Arduino.
@TravisFabel2 жыл бұрын
But it's not frustration it's the adventure of going on the unknown path that's the fun part. Sure you can just go buy the parts and they'll just fit together... But you wouldn't have an ISO grid on the bottom.
@mr_voron2 жыл бұрын
I feel seen and attacked at the same time.
@dempsej2 жыл бұрын
@@TravisFabel it’s more like going on the unknown path thru bushes with sharp thorns parallel to well maintained paved road ;)
@HomeBuiltByJeff2 жыл бұрын
Sounds like my style of DIY money saving adventures. Looks great though ;)
@piccalillipit92112 жыл бұрын
*IM 52* when I got to about 48 I stopped saving money on projects - I have saved SO MUCH money since I stopped saving money... What I do now is I buy the professional thing I need - my eyes water at the cost every time - but at the end of the year I have MONEY. Actual spare money.
@Speedy22222 жыл бұрын
definitely is the way i do my projects
@KevinBein2 жыл бұрын
I'm definitely going to have to use that fractional logic on my future projects. Just tell people (the wife) that you spent a fraction of the price of a new thing by building it your self, and don't bother with the trivial detail that your fraction is an improper one.
@helplmchoking2 жыл бұрын
Just show her the material costs. Yes, dear, this lump of aluminium, couple sheets of metal, fasteners and hoses were only a few dollars! The legit setup would be over $1000, I have saved much money! Please do not look at the thousands of dollars in tools, machinery and lost time surrounding those dollars. Reminds me of ToT, why buy something for $10 when you can make it yourself for free, and a full machine shop, and $30 in materials
@TheThrustProject2 жыл бұрын
@@helplmchoking But if I have to something similar again, then I already have the tools for it. But for the most time, these types of projects tend to need different tools each time 😂
@TheSnivilous2 жыл бұрын
As an aerospace guy, the nodes never line up with anything. You are forgiven.
@SubhomMitra2 жыл бұрын
The best way to spend money is starting out planning to save money! Lovely video, Matt!
@maxfcanto2 жыл бұрын
I look forward to uploads from this channel more than any other on KZbin regardless of what the project is. As an engineer and lover of tinkering and working on cars I love the way you talk through a project and are humble and sarcastic about the entire design process. Cant wait to see what's next!
@ItsDaJax2 жыл бұрын
MacroMachines is a good one, too. Dude is building a model a roadster from basically scratch. 95% of the car he built. Dude even sandcasted his own pedals. I think the only things he didn't make is the frame, axles, wheels. He even made a plate to bolt a jag I6 to a model a transmission.
@jimilesaint2 жыл бұрын
Agreed on the fave channel. Quite sadly, I'm constantly checking KZbin for his latest post
@daviddavis13222 жыл бұрын
This entire thing is maybe the best piece of deadpan comedy I've seen in years. Telling mom hello slayed me
@Damicske2 жыл бұрын
Don't count the cost of tools in your budget, you can and will use it on other projects ;)
@aktik60002 жыл бұрын
Yea yeah! Hopefully 😂! All hail mighty algorithm :)
@saheltaja2 жыл бұрын
That’s what I keep telling myself…
@Syscrush2 жыл бұрын
Matt's gonna do a budget dry sump from repurposed OEM parts - goddamn, finally! I keep seeing people on GRM saying they wanna do this but it never happens for one reason or another. It's here! Can't wait to see my boy Matt finally crack this thing - and along the way maybe I'll learn why the commercial dry sump systems are so expensive, what the tricks and compromises are for a locost/DIY approach. Oh, this is gonna be great! Oh.
@bongosock2 жыл бұрын
Q. How can I make a small fortune building cheap racecars? Matt: Well, start with a large fortune...
@alexandrecouture24622 жыл бұрын
Great!
@rhubarbpie20272 жыл бұрын
"To become a millionaire by racing cars, start out as a billionaire."
@stanceworks2 жыл бұрын
I loved this episode. I knew immediately that fraction was going to be an improper one. But hey, I feel the pain on this one. Thanks for showing how this stuff really goes on projects!
@Lawrence3302 жыл бұрын
I love this channel, it's so accurate. I'm about to "save" some money rebuilding the transmission in my "low miles" Econoline. I think I'll save about a thousand by buying all of the specialty tools first, and then save the rest by upgrading to a stage 1 rebuild kit so I don't have to save all of this money a second time.
@rdallas819 ай бұрын
Did you ever get your Econoline Transmission fixed?
@stevemonkey66662 жыл бұрын
Mom says "hi" right back at you!
@patrickshaw85952 жыл бұрын
Matt: You can use plain-old oil pumps if you weep a tiny bit of pressurized engine oil back to their inlets. One drop of oil every second and they will run at 7000 rpm pumping otherwise dry air forever. (I tested - it works)
@skinife2 жыл бұрын
6:20 The way Matt phrased "The Better Idea" solution puts so much joy in my mechanic's heart
@Francois_L_79332 жыл бұрын
This reminds me so much of Austin Kleon's life of a project. You always start with "It's the best idea ever!" only to eventually fall into into the abyss. But by then, you're already too involved to just drop it, so you keep on pushing until you reach the "It sucks, but it's not as bad as I thought" moment.
@FlipTheTables21 сағат бұрын
Yeah next time just order the daily pan scan it CNC it and return it. Just don't sell it and you probably won't get a law suit.
@jtdyalEngineer2 жыл бұрын
On engine number 3... :) Can you make just the motor tilt like a motorcycle as it goes to the corners? I'm envisioning hydraulic cylinders
@GNARBOSS2 жыл бұрын
maybe hang the engine with chains inside the engine bay? And uh some sketchy flex shaft that delivers power to the back?
@bagelbandit60762 жыл бұрын
I can see it!!!
@helplmchoking2 жыл бұрын
Porsche style active engine mounts? That'd be sick, not sure how much the rest of the drivetrain would like it though
@bbbildhuu2 жыл бұрын
@@GNARBOSS rope shafts thick ones
@jtdyalEngineer2 жыл бұрын
@@helplmchoking that Porsche dynamic dampening motor mount looks 😎 and it's definitely a downsized version of what I was thinking Super fast mat is fairly smart, he could probably figure out the degrees it needed to rotate around the crank axis at maximum lateral Gs in order to maintain oil pressure. But I think 60° would be enough
@TheFrozen13132 жыл бұрын
This was clearly the most bugdet friendly way forward, I wouldn't expect anything less!
@Emanmonster132 жыл бұрын
Feels like a window into my garage. ALL HAIL THE ALGORITHM!
@daviddrueding38872 жыл бұрын
But look on the bright side; all those tools will pay for themselves after the next 25 conversions....
@MilanoGuyTexas8 ай бұрын
Matt, that was brilliant. The whole idea of a "..fraction of the cost..." is genus. A fraction where the the numerator is many times a multiple of the denominator is a "..is too, a legit fraction.." . You must be an engineer, because you clearly have an engineer's understanding of mathematics.
@allareasindex79842 жыл бұрын
Looking forward to learning how the air-oil separator is made! 99% of my automotive technical knowledge is from reading. Finally Matt is showing the actual parts and how they work. Thanks Matt!
@vitsalava12512 жыл бұрын
i might be wrong but the tall reservoir probably acts as a air separator in itself.
@Turbochargedtwelve2 жыл бұрын
Inlet at top tangential to circumference. You get cyclonic separation
@zackrogers93342 жыл бұрын
I could be wrong (I'm probably wrong) but I think it works similarly to a swirl pot, which Matt talked about in one of his Tesla Jag cooling system videos
@philipethier91366 ай бұрын
@@zackrogers9334 You are not wrong. Swirl Pot. I had a dry-sump in my previous Caterham. The reservoir looked just like a supersized version of the OEM swirl-pot in in the cooling system of my previous Lotus Europa.
@roboman24442 жыл бұрын
Would it have been easier/cheaper to do an electric scavenging pumps? Redundancy (2 or 3 separately powered pumps) + put some magnetic encoders and flow meters on them to flash a big red light at you if they stop spinning. I would also suggest some sort of oil level sensor in the tank.
@MeatPoPsiclez2 жыл бұрын
Most of the electric pumps I've seen suggested for this purpose (for dry sumps and remote mount turbos) are just relabeled transfer pumps, and aren't designed to move oil at operating temperature and will eventually fail.. Though I'd be very interested to see some are actually suitable!
@21jimmyo2 жыл бұрын
@@MeatPoPsiclez - I'm sure there are some food-grade hot oil pumps, but now you're back in Priceytown.
@billh2302 жыл бұрын
@@MeatPoPsiclez Sort of reminds me of those "electric turbos" that were sold on eBay and the like. 🤭
@yodasbff33952 жыл бұрын
The oil pan looks awesome. 👍
@Williamkwood2 жыл бұрын
The oil pan designing part reminds me of many of my own projects. I will design things to be as efficient as I can until I remember that I don't need to add complexity to chase diminishing returns for performance that doesn't matter.
@fredfarnackle54552 жыл бұрын
Oh dear... I suggest that you look at a 1950's British motorcycle dry sump system. It is a reciprocating double pump driven by a crankshaft cam, the large bore pump is the scavenge, the smaller one is feed from the tank (located higher than the engine) to the engine. Simple but effective. The sump in those engines was truly dry. It also has the added advantage of keeping the oil cooler.
@h-j.k.89712 жыл бұрын
Yes yes I enjoyed your video, mostly beause I have made a few dry sumps myself. A few were made by the engine itself by being old and using all the oil in the wet sump until it was a dry sump, others were made the easy way such as throwing too much money at the project, which looks much like youre currantly doing, others by combining used oil pumps simmilar to what you had in mind until you chickened out because they had no bearings etc. Just for the records, these pumps work fine when used as scavenge pumps as the never run completely dry. Think about it and you´ll discover why. Thanks for the fun vid🙂
@tojiroh2 жыл бұрын
Sorry for the late comment, but I can't, for the life of me, find out why those pumps wouldn't get oil starved and seize...
@h-j.k.89712 жыл бұрын
@@tojiroh They did.
@tojiroh2 жыл бұрын
@@h-j.k.8971 They did what?
@h-j.k.89712 жыл бұрын
@@tojiroh sieze uup
@tojiroh2 жыл бұрын
@@h-j.k.8971 that's not what you said above. You said they could be used as scavenge pumps since they wouldn't run completely dry, and you didn't elaborate any further. Do you have anything to add?
@tomhorner99182 жыл бұрын
Love your videos, all hail Al Goors Rythem.
@chrisej5987 Жыл бұрын
"Space stuff" 🤣 You're sense of humor and voice over delivery is right up my alley.
@BUILTOFFICIAL2 жыл бұрын
wow... is that going to space?
@geoffkeller53372 жыл бұрын
Awesome video! That's usually how it goes whenever I say "I'll build it myself and save money." HAHA My mom said to tell you "Hi" back.
@jeffgray38632 жыл бұрын
You could call the Dry Sump system “dead pan” to suit your humour 😐👍🏻🇦🇺
@frosthoe4 ай бұрын
Did the same with hydraulic scavenge pumps and a 2 gallon reservoir, feeding a 160psi HV oil pump. I used this on a 74 Volvo rally car build in the mid 1980's. I actually stopped using the Volvo redblock 2.0L and went with a full tilt 305 Rpm build, with the homemade drysump. In hindsight I believe I killed the Redblocks from my own errors and inexperience back then in the 80's. I kept melting pistons...but it never once threw a rod or hurt the crank. Those Reds are F1 quality castings!
@DuckTapeGuru2 жыл бұрын
I feel this video so bad. A few years ago I wanted to make a backpack for a specific hobby instead of spending $100ish for one... $250 later I had a backpack...
@evilutionltd2 жыл бұрын
Fair play, I would have just gone super cheap and baffled the sump with a horizontal plate.
@michaelkrenzer32962 жыл бұрын
It's what we do in all our race cars made with street car engines. Particularly important when running a formerly FWD traverse engine RWD longitudinal...still overfill those about a quart as drainback under extended Gs is not quite what was designed from the factory.
@mattd75662 жыл бұрын
Clicked on the video 17 seconds after it posted. Got two 15 second unskippables.
@zuid372 жыл бұрын
Excuse me, Sir. Do you have a moment to talk about Brave Browser?
@SuperfastMatt2 жыл бұрын
I have the video set to skippable ads, like always. do you usually get unskipable ads?
@brianb-p65862 жыл бұрын
Depending on the platform you're using, install AdBlock Plus or similar - I never see ads in Matt's videos.
@mattd75662 жыл бұрын
I think I wasn’t clear, 😅. I was just excited to see the next video. Always looking forward to seeing the next stage of any of the projects!
@HappyHarryHardon Жыл бұрын
I’m dry dumping a 1600hp LS right now. It’s the easiest block to plumb I’ve ever done. I even have to make the oil pan from scratch. Good info for beginners.
@UNVIRUSLETALE2 жыл бұрын
I tried isogrids once in a 3d print and found space engineers in my home for no reason, glad I'm not the only one
@georgecowley39722 жыл бұрын
Matt I have to say these are my absolute favourite videos on KZbin atm. Quick question though… How can you afford this stuff😭
@MikeMiller02 жыл бұрын
Patreon!
@SuperfastMatt2 жыл бұрын
Just barely, that's how.
@davidbrown83652 жыл бұрын
Matt can only afford a fraction of it
@Turbochargedtwelve2 жыл бұрын
Think of it as optimizing the amount of money you have
@billh2302 жыл бұрын
@@davidbrown8365 82/25 last I saw.
@rb703832 жыл бұрын
I love cost effective DIYs! 👍🏻 All summed up at 8:22. And yet I still don’t learn…
@mikealbrecht39902 жыл бұрын
I love the 710 descriptor. There is a joke: a new driver gets a low oil light, calls his dad to ask about it. His dad says buy a quart, take off the oil cap and dump it in there. The kid cannot find the oil cap. 'dad, all I see is the 710 cap.'
@unrepentantgeek2 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad that I'm not the only one following this engineering "process"
@TheCruxy2 жыл бұрын
For some reason, I don’t get mad when Matt goes way over budget, any other channel I think I’d mind
@TravisFabel2 жыл бұрын
I started watching this video with the knowledge that spending slightly more than what it would cost to buy it would also count as an improper fraction... So the ending was not unexpected
@PedalBox2 жыл бұрын
Flawless victory, now you can amortise off the investment made in this project against the potential future certainty of buying a 3rd and 4th engine, the labour of having someone else fit it and more! Plus whenever you use the CNC machine you can start moving the cost onto that one's bill. Soon this project will be in negative spend and actually earning you theoretical money. Not real money of course. Thats already gone. :D
@mccanlessdesign6 ай бұрын
Matt - I repurposed a Chrysler mini-van power steering pump; drove it it from a rear transaxle half shaft with a V-belt like old NASCAR. The output directs a jet of transaxle lube right at the ring and pinion mesh of my upside-down and running backwards Corvair transaxle, used in a Kelmark adapter kit with an SBC - works great; looks great; was free plus my time.
@stotler832 жыл бұрын
I saw someone mentioned your name on another platform so, I looked you up, I very glad I did! People always say spend twice as much and twice the time to diy!
@ryanhayward60302 жыл бұрын
I don’t think I’ve ever laughed that much at a car build video, fantastic work!
@TurbineResearch2 жыл бұрын
Been looking to make a diy drysump for a while now
@earthknight60 Жыл бұрын
My dad was building a race car that had to conform to period specs. A dry sump wasn't an option, so he built a set of 1-way gates in the oil pan so that on turns the oil could not slosh to the side. Worked really well, but took a while to make and get just right.
@patrickfreeman8257 Жыл бұрын
I always appreciate the "what went wrong" portion of these videos because that's the part that I can most relate to.
@DangerDaveMurray2 жыл бұрын
710, yaaaas
@Julius_Caesard2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your videos dude!! This was the channel that got me into engineering
@EngineersHomestead2 жыл бұрын
I see no wedding ring, these fractions are starting to make sense now. All hail the algorithm.
@GGLiEx2 жыл бұрын
So relatable. Saving money = spending 3 times the amount needed for a finshed product on tools and a lot of time to get a mediocre result
@stamoulohta2 жыл бұрын
My mom says hi Matt
@dnltbrca2 жыл бұрын
how much amps does the water pump draw? it'll be interesting to see at which rpm the electricals will hit 13.5v with the headlights, blinkers and water pump on
@SuperfastMatt2 жыл бұрын
I don’t know, I might need to put in a PWM controller that’s based on coolant temperature rather than just running the pump at full blast all the time. We’ll see
@alexandrecouture24622 жыл бұрын
@@SuperfastMatt It would be interesting to see! I am looking at converting my 1991 Jaguar XJ6 to electic fans and yes, on-off control is simpler, but pwm would be nice!
@TheMarcball2 жыл бұрын
Mom says hi too. Thanks for the inspiration and keep on trucking!
@kevintakalo4272 жыл бұрын
My buddy Jesse Britsen founded BRD back in 2008. He builds dry sump systems for all the popular bike engines. We worked together at west race cars. We built a really quality D sports racer. All bike engine powered sports racers. We also were a manufacturer for IMSA lites. A feeder series for American lemans. We both were crew chiefs on the cars for many years. So we are well versed in the issues of keeping a bike engine well oiled in a sports racer with massive downforce and super high G loads. Some guys had decent success with gated wet sump pans. But it was very track dependent. Ac usurps were a joke on F1000 and sports racers. Might be fine on a track day car. My racing days are over. But I am building a Mini Cooper for a customer. That has a George dean built hyabusa. With a BRD drysump and quaife drive box. I just wanted to share my experience of racing motorcycle powered races cars. I love your s600! I’ve always wanted to build a car for myself one day! The S600 is so right for a modern moto power plant! 😁
@Seb1232 жыл бұрын
Keep up the videos, just pure amazing content!
@daveys2 жыл бұрын
When you say “a fraction”, do you mean like 3/1th of the cost.
@jackcphelps2 жыл бұрын
fractions can be greater than one
@lewa_j2 жыл бұрын
82/25th of the cost 10:07
@daveys2 жыл бұрын
@@lewa_j - I commented prior to watching, it was a pure fluke that I chose a fraction greater than one. I also like to eat 3/1 of a normal portion of food ;-)
@Thinkkker2 жыл бұрын
Rebuilt an old Nascar 3 stage for a 4 cylinder and got used tanks and such. It was cheaper, but not by a huge factor for sure. I guess it helped that no one was still producing the kits for the engine I had.
@peterdguru2 жыл бұрын
You my friend have a great future as a Defense Contractor.
@nerd1000ify2 жыл бұрын
"We've designed a new missile that is perfect for taking out terrorists in Toyota Hiluxes!" "How much does it cost?" "$50,000 per round" "How much does a used Toyota Hilux cost?" "About $10,000" "We'll take 2000. If we don't spend our budget, Congress will cut it next year."
@davidkaczmarek85512 жыл бұрын
FOR THE ALGORITHM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@Mrtweet812 жыл бұрын
My mum says hi back 👋
@sebastianflynn17462 жыл бұрын
Oh dear, 3 projects on the go at once.
@terryenyart58388 ай бұрын
You & I think a lot alike. I really appreciate what it takes to create your own anything. Anyone can just shell out the dough, but to mostly create it yourself is cool, even if it doesn't necessarily save $ in the short-term. You'll use the tools again, or some friend will need to borrow etc. Plus you understand every facet of your oil system. Great job!
@TestTest-eb8jr2 жыл бұрын
Who's that Al Gorithm person anyway???
@A.J.16562 жыл бұрын
No, no, no. It's Al Gore's jazz band, The Al Gore Rhythms.
@TestTest-eb8jr2 жыл бұрын
@@A.J.1656 😄😅😂😅😄
@thesetruths14042 жыл бұрын
Great video. Just what I was looking for. I have a 98 Pathfinder 3.3L with a similar oil pump. It was an elderly couple's for 20 years. I don't think they used it much. Low miles, 6,000 a year average, and likely wasn't driven hard ever. I think they let oil sit in it and maybe their mechanic put snake oil in it as a sales pitch. There was gummy honey-colored stuff on the refill cap. Something is causing this Pathfinder to knock at startup for 3-4 seconds and then between 1,800 and 3,300 RPM. If coasting between 1800 and 3300, it ceases. I think I caught rod bearing wear early and I replaced them. And checked the mains. Mains were good. Two rods had mild wear. No slack or slope in anything. Metal flakes stopped appearing. But still the knock between those RPM. It runs perfectly, otherwise. And the body and interior is like new. So it's a nice one I'd like to keep long-term. What do you think about this idea? If the oil isn't changed well can the valve system in the pump stick or malfunction and cause oil pressure to be insufficient? The pressure is 100% consistently poor at startup for 3 seconds and under load between 1800 to 3300 RPM. Makes no sense, this loss of pressure at fixed time, other than faulty pump. I know there is also a pan gasket leak at the front and back. I thinned the oil as an experiment to see if pressure/noise changed and oil began quickly dripping from both ends of the oil pan when it was at warm idle. I thinned the oil 50% with motor flush, which is basically kerosene. I drained out two quarts and put in 2 quarts cleaner. So I have to pull the pan anyways to fix those leaks, so might as well pull inspect and replace the pump as well. Also have to check timing as well and swap all those parts as their age is unknown. The pressure problem was present before the leaks were noted. So the big leaks are new and the problem is the exact same. Do you know of a good oil pump replacement video of my motor or very similar? I found a timing kit one, but no oil pump.
@johndevries87592 жыл бұрын
One of the nicest do it yourself dry sump systems I've seen yet. Keep pushing on that string and finish it up, it looks great.
@BlackThorne Жыл бұрын
Matt, I'm neither looking or subscribing (in general, not personal), and I still get (and watch) your vids (including old ones) in my feed. Praise the algorithm
@cmdrjkihn89552 жыл бұрын
'Technically a fraction of the cost' got me good. Great project Matt, thanks for bringing us along for the comedic journey.
@TheVirusWar2 жыл бұрын
Parts come and go. Tools stay. Expensive tools go into inheritance.
@VincentTheGoldenRetriever Жыл бұрын
For about 2 weeks I've been binge watching all of your videos. Thank you
@fredio542 жыл бұрын
For shorter transient stuff you can design a good wet sump that comes close and it's dead simple. Not good enough for long sweepers, however I got around a long sweeper with mine without losing pressure pulling about 1G (not great, I know, but if you saw what I was in you'd be impressed). You did the right thing going dry sump, but LOL @ the costings :-D
@joshfazenbaker56912 жыл бұрын
Engineers always know the best way to do things.
@seanprice82712 жыл бұрын
Funny how "saving money by doing it myself" never works out, been guilty of this more often than I'd like to admit. Great videos!
@frankkoppen72818 ай бұрын
Gerotor is what that style of pump is called. All you needed was a much larger capacity deep oil pan with some baffling . cheap easy effective.
@christophernoto2 жыл бұрын
"A fraction of the cost." he says, right after literally torching a hundred dollar bill. Priceless! 🔥 All hail the algorithm!
@MJPilote2 жыл бұрын
Making it yourself and you’re getting it little more expensive than from the store, and little bit crappier. Awesome video!
@matsworld9386 Жыл бұрын
Yes I did! and you fully talked me out of a dry sump .. buying the OEM pan and pump instead - expensive, yes .. but so much cheaper .. thank you!
@mikehudick70742 жыл бұрын
Having done it many times in my life, designing a properly-functioning dry sump oil tank is one of THE most difficult engineering tasks in building a racing vehicle. The tank has to collect, cool, and remove ALL of the air from the returning oil or it will quickly be identified as THE part that most contributed to the destruction of the engine it's attached to!!
@andreasfrank55682 жыл бұрын
This is hilarious, i usually manage watching a video or two during work but the laugh generated by this video got me caught red handed instant!
@williamhustonrn61602 жыл бұрын
I know you already spent money fixing your issue, but i have a Locost 7 with R1 engine and the way i fixed the oiling issue was very different and a fraction of the cost you spent. I used a section of PVC in the center where the pickup pulled oil from to create a skinny cylinder area in the center of the oil pan for the oil pump to pickup oil from, then using silicone i poured in the oil pan filling all the area around the PVC pipe up to the top of the oil pan mating surface. This leaves the only area for oil to sit inside the oil pan is inside that cylinder cavity the PVC pipe left behind. Then i removed the PVC pipe and trimmed the silicone to smoothen out any defects from the pour. Then on the side that is facing the front of the car i welded in a 1 inch bung, which i have copper tubing connected to wrapped around the bottom of the engine at the level of the OEM pan oil level giving me capacity. The engine's oil pump pulls oil from the skinny cylinder void in the oil pan to feed the engine. The oil draining back into the oil pan is forced to drain into that small cavity in the center of the oil pan since the silicone is filling the rest of the oil pan area. The excess oil via gravity drains into the copper pipe to give the engine oil capacity, which gravity is constantly trying to drain back into the oil pan. When the engine is turned off the oil drains into the copper pipe to maintain the stock oil level. I placed the bung for the spillover point at the side of the engine facing the front of the car, so under acceleration the oil in the copper pipe is given advantage to drain into the oil pan easier. This has worked perfectly for me. I did have to relocate the drain plug since silicone covered the original one. The way i change oil and check oil level is purely by ball valve. On the copper tubing that wraps around the bottom of the engine. I have a bracket holding the end of that tubing at the level the oil level needs to be at, so i just open that ball valve and pour oil into the engine and when it starts dripping out of the ball valve its at level and i shut it off to seal the oil system.
@towhee7472 Жыл бұрын
Channels that show how much went wrong, are my favorite channels.
@Redmenace962 жыл бұрын
Pure gold. Had no idea so many products were available to fit. Kits! The iso = space junk joke was killer. Next is some gold electrical contacts and solder?
@esqueue2 жыл бұрын
All hail the algorithm.
@danixsc9 ай бұрын
Pretty interesting: as motorcycle engines are designed to ALWAYS have oil at the bottom in the intended use case (not doing wheelies), when you put them in a car, which instead of leaning (which applies centripete force to the oil so it sticks to the bottom no matter how much you're leaning), just applies the centripete force to the side and therefore you starve oil from the pump and there you go, destroyed engine. Never though about that but makes sense.
@MartinBrabi2 жыл бұрын
I know shit about cars, but you are fantastic, its nice to see someone so passionate and funny at the same time ;)
@hansdruf91328 ай бұрын
this must be the best diy project video ever
@carlosc60212 жыл бұрын
@3:42 710!!! 💀 lmaoo I love the sassy smart ass dad humour in this channel
@nynoah Жыл бұрын
I love the dry humor so much on these videos.
@bbdetailing91232 ай бұрын
Great video. Loved the humor and still providing knowledge and options.
@kapekape75802 жыл бұрын
3:40 Downhills should be considered to
@chuckschultz70282 жыл бұрын
Or you could buy Chevy LS oil pumps that are driven off the crank & make an adapter to fit your crank. The pumps are around $40. You would need to mill some adapter plates to simulate the engine block surfaces.
@Redmenace962 жыл бұрын
An adapter to mate with a CB Honda engine??
@GingerNingerGames2 жыл бұрын
"I'm an electrical engineer, I can probably build this diff controller for a fraction of the cost!" So far I'm up to month 3 and haven't installed it in the car yet. Can't wait to see this car running again, absolutely my favourite build
@marcellemay77212 жыл бұрын
I've been DIYing stuff for 40plus years. I've got a 40x60 shop full of tools and machines to show for it. The DIY projects usually cost me what it would cost me to pay somebody to do it, except I do it all myself and the machines and tools get paid for with the project budget. I look at it like "sweat equity" to build a dream shop full of tools and equipment. Plus I learn a whole lot along the way, and I can build anything I want in my shop now. So yeah, think of it as a 40yr plan to be mechanically and technically independent by the time you're too old and decrepit to have the will and energy to do anything. LOL
@LooseNut0992 жыл бұрын
Matt, your sense of humor is first class, top shelf, the bees knees even.
@Nials-Projects2 жыл бұрын
Great channel, been there, done that, got the T shirt, quite literally, it arrived in the post a few weeks ago. I too believe that……..why pay good money for a known working bolt on option when you can spend twice as much making it yourself. Having just made an aluminium dry sump tank I can move onto the sump…..once the burns have healed. All hail the algorithm.