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[@MuitoDaora]

Clarkson already proved that the fastest car in the world is a cheap rental one.

[@tinetannies4637]

They are also the BEST at flying over curbs

[@angrydragonslayer]

I thought cannonball cemented that fact before topgear got popular

[@Reman1975]

I'm not sure about that. I've had some even faster rental VANS. With them you can corner on 2 wheels by clipping the curb just right and driving into it. Slowing for speed bumps becomes optional, and if you DO end up having an accident, you're a good couple feet above where all the chaos is happening. LOL !

[@tinetannies4637]

@@Reman1975 Hmmm. You raise a good point. But... important question...is that high ground clearance worth the compromise of grinding the under-carriage and showering sparks while over-steering sub-compacts into tight turns? Decisions, decision....

[@daveamies5031]

@@Reman1975 "you're a good couple feet above where all the chaos is happening" Not anymore, almost everyone drives an SUV these days, in a few years my hatchback will be low enough that i'll be able to slip under where all the chaos is happening 🤣 🤣 🤣

[@mr_voron]

You can totally get this done in 4 months! We are all rooting for you! Even though we’re assholes.

[@Mobile_Dom]

oh hey, RCF is here

[@RustOnWheels]

Yeah, definite assholery going on here but still completely on board with this!

[@wolfgangpreier9160]

😂🤣👍👌😎 YESS!

[@lolzlarkin3059]

Hey, Voron guy!

[@christopherspicer9341]

Took our team 60 days!

[@cconnon1912]

“Engineering Intuition Is Engineering the same way that Astrology is Astronomy.” I will give you full credit next time I use that.😂

[@philso7872]

I have seen (and been assigned to fix) many examples of "Engineering Intuition" in my career

[@MrLargePig]

THAT one caused me to blow strawberry jam out of my nose.

[@thescubersteve5214]

Maybe the best engineering quote ever

[@ColbyJohnson]

Slow car fast logic is 100% accurate!

[@olik136]

sure is- I drove a Honda Dax and a Honda CR900 on the same day.. guess what was more fun (at least on public roads)- I also have a Volvo from 1961 that is way more fun to drive than the Porsche 911 from 1983 we had before... the Volvo was supposed to have the entirety of 69hp 60 years ago- I wonder what is left of that "power".. still somehow does about 90mph if you are brave enough and wear hearing protection...

[@tandmbros5877]

Hell i make lawm mowers go fast because its funner then buying a quad

[@davesmith9325]

I believe in you. It is possible to build a car in 4 months. The other 7 years are for brackets. If you avoid brackets you are golden. All hail ..

[@slevinkelevra5824]

Binky?

[@zackrogers9334]

@@slevinkelevra5824 definitely Binky lol

[@rotohcf1400]

Shh, the BOM bunny may bite

[@davidwarren9204]

And cups of tea. And he'll need Funk. Lots of Funk.

[@fazeobama8872]

@@davidwarren9204 sit tight while i get the funk out

[@WhyT74]

My MR2 spyder was setup for autocross back in the day. I'm by no means the "fastest" car out there but I could put up the fastest time of the day consistently in the group I raced with. People with VERY expensive cars were always mad at me. I learned the "it's fun to drive slow car fast" thing early and thoroughly enjoy it. If I ever do it again I'm going go karts. They are cheaper "slower" and your able to keep it floored for much longer.

[@Grace-bo7fz]

*(っ◔◡◔)っ ♥ 🄾🄽🄻🅈 🄵🄾🅁 🄵🄰🄽🅂 🄾🅅🄴🅁 18 🅈🄴🄰🅁🅂 🄾🄻🄳* Aisuru.Tokyo/EVELY 👈 Megan: "Hotter" Hopi: "Sweeter" Joonie: "Cooler" Yoongi: "Butter Asi con toy y sus mañas no se la lease que escriba bien mamon hay nomas pa ra reirse un rato y no estar triste y estresado.por la vida dura que se vive hoy . Köz karaş: ''Taŋ kaldım'' Erinder: ''Sezimdüü'' Jılmayuu: ''Tattuuraak'' Dene: ''Muzdak'' Jizn, kak krasivaya melodiya, tolko pesni pereputalis. Aç köz arstan Bul ukmuştuuday ısık kün bolçu, jana arstan abdan açka bolgon. Uyunan çıgıp, tigi jer-jerdi izdedi. Al kiçinekey koyondu gana taba algan. Al bir az oylonboy koyondu karmadı. ''Bul koyon menin kursagımdı toyguza albayt'' dep oylodu arstan. Arstan koyondu öltüröyün dep jatkanda, bir kiyik tigi tarapka çurkadı. Arstan aç köz bolup kaldı. Kiçine koyondu emes, çoŋ kiyikti jegen jakşı dep oylodu.#垃圾

[@NBSV1]

Generally with autocross it’s about low speed handling and balance over outright speed and power. The course is just to small and tight to really take advantage of loads of power. My dad and I used to really upset some people with a 240z back in the day. We had almost no money in it and could often beat someone in the same class with a bunch of money in their BMW.

[@drybread1146]

Hmm. "... Keep it floored for much longer." I like the way that sounds. Now I want to look at yet another hobby I don't have time for.

[@monkeypainter808]

C’mon. No one was mad.

[@ItsDaJax]

@@NBSV1 I imagine on some tracks depending on the car, one might not even hit 70mph. I can picture somebody xcrossing a viper, and maybe never leaving first gear, since some will do 60mph in first.

[@andrewbakker7640]

WHAT?! I COMPLETELY DID NOT EVEN EXPECT THIS VIDEO AT ALL HOW UNEXPECTED

[@autobreza7131]

Matt, back during 1973, when we had the "Gas Crisis", piston manufacturers sold special piston kits to convert your big, thirsty V8 into a wishfully fuel-sipping V4. The pistons were essentially open piston slugs of equal weight to the normal piston to allow air to pass through and avoid using energy to move air through the intake/exhaust of the neutered cylinders. This was needed due to the use of multi-barrel carbs (no individual cylinder fuel control unless using ITB) but with EFI it may not be an issue.

[@fazeobama8872]

sounds good

[@paulheitkemper1559]

the compression also robs power (and adds heat).

[@brianb-p6586]

@@paulheitkemper1559 The compression isn't so bad because it's immediately followed by expansion - the air in the closed cylinder acts as a gas spring. It's not a perfect spring, of course, but if it were there would be no energy loss due to the compression and expansion.

[@paulheitkemper1559]

@@brianb-p6586 it absolutely is that bad. That's energy loss in a system which cannot afford it.

[@ItsDaJax]

I saw a youtube video last year of a guy that basically does this to chevy 350s for a racecar, makes it a v6 by eliminating the last two cylinders.

[@rickybobby7660]

The pumping loss and extra friction will cost you. FZR400 with 600 top end gives 500cc and 100bhp when built properly, same for the zxr400 or a pair of cbr250 motors at 20,000rpm will give you 12 speeds and over 100bhp

[@TheToolmanTim]

As you were revealing the candidate engine, I had exactly the question you mentioned "why not go with a 500cc engine instead?" I'll be waiting for that answer in the coming months. Great subject for a series!

[@kirya312]

Is there any though? Most bikes are 400 or 600cc, so it might be pretty hard to find anything modern to fit the requirements.

[@TheStuartstardust]

Kawasaki H1 allowed? Edit: 500cc Triplet

[@NBSV1]

High output 500cc bikes aren’t common. Normally a 500cc bike is not made for all out performance like the 600 and 1000 bikes. So, a 1000 engine cut in half would make more power and probably not weigh much, if any, more than a 500cc engine. Fwiw that S1000 engine should make about 180-200hp with all 4 cylinders. Even with losses half the engine should make at least 70-80hp. Normally a 500cc bike engine would only be about 40-50hp.

[@OvertravelX]

@@TheStuartstardust Or CR500?

[@TheStuartstardust]

@@OvertravelX Or KR500 - 120 bhp

[@bear_hardy2118]

43 and happy to follow this Old Guy doing Old Guy things. I enjoy making JDM cars go faster but this is uber cool

[@Grace-bo7fz]

*(っ◔◡◔)っ ♥ 🄾🄽🄻🅈 🄵🄾🅁 🄵🄰🄽🅂 🄾🅅🄴🅁 18 🅈🄴🄰🅁🅂 🄾🄻🄳* Aisuru.Tokyo/EVELY 👈 Megan: "Hotter" Hopi: "Sweeter" Joonie: "Cooler" Yoongi: "Butter Asi con toy y sus mañas no se la lease que escriba bien mamon hay nomas pa ra reirse un rato y no estar triste y estresado.por la vida dura que se vive hoy . Köz karaş: ''Taŋ kaldım'' Erinder: ''Sezimdüü'' Jılmayuu: ''Tattuuraak'' Dene: ''Muzdak'' Jizn, kak krasivaya melodiya, tolko pesni pereputalis. Aç köz arstan Bul ukmuştuuday ısık kün bolçu, jana arstan abdan açka bolgon. Uyunan çıgıp, tigi jer-jerdi izdedi. Al kiçinekey koyondu gana taba algan. Al bir az oylonboy koyondu karmadı. ''Bul koyon menin kursagımdı toyguza albayt'' dep oylodu arstan. Arstan koyondu öltüröyün dep jatkanda, bir kiyik tigi tarapka çurkadı. Arstan aç köz bolup kaldı. Kiçine koyondu emes, çoŋ kiyikti jegen jakşı dep oylodu.#垃圾

[@griffinsells2611]

I'm 22 watching an old guy do old guy things. Sometimes it's just more fun

[@Reman1975]

Ah, you gotta love that whole "4 month deadline" optimism. A Labrador watching their owner taking a Sunday roast out of the oven, and thinking "Ooh, I hope I get some of that......They actually MIGHT have cooked that just for me. They said I was a good boy earlier, so it's probably for me....... Yeah it's all for me !" is showing a lower level of misplaced optimism than Matt is here. :D The only way I think he'd even have a slim chance of completing this on time is if he either didn't mess about filming ANYTHING, or paid someone else to film and edit his next 4 months of uploads for him (And I think he's probably still about 400k subscribers shy of being able to consider hiring a budget grade sidekick).

[@incognitotorpedo42]

This is hilarious!

[@christopherbrooke2142]

So instead of deactivating the valves in the 2 excess pistons, use them as forced induction for the 2 firing pistons. Before the 675cc limit was imposed in SAE there was a team machining a full V8, after the rule came in effect they deactivated one of the banks and used the 4 dead cylinders as superchargers for the others. It sucked, but it was cool at least

[@olik136]

I think it doesn't suck.. it kind of blows more... I see myself out...

[@brianb-p6586]

The rules in any rational racing class with a displacement limit either don't allow supercharging, or count supercharging as a multiplier of the displacement; in SCTA rules, a supercharged engine just puts you in a separate class. Matt could use the deactivated cylinders for supercharging - it would put him into K/BGS (

[@poetac15]

@@brianb-p6586 thanks for the informative reply.

[@jacob.woodward]

@@brianb-p6586 so what about setting the extra pistons up to suck the exhaust out of the active cylinders faster allowing for him to tune the valve timing of the active cylinders spending more time sucking in air and mixing the air fuel ratio and more time under combustion to make the maximum amount of power. Or am I just getting way to complicated and going down a rabbit hole of terrible design……

[@brianb-p6586]

@@jacob.woodward The rate of airflow by the extra cylinders is the same as the working cylinders, so they're not really useful for assisting the working cylinders. And that would be a form of supercharging, which would put the car in the "blown" class.

[@TheLastCrankers]

Your channel has quickly become one of my favourites. Can't wait for this project, even if youtube says Im the wrong age for salt flats racing.

[@michaelhodgson3833]

Your never too old, I bet your still nineteen in your head like the rest of us, I'm 71 and just got my cars ECU remapped, brmm - brmm ...

[@TheLastCrankers]

@@michaelhodgson3833 Well, Im 23 so saying Im still 19 in the head might not be false. Who knows, perhaps Im even younger? In any case, it's never too early or too late to be into cars.

[@fdoelmand]

I absolutely agree with the lauging guys about the 4 months, but I do think that however far you are at that moment, you should take the car and go to that event and try to come as far as possible. You'll learn a lot, can get tips on your car from other people and know what it is key for other events.

[@amicloud_yt]

i think it's one thing to take a half-finished far to a track day but a whole other matter to take a half-finished car to a land-speed event.

[@davesmith9325]

Yes agree! Because : 1) If only to try to get it through tech inspection... better to find what inspection objects to at the first event of the year than when you rock up for the last event 2) speed records come down to only 2 things .. power vs drag. In this tiny engine class and using a stock engine (at least initially).. mainly just drag. Ie the key is making the slippyist bodywork ever. Which could absorb unlimited time to don't have for this year. It may seem a detour but as a project management risk mitigation strategy consider not even starting the bodywork until the rolling chassis is completed and ready to run .. in worst case your first event you have no bodywork at all. If you have 4 days, you make what you can make jn 4 days, even if it looks like a shoebox. You have your first serious attempt at a shell as the *second* iteration when the chassis is already proven stable so you have no risk of running out of time

[@mustang8258]

I'd love to do what you do. All I'm missing is the money, resources, knowledge, and patience to do so. So in the meantime, you're my favorite KZbin channel!

[@stanceworks]

I can't wait for this! What a cool project. I've daydreamed about joining the 200mph club in a truck. I'm definitely going to be following this big time! If there's ever an opportunity to come lend a hand wrenching, say the word!

[@bm8209]

Seeing you two work together would be cool, even for just one video

[@tonydotnottingham]

That would be a collaboration and a half!

[@-MacCat-]

I am completely onboard with this project, regardless of the fact that I will openly admit to being one of the crew @ 09:24. Quite frankly I don't care how long it takes as the process (I fought hard to NOT use the word "journey" and then bang on about puns) of getting this gem to the salt will be a load of fun. Go Matt go!

[@RedlifeWoW]

Holy cow, this is gonna be a good series! Thanks Matt for promising videos until August 2024!

[@mundanestuff]

LOL, excellent low-key roast there.

[@domothepilot]

in the 90s the 500cc 2-strokes MotoGP bikes were going just short of 200mph ON TRACK...that landspeed record seems beatable...but i dont think half a bmw 4-stroke is the way to do it...maybe 80hp?

[@JoeSEED]

Having built a few Formula SAE cars (with under developed intuition), it can be done. This is a much simpler chassis and suspension and no full time classes to get in the way. Plus laser cutting services would have been amazing. Well that and parametric 3d CAD with an understanding of tolerances so things actually fit. Even if your first body shell is cardboard, getting it to roll at an early race is huge.

[@chrstphrr]

Matt, you make talking heads videos both an art and a pleasure to watch. Looking forward to the build of this, whether or not you make your 4 month deadline. All hail the a***ole-rithm! 🤣

[@Yugophoto]

Watching this in January of 2023 and it seems like your august 2023 prediction was almost prophetic

[@Kosahdus]

This small engine project is super cool Matt. I will be watching how this ends.

[@cannaroe1213]

I've been thinking alot about "a moment in time thing, and i'm here in this moment in time", as it's given me a lot of help deciding what things i want to get into. I think that's why i'm on this channel actually. I thought standalone ECU proliferation might be a thing one day. Still haven't bought one yet though. In, er, time.

[@tristanwegner]

these video have a really pleasant pacing and style, with the voice, and the cuts. looking forward to watching the series

[@samuelsylven3309]

Love the idea of this. Can't wait to see your answer to the valve deactivating issue! I know how big car companies do it like Mazda and GM but curious to see what you end up doing!

[@mrrberger]

Matt, when reading autoque make sure you blink, makes it feel more natural then the stare-down. All the TV presenters know this trick. I like the 60sec intro, it's crystalises most car enthusiasts passion and why car management systems have caused the passion to be lost. Keep up the good work!

[@piccalillipit9211]

*I SWAPPED A LOTUS EXIGE* for a Mazda MX5 [Miate] Mk1 cos the Exige was damaging my back - The MX5 was WAY more fun... I NEVER expected that and it was the first of about 8 MX5's Ive had.

[@Grace-bo7fz]

*(っ◔◡◔)っ ♥ 🄾🄽🄻🅈 🄵🄾🅁 🄵🄰🄽🅂 🄾🅅🄴🅁 18 🅈🄴🄰🅁🅂 🄾🄻🄳* Aisuru.Tokyo/EVELY 👈 Megan: "Hotter" Hopi: "Sweeter" Joonie: "Cooler" Yoongi: "Butter Asi con toy y sus mañas no se la lease que escriba bien mamon hay nomas pa ra reirse un rato y no estar triste y estresado.por la vida dura que se vive hoy . Köz karaş: ''Taŋ kaldım'' Erinder: ''Sezimdüü'' Jılmayuu: ''Tattuuraak'' Dene: ''Muzdak'' Jizn, kak krasivaya melodiya, tolko pesni pereputalis. Aç köz arstan Bul ukmuştuuday ısık kün bolçu, jana arstan abdan açka bolgon. Uyunan çıgıp, tigi jer-jerdi izdedi. Al kiçinekey koyondu gana taba algan. Al bir az oylonboy koyondu karmadı. ''Bul koyon menin kursagımdı toyguza albayt'' dep oylodu arstan. Arstan koyondu öltüröyün dep jatkanda, bir kiyik tigi tarapka çurkadı. Arstan aç köz bolup kaldı. Kiçine koyondu emes, çoŋ kiyikti jegen jakşı dep oylodu.#垃圾

[@Replay420]

As a FSAE team member i laughed loud at your 4 months plan. also cried a little...

[@elpatosilva]

Q: What do you call a project that takes twice as much money, takes three times as long and achieves 90% of the goals? A: An ordinary successful project Go for it, sports!

[@chicobicalho5621]

I couldn't agree more. In fact, Jackie Stewart once said if you focus on the craftsmanship of performance driving, you have more fun driving precisely at a civilized speed, than you do going faster than you know how on the edge of control, and running the risk of an accident. There are many channels of "Idiots on Supercars" to prove this point. But in my case, I own a vintage Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40 (the Brazilian model), with a 144 HP Tdi Mercedes-Benz engine (OM364-LA) and the car, despite its crate shape is susprizingly stable in corners because the center of gravity is very low, plus I have front and rear stabilizers and the leaf springs are pretty stiff. All this bla bla to say I do some serious ass kicking going up and down a mountain road outside Rio (BR-040), and leave a number of much faster car's owners very, very confused. Especially modern Hilux owners who think my car is a clunker and don't realize what a sleeper it is. And my years of karting in Brazil do help... ; ⁰ )

[@loganrogers9157]

A lot of snow sled engines are about 500cc and usually come with CVT's. Most are air-cooled and 2 stroke but there's 4 stroke water cooled ones out there. Best of luck with the bmw engine!

[@ItsDaJax]

I want somehow to bolt one of those to a motorcycle transmission.

[@mundanestuff]

SCCA has multiple classes of race car that use those engines. Used to be called Formula 440, then Formula 500. It's a fairly inexpensive way to get into racing, and super popular on the track, and in SOLO or autocross events.

[@handle690]

Your videos are fantastic from the humor to car history. You are one of my biggest inspirations for my car projects!

[@wickedwagens]

I am doing this with a Volkswagen Karmann Ghia. We have set 10 SCTA Bonneville records. We run everything from 1000cc-2000cc. 2, 3, and 4 cylinders. I really like your videos, we are having fun watching all of the land speed based ones. Keep up the great work!

[@hockeyjock91]

Your sense of humor is perfect. I found your channel when looking to build a rood rack and have not missed a video sense then. Keep up the great content. I’ll watch anything you produce at this point. The topic doesn’t matter. Your knowledge, the video quality, and sense of humor is what keeps me coming back.

[@AllSpeed]

this is awesome. I just started learning about this type of racing after seeing videos of Aardema and Braun building record setting engines. hope to see your name up there with theirs in the future.

[@trikemike7140]

looking forward to this build Matt. Really enjoyed your Jag project.

[@BuildSomethingAuto]

If you need some more pit crew at bonneville, or even help outsourcing some design/CAD, let me know this project looks amazing! Bonnevilles a magical place, the people (and cars) there are unlike anywhere else! 👍👍

[@farmerdiy9024]

Just found your channel. I am hooked on this project!

[@Ryukachoo]

This is the part where I softly yell at Matt for not exploring the high end photogrammetry route for parts scanning. $2000 in equipment, a decent learning curve, somewhat time consuming, but gets scans much closer to the $14000 scanners than the $1000 scanners

[@Grace-bo7fz]

*(っ◔◡◔)っ ♥ 🄾🄽🄻🅈 🄵🄾🅁 🄵🄰🄽🅂 🄾🅅🄴🅁 18 🅈🄴🄰🅁🅂 🄾🄻🄳* Aisuru.Tokyo/EVELY 👈 Megan: "Hotter" Hopi: "Sweeter" Joonie: "Cooler" Yoongi: "Butter Asi con toy y sus mañas no se la lease que escriba bien mamon hay nomas pa ra reirse un rato y no estar triste y estresado.por la vida dura que se vive hoy . Köz karaş: ''Taŋ kaldım'' Erinder: ''Sezimdüü'' Jılmayuu: ''Tattuuraak'' Dene: ''Muzdak'' Jizn, kak krasivaya melodiya, tolko pesni pereputalis. Aç köz arstan Bul ukmuştuuday ısık kün bolçu, jana arstan abdan açka bolgon. Uyunan çıgıp, tigi jer-jerdi izdedi. Al kiçinekey koyondu gana taba algan. Al bir az oylonboy koyondu karmadı. ''Bul koyon menin kursagımdı toyguza albayt'' dep oylodu arstan. Arstan koyondu öltüröyün dep jatkanda, bir kiyik tigi tarapka çurkadı. Arstan aç köz bolup kaldı. Kiçine koyondu emes, çoŋ kiyikti jegen jakşı dep oylodu.#垃圾

[@DC_DC_DC_DC]

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[@5aax]

I think he's said that he doesn't use photogrammetry because scaling the scans correctly is difficult and can produce serious errors.

[@DC_DC_DC_DC]

@@5aax which is quite easy to do right with some calibrated length sticks in frame in a few directions

[@joshacollins84]

Oh, I just want to say that this channel is absolutely awesome! 👌 👍 I am really looking forward to watching this project & all of the forthcoming deadpan quips.

[@eeblatter]

I agree with that philosophy. I had a '61 Mini with a 1275 and all the suspension mods and every street was a blast to buzz around in. Now, I'm building my own retro "car" that will keep that same fun factor with a bigger displacement but half the cylinders. See avatar. Cheers.

[@CullenCraft]

I love this! I bought a Honda Beat (one of the kei cars you used as an example) and it is the most fun car I've ever owned. Super excited to see more!

[@hildamcsulla2741]

I didn't know there was such a low displacement class for land speed racing! I might be a little young for that crowd but I'm starting to like the idea of designing a small engine craft of my own... Excited to see what you'll come up with for this one with such a short deadline.

[@forrestnutter]

Cannot wait to watch this evolve and come to! 😍 let's go old guy things!

[@Grace-bo7fz]

*(っ◔◡◔)っ ♥ 🄾🄽🄻🅈 🄵🄾🅁 🄵🄰🄽🅂 🄾🅅🄴🅁 18 🅈🄴🄰🅁🅂 🄾🄻🄳* Aisuru.Tokyo/EVELY 👈 Megan: "Hotter" Hopi: "Sweeter" Joonie: "Cooler" Yoongi: "Butter Asi con toy y sus mañas no se la lease que escriba bien mamon hay nomas pa ra reirse un rato y no estar triste y estresado.por la vida dura que se vive hoy . Köz karaş: ''Taŋ kaldım'' Erinder: ''Sezimdüü'' Jılmayuu: ''Tattuuraak'' Dene: ''Muzdak'' Jizn, kak krasivaya melodiya, tolko pesni pereputalis. Aç köz arstan Bul ukmuştuuday ısık kün bolçu, jana arstan abdan açka bolgon. Uyunan çıgıp, tigi jer-jerdi izdedi. Al kiçinekey koyondu gana taba algan. Al bir az oylonboy koyondu karmadı. ''Bul koyon menin kursagımdı toyguza albayt'' dep oylodu arstan. Arstan koyondu öltüröyün dep jatkanda, bir kiyik tigi tarapka çurkadı. Arstan aç köz bolup kaldı. Kiçine koyondu emes, çoŋ kiyikti jegen jakşı dep oylodu.#垃圾

[@Marco-vp8wl]

Once again great video, with engineering insights + comedy 👍 looking forward for more videos of the series ^^

[@Poneyzebi]

As a French viewer i have to say, you forgot the 2CV who has a displacement of 300cc / 400 & 600cc. Those car are slow asf but are incredibly fun to drive fast, "restored" one a few years back and my cousin was dailydriving it !

[@whitedog1]

I did a "no engine, fast" build seven years ago when I designed, fabricated and built a three-wheeled recumbent bicycle in only two months then rode it 2200mi. at age 56. Best part was coming off a mountain pass in West Virginia that represented a five-mile uphill to get there. My land speed record for the trip was set that day, flying downhill with my ass a mere 5in. off the ground - at 56.1mph. I have driven all sorts and manor of cars and motorcycles during my life, but flying down that mountain that day was the biggest rush of all.

[@zenrhees9083]

Your channel is underrated, you should have over a million subs. You are awesome to watch.

[@Sir-Prizse]

My everyday car is a 2012 VW up! with a three-cylinder 999 cc engine, producing a astonishing 59 bhp. The car is so slow, it's not even sold in America. Just a typical European econobox, without any features like air conditioning, auxiliary heating, electric windows or a rev indicator, even though it has a manual 5-speed gearbox.... It is in the truest sense a box on wheels. My fun car is a 1999 Mazda MX-5 NB 1.6 and the switch from the econobox to this, is always a punch in the face every time the 110 horses are pushing you.

[@donpearsall2842]

Great video, thanks for sharing your ideas and design. If you don't make it to Bonneville this year, you will certainly be ready for next year.

[@bugjuicer]

Good luck! Loved my trip there (from NZ) in 2012 to help a mate with his ZX10 (we didn't get any records), and we were going back the following years, but as you mentioned, got canned. I've not been able to make it back yet, but my mate did, a couple of times (still no records, but fun!).

[@Katsjosh]

Definitely want to keep track of this project! Will be awesome to see when it's done.

[@elek101]

Its crazy to see how fast this channel grew, and the projects are getting better and better, cant wait to see whats next!

[@tylermfdurden]

I am the guy in the miata grinning ear to ear. I also have an old 300cc motorcycle I don't drive anymore that I've been thinking about making into a go-kart...

[@fredio54]

Nearly every one of your vids ends up making me smile in one way or another :-D 4 months, do it. I once built a flat deck mazda mini truck, including the deck, 2 pump surge tank dual recic system, full wiring loom, built ECU, tuned, designed and built both manifolds, built the exhaust, made the intercooler and throttle and injectors etc all work with various custom machining on borrowed gear, etc etc, 5.5 months while doing 50-60 hour weeks, working on it basically every night until midnight, working 7am to 5pm or so, and almost every weekend minus a few track days. My mrs at the time made dinner and did all the chores. So you probably can make the first or second mirage event IF you can dedicate your whole life to it AND you're efficient with filming/editing which is a huge slow down, AND you have a supportive slave-like mrs :-D GO!

[@dylanyates6331]

So basically, it's more fun to make a slow car fast than to make a fast car fast or a fast car slow or even a slow car slow. So you're taking an engine that should be fast and putting it in a slow body to make the car go fast but still relatively slow compared to fast cars going fast, even though it should be as fast as most fast cars going fast. Some could say it will go super fast...

[@PatrickKQ4HBD]

Wow!

[@IdiotF0ol]

Stylistically, this is exactly how Matt would have described it if he'd thought to. Bravo.

[@Muskar2]

Congrats on crafting your very cool statement. But it's not a fast engine in a slow body - it's the other way around.

[@dylanyates6331]

@@Muskar2 i don't know man, bikes are pretty fast

[@Muskar2]

@@dylanyates6331 Sure, but only because of the favorable power-to-weight ratio. You can get motors for an RC that can run a 1/4 mile in under 10 seconds, but put them in a 2 ton car and you'd probably be outcompeted by a $100 second hand vehicle.

[@geoffkeller5337]

Great video and very much looking forward to you achieving your goals!

[@chinesepopsongs00]

A lot of people have the skills to build fancy things like Matt, but not many can also talk like him about the things he does. He is a very talented entertainer with his own very unique style.

[@lozl]

An excellent idea Matt, very much looking forward to seeing this progress

[@petercrowl9467]

Land Speed Racing was a big thing in the 60's when as a grade school kid I and others like me were all wrapped up in the Breedlove/Arfons back and forth of the record. It coincided with the space program so it made for a good package.

[@bake162]

Cool project Matt, looking forward to some great episodes

[@flutterguy965]

Balancing missing Pistons has been done on some V8 to V6 conversions for saltlakes. it's pretty much just big metal discs that look like oversized conrod ends. It might also be woth to not just disable the cylinders but also plug the runners in the intake, so no weird flow issues come up.

[@tonyd7164]

I built my first bonneville bike in 6 months from scratch. Ran it in 2019, what an awesome experience. Btw, i came up 30 mph shy of my class (A/F 175cc) record with punk rock engineering. It is harder than It looks but so much fun. I wish you the best of luck and might see you at el mirage this year. Cheers!

[@evaangelofdeath]

Loved the changed up of the ending notes. This is the first time since I was a little kid that I am interested in watching straight line record breaking.

[@DoRC]

Been riding motorcycles for 30 years. I currently own a PCX 150 scooter. I have just as much fun on it and as I ever had on any of my 100 horsepower + bikes. And as a bonus it's a lot harder to lose my license :-)

[@yrmoma]

Why not rotary? If class is by displacement, rotaries hit way above their weight. The reliability issue won't be as big a deal when you're just trying to go one run at a time. I'm sure there's good reason, just curious what it is. Edit: all hail the algorithm.

[@DukeOfTwist]

Rotary's have a convaluted Combustion Chamber calculation to give them parity to V8's or considered seperate engine class

[@yrmoma]

@Duke Of Twist Well that's disappointing but not surprising. This is why we can't have fun! I'm curious how hybrids are classed, too. Are they allowed or just banned because they're complicated?

[@brianb-p6586]

No, Wankel-type (including Mazda) rotary piston engines actually have very low output for their displacement. The most common size of Mazda rotary engine has 654 cc combustion chambers, and there are three of them around each rotor, so it has 3900 cc of total displacement... and not much power for that size. Racing rules used to count only two-thirds of the actual displacement to give rotaries a chance, but even then just one rotor of a Mazda two-rotor engine would still be more than double the allowed displacement.

[@ltbarkley]

Really looking forward to following this build!

[@anomamos9095]

The original mini used a rubber puck as a spring you can probably still get them from a classic auto parts shop. There is a company that does rubber springs for trailers but they would probably be too stiff. The rubber springs would have significant benefits in size weight and self dampening . Something I’d like to see someone try if the rules allow is steam jet exhaust. You carry a large tank of water to use to cool the engine and have it empty out through the exhaust, you also duct any disturbed or dead air into a jet nozzle that the exhaust blows through. I don’t know how much benefit this would actually give if any and any it does give will be near top speed. Most of the benefits will be aerodynamic not boost but also the extra weight at the start will give traction benefits but the reducing weight will improve top speed.

[@asdrubalegirolamo660]

You have no idea what speed is until you have reached 140km/h in a fiat panda. I started seeing the speed of light effects out of the windows and my watch slowed down.

[@cosgraham534]

These keep getting better - good luck!

[@virtualizeeverything]

I am so glad i found your channel keep it up

[@AntiVaganza]

Guys like Matt are the reason I still have hope for humanity and a bit of love for YT. In a social media sea of shills, the 'see-my-perfect-life-(that-we-all-know-is-fake)' channels him and a handful of others show us that genuine skill and knowledge and the sharing of that is how we progress as a species. Here's the thing, I am not even a car guy, not an engineer but definitely a tinkerer and just seeing how his brain works and that of such people like Patey, Two Stroke Stuffings, TOT, RotarySMC, etc (you know the type) is hugely inspirational. Thanks man, please never change:)

[@regalheros347]

I believe the Rules require Otto cycle engines, which disqualifies 2-strokes. Non-reciprocating engines carry a 3-times 'Swept Volume' penalty; 500cc Wankel classifies as 1.5L. Great project; looking forward to frequent updates!

[@brianb-p6586]

2-stroke spark-ignition engines are Otto cycle engines; the Otto cycle is intake-compression-combustion-power-exhaust, regardless of how many strokes and what piston arrangement are used. Two-strokes and even Wankel engines can be Otto cycle (spark ignition internal combustion); a two-stroke engine could also be a diesel cycle (compression ignition internal combustion) engine, and diesels are in separate classes from Otto cycle engines in these rules. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_cycle Yes, Nicolaus Otto implemented this as a four-stroke reciprocating piston engine. That's not a Wankel "penalty" - it's just counting all of the working chambers in the engine.

[@skinife]

It's ok for me if Matt take his time to make this project happen faster, even if we get less videos. I'll watch the old videos again. But all hail the algorithm

[@ChannelJanis]

Good luck! Will be waiting for rolling chassis video after 4 months! ;)

[@brett8090]

I can't wait to see what you do for a body. What materials are you planning to use? Aluminum would be amazing but loads of time. Carbon would be faster but you need a mould. I'm so pumped about this project.

[@AdmiralBisquik]

Just plan to do it in 5 weeks so when it takes 3 times as long you’ll be right on track.

[@ryantavares8759]

Stoked about this project!

[@nickmudd]

I have found over the years that around 300-350hp is when I have the most fun. I drove a 2009 Honda civic SI once through and the All motor 200ish hp was absolutely enjoyable like a gokart

[@yodasbff3395]

Your channel is the best, this should be awesome, can't wait for more videos. 👍

[@CaptainLila]

Good luck Matt! Can't wait to see thebfinished product when it is done.

[@johnhaggerty6009]

Matt I loved your comment and it makes me proud to be a senior citizen. I was a little blown away at your choice of a 4 cylinder engine. I would think you would prefer a one or two cylinder of the 2 stroke variety eventually with a blower of some sort. Would love to hear your thoughts especially since I am living my life vicariously through yours. All the best.

[@davidlobaugh4490]

Flywheel energy storage!.. be rad to add some kind of displacement cheat by revving up a flywheel during staging, accelerating as normal with push and engine, and letting flywheel rip once you hit higher speed.

[@user-oj4xh8cg2l]

what a challenge ! this channel was very interesting .... then jumped up several notches!

[@JimBrodie]

Mentioning the displacement class restrictions had me thinking of the Honda NC30+35's 400cc v4. Fantastic lump.

[@ronchappel4812]

I actually think this project can work even with the short timeline.It's a very simple vehicle and getting it on the track should be relatively straightforward. I'm guessing the only real issues would show themselves when you start running.Have you spoken to experienced builders to find out if there are any potential traps to avoid? BTW,something kind of related: Last year i was lucky enough to see Burt Monro's Indian at a motorcycle art exhibit.That thing is *tiny*! He really pushed the limits with frontal area.

[@SlyBlu7]

I see you and I share an outlook on car culture. In many ways. I just grabbed a slow MGB to tinker with (hilarious that their motto was 'Safety Fast'), which isn't much larger than your Honda 600. I also agree with your assessment that by the time we're old enough to have 22yo grandkids, the car scene is most likely gonna be in the grave. The whole purpose of my MG restoration is "get the car you want now, because in 10 years, most of these parts companies will be gone"

[@sonoragingerdoodles]

Im 45 and I enjoy your content to a high degree. Keep up the great work!

[@marlonhope2931]

Never considered this type of racing, so cool can’t wait to see what you make

[@lawrencelee900]

So excited to see how this project goes!

[@Hircine101]

@7:45 Sour punches are so damn good.....

[@jj4791]

Wholeheartedly agree with your philosophy. My favorite car is my beater '11 128i, 6mt, brilliant short shifter, 135i wheels and 335i front brakes. 200RWHP. Thats it. My favorite bike was my late '11 Husaberg FE570S on and offroad, or else '03 DR-650 was also a blast on twisties, in the rain, on knobbies. Edit* I also have 3x days in a '16 Viper TA2.0 at Bondurant in 2016. Brilliantly brutal car. Loved it. Should have bought one then, they doubled in value since. But, Baby Bimmer is still my Fav.

[@ss-fc2fh]

I like your optimism. This has made me realize I must be 4 months from being done with my project...a prudent person would buy another project so they are prepared...

[@bobqzzi]

This is a very cool project. I'd be inclined to buy a short stroke crank and run on all 4 cylinders, but that's obviously way more involved. Be interested to see how you rig up the valvetrain.

[@ronwalsh]

I hear that same laughter when I talk about putting a 5 speed into my MGB.

[@ronika7664]

I'm building an amateur rally car myself so the last part hit me hard 😂😂. Amazing stuff as always, keep it up 😉

[@roberth.4074]

100% agreed, my favorite car was my ‘02 Kia Rio 5door, granted I’ve only owned 5 vehicles total across my life so it’s a small cross section.

[@jayeme1483]

" I'm quiet when I'm sad and scream when I'm feeling good ." The Tube's and I aren't laughing . " Stand up and shout ."