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[@BeEazy1992]

At this point I think you guys should make an entire engine transparent.

[@keithyinger3326]

I was going to say, now they should take their transparent oil pan cover, valve cover, and anything else they've made and put them all on one engine.

[@williamaittala7700]

cut inspection ports between the webbing, and mount the engine in a stand

[@danbergthold3481]

It might be easier to make an invisible engine.

[@dalemoss4684]

Yes! Even if it only ran for a few seconds it would be cool

[@ivanfangio]

Add a transparent distributor head✋😁

[@netmaster78]

Maybe use a timing light to see if that helps with the visualization.

[@volvo09]

Good idea, that would probably work great.

[@creepingjesus5106]

Was thinking proper strobe lamp, because its' rate can be adjusted, but you can get dial adjustable timing lights, so that works.

[@MrDibbons]

Exactly, turn off the shop lights and concentrate the timing light on #1 cylinder to find if the individual pulses can be distinguished or not.

[@tootall849]

That's a great idea... I hope they try it out; curious to see that now! I bet even adjusting the frame rate of the camera will impact how it'll look with the strobe. It would be neat to see them vary the rate of the strobe several times in the same way, but with a different camera frame rate each time.

[@wazza33racer]

this is possibly the most off beat, creative and interesting automotive channel in existence.

[@UsualMotives]

Every video you guys seem like you are having so much fun, I miss when I was younger working in a garage. I had friends into drag racing, street racing and demotion derbies, we would spend all week building the cars and run them on the weekend. Great video as always

[@viakion2125]

right on!

[@BlackPill-pu4vi]

This perfectly illustrates why manifold heat is so important with carbureted engines or with a central throttle body fuel injection. The fuel falls out of suspension and deposits on the cold walls of the tubes. A heated air supply would help. Make the intake air pass over a sheet metal stove surrounding the exhaust manifold and making the air hot before it get sucked through the carb. That will improve fuel vaporization somewhat but, it still isn't the same as a hot spot below the carb.

[@petelattimer6808]

many cars in the 80s where i live had coolant flowing into the intake manifold at the base of the carb, warming the (usually) alloy manifold up enough to reduce fuel condensing on the manifold walls. warm air intake was more to prevent the carb icing in cold weather from water in the air freezing when it speeds up going through the carb venturi.

[@19K5Blazer89]

Video idea: Make a transparent engine block

[@the_kombinator]

it will work for three revolutions, and fall apart once the engine reaches idle.

[@19K5Blazer89]

Yea probably but it will still be interesting to watch

[@brianlopez8196]

I don't know if its even possible for compression heat probably scratching on the transparent material

[@4G12]

They actually use sapphire engines for RnD IIRC.

[@the_kombinator]

@@4G12 Nice username. I have one of those in a Hyundai Pony ;) (minus the T)

[@micahhenry4998]

Ur videos are definitely educational

[@zeropointzero]

The fog is so cool! Awesome visualization of fuel atomization. Can you make a transparent carburetor? Btw, what's the song at 5:56? I want to add it to my playlist.

[@StroDshiesty1]

It would be neat to put all the transparent parts on one car

[@Rckageek]

If only you had a slow mo camera... We would've seen the air and fuel going to the cylinders one by one (and even maybe calculate the speed it goes in the process) That would be so cool to see !

[@Princess_Paula_T.]

Long intake runners must be smaller in dia to maintain high velocity of fuel mixture. Pulses you see are the reverse flow of ram induction. Runners should be around 19 inches long from bottom of carb to intake valve seat. This will put power at 3to 4000 rpm.

[@dirtbag_mike]

I'd recommend fuel filler neck for couplers next time. I'd also love to see a Lada with yamaha r1 carbs. Not sure about the engine displacement of a lada, but i run 4 yamaha r1 carburetors on my 1970 datsun with a 1.6l using fuel fill neck as couplers (it doesnt collapse under vacuum) and it sounds insane

[@kameljoe21]

A light defuser panel would have been great when he put that led light thing behind the intake. You can get one from one from a broken flat screen or something.

[@trevnerdhubbabubba6230]

Great video. But-this is essentially a long-tube intake. Its taking the idle mixture longer to get to the chamber. Take this configuration vertical (high-rise intake), it should be similar - although gravity will help with the fuel delivery.

[@MrThomashorst]

First I thought "when they mount this thing directly to the block, the vibrations will destroy it immediately" but then you decoupled it using shrink tubing😂 You guys rock!👍

[@biggestcomplainer]

Lift kit on a Lada with the tractor chain tires.

[@michaelovitch]

You could try a heat gun to get hot air sucked in,and some UV dye in the fuel, with UV light to contrast and see air pulses better.

[@chumleye1112]

Uncle Tony sent me. Very interesting project and results. Good job guys.

[@maverickdallas9055]

this guy makes my intrusive thoughts a reality. Love your videos!

[@bat__bat]

Very cool. I like the transparent oil pan that revealed how smoky the crank case gets. Great content from afar 👍

[@wanteds13]

Now we want a transparent exhaust manifold!

[@markellis4229]

That would be interesting Hows about putting the intake manifold on exhaust side of the Cylinder Head and the exhaust on the intake side of the cylinder head

[@jacklarson6281]

these dudes would be invaluable in Mad Max World

[@martynwatson4929]

A lot of the 'condensation' is caused because the pipes are so smooth inside. The internal surface of the stock cast aluminium manifold is rough and that creates an air turbulence layer on the surface of the metal that keeps the fuel/air as a mist/fog.

[@gethinjones9987]

What a fabulous experiment it was really intetesting 🤗

[@bostedtap8399]

Brilliant as always guys. Thanks for sharing

[@jasonbirch1182]

I'd like to see it under load accelerating.

[@hachirokami]

Garage 54 all about that Dew. Original and Code Red to fuel that Lada.

[@Sctronic209]

That’s freaking awesome.

[@TommTooTone]

Very good experiment very educational! I had an idea of what it was doing but now I know for sure. Thank you, now do it again but with a lean fuel mixture and a rich fuel mixture and then see how lean you can go.

[@isaacwhite7411]

it will be the same if you piped it where the carb sets ,many years ago I did similar I used an old refrigerator Basin and glued a top on it with a window to see in with one hole on one end where I ran a hose to the intake and cut to fit a carb on it on the other end ,the goal was to make gas and liquid separator for high milage experiments and it worked it separated the gas and liquid ok but it ran lean though and you can see mist fog when it ran it was pretty cool experiment.

[@johnk1532]

Thank you, great video

[@biggestcomplainer]

How is does this channel not have more views currently? Is it being shadow banned.

[@Grandassets]

OMG I would love to hang out with these guys for a week! come to Upstate New York :)

[@idrisddraig2]

Check out their videos from a few years back , they visited MasterMilo in Holland and a few in Germany some interesting crossovers.

[@saltythesaltshaker6931]

At this point a transparent carb would be cool to see

[@michaelstrafello7346]

You guys do the most awesome things

[@albertsewell878]

Like the big exhaust you guys have done . Only do the opposite , see how quiet you can make a running lada.

[@Kj16V]

0:42 Plexiglass, supplied by Chernobyl.

[@biggestcomplainer]

Use an electric heater for instant heat through the vents instead of eating for the coolant to heat up.

[@5.43v]

It's called a block heater bro

[@petelattimer6808]

@@5.43v except they arent available in all markets and not everyone has somewhere to plug in a block heater

[@jpdiscovers8670]

The reason why you see the liquid on the clear gas is it fell out of atomization that's why you don't polish and intake

[@alfredgranqvist6638]

make a full transparent engine

[@alexalvarez2495]

Noticed that the pattern of the condensate was different for different cylinders. would be nice to know how the distance of the tube or pipe affects them and the performance... Just thinking nice one!

[@brianlamb7937]

a smoke machine would make it a lot easier to see.

[@rrmodsrrmods6239]

Add uv dye to the fuel and light it with a black light.

[@V8Lenny]

Search Jon Kaase video with transparent intake at full power on dyno.

[@tedjordan9038]

What a wild and crazy guy!

[@tarstarkusz]

Uncle Tony sent me.

[@kendrickwilliams3696]

It would be totally awesome if you guys make an engine run with everything transparent except the block of course. Even have your diff cover installed on the car and show us all of it together.

[@clausandreasen5310]

film it in slowmotion and the puls is called helmholtz resonance

[@BodyManRon]

If you can, you may get an interesting and educational perspective by doing this test again with UV dye in the gas and a light that reacts with it. Could be a bit more striking and easy to see.

[@zefrog7482]

Would be cool to redo with a dye that reacts to UV.

[@johngault7329]

This was a truly impressive episode..

[@onecookieboy]

I like the wacky experiments these guys come up with, the execution isn't always the best, but it usually works, so who cares.

[@hungrych1ld281]

Guys can you make some sort of chainsaw contraption running off the engine serpentine belt ? That would be crazy. Maybe with some sort of clutch system to turn it on or off like from an old a/c compressor so it won’t be engaged anytime the motor is running.

[@aaronbollinger5642]

Add ultraviolet reacting stuff to gas and a uv light at night

[@lonelyplanet1080]

Make the entire engine transparent 😁

[@kuues]

What if you heated the transparent intakes with a warm air blower so gasoline would not condensate on the walls?

[@SuperRoverboy]

Maybe try a uv dye that glows under uv light?

[@RSx94]

Next transparent exhaust

[@jacobjones5392]

Transparent block next

[@donoakes3928]

It'd be really cool if they had a drawing to go visit them and join them in an experiment!

[@Sctronic209]

Try some ultraviolet dye and light.

[@ericgilhart5951]

That was very cool

[@biggestcomplainer]

Carburetor easy plug n play ….. immensely inefficient

[@stevehei8035]

Maybe next time create a clear carburetor

[@mickeynismocat]

Very cool!

[@4dirt2racer0]

lol the "carby" iv never heard a carb called that before :p

[@fried-chicken420]

These feats of engineering are getting even better they're doing things most of us would think about doing ❤️❤️ also free top g 💯😎

[@winstonbenjamin5651]

Very cool video

[@SArtisto1]

Eventually they will make a transparent Car that you can drive and see the internals work!

[@davelowets]

That'll never happen

[@MississippiDan1]

Clear turbo next?? 🤔 Great video!!

[@davelowets]

😳 No

[@MississippiDan1]

@@davelowets acrilic should last a few minutes...

[@davelowets]

@@MississippiDan1 It's not just the VERY intense heat that would instantly destroy it.. The air pressures involved and the centrifugal forces from the spinning turbine and impeller would blow it apart in seconds.

[@MississippiDan1]

@@davelowets only the compressor housing maybe

[@digus]

Possible to do quartz exhaust headers..?

[@tomtheplummer7322]

Wonder Woman’s Invisible Jet next. 😏😎👌🏻👍🏻🤷‍♂️

[@carloscaballero7591]

Genial, siempre quise ver que pasaba ahi dentro, como se comportaría con inyección multipunto? salu2

[@MrtalentedReid]

Awesome

[@martzink]

Make charging system from bicycle dynamo.

[@cipriansofineti346]

Id really want to see a mini camera inside port injection mpi , to see the moment the injector squirts

[@davelowets]

Why? You can purchase machines to test injectors on, and clearly see them in action with that.

[@cipriansofineti346]

@@davelowets I”d like to see the injection moment in rapport with the valve opening.

[@davelowets]

@@cipriansofineti346 Huh?? 😕

[@johneagle7842]

that was very cool.. excellent video

[@gorillake55]

How would a 50 litre plenum chamber go?

[@ondrejklas9794]

how about mix this together transparent intake transparent head transparent car transparent radiator please

[@seppukun208]

Wow that’s really cool I didn’t expect to see anything at all. The more you know

[@adrianpalatinus5103]

This is super silly but make transparent exhaust😂

[@szili76]

What about the mobilization?

[@danshobbies13]

Now park it outside in negative degree temperatures so we can see what happens on a cold start.

[@Unicornmeme123]

and engine runn smooter in this way

[@atlasgunther8947]

Naked motor warning ... viewer discretion

[@NavrajRajLostSouls]

Thats y i subscribed.

[@markwood2956]

Make a transparent tire

[@DAMN_YOU]

Can you make transparent head , I want to see my friend brain .

[@justinconner240]

Is it the same property as metal. Smoth or not?

[@biggestcomplainer]

Swap lada engine out for motorcycle engine. 1 in front 1 in rear lol

[@codyhatch4607]

I would love to see this in super slow motion, so I could see the pulses. Anyone know how to go slow-mo on youtube?

[@nissanslut7870]

Make a disk brake system with clutch and pressure plate on each wheel

[@importsstillsuck]

Uncle Tony's Garage brought me here.

[@martynwatson4929]

A transparent distributor cap would be interesting, not very exciting, but interesting.

[@ondrejbrandejsky5592]

you can buy those, most of them are really low quality tho

[@atlasgunther8947]

Everything transparent would be ideal.

[@lucky7s94]

Had one on a custom built 1835cc dual port Volkswagen motor

[@geemcspankinson]

They have a video on their russian channel doing just that

[@918Kustomz]

Slow mo of it would be cool for us car guys tho

[@Stealth86651]

Love when you make parts transparent. For people like me, stuff like that has helped me understand how things work immensely. Also showing what not to do and why, sometimes seeing something break or work improperly is useful in learning how it works and why.

[@heyitMeMcFlyunfortunately]

most people dont realize what a miracle of moving parts the engine in their vehicle is

[@BlackPill-pu4vi]

@@heyitMeMcFlyunfortunately Only to the 3rd World mind is it a miracle. Go back a century and a half to where many of the same parts were being cast and machined for steam engines. Many of those parts were later adapted for gas engines in the U.S. and diesel engines in Europe.

[@diegoaespitia]

i mean... seeing it transparent doesnt help to understand. esp when the concept is so simple. the vacuum created by pistons going down sucks air through the carb which pulls fuel from the carb bowl to the cylinder which is ignited.

[@Wtfinc]

@@diegoaespitiait helps. Always good to know just exactly how and what things look like where when doing whatever. I appreciate clear or cutout’s immensely. Id like to make a display of something, with cutouts or clear covers like an automatic transmission would be cool.

[@kyleknudsen2131]

This is an awesome video! The fuel condensation is a fantastic example on why modern direct injection or even port injection is such a large step in increasing efficiency and reducing emissions in comparison to a carburetor. It also explains in a perfect visual representation on why more fuel is needed to start a cold engine, without the heat helping keep the fuel atomized you need more to make it run properly. There's even a reasoning to the old school saying of "carburetors make more power" due to the extra fuel potentially cooling the intake charge more than a port injection system alone could. Fascinating stuff.

[@ferrofilos]

Anyone else come here because Uncle Tony's Garage??

[@volvo09]

That was really cool. The best I've seen since it was on a carb'd engine. Great work! It's about as cool as the simple fuel injection you made and had a clear pipe in there.

[@digus]

Awesome! I liked this more than anything I’ve seen in a long time.