We make Lead Pistons weighing 2000 grams each

[@Markcain268]

Did you use unleaded fuel? 😂

[@GAMRMNTS2]

Serge has been in a good place since the start and has a good record in his first year with us as well and we are very excited about that he will play in a very competitive season for the team he will play a great team that is a very talented player he is very good player he will

[@Like_Ike]

Damnit you beat me to it.😂😂😂

[@Colorado_Native]

You don't need unleaded fuel when you have a leadfoot.

[@ondrag.2458]

That's best comment! 😂

[@creepingjesus5106]

😹😹😹😹

[@Whitecat372]

Would really like to see a lead flywheel, imagine the torque!

[@vincehoffman179]

And how long it will last.

[@johnjelinek-g7b]

That's STOOORRRED ENERGY ! lol

[@FuckGoogle502]

@@johnjelinek-g7b Until it unstores it all over the inside of the bellhousing lol

[@scootergeorge7089]

He had a Lada with 4 stacked flywheels. Close enough! 🤣

[@captainotto]

@@FuckGoogle502 Buckshot flywheel!

[@RickBaconsAdventures]

the pistons being molded to the shape of the combustion chamber had me laughing out loud too

[@mann_idonotreadreplies]

That's why I laugh at Dodge Hemi engines

[@mikemoscato2995]

​@@mann_idonotreadrepliesthat's why only hemis make 11.000 horsepower in top fuel racing and no other make can!😂

[@Zoom-ui2pf]

​​@@mikemoscato2995most modern engines are hemi's. Chrysler just owns the rights to the name, it's not some fancy technology that gives them an edge in performance

[@tlovsoe4211]

@@Zoom-ui2pf most engines are pentroof design if it is a 2 valve heads are wedge style eg. gm sbc

[@NGHmusic]

​@@Zoom-ui2pf yeah but most aren't pushrod.

[@UmmmmmmmWhat]

Friend of mines dad did car exhaust out of copper pipe and lead soldier like old home plumbing. It was hilarious when the exhaust heated up and the soldier melted again and all the piping fell out from under the car.

[@FuckGoogle502]

Plus, all the lead he breathed at stoplights. So funny lol (You never use lead solder for plumbing unless you like being blind. Edit: well, not your potable water, anyway and septic has been PVC and glue for a long time now)

[@jwalster9412]

How does anyone not see that coming?

[@1NIGHTMAREGAMER]

Lego breaking sound

[@dakoderii4221]

Sounds like a Red Green moment.

[@UmmmmmmmWhat]

@FuckGoogle502 "old home piping" was what i said as a description of the method used, not of current construction standards lmao. Also, i'm pretty sure he didn't breathe much in while driving as it heated up and fell off during the initial start and warmup test. Also, if you manage to get car exhaust *inside* your car while driving, a small amount of lead vapor is the least of your problems.

[@WyFoster]

Those crank case fumes would scare the hell out of me. I remember in the 90s that an F1 team got in trouble for using some kind of poisonous molybdenum alloy in their pistons. I can't imagine pure lead!!! 😮😮😮

[@GAMRMNTS2]

F1 has a new driver and the car has been on a collision alert since last night so we have been on a lot more than usual this week so I don’t think we will have a car

[@WyFoster]

@IntegerOfDoom Sure, but any lead you accumulate in your lungs will literally be in your body for the rest of your life irradiating you, giving you cancer.

[@JoshuaMHiggins]

I was waiting for someone to mention about the vaporised lead. :o Hopefully it's not too harmful for just one video! If they go mad, at least their vids will be more exciting than ever! ;)

[@magscorch7706]

they're Russians, they are born immune to toxic things

[@drd0114]

If they experienced a sweet taste and aroma...oof

[@Tbird761]

I wonder if tungsten metal might do better. You'd get even heavier pistons, but the metal is fairly hard and strong.

[@everettstormy]

It's so expensive

[@thatguyalex2835]

Tungsten pistons would not do as well, naming wise, cos "Lead Pistons" would make a great name for a 1990s style indie/alternative rock band, or maybe "Tin Pistons". However, tungsten pistons would probably be more durable, as tungsten has a melting point of 3400C and is used in the durable alloy, tungsten carbide. :) Disclaimer: Not a musician or scientist.

[@bo-dine7971]

@@everettstormy And here I was about to suggest depleted Uranium..

[@everettstormy]

@@bo-dine7971 I would like to see diamon or magnesium

[@DSMattitude]

Would be expensive, and very difficult to machine. But id like to see it anyways 😂

[@ondrag.2458]

Everyone: " Lead pistons? Nonsense." Garage 54: "Let's prepare and try real sample! It will be funny." 😂 ... I like this channel. Big automotive company would do PC simulation. Garage 54 prepares real example and that's interesting, even more entertaining and funny 😂

[@touristguy87]

" Big automotive company would do PC simulation. " yeah and you'd see a cool workplace with cutting-edge 3D demos. instead you get this

[@kamilchromiak6843]

@@touristguy87 small guys > corporate. /endrant

[@BPPRINCEOFNIGHT]

"about as useful as lead pistons", 10 thumbs up guys very well done

[@pineapplejuice87]

Us American car men love this channel! Keep it rockin 🎸

[@creepingjesus5106]

I remember as a kid, impressing other kids by bending a pipe my grandfather had removed from our water supply. Didn't tell them it was lead! So knowing from a young age what the properties of lead are, I'm expecting these to last about 3s.

[@creepingjesus5106]

I reckon, having watched it all, that #3 or #4 piston would make a great mould for a mega high compression piston made out of a sensible material. Do that @Garage54, make a mega high compression piston set from what you've learned! That, my friends, is the appliance of science!

[@FuckGoogle502]

I actually predicted that just cranking it would start wearing out the pin bores and cause contact. You can see they immediately bent an intake valve, hence the combustion pressure coming out the carb on every cycle. Either I was right or they had bent valves already.

[@mann_idonotreadreplies]

Cool story bro

[@Slammedeth10]

Lmao I laughed at how you abbreviated just the last word you typed.

[@mann_idonotreadreplies]

Cool story bra

[@SerPurple51]

What a racket on first start up. But they're really crazy breathing in those fumes!

[@carolina.910]

Thats what i was thinking lead fumes and carbon monoxide 😂

[@johnraygun9868]

Much love gentlemen, hope life is treating you well and thank you for the content you continue to provide ❤

[@tinknal6449]

Probably took a year off their lives breathing them fumes.

[@amogusenjoyer]

Lead vaporizes at much much higher temperatures than whatever temp a combustion chamber gets to. This isn't like leaded fuel where the lead is already volatile ish

[@BlackPill-pu4vi]

You can always get a close enough timing without running the engine. Just line up the rotor with where it would be pointing to No. 1. Then line up the mark on the front pulley with the timing mark. Turn on the engine and slowly rotate the distributor until you see the points separate and create a tiny bit of spark. That will ensure the Lada will start and there won't be any guessing i.e. twisting the distributor trying to get it to start.

[@scoobysean555]

16:02 piston meet valve ... Valve meet piston I now join you in husband and wife 🎉😂

[@FuckGoogle502]

Nah, that's clearly a polyamorous piston, valve, other valve, gudgeon and spark plug relationship.

[@scoobysean555]

@@FuckGoogle502 🤣

[@Driftingkalamari]

That was hilarious! 🤣 What would happen with stone pistons, like granite?

[@benstrait333]

This one already sounded like a box of rocks, lol

[@jwalster9412]

I don't think they have tools to cut granite, but maybe some day. What about bulletproof glass?

[@1NIGHTMAREGAMER]

That engine would be pretty stoned

[@truthsmiles]

This is a brilliant idea :)

[@DSMattitude]

Imagine if they made a granite engine block

[@jimsiggy]

I can only imagine how much lead vapor you guys were exposed to. It's bad stuff man!

[@pootispiker2866]

It's no mercury, they'll be fine.

[@omegarugal9283]

in russia you don t breath lead, lead breathes you... you die anyway but still

[@gvii]

That poor motor. You can actually hear it crying in pain, lol.... These guys are nuts. And I love them for it, lol....

[@anatolklops]

These two pistons, which are imprinted in the shape of the combustion chamber, are ideal templates for the production of pistons that increase the compression ratio. :P

[@louieernestine9474]

Thank you for the experiments 54, love your videos and all the information, much love from Kenya

[@debeerpaul]

I havent laughed so hard in a while you guys are awesome. Thanks for doing my suggested video!

[@gabrielv.4358]

AWESOME! Thanks so much for your work of translation! greetings from Brazil!

[@JT_771]

Fantastic results. Expected not to work, of course, but the results sure seem worthwhile. Good stuff.

[@danielholland3991]

The starter motor: "I'm tired boss"

[@donsummers5678]

Lead on the tires was the funniest video ever.

[@snorb1tz]

I wonder how a glass piston would hold up?😂

[@malcolmwhite6588]

It would probably offer quite shattering performance

[@arnearne12345]

i would like to see this again but with 10% aluminium added to the lead

[@sc0tte1-416]

I love his laughter at the damage that happened

[@dmntd1]

Let me know when you get this: Lead exposure can cause high blood pressure and brain, kidney and reproductive health issues in adults. Symptoms of lead poisoning include headaches, stomach cramps, constipation, muscle/joint pain, trouble sleeping, fatigue, irritability, and loss of sex drive. Probably should have at least done this outside.

[@SMHman666]

Yep, this was a dodgy one. Both ends of the car would've had some really nasty shit coming out.

[@sc0tte1-416]

Oh yeah let's breath in all the molten lead exhaust

[@SMHman666]

scOtte. Yeah, I was shaking my head. "Coming up in our next video, How our cancer treatments are going"." 😂

[@sc0tte1-416]

@@SMHman666 hahaha right? I love the guy but let's not breath them fumes in

[@JJFX-]

TBF I doubt it was able to get even close to hot enough to vaporize lead. It softened and started to melt but I doubt it was a significant in the exhaust. It was burning oil like a mofo tho.

[@fuse8052]

Thank you for making this video for out amusement. I can't even come up with the stuff you guys do. Keep doing what you're doing please.

[@busyguy7479]

These pistons did not last long , good fun and good for a laugh. these pistons were almost swapping holes. very interesting guys love your videos.

[@samsungtvset3398]

What about steel pistons? Start with a large diameter steel tube and weld a cover over the end and put a smaller diameter tube through the side for the gudgeon pin. Add a brace to the inner ends of that tube. No need for any metal casting. These might actually have a chance of lasting for a reasonable time.

[@WolfmanDude]

Wow I spotted a new lathe! Congrats, looks nice!

[@marydickson5871]

You guys are great. Experimental research at it's best! "What would happen if..." "Let's try it..." Wonderful and informative videos. I'll add a second vote for trying stone, like granite?

[@eric_d]

Definitely need to make tungsten pistons next!

[@TheWopper78]

I love this channel! Cheers from The US!

[@StayMadNobodycares]

I don't think he should be breathing that lead smoke.

[@steveforbes6303]

Ahhh a little lead vapor never hurt anyone. 😂

[@jamesMwebber]

Quick rebuild and she'll be running strong again 😂 just make sure to check the clearance on the new cylinders

[@teamidris]

That was amazing 🤩 Exactly what you would expect and so much more!

[@phasm42]

When leaded gas isn't poisonous enough...

[@davereeves1967]

Vaporized lead fumes in a building. Nice.

[@lane8376]

I want to see what happens to a differential filled to the max. Try it please

[@suzysuzuki8865]

It would just start to leak from the breather or axle seals once it built pressure

[@UberLummox]

New meaning to the words 'melted pistons'. Great video!

[@TheEightBitLink]

Hey, what about Babbitt pistons, made of the self-lubricating alloy that old bearing blocks and such were made of?

[@fastinradfordable]

Babbitt isn’t self lubricating. . Not Only did they fail in short order But also required oil

[@robertheinkel6225]

Babbit was just the bearing surface, not the bearing block. It was poured between the rod and crankshaft to create the bearing.

[@stpauli20537]

In a parallel universe, Putin was a car mechanical and KZbin creator

[@GMT439]

As well as being very heavy it also has a very Low Melting point so I expect if it run , it won't run for long.

[@charlie_nolan]

Thank you for sacrificing your health in the pursuit of entertaining use viewers.

[@BruceWillison]

Another great video guys I was trying to think which way was this experiment going to go.Bruce .

[@pyrocracker96]

Next time, try a pure gold or silver Piston 😂😂😂

[@Novous]

Glass pistons might actually survive until a minor crack forms and spreads.

[@MichaelThomas-wb2xu]

Take a regular piston and remove most of the metal, leave the area where the pin goes and where the rings fit and pour lead around what's left....

[@1NIGHTMAREGAMER]

Idea for combustion boost use the deformed piston to add a bump on some steal pistons see if adds more combustion to cylinders and more bang

[@1NIGHTMAREGAMER]

As in a template

[@lucashinch]

Future episode idea.... I would like to see the oil from a 4 cycle engine replaced with mercury and then see how runs . Extra Toxic ! It would rank with the likes of iridium headlights and imagine the cost of a gallon of mercury. sure some environmental group will be excited. Great video as always

[@scratchdog2216]

Fascinating experiment. I imagine they'd work without rings but maybe the tops wouldn't mushroom enough to get compression.

[@JakeStarAstrella]

I love the way they take it to the limit!

[@TIMMEH19991]

I would NOT like to be breathing those exhaust fumes! You guys are MENTAL!

[@PuerRidcully]

They don't care about lead poisoning, do they 😂

[@edwardwood6532]

Since lead is soft, the next logical heavy material would be tungsten, as D.U. might be a problem to shape.

[@danr9584]

Do to the soft nature, they might be able to make their own bearings out of the lead, but the heat friction may be too much heat for that as well.

[@ChieFChalinOLarssoN]

7:30 Son of a gun! What a horrible rattle😂😂

[@dodgydruid]

Was thinking as you are pretty well versed in making pistons, why not look into making proper aftermarket pistons? Sure there will be an alloy caster local able to supply alloy slugs, maybe a coatings company to imbue the teflon sides and all you have to do is the machining be a nice side hustle, note I use the word alloy because BMI Russian can't say aluminium if their lives depended on it...

[@RainbowSheep_was_taken]

Me: Mom can we have valve reliefs? Mom: We have valve reliefs at home. Valve reliefs at home: 19:49

[@kalybnielsen4183]

The fumes coming off that are probably worse than eating lead paint chips or inhaling lead dust, causes serious brain damage, it may make for really interesting future videos. This channel is great

[@dimitar4y]

So you guys got a 2nd engine to run off the exhaust of another engine. So what if you make that happen with the same car - Two cylinders fire normal, Two cylinders are fueled by the exhaust.

[@thedondy]

The starter motor deserves its own video 💪🏻👌🏽

[@Cletrac305]

Wow! Metal in the pan that HELPS your bearings!

[@AnalogDude_]

Great video! How about casting the lead with copper or brass inserts for holding the piston rings and conrod pin? Pretty sure, more positive results will be achieved, at least longer using time.

[@jaxxonbalboa3243]

The weight of the lead pistons completely defeated the crankshaft's ability to counter balance for vibrations.

[@SD-tj5dh]

If the top of the pistons were made of lead, you would never get compression issues. The lead would keep squashing into the bore and sealing it up.

[@twocvbloke]

It reminds me of the fact that here in the UK we were still using leaded petrol in cars well into the 2000s (banned in 1999, but plenty suppliers still sold it, and is still available to an extent for "non-road use"), and allegedly there's still lead in the air around london which they blame on "old fumes still hanging around", totally nothing to do with the leaded aviation fuel still used at the airports down there in london... :P

[@captainotto]

That's in AVGAS/100LL not Jet-A/Kerosene. That's for piston aircraft which fly out of small GA airports which are almost all outside of the M25.

[@twocvbloke]

@@captainotto They still fly over the place, and winds can carry the fumes in and around the general area, so quite easy to keep london from being fully "unleaded", not that it matters really, it's london, the world's money laundering centre... :P

[@erkinalp]

@@captainotto London city is airport is Jet-A only. GA airports within M25 do not use leaded whatsoever.

[@jeremyreff6511]

Them having their entire torso in an engine bay that sounded like it was about to fling itself apart. I wouldn't be caught dead doing that; oh wait I would because I would be☠️

[@patrickbrady447]

As usual a great vidio, it is so much fun to see what you guys get up to.

[@bransontherednick3491]

In the USA we use billet pistons for racing billet parts like heads and so on

[@bo-dine7971]

I almost cried when I saw the valve imprints, hilarious!

[@dski9030]

Great episode. How about carbon fiber piston.

[@antoniovillanueva308]

Try every piston material again, but use ethanol or LNG and see if combustion temps can be lowered? Water-methanol injection?

[@FishyBoi1337]

Would love to see Bismuth-Tin alloy or one of those other lead alternatives for waterfowl shot. Harder but still very soft and dense

[@Derbixrace]

Please try titanium pistons :)

[@jesses1589]

Expensive and hard to work with.

[@СионизмНавсегда]

​@@jesses1589yeah, and there would be no fun at all, titanium pistons just gonna work properly

[@ghoulbuster1]

You think they are rich? one piston would cost thousands of bucks!

[@mann_idonotreadreplies]

Super cars don't even use Titanium pistons because it likes galling.

[@melvinpaul9302]

here is one regarding the pistons, why not test the increase or decrease in power by concaving the top of the piston. I would like to see what happens

[@armeniussun2394]

Lead particle floating all through the garage, maybe it will make their ideas even crazier.

[@TheHortond]

Make some hard cast pistons. I think you add zinc or something to turn soft lead into hard lead. Its something people that cast their own bullets do to make rounds that don't deform in the barrel.

[@ludditeneaderthal]

Tin and antimony... zinc and lead don't play well together, even a few parts per million of zinc will destroy a lead casting alloy for use. About 2 percent tin and 13 percent antimony makes linotype metal, a reasonably "hard" (by lead alloy standards) alloy but still capable of casting very intricate detail, so very high castability

[@shockesta]

waiting for that osmium piston

[@boogie153]

The original pistons have another shape, the head was some kind of indentation which have the replacement pistons not. So the valves probably have hit the pistons and cause some damage.

[@tootsitroll9785]

The weight from the pistons was putting extra drag then force on the valve train under running conditions, surging type force. Then them hitting would finish off all that noise. Is my guess.

[@onemantwohands5224]

As the surface melts it conforms to the head squish and locks is my bet 😊

[@jonathanarkinstall5022]

You should see how much weight you can add to the rotating assembly with it still running.

[@The1Doktor]

I fully expected these would fail by pounding out the wrist pin bore, it seems Vlad expected this as well. Did not really expect to see the piston end up tapered like it was, or pounded into the shape of the combustion chambers.Certainly didn't expect this to end up a high mileage engine, but I figure. it would last long enough for a few drives down the street. BTW, how do you refer to a high mileage vehicle in countries that do not use miles?

[@theharbingerofconflation]

The fact that this nail gun even turned over with questionably precise pistons 5 times the weight of the original Design is a testament to Lada. I'm pretty sure the lead did heat up from the metal contact alone. Causing the easy deformation. Lead is soft as is, the low melting point does not help. The heft probably threw the chunk of cylinder against the valves then causing the imprint. Poor little engine.

[@BadAIChats]

Vlad cracking up at the weight of that piston made my day 😂

[@matthewmcmaster2731]

At around the 11:00 mark it sounded like there were pistons not even connected to the rods anymore. 😂

[@joeking8028]

Glass pistons? next

[@ewaldfourie2946]

I have a idea, Who ever likes it, spam it so they can do it next. Try to make all the internals al light as possible to make a usable high revving engine. Light crank, light conrods, light pistons, light flywheel. Even light camshaft. It should rev like crazy especially with ported heads and some exhaust branches

[@mann_idonotreadreplies]

Just watch a Honda VTEC Video. It's all lightweight

[@SkyChaserCom]

Crazy video. I love these crazy experiments you guys do! Those crankcase fumes / exhaust is definitely something I would not recommend breathing in! Lead oxide is extremely toxic.

[@tommyhallum2054]

That lada Starter is a Beast. It sounds like it was running 300 RPMs Trying to get that thing to start. They must be oversized for those russian winters.

[@АлакПатрова]

Meanwhile in the US they are trying to remove lead from ammunition due to health and environmental crap. Garage 54 is melting, machining, and handling huge chunks with their bare hands. Real men.

[@sacr3]

If your definition of a real man is to play with a toxic metal, not knowing that it's going to turn you into a Madman, you have an odd view as to what a real man is

[@patrickday1816]

I love this channel, and these experiments

[@georgezahra8375]

Zvent I have been following you for practically your first videos I ❤ you😅 experiments some of which are very interesting and informative eg the home made fuel injection , the 6 cylinder Lada engine , the diesel converted Lada engine,the petrol converted Toyota diesel engine and the centrifugal clutch on the Lada engine. By the way that 2 cylinder Lada engine you made did not work properly due to you not putting the wire in there correct place sorry 1 opposite the other not next,retry. Zvent did you ever try making bronze or phosphore bronze engine bearings, that would be interesting to see Regards to you all. George

[@laurataylor9454]

Try making a cylinder head gasket from cereal boxes . someone I know made one for a single cylinder air cooled engine and it worked for ages ,

[@VAIRUXD]

you guys should try putting 3 or 4 radiators on to a car, the idea would be to basically cool the engine so much that it can't reach operting temperature, therfore the engine would run cold all the time, and see what happens.

[@vgames33]

Just remove the thermostat

[@demil3618]

Classic Garage54! 👍