Your Engine vs F1 Car Engine

Do you know how your car engine works? It's awesome. Here’s how it compares to a Formula 1 car and how both are getting better….
If you want to know more about how Formula 1 teams push tech to the limit, go watch our longer episode featuring Max Verstappen!
And if you like optimistic science and tech stories, follow for more of our show Huge If True.
#F1 #car #technology #sciencefacts #redbull #maxverstappen

[@ukrainium_92]

This video got recommended to the car guys and not the general public 😂

[@stereoghost5396]

Exactly 😂

[@shadowlynx2009]

Fr

[@austinverlinden2236]

Im not a car guy and here i am seeing it.

[@Funr1r]

I'm not a car guy but now I have more respect for what formula 1 is all about. ^_^

[@Linus-tz2tk]

​@@austinverlinden2236I think what he trys to say is that car guys already know all of that while the people who dont know it dont get this video recomentet.

[@MCRN-VEGA]

Imagine F1 had no regulations

[@wazeershaik2543]

The cars would fly into outer space

[@jolness1]

Group B did that for rally. It was a cool time in Motorsport. Technically if there was no regulations it couldn’t be called “Formula” 1 as the formula is the set of rules.

[@dianapennepacker6854]

There wouldn't be a sport since teams with the most money would always win. Or so I'm told is the primary reason for regulations.

[@szymonsadlo]

it's mainly not about regulations, it's about cost cap. even within current regulations teams can find loopholes to do something very innovative but the cost cap limits them severely

[@youtubersdigest]

People would die

[@wadewhat7365]

Bold of you to assume I had a car

[@GlitchInTheMatrix369]

😂

[@t_Error-50420]

That uses combustion

[@Mnrm289]

Exactly 😂

[@Nooby69]

bold of them to assume i had xray vision

[@jesseisstuckinside]

Meanwhile I drive a 12-year-old 2-stroke pizza delivery scooter

[@dickslocum]

STILL SUCK- SQUEEZE- BANG -BLOW..

[@brandonwittcop]

Braaaaaaaap

[@retardigrade69]

Meanwhile I drive a 2 leg walk engine

[@zaqimel7096]

Easily make a scooter go 90kmh

[@yourmamafu]

Meanwhile I drive a 30-year old 2 stroke moped, we are not the same😏

[@tfalexis1165]

"your car might not, the 1st is a turbocharger" 90% of viewers who have a turbo: "lol you're wrong"

[@justinbrinkerhoff3505]

Hahahah agreed!! But also their turbos are cooler than ours 🫡

[@halfblood_drag0n]

my first car had a turbo. a really old volvo station wagen, pretty much a hand me down. the performance will still ass, but some how its survived a really long time

[@seijirou302]

​@@halfblood_drag0n I wish I had an old Volvo turbo wagon. Always wanted one.

[@petros5155]

Sadly mine doesn't have 4 bar of boost though

[@vanilla_slice38]

It's funnier, because this video definitely got recommended to more of a car focused audience, so a much higher percentage of people here have turbo engines.

[@BobCollins42]

I have a twin turbo V6. It does a nice job powering my 22' long, 9.5' high van.

[@jordanbloomfield]

But does it have a hybrid battery for regen braking? If not, it’s not an F1 😂

[@BobCollins42]

@@jordanbloomfield 😀

[@ASEM-1123]

ford transit?

[@BobCollins42]

@@ASEM-1123 yep, setting up a camper van

[@Bertinator-nm9ld]

​@@jordanbloomfield Better question... Does your engine rev to 15,000rpm?

[@beez1717]

It's honestly really cool how this works. You should go over rotary engines. I find them really fascinating!

[@keisuketakahasi4584]

same 4 steps, each in a different chamber on the spinny dorito

[@gregbell9839]

The air/fuel mixture in the cylinders doesn't explode. An explosion in the cylinder is called a knock and has the capacity to destroy an engine. If you're having explosions and not combustion you have a problem and need to stop driving your car before you destroy the engine and have to buy a new one.

[@CoryQuigley-eg5tp]

An old saying taught in shop class to remember the combustion engine process was "suck, squeeze, spit, and sneeze," better known as intake, compression, injection, and spark. It always got a few laughs when you told your parents what you learned in school. Lol

[@AyvonKestrel]

i always heard "suck, squeeze, bang, blow" for intake, compression, ignition, exhaust

[@sa_ad]

​@@AyvonKestrelyeah makes sense

[@AlienNationDrifting]

Suck squeeze bang blow lol 😂

[@AConquerorsVendetta]

Lol someone should say this to their parents in Florida 😂

[@darealbukchoyboi]

Intake, compression, ignition, exhaust was how I got taught. Fuel gets pumped in either at intake with carburettors or compression with fuel injectors.

[@ghosthin3012]

F1 had ABS, active suspension and all kind of driver assistant techs in the late 90s, early 20s where they have to ban them one by one so the driving isn't too "easy". A lot of the safety features we enjoy today came from F1.

[@diynevala]

The safety features that were missed are common sense and "being less of a dick in traffic"

[@andybaldman]

Ok, big brain.

[@topethermohenes7658]

Abs actually came from the aviation industry

[@whitesingularity403]

f1 had abs in the 60 bro

[@whitesingularity403]

60s

[@Edge51]

The tech in F1 engines is insane. The stroke on the cylinders is much shorter than you average engine, they have pre ignition chambers, and the list goes on. They really need to bring back the V10 though with the hybrid systems!

[@arunavaacharyya2205]

The current regs would also work if they allow the rev limit to go up. Its quiet because everybody is limiting at around 11-12k rpm. Imagine that going to 18k. Music will be back.

[@Pranav_Bhamidipati]

Pre-ignition? That sounds like a rocket engine!

[@keisuketakahasi4584]

at 20k rpm engines literally start destroying themselves. f1 was revving up to 24k in 2000s, lol

[@robertvanderlinden2813]

This is the fun part, a lot if people don't know how a 4 stroke engine even works, while a mechanic can probably imagine a whole engine it's internals in his head

[@visibletoallusersonyoutube5928]

It's really not that complicated if you spend time around them. Especially once you realize almost all engines are the same. Rotary engines are different but still the same.

[@visibletoallusersonyoutube5928]

fundamentally, you use fire to power a drive train.theres only a few practical design choices and people stand on the shoulders of giants so everything is very similar

[@stuartd9741]

Easiest way to understand.. Suck, squeeze, bang, blow F1 cars have pneumatic valves too...

[@robertvanderlinden2813]

@@stuartd9741 yea, but you need to know what is sucking, squeezing, banging and blowing

[@robertvanderlinden2813]

@@visibletoallusersonyoutube5928 yes, but the avarege person doesn't even look under the hood

[@warmstrong5612]

Top Fuel Dragster engines start a race as spark ignition but half way the plugs melt and then they cross the finish line as compression ignition engines. They shut down by cutting the fuel flow.

[@Vidar93]

Whats interesting with the turbocharger that was glossed over is that it actually uses the exhaust fumes from the engine to spin a turbine which then spins another compressing the intake air. This is different from a supercharger that uses the engine itself to spin a belt that then spins a turbine compressing the intake air. These each provide benifits at a slightly different curve, with the supercharger being belt driven from the engine itself it has a very liniar compression graph that basically follows the rpm. With a turbo it increases in an arc since its a system that somewhat feeds into itself, it takes an inital amount of exhaust air to get it to spool up and as more is put out it increases at an increased rate at higher rpms. This cycle is also why its more effective to use two smaller turbos on a v6 car than one giant one. With the large one it takes much more air to get it spooling up where with the twin you have one on each side of the engine feeding 3 cylinders each. Because it takes less to get it spoiling it becomes much more efficient at utilizing the exhaust gas. You generally dont use two superchargers though because of the amount of power robed from the crankshaft and the amount of heat generated from them would be extremely high and you would probably blow your engine depending on the ratio. Its been done but not very often. What some people consider the best would be a twincharged engine which basically utilizes the best aspects of each and fixes the weaker aspets as well.. This is also a very generalized explanation there are different ways that some that use different principles than others but this covers the basis.

[@petergriffin383]

What about using both turbo and a supercharger? Has that ever been done?

[@BlahVideosBlahBlah]

​@@petergriffin383In the golden age of piston engines and propellers for military aircraft it became somewhat common to use both. The engines had direct drive superchargers built right onto them, then they had HUGE banks of ductwork to route air into and out of the turbines for turbosuperchargers (now usually called just "turbochargers"). The iconic P-38 Lightning, with its twin booms trailing behind twin engines, needed every last bit of that huge internal volume in the booms for all of that ductwork (in addition to the usual aircraft equipment, but mainly the turbos)

[@leepicgaymer5464]

​@@petergriffin383yes and it's called twin charging. Lancia has done it on their rally cars in the olden days

[@NortheasternP.T.S.]

Holy yap

[@slowville6637]

F1 cars has electric hybrid turbos, think of it as a video game where you have a regenerative boost bar, while their braking system charges the battery, it fills up their boost bar where the driver can push a button to instant spool the turbo eliminating any turbo lag. Point being F1 don't have turbo lag due to electric hybrid turbos, thus no need for supercharger.

[@Treetop.]

the piston doesnt really push the gases out. the valve actually opens a bit before the cylinder is going up again.

[@user-ss7ov3en1n]

In reality, the gasses expelling' operation is cooperated between the piston and the exhaust valve, with the exhaust valve open, the pressure difference caused by the upward movement of the piston pushes the exhaust gases out through the exhaust port and eventually out of the exhaust system of the cylinder.

[@giosven374]

​@@user-ss7ov3en1nMisconception. Inside presure pushes gases out almost by itself, when the piston is reaching the top there is little to be pushed out.

[@jamesw1659]

@@giosven374Actually, he is correct. The pressure in the cylinder at BDC (bottom dead center) is much lower than the pressure at ignition. The third stroke, expansion, takes heat and pressure out of the gases as the piston is pushed down. Further, the exhaust system itself is a restriction, although in highly specialized racing engines, it is possible to tune this system to create a scavenging effect. Consider the emission problems with two-stroke engines that use exhaust ports. They effectively operate as you describe, but their gas flow is generally poor, which is exacerbated by the poor cylinder scavenging. The positive emptying of a cylinder is largely caused by the positive displacement pumping provided by the piston.

[@reillywalker195]

What really makes F1 engines different are their very oversquare cylinders and very lightweight components for high-RPM operation as well as pre-combustion chambers for leaner air-fuel mixtures and greater thermal efficiency.

[@donaldmcronald2331]

Turbo chargers are actually quite common and I've personally driven a car with one. You notice that the car is a little faster than the horse power suggests. You can also hear it at faster rpm.

[@kaiserwhence2468]

The piston doesn't "push out" the exhaust Mostly it gets out by itself after valve opens before piston does anything Because the pressure inside is a lot higher than atmospheric pressure,thus it just gets out itself

[@LightCrasher]

Formula 1 is not pushing limits any more due to how many limitations they placed.

[@Potent_Techmology]

gotta make sure German companies keep their edge

[@dy7296]

@@Potent_Techmology😩

[@keisuketakahasi4584]

its all about efficency

[@velho6298]

Doesn't all modern cars come with a turbocharger now days? Even petrol

[@chad9017]

I don't care I'll change the CD in my F1 anytime I want to and the rims and speakers too bro.

[@exeterman2]

Yeah, most new ICE's have a turbocharger setup on them for efficiency.

[@user-rw4bn5it7m]

Well evs literally can't use turbos so, your question is confusing. 😂

[@vivektam]

It is the first time she heard about any car and assumes she knows everything now to teach others. Turbochargers are common in several car engines now. 😅

[@user-lr4nd2kg5q]

Νο

[@flyingproofficial]

"Tweaked and perfected" *also shows a guy tweaking his dongle**

[@jolness1]

Great rendering of the 4 stroke cycle!going to show my son this. We’ve looked at a few but this one is so clear and easy to follow that it’ll be better than others I’ve found

[@FreeFire-ui7oo]

also don't forget about the high RPM( high rec engine ) which the f1 engine spins at.

[@RFXReign]

For general information most car manufacturers now have turbos stock on cars for fuel economy.

[@Geeboogobber]

You should talk about exhaust blown diffusers and how they use ignition timing and throttle opening to control coanda effect downforce

[@PlexorF1]

blown diffusers arent in f1 anymore :(

[@user-jn7bq8wh1e]

Downsizing the cylinders has caused the cars to lose it's iconic sound... The V12 and V10 engines were music to the ears!

[@ILUScars]

The battery she was talking about is called the KERS, “kinetic energy recovery system” designed by Adrian newey.

[@OndrejVarga_YT]

Dont have a car, I just take a train.

[@Zekiraeth]

based

[@nuttbaked]

train gang 💪😎

[@andromededp5316]

Trains are awesome

[@cmdrtianyilin8107]

Based

[@testacals]

based

[@hypnoticuniverseofficial]

Suck - squeeze - bang - blow, that's how we were taught the 4 stroke engine cycle at uni. I miss those days :)

[@michaelenglish839]

You forgot to mention that the compression phase is powered by the other cylinders' ignition phase. I think that element is pretty cool as well.

[@andhewonders]

My car engine works amazingly well for a 38 year old diesel.

[@kevin_segura]

The way you did all this in 60 seconds is crazy. Well done

[@Delta_command96]

I twist key,engine goes BROOOOOOOM,I slam on the gas,car goes Brbrbbrbrbrb

[@musiq002003]

Love the breakdown and passion of your video

[@KarmaDama]

I just got here from a D4A video where he was saying that pistons pushing exhaust out is a misconception. Exhaust gases in the combustion chamber are at much higher pressure than atmosphere, they get out on their own.

[@pascal2085]

The fuel air mixture is ignited before the piston reaches the top.

[@keisuketakahasi4584]

most diesel cars have turbos and since about 10 years those downsize small gas engines as well.. the second part is just a regular hybrid/e car

[@AdityaSingh-ds5si]

Mine work with legs 🦵

[@IndustrialParrot2816]

Big Diesel Locomotive Enginesused by Railroads are Massive V16s that are bigger than a Pickup Track and produce 4000 Horsepower

[@factyz1373]

Normal cars also have turbochargers but they are small in comparison to F1 cars. In fact we have a 2012 VW Polo 3 cylinder and with turbochargers

[@michalkolcun8140]

I got 4 strokes just listening to this 😁 so much info

[@ottojablonka]

Turbochargers are extremely common nowadays and hybrids aren’t a rare thing either. What really sets apart F1 engines from those in road cars is the MGU-H that converts excess heat from the turbo into electrical energy. That part however is so expensive, complicated and detached from road car technology that they’re dropping it for the new engine regulations in 2026.

[@pluto712]

most cars nowadays have a turbocharger, obviously these have not as much pressure on them as a formula 1 car but turbochargers are still very effective in giving your engine more power while not consuming more gas then the engine would alone

[@lordgammadonkaargon2830]

Most modern cars use turbos to make their engines more efficient/powerfull

[@Chakotay33.]

Also, F1 cars have a special fuel injection system. Instead of injecting fuel and igniting within the chamber, they ignite in a separate chamber and those flaming gasses are forced through a nozzle that floods the primary combustion chamber, effectively igniting the whole chamber instantly. Gives a much faster delivery of power all at once.

[@darealbukchoyboi]

I just want car companies to go back to focusing on reliability AND repairability rather than profit and more profit.

[@triangulum1277]

How is that related to the video

[@darealbukchoyboi]

@@triangulum1277 Companies try very hard to win customers by making their vehicles look fancy and futuristic high tech bs making all kinds of claims, like Mitsubishi's Lancer (evos?) engine fuel economy being a lie and that stupid brand that claimed transmission didn't need changing of oil, all to put a few extra dollars on the price tag and pass government regulations made by posh office dwellers. I have a good feeling that the late 80's and 90's engines be it carby or fuel injected are at level if not better in terms of fuel economy, reliability, ease of maintenance and production costs. Why bother trying to get ideas off of F1 cars if they aren't going to make it last? They should stop dreaming all the big bucks ideas and get thinking with quality! All the fragile bits and pieces of plastic that some companies use instead of the old and proven. For example, they designed plastic hose clamps to release the fuel line when the plastic bits are pushed in. IF ONLY THEY CAN WITHSTAND THE PRESSURE OF BEING PUSHED IN!!!! But whatever, let me live in Missouri.... 😤

[@sidharthkm5030]

Fun fact: back in 2001, Honda made a perfectly balanced V5 engine for MotoGP. You would think that having 5 cylinders would make the engine unbalanced in terms of uneven number of counterweights, rotating etc but they were smart about it. They first made an unbalanced V4 engine and then added a 5th cylinder that would balance the unbalanced V4. Sadly there are no blueprints left of the V5 engine that honda made...

[@googull4778]

The air fuel mixture doesn’t explode. It ignites and combusts. It’s a controlled mixture of atmospheric air and fuel at a certain ratio that causes an exothermic reaction which causes expansion mostly in the form of carbon dioxide gas with carbon monoxide and nitric oxide in much smaller amounts. The latter two are mitigated by EGR and catalytic converters. The heat has only engineered purposes for lubricants, seals, metallurgical properties (cold metal is more brittle) and also to warm up the cabin, other than that it’s mostly wasted.

[@ThorGodofThunder420]

Jokes on you. My car is a formula 1 car.

[@Libroer]

Turbo charger is not the main differentiator here! It’s the extremely precise engineering.

[@videogalwatch]

Pep Boys tried to explain this to me. Yours is so much better.

[@Caller8194]

Very well explained. A lot of channels would stretch that explanation to 10+ mins

[@hectorortega9131]

The fuel mixture does Not Explodes, if it would explode it would distruct the engine by turning it into pieces. On the the power stroke the the fuel mixture turns into a Controlled Burn.

[@The_Redstone_Robot]

It... It does explode... Can you not comprehend the fact that not all explosions are massive?

[@nicorosbergf1fan783]

​@@The_Redstone_RobotIt doesn't explode. In a petrol engine there is a flame front running out towards the cylinder walls in a controlled way. If there was a detonation it would be called knocking and it's harmful for the engine's components.

[@jonathanduchesne8437]

Lately for me the area of the motor is like a schrodinger cat box, is both broken and working depending on how much I need it.

[@Senku757]

Well, that's how a gasoline motor works. A diesel motor works by igniting the diesel-air mixture with the pressure the pistons create inches the cylinder (no spark plug). And turbochargers are (as far as I know) in basically every car nowadays. It's better if you fact-check what I said, since I'm not very familiar with this topic!

[@DaleDenton-ov5pg]

F1 cars use what's refered to as a pre chamber system within their ICE. That's what really separates their design from others on the road. Most supercars today have hybrid power packs similar to F1 cars, but not prechamber ignition.

[@JacobMoretti-NotABot]

This video is awesome! Learned so much

[@nirbhaymishra4222]

You make amazing Videos I Love watching these 🎉

[@alexsavastru8125]

... And a higher compression ratio, an engine speed limit of 16000 rpm, a motor-generator unit that captures thermal energy and deploys kinetic energy, another MGU for braking regen, a robotized 8 speed manual transmission and the list of cool engine-drivetrain stuff can go on. Turbos are not novel nowadays lmao

[@MakingUsThink]

I am a Gentleman but she said the word "stroke". I wrote the comment and left the video smiling.

[@letssayhypothetically]

idk most manufacturers have switched to smaller displacement turbo engines, also hybrids arent uncommon. Though usually turbo hybrid cars are the more expensive nicer ones, something like i prius is NA

[@cosmicloops3471]

Turbo hybrids are more common than you think. There are lots of other features you can talk about if you want to compare f1 cars and road cars

[@gorgewashington1216]

for info there is no explosion in an internal combustion engine or if there is you can have massiv probleme like in nhara ....

[@Kobrakameraid]

Turbocharger is super common on car today, also hybrid is common nowadays. Even camry has a hybrid system. Sooo..

[@frankf2856]

Induction compression power exhaust

[@shewazkhangura6786]

F1 also had pre-chamber combustion that we got in Maserati mc 20

[@HEXAN-SC]

Turbos and hybrid systems are incredibly common, what isnt is that it’s small, powerful, high reving and thermally efficient. A 1.6 liter engine making up to 800 horsepower is crazy from something smaller than most engines available, especially when they only have one tank of gas that needs to last 190 or so miles while pushing that power.

[@GabCom888]

Glad to have learned this here, thank you. I'll leave my sub right here.

[@LucasNitulescu21]

Yes. My car doesnt have a turbocharger. It has 2

[@tentacionndlovu6343]

😂😂 we appreciate the attempt

[@kyle5778]

I love how much F1 content you do Cleo.

[@Zoard1404]

My 20 year old volkswagen golf has a turbocharger aswell.

[@Takudza]

I can’t wait for videos like these to be looked the way we look at videos of how typewriters or film cameras worked. My next car is definitely going to be an EV.

[@randomhero7100]

Super charger is on the intake side and turbos are on the exhaust side

[@dy7296]

Bruh. Many cars nowadays are switching to turbos. The main engineering differences are: - *Extremely low tolerance parts* especially on the cylinder-piston gap which makes the opertaing temp range very narrow, that it has to be warmed up externally for 30 minutes just to run. - *Very High Compression ratio* your average car has around 10-12:1 compression ratio, which is the volume ratio of the total air sucked to the volume at the end of compression stroke. Some has slightly more or less than that. But F1 has around 17:1. - *Very lean burning* the ideal stoiciometric ratio, or the mass ratio between the air and fuel into the cylinder, is 14.7:1. Typically cars burn slightly richer, or with more fuel, than that to run more stably or let the remaining fuel combust in the catalytic converter. F1 engines burn leaner, much much leaner, or burn way less fuel in proportion to air. In fact, it goes up to 30:1.

[@imrekalman9044]

Yes, when I did my license we had to learn basic mechanics and first aid as well.

[@MrNyathi1]

I try to drive safely and legally (not necessarily the same thing). I prefer good acceleration to top-end speed. Superchargers are better for that than turbochargers.

[@CjLaggui-wv7fs]

Another thing they have very short strokes and big bores to get those high revs

[@andybaldman]

I like the way she says ‘lit on fire’.

[@tirbomax]

you had me at "turbocharger"!!!

[@arunavaacharyya2205]

Nowadays hybrid road cars have both the turbo and electric propulsion. The major difference is the pneumatic valves. No road car have those.

[@gadiaanimesh]

Her voice is so soothing and satisfying

[@elliottbeetz6753]

Great explanation in a short format 👏🏻

[@lowenburg1989]

Why don’t they use a methanol water injection system to boost performance of the engine? I heard about an methanol water injection system used in the DB605 Motor which was used by the Bf 109K4 and the Methanol Water injection system did boost the Performance by a lot.

[@kdazmtv]

I truly appreciate the time and effort to animate those stuff. Well done team Cleo 🎉

[@jeremypike9153]

Formula 1 isn't like a space program for the road. The space program wasn't told it had to follow a list of rules that arbitrarily get changed whenever 1 space shuttle works better than all the others.

[@epicsensi]

it's the rapid expansion of nitrogen gas that pushed the piston down during the power stroke

[@destin7701]

There's more than just 2: Pneumatic Valves, 20,000 RPM, Feul type... there's a lot more 😂

[@jordanbloomfield]

There’s actually a lot of new cars that come with turbos and hybrid regen braking

[@christianbartending]

Amazing content. ❤️❤️

[@eddymison3527]

Many cars today are equipped with turbos from the factory. The goal is to downsize the engine (cheaper road tax) but still have the same power as a larger capacity engine.

[@pjplaysgaming367]

In America, most normal cars I see aren’t turbocharged. Unless it’s a high tech 4 cylinder or lower, most cars are naturally aspirated.

[@joshharrison9054]

I thought she was going to talk about pre-chambered ignition or the electrification of the turbo to keep it spooled up

[@GhostV8]

Direct injection, also turbo charging is very common for smaller engines/fuel efficiency.

[@stuartd9741]

Yep. Easiest way to understand four stroke cycles. Suck, squeeze, bang, blow. It is correct that F1 technology is space aged. Woth exotic metals like inconnel.. . Also F1 cars have pneumatic valves too.

[@freudsilver3097]

Yeah... Yeah... Thats how the engine works, you are right, yeah!

[@brs690]

My ford truck from the 90s has this technology.

[@xaqman23]

Imagine if F1 let humanity really see how far we can push our ingenuity

[@SilentArc]

Formula 1 is just the biggest science fair project in the world

[@dudleygb45]

Strokes, down up down up, exploding, this content is hot 🔥 😅

[@adamozsvath5323]

A big difference is the rpm. In the golden era some engine got it maximum rpm at around 22.000rpm. Only a few million dollar cars can rev up above 10.000rpm.