I'm changing my career slightly from full stack development to repairing and restoring old tractors and farming. I have a 1952 Case SC, a 1957 Fordson Major, and a 1946 Ford 2N in various conditions. I'm building a shop to work on them. Basically its an excuse to buy a sand blaster and paint room. Buy them for $500 and sell them for $3500 restored, pay for the tools and the next project tractor. Hopefully picking up a 1970 Ford 3600 this week. Old Diesels fascinate me.
I learned how they worked by taking one apart, putting it back together, and got it to run (it was a junkyard car). My auto shop teacher told me he was amazed, because I was a nerd and nerds had no mechanical aptitude.
The animations are nice, but it wouldn't hurt to step up the level of detail: there's no mention of ECU, MAF sensor, lambda sensors, injector pulse duration, throttle body, crankshaft sensor, flywheel, turbocharging, connection to accelerator pedal, etc..<p>But the most annoying detail is showing a distributor on a fuel injected engine. Come on, this isn't 1986, at least show us a dual coil pack wasted spark system.
The timing chain and the camshaft seems really inefficient; I'm looking forward to when camless designs become more mainstream. Koenigsegg (among others, I assume) has been working on this tech [0][1].<p>0: <a href="http://blog.caranddriver.com/koenigseggs-camshaft-less-engine-explained-watch-it-in-action-video/" rel="nofollow">http://blog.caranddriver.com/koenigseggs-camshaft-less-engin...</a><p>1: <a href="https://youtu.be/Bch5B23_pu0" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/Bch5B23_pu0</a>
The Cartoon Network version.[1] Not bad, actually.<p>And, inevitably, the Jam Handy / Chevrolet film on engines.[2] There's a whole series of these, with ones for suspensions, transmissions, differentials, lubrication, and frames.<p>[1] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQj00NTFXew" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQj00NTFXew</a><p>[2] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKbSloJ5o7o" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKbSloJ5o7o</a>
If you like designing engines and cars then look at this game <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/app/293760" rel="nofollow">http://store.steampowered.com/app/293760</a>
Most of my guy friends really like cars.
They know good amounts about different parts of the cars.<p>I've never enjoyed reading about them. So, I've never tried learning much about them. It also takes alot of time.<p>I wish there were more of these type of animated illustration. I've scanned it for a few minutes and I grasped the concept it was trying to show me relatively faster than anything I've ever encountered.
I have a question: exactly what causes the piston to come back after the intake/power stroke?
Let me write what I guess I have understood -<p>1. The intake stroke piston movement may be considered to be caused by gravity and/or atmospheric pressure<p>2. The power stroke piston movement may be considered to be caused by gravity and/or atmospheric pressure and/or the expansion due to explosion all taken together<p>Correct me if I am wrong.<p>But what baffles me is this: what causes the piston movement during the compression stroke and exhaust stroke?
Any expert here to enlighten me on this?<p>edit: typo
Wow! What a straightforwardly cool and enriching post. I've had a vague idea of how engines work (as well as turbochargers) but somehow I've never bothered to get it straight.
Does anyone know what software was used to render the animations? His interview with Adobe suggests that he makes 3D models in Blender, but I'm not sure about the renderer.
How a gun works is also an amazing piece of artwork: <a href="http://animagraffs.com/how-a-handgun-works-1911-45/" rel="nofollow">http://animagraffs.com/how-a-handgun-works-1911-45/</a>
Single piston engine technology looks pretty promising as it has proven to be 30% more efficient than 4 piston combustible engine.<p><a href="https://youtu.be/JoQkTIfAB2U" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/JoQkTIfAB2U</a>
I like the animation on this site: <a href="http://auto.howstuffworks.com/engine1.htm" rel="nofollow">http://auto.howstuffworks.com/engine1.htm</a>
It may be karma-bait, but it's very nice looking karma-bait.<p>OTOH, no inline six, which is the platonic ideal of the ICE.<p>As such, I can't up vote this.