Ever wonder how your motor works ?

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  1. AliceCooper

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    #1 AliceCooper, Oct 9, 2013
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    Most of us know how our engines work, but for those that don't and would like to understand. Thought I would share this, its pretty cool.

    http://jacoboneal.com/car-engine/
     
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    That is pretty good animation.

    I changed the URL in your post as it was from stumbleupon and required an account with them to continue. The new address in your post goes direct to the site.
     
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    That is way cool, thanks for sharing!
     
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    I was gonna go with magic.

    But I knew that answer as well. Neat little infographic.
     
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    That was cool, I sent it to my wife. :devil:

    I am sure she will send me a link to how the stove and oven works.:lol:
     
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    And a washing machine, vacuum etc
     
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    Na she said if you can wash and vacuum your car you can clean these dishes and the living room carpet. :Thumbsup: so I loaded the dishwasher and went out and bought a Dyson Animal ball vac and boom chores are done.

    She did wig-out a little I used my Porter Cable buffer and some metal polish on the stainless stink but boy does it shine now. :idea: :lol:

    If you destroy one load of wash once you will never be asked to do the wash again because all woman never forget a thing. :incazzato:
     
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    Ain't it amazing how well the simple approach works!! :D
     
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    Somewhere I read a wonderful explanation of how engines work, but I can't find it again.

    Some highlights were:
    - the driver puts petrol/gas in the tank;
    - the petrol/gas is squirted into the cylinders;
    - the piston squeezes the petrol/air mix which forces out the electricity in the petrol through the spark plug to the battery;
    - electricity from the battery goes to the alternator which is what actually moves the car.

    It had details an' all.
     
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    That is cool. I like the blueprint rendering. Thanks for sharing this.
     
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    Thanks for the link.

    My Dad bought me an old dead lawnmower engine & told me to tear it down & fix it. I learned a lot by doing that. Learned even more rebuilding old BMC A series engines. Engines are so much fun.
     

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