3D animation of a V8 ENGINE

[svennies97]

its... its beauteful...

[ACHEESEDANISH00]

go holley!

[atompkins99]

God damn my friend... That was amazing

[lee4samurai]

@atompkins99 Thank you my friend, you are too kind!

[spicer308]

@bocam57fe Heh Heh...yeah that's the first thing I noticed. To make sure I wasn't losing my mind, I watched the pistons interact with the valves and sure enough, the smaller valve would open on the intake stroke. Most engines have a larger intake and smaller exhaust valve. I do love these kinds of animations though and I can't put down on the effort it must've taken to do this. I think everyone should have to watch this stuff in driver education so they'll have some idea of what's going on.

[lee4samurai]

@bocam57fe

First of all I want to congratulate you for the fine distribution of your attention.

Second, the entire engine was built from blueprints, and detailed explanations of the animation; this was the project :)

Kind regards

[DirtyHarry4541]

For I am still the best engine in the world

[testbooster]

this animation is intense Good job

[Tiniago]

amazing job dude, however I've spotted a little mistake... on the crankshaft, the counterweights are on the same side as the connecting rods, therefore, the oscilation problem is magnified rather than compensated... Anyway, awesome job!!

[OregonDARRYL]

@Tiniago Nice job spotting that! I went and looked again, and said "how did I not see that"......

[trueblueken]

ripper

amazing mate

[TheRealSup]

holly shit now this dude is a 3d maniac :) wow dude amazing animation as well as model.keep good work bud :)

[lee4samurai]

@TheRealSup Thank you for the kind words my friend ! :)

[TheRealSup]

@lee4samurai really i mean it,am new to 3d,still a stud and fouf what u did is and will remain awesome to me :) u'd make a fine 3d artist :)

[sipperothouwater]

i finally understand how the cam moves the lifters, amazing job!!!!

[transparentreality]

I'd like to see more detail in the oil and water circulation, if your ever up for version two. This is well rendered and very useful. Thanks!

[lee4samurai]

@transparentreality I already created version 2.2, improved the detail up to 90% of all parts. I did not have the time in creating liquid movements for the engine :)

Kind regards.

[broomstick74]

nice close up on the cam

[dime6664ever]

ya i was gunna say the same thing that tibby499 sed haha. It is the best one iv ever seen. I know a little about motors but i never knew how the cam lifted the valves.. thanks for the vid..

[SoilentGr33n]

@dime6664ever Same thing here

[Eduardmtrsc]

Amazing animation, I must agree this is probably the nicest and most detailed engine animation seen by me.

Keep up the good work! congrats !

[tibby499]

this is probably one of the best engine animations i`ve ever seen

[lee4samurai]

@tibby499 Thank you very much, it's very kind of you :)

Best regards

[WaiWu]

Sorry I'm new to this type of engine, but I was just wondering what is that circle thingy up top of the engine for?

[lee4samurai]

@WaiWu It;s no problem :)

The top engine part is the carcase of the air filter, air filter who have a tubular shape.

Alll the best !

[WaiWu]

@lee4samurai air filter as in the air coming in or the exhaust coming out? oh and why don't newer engine need this? if you know....thanks

[WaiWu]

@CrazyMadMan11 okay, it it clean air for the combustion part right? cool

THanks A lot!

[CrazyMadMan11]

@WaiWu Yup, it is clean air, the "frying pan" is the air filter, so cleaner air gets into the engine. You don't have to have an air filter, just the carburetor, but it is best to have an air filter to protect your engine's life. By the way, your welcome!

[ClassicGM502]

@WaiWu its used to filter air going into the engine, the air being filtered going out of the engine (exhaust) is what a catalytic converter is used for, and they do use air filters on any vehicle new or old, its just in different places, ex: a fuel injected vehicle has an air box on the side that has a pipe going into the throttle body of the engine, on this video you see a carbureted engine, thats why theres an air filter on top, so air can easily go through the carb, & down to the intake, etc

[dogfootrot189]

@WaiWu that, my friend is a frying pan, used to cook your bacon and eggs on the way to work.

[WaiWu]

@dogfootrot189 too bad I don't eat bacon or eggs that often, and I don't even have an engine like that

[LittleBoy2729]

Finally, a good, detailed model that is slow so I can actually see what's going on ;) thanks! Any chance of doing an in-line 4 cylinder model?

[lee4samurai]

@LittleBoy2729, Thank you for the positive feedback, I'm glad my work can be of service to you.

To help you furthure I will shortly upload some other videos with extra focus on the engine animation.

The in-line 4 cylinder engine is quite different from the v8, Youtube politic prohibit in attaching links, but you can google the web and find more.

Kind Regards

Lee Eduard

[Murchielago500GT]

it looks like a ssc ultimate aero engine..

[buckethedrox]

wow thats nice...push rod ftw

[Jorell1000]

Please someone answer my question.

Do certain cylinders go through exhaust and intake strokes at the same time others go through compression and power strokes? As in, 4 cylinders alternate with another 4 cylinders to decrease lag time in between power strokes?

[IbanezFan21]

Each cylinder do the same 4 strokes, just at different times. Otherwise timing would be horrible lol.

[Jorell1000]

So apparently flat plane V8's used in formula 1 race applications alternate cylinders for breathing and power. It's much more efficient and takes away the need for counterweights along the crankshaft. Flat plane V8's aren't as smooth unless given a short stroke and insane revving ability. I.E. Hartley Engines built a flat-plane V8 by combining two hayabusa motorcycle engines on the same crankshaft. It's a 2.6 L V8 with 375 hp @ 7500 rpm with stock street cams, red-lining at 11,000 rpm.

[idon89]

@Jorell1000

@IbanezFan21

4 cylinders fires per revolution, I think the firing order is:

1-8-4-3 (one revolution)

6-5-7-2 (two revolutions)

(f this is a cross-plane crank,)

You problably know this, I am stating the obvious.

Search for Stroke (engine) on Wikipedia and keep in mind that any given stroke occurs every 90th degree.

[slysupersonic]

that looks a little bit like a formula one engine.

[DANTHETUBEMAN]

GREAT MODLE,,,i wanted 2 build that when i lerned solid works,,but found i would have to go 2 a nuther program to animate it.

[levymetal]

that's awesome you did a really good job :)

[levymetal]

is that rigged or did you do everything manually?

[lee4samurai]

It is Rigged, It took me a lot of time in doing so, but for presentation it is a lot easyer ;)

[granderd]

do the vales push the piston down?

[rooneyisweird]

no. one set of valves allow fuel and air into the cylinder and allows the exhaust to escape. the valves open and the piston goes down, creating a vacuum. this draws fuel and air into the combustion chamber. the piston then goes back up compressing the mixture then the spark plug ignites it. the resulting explosion forces the piston down, which creates power. then the piston goes back up and the other set of valves open to allow the burned mixture (exhaust) out of the engine.

[granderd]

thanks man im 16 and just learnin lol

[AbusiveAdminPaul]

No.

[midlanthony]

and the valves just allow the gas to enter and the other valve lets out the exaust

[WhitetailsForever]

WOW! that was great. how long did that take you?

[lee4samurai]

Thank you :)

It took me about 6 months, from modeling to animating.

[THETICK77]

Sweet!!!

[apurelondner]

God Bless Engine

[dcn289]

Nice job... but why do you have the counterweights positioned at the same axis of the connecting rod journals? Just curious.

[Tommyboyblitz]

yea should be on the otherside

[lee4samurai]

I am not an engineer, I just made it from blueprints, and mechanic knowledge. :)

[leadyj]

Oh man, gimme more!!! You are bad ass!!!!

[ceccovilli]

excellent!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dhemi1]

Awesome Job! You focused on areas that many animators didn't bother with i.e. the lifters riding on the cam (nice touch with roller rockers too) and the water pump impeller.

Awesome, awesome work.

[maverickclubrj]

Its Download like a Screensaver ?

[aliox326]

6 months!! thats alot but nice one!!

[zoulation]

Love the Vid man...AMAZNIG WORK...I think you should do another sample with an Overhead Camshaft..you know, because the Push-Rod ones are pretty Old...Other Than that...LOVE IT!! PURE TALENT!

[lee4samurai]

Thank you! I appreciate your encouragements :)

[USZ71]

awsome vid good instructional material! aside from assembly

[lee4samurai]

Thank you very much :)

It took me about 6 months to build, as a part-time job.

[SharpeyeZXunit]

I love it! In fact, I will place on 5/5 on everytime I log on