Briggs and Stratton Compressed Air Conversion

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• briggs
• and
• stratton
• compressed
• air
• engine
• motor
• piston

[qwertypenis]

Really? The internal combustion engine is such a big part of modern life. I really would have thought it's basic operation would have been covered way before high school. If the video was made for preschoolers your assumptions would have been acceptable.

[MXmaniac237]

you would think people would know, but they don't. what makes you think you know the people at my school better than i do? i made an A+ on this project so i obviously didn't insult my class(they are the ones that had to grade it) nor my teacher.

[nem427]

Fair enough, but an air rifle would have demonstrated the point with a lot less effort. I suppose I'm just irritated by the number of people (including "science" reporters!) who blindly extol the merits of the pollution free compressed air engine (exactly which internal engine doesn't involve the compression of air I'm yet to discover) and think it's some great breakthrough. You managed to pick the one example of an engine that doesn't use compressed air. Steam engines use the vaporisation of wa

[MXmaniac237]

whoa i never made any mention of emissions in my video. obviously energy is required to compress the air that goes into this air motor. i never claimed it was "pollution free". and a steam engine will run just as well on compressed air as it does with steam. the vaporisation of water in the boiler builds pressure, which is used to power the engine. its the exact same as my air motor. my air motor will run on steam, and a steam engine will run on compressed air.

[MXmaniac237]

thanks, i'm glad you liked it.

[cumminsfan]

Nice to see a few more people under age 50 with mechanical skill. Theres not many of us left.

[Bohicag]

its nice to say to people, that they have no idea what a cam shaft is, or evena a crank, so if you guyz know so much what is the lift and deration on that 5hp briggs on that engine.

[pivotboy63]

i dont mean to piss in your cheerios but you made the air going into the exhaust port, not the intake. but i guess it works either way. cool engine nonetheless

[BUNCHofxs]

Trim some weight off the fly wheel that might help get more rpms

[XmotorheadX1369]

nice job guys! just out of curiosity, how did you modify the cam? it almost looks like you stacked welds on one side and then grinded them smooth.... either way, good job!

[rus0004]

:O frankensteins camshaft lol

[honeybunchickens]

I saw your video pop up on my screen and was interested to watch it That is pretty creative by grinding down sections of the cam shaft. I like to build turbo jet engines on my spare time. check out some of my videos.

[shadownathcool]

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[jjmqwerty]

you two guys have done more than all the people who comment on this project. good on you! we need more youngsters to work with their hands

[SirTragain]

You should have the PSI regulator mounted at the head intake and then the air line goes into it for an accurate drive reading.

[ChargerMiles007]

Glad to see you got it to work :) You had way too much intake valve duration when you started, so it was holding the piston at the bottom of the stroke. Check out the vid I just uploaded, it did require a lot of trial and error! I have also built one with a full speed camshaft using 3 crankshaft sized gears, it works pretty well.

Nice vid, well explained. :) 5 Stars Dudes.

[bigmacx345]

Someone can blow through the air line using a fat man with pair of lungs...