What does it look like inside the engine while running? The Russians showed it on a unit with a transparent block
4 hours ago | Peter Miller
Photo: Pavel Janda, Autoforum.cz
We have seen similar attempts before, but they usually showed what was happening inside the unit through the transparent cylinder head. The Russians went further – they kept the engine head original, they made the block transparent. The result is a truly quirky show.
It was the winter of 2022 and the folks at Garage 54 had another crazy idea. They took an engine from an old Moskvich and mounted a transparent cylinder head on it to show what was going on inside it while running. It was an interesting experiment, but in the end it ended like many other experiments of Russian mechanics – although we could see something, the transparent head quickly became cloudy and began to flow. It was not worthless, but this attempt was far from a clear success.
Fortunately, those in question are stubborn enough not to give up such efforts right away. So this time they bet on a slightly different, more transparent material, from which they created not the head, but even the engine block with cylinder liners. To reduce compression, they increased its volume compared to the factory condition and minimized stress between the head and the crankshaft. And it immediately got better, but not that much better.
The first attempt to start failed, the second did not. Well, not right away. The mixture in the transparent cylinder ignited too late and detonation occurred, resulting in the block bursting. But fortunately not so that the attempt does not continue. So, after adjusting the engine settings, there was another ignition and voila, the transparent engine really started. And due to the use of more transparent Plexiglas, we can see in remarkable detail what is happening inside it.
Soon, however, the initially small crack began to enlarge, and after a few seconds the chosen material capitulated to the flood of heat that began to spread inside the unit. Nevertheless, it can be considered a success that the experiment reached this stage. Take a look for yourself, you won’t see the inside of an internal combustion engine in a similar way.
Automobile companies sometimes allow us to see the inside of their power units using cuts (here of the 1.0 TSI Skoda Octavia engine), but only statically or with an external drive. Below you can see the engine from the inside in a situation where it is powering itself using internal combustion. Illustration photo: Pavel Janda, Autoforum.cz
Source: GArage54@YouTube
Petr Miler
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2023-10-29 06:39:49
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