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spiderborland t1_iwh5y2v wrote

Reply to comment by g2g079 in How an engine works. by ooMEAToo

Looking at all of these I'm happy to know that computer precision and magnets are replacing our traditional engines. We've gotten really good at squeezing every bit of efficiency out of internal combustion, but it's wild to me that, as someone else said, "boom make car go." Controlled explosions feels very archaic for how much effort we put into driving.

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spiderborland t1_iwh5elh wrote

Reply to How an engine works. by ooMEAToo

What I choose to not research and just assume "mmhmm, gaskets and low clearance, yep" is how the top of the orange has gas in it, and the bottom of the orange has oil in it, and in a perfect world, they don't mix.

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mellbs t1_iwh39zi wrote

Reply to comment by Lille7 in How an engine works. by ooMEAToo

Oh yea didnt realize this was an actual video and not an animation. I still dont think it adequately explains whats happening to today's average person.

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Wuntoothrie t1_iwh2oa7 wrote

Reply to comment by SassyMoron in How an engine works. by ooMEAToo

Pretty sure that's just the spark plugs, but it would be nearly simultaneous. So you could probably pretend that it somehow is the same thing and fool the not so bright kids into learning something.

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Elkazan t1_iwh07to wrote

Reply to comment by shifty_coder in How an engine works. by ooMEAToo

1-3-2 is the same as 3-2-1 which is also sequential, just in the other way. Would it change anything? Seems pretty equivalent to me.

Disclaimer: I don't know about engines.

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Aggrador t1_iwgso6i wrote

Reply to comment by illBro in How an engine works. by ooMEAToo

It would be easier, but it’s not super critical either. This gives you a general idea of how a 4-cycle engine works. All I was trying to say is you could pick it apart and find everything wrong with it, but at the end of the day, it is just a diagram. But yeah, i agree, it would be easier to make in a diagram vs real life.

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