Accurate engineering, better planning than the company I work for.

@grimreaperdw

5 ай бұрын

RIGHT?!?! That's engineering where I'm from. In fact it's better because you at least know where to look if it doesn't work right.

@barrishautomotive

5 ай бұрын

The best engineering is someone else's.

@WarriorOfEden3033

4 ай бұрын

Cost

@dontimberman5493

4 ай бұрын

Right at least he ran the numbers before he ignored them.

@king_james_official

Ай бұрын

⁠@@dontimberman5493at this point i just look at the formulas before ignoring them completely

“It’s not the length of your intake runners that matters, it’s the length of your di” Had me rolling because I didn’t see it coming.

@roygevers

Жыл бұрын

Dipstick?

@scottcarr3264

Жыл бұрын

Me too!

@Usrthsbcufeh

Жыл бұрын

I went straight to the comments

@defective6811

29 күн бұрын

the weakly deadpan "I'm a lather" also got me

As usual Matt, you have the knack of explaining complex subjects in a way that even I can understand. As well as making me laugh regularly during your clip. I don't think I will use this information, but I'm certain my life is richer from having it explained to me. In order to make your life richer, I have sacrificed at the altar of the algorithm...

@mancaveproductions00

Жыл бұрын

Talent on many levels..

@Javierm0n0

Жыл бұрын

All hail the algorithm.

@Dan-yu6of

Жыл бұрын

Im new to this channel as im doing research on how to do a project like this of my own, and i can say that is almost exactly what i was thinking when i started watching his videos. 10/10 Matt, easy to understand and funny too :D

Matt is better at comedy than welding

The art of half-assing it, SFM-style ... salvete omnes algorithmus.

@tissuepaper9962

Жыл бұрын

Salve amicus. Ave Algorithmī!

@Karlan_

Жыл бұрын

Bodge

@user-cu4mo8hv1f

Жыл бұрын

Source film maker?

@tissuepaper9962

Жыл бұрын

@@user-cu4mo8hv1f that's a very different kind of video lol.

@lyrebirdcyclesmarkkelly9874

Жыл бұрын

@@tissuepaper9962 Thank you for saving me the time, though I don't think Sofaking got the poin.

I really love the lathey nature of those lathen runners you lathed.

@carlnelson3893

Жыл бұрын

You both are such lathest!

@petergamache5368

Жыл бұрын

They're magically lathe-licious.

@nomimalone7520

Жыл бұрын

Damn fine lathing

@johnfar5910

Жыл бұрын

Had me in a lather just watching it....

@fredfarnackle5455

Жыл бұрын

I was just lathed back watching it...

What do I remember from a 13 minute video containing high level explanations on pressure waves, intake runner tuning, fabrication, packaging and airflow design? Bunghole will never not be funny

@jimrobcoyle

Жыл бұрын

Heheheheheh

I love when you lathe things, I really hope to see you lathing more parts on your lathe, with which you use to lathe things.

@StanleyKubick1

Жыл бұрын

I read 'hate things'

@RustOnWheels

Жыл бұрын

He who lathered lathes laughs last.

@rider573

Жыл бұрын

I also enjoy him spinning parts on his lathe.

"... ignore the math and wing it." LOL We built a PVC intake for my Honda engine to get the runner length we were looking for. $40 in toilet parts and glue. It works and we got 110 HP at the wheels on a dyno from an engine that's supposed to only make 115 at the crank.

bro I love following your builds, you don't just do a build montage, you don't just explain what you're doing as you build it, you explain it in a funny way that tricks my stupid brain into actually learning stuff! I've learned soooo much from you and I'm more than thankful for it. I'm sure I can handle a longer format video but at the same time I'm happy that you don't do that. these bite sized chunks are so much easier.

I am not sure Matt, that engineering is kind of the engineering i see often on some pretty important stuff.

Dude, thank your for the epic distractions from my real life. Your channel is pretty much my favorite right now.

@juanmoorethyme3119

Жыл бұрын

Giga Chad

@ChadOHara98

Жыл бұрын

@@juanmoorethyme3119 watch out!

Rub the edge of your alloy with some fine sand paper & clean everything with acetone (including filler rod) before welding. Also, put some tacks along the length of your part before you do a long weld, it will help with you edges burning away.

@honthirty_

Жыл бұрын

& a gas refill will make a huge difference!

@MrSkeltal268

Жыл бұрын

I remember we hired out to a professional for most of our aluminum welding needs (esp 6061) because even the best prep can still produce nasty welds. I remember the guy saying there were all sorts of weird things he did to prepare (solvents, sanding, etc) and even still, if it was a bad batch you got nasty welds.

I built ITBs for my 452 cu. in FE Ford. Peak torque was up 10%, but peak power, when compared to a single plane manifold, was unchanged. David Vizard has a book on intake manifold fabrication. The formulas are wrong because the assume a closed end, like an organ. Looking at your design, I think you're spot on. The intake runner inlets are as good or better than trumpets. If you need more plenum volume, you can add a spacer to the throttle body. Sequential injection will smooth out your idle. At higher rpm it turns out that the injectors are 'on' longer than the intake valve is open so injector placement and injector timing have almost no effect on horsepower. I am an engineer also, and have researched this topic a considerable amount. I think you hit the nail on the head. I also run my engine on a megasquirt. I found no difference between sequential injection and batch fire. The engine make 552 hp and 600 ft, lbs. of torque. That's lb. ft. for you younger engineers. The ITBs allow a smooth idle and smooth operation at cruise rpm when using a cam with a race profile, Try to keep the air laminar from the air intake to the manifold, and above 100 mph there is a ramming air effect equivalent to about 1# of boost. Good Luck

@JimBrodie

Жыл бұрын

Vizard is pure genius. Dude gets overlooked more often than not. The guy is a huge font of knowledge, that everyone tinkering with motors should pay attention to.

@recoilrob324

Жыл бұрын

Personally I'd have chosen the longer manifold lengths that showed the highest torque ( 11 or 12") and carried it out well to the next harmonic. It's better to have run just over a peak than to almost get to one...more area under the curve. As long as the manifold runners are of adequate diameter...the slightly longer runners will still flow well...if you can fit them it's worth it IMHO. To keep the hoodline low you'd need to curve them...but for someone with the building prowess on display here that's not really much of an issue.

@turbo32coupe

Жыл бұрын

@@recoilrob324 He's running on the second wave reflection and then the 3rd wave reflection. Longer runners would kill the high end. A 7000 rpm racing chevy uses a 7" manifold runner, 12" total. A 13,000 rpm motor needs half that and he has 4" already in the head.

I’m glad to know we both went through the exact same process of determining runner length.

@TassieLorenzo

9 ай бұрын

I guess race car engine builders have the luxury of weeks on the dynos and an array of different length runners to be able to figure out the real answers for certain. I'm guessing the math gives more definitive quick answers for the exhaust runner side of things?

Decades ago I helped a friend build a custom intake for a MG Midget using a Datsun A-series engine, based on a dual Weber DCOE manifold and an aluminum airbox with Bosch K-Jetronic injectors firing at the runners from the other side of the airbox. While using no math at all and based on very little experience, the end result was pretty similar. As should be expected it was poorly suited to low speed... but it ran, and arguably better than the carbs used previously.

@theprojectproject01

Жыл бұрын

And, keep in mind, K-jet was actual overpriced hot German garbage

@brianb-p6586

Жыл бұрын

@@theprojectproject01 I don't know about overpriced, but was indeed German, and it worked. At least we didn't have to worry about injection timing... since it's a continuous-flow system. 😁

@theprojectproject01

Жыл бұрын

@@brianb-p6586 Hey, it's your life, spend it how you like. I myself could never get a K-Jet system to work. Part of the Why is because I was driving old shitboxes with it, and part is that I didn't know what the hell I was doing.

Oh bloody hell Matt. Your super dry sense of humour never fails to crack me up. Therapist's should proscribe your channel as a treatment for melancholy. :D I may have said this before, but huge thanks for putting in all this extra work to film, narrate, edit and upload these projects, mate. And just be aware that a lot of your loyal viewers know that if you DIDN'T do all the extra messing about needed to create your great content, you'd probably have had time to finish all your current projects ages ago. A while back I decided to try filming myself doing a small lathe project (A simple tailstock die holder), but quickly realised that just making sure everything was in frame and lit to an acceptable level meant EVERYTHING took 3 times as long to do (it didn't help that I ended up starting one part again from scratch. Not because I screwed it up, but because the camera had spent the whole 45 minute of machining trying to decide if it should be focused on the work, the tool post, or the damn lathe bed !!!). I quickly gave up and finished the project without recording anything else. My attempt to join the (already crowded) ranks of engineering youtubers didn't even get to a point where I needed to think about annotating or editing that aborted mess of video clips. It was all just too much work and aggravation for (in my case) zero psychological or financial reward......... So once again, thanks for putting in all this extra work for us mate. Your efforts are not unrecognised.

@SuperfastMatt

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words! I love reading comments like this.

I would recommend trying out pre heating the aluminum, especially considering the size difference in the pieces being welded together. It also helps prevent cracking in the future since aluminum cools fast and it can cause the weld to shrink too fast.

@watlina

Жыл бұрын

The engineering genius that is Allen Millyard kzread.info always sticks everything in the barbeque to pre-heat before welding :-)

Who doesn’t love the smell of non-engineering engineering in the morning.

4:13 You can open a link in a new tab using the middle mouse button, if you have one.

@names_dave

Жыл бұрын

Or hold control key

I do preliminary design for things that, if they see the light of day, will get serious engineering analysis done later. Your work here pretty much sums up my job most days.

Those top injectors remind me of the few race car intakes i've seen. One that really sticks with me had these floating carbon trumpets that rose and fell with RPM. The injectors were suspended above the trumpets but first sprayed into something like carb jets. The injectors moved in sync with the trumpets but didn't look like they were mounted to the same mechanism. It looked like it was using slide throttles mounted at the cylinder heads but somehow the trumpets looked like they were vacuum controlled.... beyond being completely confounded by controls those carb jets jumped out because of the air patterns after the jets. The fuel spread normally from the nozzles and hit the jets maybe an inch out. Then fuel/air collapsed and concentrated a bit past the jet and faned out as a super fine mist to hit the trumpet just as the diameter of the cone reached the runner diameter. I thought at the time it was for atomization but the way you explained the potential of 3 injectors feeding one cylinder i wonder now if it wasn't done to keep from crossing streams... Thanks for the knowledge!

The algorithms requires I note you are definitely going to need more brackets.

So cleverness packed into a condensed form. Well done, sir.

Love these. It's like my engineering/math fix, but you throw it out halfway threw the project and eyeball it. Love it!

I appreciate the audibility. Blows my mind how many vids post with whisper quiet dialog.

This is gonna be a huge help on my capstone project. Love it

Another great production, thanks again.

I love the bellmouths that you CNCd onto the runners, they are amazingly critical on any suction element, I suspect that this intake will be revisited at some point before you go forced induction.

Love everything you do sir! Keep it up!! Can't wait to see the project finished

This project so deserves to succeed. I can’t wait to see it run.

Great subject matter :) and learnt the hard lesson about intakes on my FZR swaps there was tuning difficulties when not using the OEM intakes (no wonder yamaha used the same intake for multiple generations) Thanks and keep up your hard work and appreciate the knowledge you provide

I don't need to learn how to do this. But I'm going to. 🍿

I am new to this channel and this is pure gold. Never seen such a knowledgeable and cool dude on tech related car-content yt before. Best greetings from germany🇩🇪👍🏼

Woah, your explanation on how variable intake runners actually made sense when explaining rebounding pressure waves. Thank you for that.

Your welding makes me feel better about myself. Thank you. :)

I was on RIT FSAE way after that senior design project took place but we still had the variable intakes laying around! Very cool to see you refrence something I saw in person in our shop. Our engine dyno was also a senior design project at some point

Just in time for my lunch break! I love all your builds as they teach so much.

I really enjoy your content and commentary. Keep up the great work.

This was fantastic information, im doing itbs on my duratec with an MS3 and the dual injector purposes were so much clearer after.

Math just gets you to the right building, engineering is deciding whether to pay the fee at the door or just finding a rock to thrown through a window 🪟 . It's just a question of scrappyness and or necessity

@helplmchoking

Жыл бұрын

Yeah it's like playing darts but you can't see the board or anything so you're playing blind. Math shows you the board and let's you see the bullseye, but it's on you to figure out where to aim, how hard to throw and how to arc it. Then it's experience that let's you actually make your arm do the thing

the rh/lh thread for the fuel rail has blown my mind, thank you.

Very swag work on the plenums. I love it.

Just bought an HFT welder and started welding for the very first time yesterday, I am excited to use Send Cut Send to not only practice welding but to build neat 3D metal structures that would otherwise be costly and require machines / brakes that I don't have, thanks Matt!

I fell asleep while watching this and then woke up and rewatched it. I hope that contributes to your channel engagement. Keep making videos. You have me edged ready to see this run.

Never heard an explanation of intake lengths that made sense, thanks for that!

Thank you for helping me not sleep with your amazing humour and learning stuff

This has become my new favorite channel! you just described the S.W.A.G method! works at least 25 percent of the time!!

The humor and frankness in these videos and disregard for making things 100% is excellent. The reality of shade tree engineering vs mass production is spot on. Plus bunghole. Huh! Yeah!

Wow, this is a really amazing video. I'm not super into cars in general, but hearing about the engineering involved with getting a powerful engine was really interesting. Thanks

Nice job Matt - you've got the skills!

Great job! Fun to watch, very good explanation on some complex stuff as well. Welding, your machined parts are causing contamination (in my experience). Bead blast parts (clean cabinet), Acetone parts, and a good clean filler rod works for me for 25 years. Looking forward to this project, Very best to you!!

Ngl, after, like, 4 years in school learning about mechanics and aerodynamics and such, and a few more years of self studying, nobody has ever in my life been able to explain the air wave pulses so clear. I always knew "the theory" and such, that it does work, and that there are waves in the intake but this. This video is just a PERFECT explanation of how it really works. I love it.

Excellent work as always 👍

You lathed it! That really hurts my feelings. Mission success.

I love this channel. Never change.

Flawless Work Matt

Just a few hours ago, I thought about how much I genuinely adore your content, it is pure gold, even for some like me, who does not work in the field you excel in, nor have I any understanding of engineering or even some terms. But nontheless you provide immense entertainment 🙏❤️

I will watch you do it. Sounds good thank you.

I appreciate your "eh give it a shot" approach. Really helps guys like me who overthink it just go get started.

Matt, you're one of the few channels that's an instant-click when something new uploads. Thanks again for an informative, cool and fun episode.

Love your work 👍

I love the way you throw everything together 😂

Love it man! Great commentary,

That's a nicely turned taper you did using your turning machine!

If the fuel line crossing the body line, then make another reason for it! You can make a ram air intake/ air scoop infront of that crossing (aerodynamically speaking) so there's another reason for extra body while adding pressure for your intake system. You should run aerodynamic analysis anyway though, ansys workbench makes an easy tool for it

I got sent this video from my brother. I don't know anything about cars but I like your funny jokes and your filming is very interesting. So 10 out of 10 video in my book.

always happy to see videos from you, you show the real struggles and how to conquer them.. i was wondering because of the limited space that you have why not going simple just like using a carburetor.. you could use 1 high cc injector or 2 just after the throttle body using the megasquirt with maf and o2 sensor to adjust the amount of fuel required

Love the editting. Lookig good!

I was lucky enough to do my part in skewing the algorithm in your favor today! Google Opinion rewards asked me about your video. Told them how interesting and entertaining your video was. All hail the algorithm!

@4:32 .. I can assure you that 18.4mm is not 7.2 inches, or so my wife says. Uh. Wait. (It is, however, 182.8mm)

Each episode gets better and better. Love your "engineering" process 😅

I was working in a shop that mostly did nissan and bmw racing engines. We designed a carbon fiber airbox for a bmw S50 hill-climbing engine and we would build an variable aluminum airbox to test different configuations on a engine teststand to make it perfect...tuning on na engines can get really crazy compared to turbo engines where you just add 100hp with a laptop and a cable...

amazing channel, pure gold

Outstanding. What would be the cherry on top, is if you shatter world records with your wild guesses

I like the way you think. I could benefit from some of your thought processes lol! Love anything that makes fantastic HP, Torque & mechanical efficiency. The best teacher is experience, so don't be afraid to try different intake designs. I prefer my injectors as far away from the intake port as possible. Testing has shown some performance increases due to the fuel air mixing more thoroughly, but again, dyno testing & trials are best.

Nicely done!

I find your comments hilarious! Gives me lots of joy.

Love your work Matt. Keep it up :)

OK, it's kinda actual engineering. When was the last time you had all the data you needed on a tight project timeline for your design? There is always a bit of "engineering judgement."

I absolutely love your videos, they are fantastic in every way!

Love your videos! The content, personality, presentation, attention to details and all! By the way, I don't know how your computer is set up but in most cases you can one click with the jog dial on your mouse to open new web browser tabs. You might have gone through the menu for effect but just in case. I am also made of lazy.

I simply adore the amount of things done here that might need to be redone, "better".

Thanks for making this i actually learned quite a bit about intakes that i didn't even know about

“I’m a lather!” I love your content and your lingo!

This has quickly became one of my favorite KZread channels. Can't wait for more videos and I intend to become a Patron or at least buy some merch. Trying to find other similar channels to hold me over till the next video. Other channels just don't seem to compare to Matt's way of presenting.

Love your self deprecation, despite doing an amazing project with insight from all angles, machinist, fabricator, engineering, designer, race car driver. Go you!

Awesome video Matt and very informative, glad I tuned in and watched this video as I’ll be fabricating my own itb manifold for my honda b16

great video. the 3d printed parts have inspired me to do my own. got them on my bike engine today!

I like this approach. Making sure there's room for improvement to ensure this is a long lasting hobby.

I have to admit you are one of the very rew engineers I've heard that actually have a sense of humour and are always so dour ..

That is the best description of the rain behind variable intake runners that ever heard. Great job kinda-ignoring the math!

I did a school project years ago on exactly this subject. Ended up designing a working infinitely variable intake manifold for a single cylinder engine

this is such a tempting re purposing of my s1000rr that I haven't ridden in 3 years!

I love your videos, keep them coming!!

I super love the method to this madness! Or the madness to this method. Either way, this is fun to watch.

Matt, forget the algorithm I watch for the fun engineering and great commentary, "I'm made of lazy" cracked me up.

Splendid job. Things dont need to be pretty to give you smiles.

You brought out my 63 year old dork. Born to racing and appreciated every second of your video. Had me laughing along like a thirteen year old. If ever in Denver stop by for a beer. We can tap a bung hole on a new keg.

This video is full of exact amount machinist trigger words, pop culture references, and sarcasm. 10/10 would watch again.