I always love DIY projects and I think that apart from some of the results of the DIY project being very helpful to have around, I think they provide a great opportunity for you to keep your mind sharp and your spirits up.
With that in mind, I felt obligated to provide you all with a link to making your own, rather small and simple, DIY internal combustion (IC) engine. I think that this is a really simple version of the IC engine, but still, if you are unfamiliar with engines and how they function, I think the DIY project could be priceless. Plus, using these simple principles, I think you could create something far more powerful and modify it however you want.
PDF Link: http://cachefly.oreilly.com/make/explosion_engine.pdf
Podcast & Article: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/03/weekend_project_explosion.html
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Awesome idea. Is it possible for someone with mechanic skills to make an article on how to re-build a regular gasoline engine? That would be extremely useful if z-day came along since there would be many different vehicles sitting on the side of the street being unused. Plus, who ever thought that their BOV (Bug Out Vehicle) would run forever?
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I bet theres something online, no use going through the effort of reworking it:
http://www.aa1car.com/library/engine2t.htm
http://www.teglerizer.com/triumphstuff/75w_engine_rebuild.htm
http://video.aol.com/video-detail/wwwvw-diycom-vw-complete-engine-rebuild/1870793110
All that needs to be said is this: FIRE = BAD
I could put something together, just a few basic things for a post z-day vehicle, don't shove plant oils in it if it's avoidable and go with a pre 80's car if possible.
All the electronics go wrong on the newer cars in seconds if you take them out for some serious driving. Hell if you short a wire in your air regulator your car will not start on petrol. The best setup is a strong chasis witha 307 chevy in it. KISS applies best to cars.
A few hints in taking apart engines and rebuilding them. Take note how everything goes exactly. If it's a modern car your job will be a whole lot harder with countless wires to deal with, not to mention the numerous other fluids and gasses, air conditioning gas being one of the worse, I got a mouthfull of it on wednesday and I'm still tasting it and have a hoarse voice. And apart from that there are way too many parts and things to go wrong to summarise in a single short article. Some engines are building differently than others.
I challenge anyone to write an article on how to completely rebuild any engine safely so that your average joe can do it without CERT IV in both automative engineering and electronical engineering (as is a requirement in australia soon).
You can easily gut the vehicle and redo the entire system, but most people wouldn't know how to do that. This is the reason I was suggesting a how-to article. Unfortunately I am a little pre-occupied at the moment and am sure that there is someone here that knows vehicles works better than I do.
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