Building engines at home isn’t exactly easy, unless you are one of the lucky few who work in the industry. Even so, the lobying required to convince your wife to accept those oil stains in the living room may make you give up on the project. Nonetheless, you can always turn to the world of LEGO and we’re here to help you with that.
V10 powerplants are as rare as always these days and you’ll only find then under the hood of models such as the Audi R8, Lamborghini Huracan or Dodge Viper, so we’ll use this as an example.
The clip below brings us some timelapse footage of a LEGO V10 engine build. If you’re patient enough and/or slow the video down, you’ll be able to put your own V10 together as soon as you’d say “vrooom!”.
The video also shows the engine, which runs on compressed air, being taken all the way up to 1,250 rpm. “What do you mean all the way?” we hear you asking. Well, that may be just a little over an actual engine’s idling state, but we’ll have to remind you this is plastic we’re dealing with here. Oh and we don’t even want to talk about the friction-lubrication part.
Since there’s no combustion involved, it doesn’t quite matter if you build an inline four or a V26, the soundtrack of such an engine will be about the same. Still, the mix of rattling plastic is rather nice to listen to.
We'll remind you that people went as far as building an actual car (engine included) out of LEGO and took it for a spin out on the road, so what we have here should be just a little training.
In his quest to bring you the most impressive automotive creations, Andrei relies on learning as a superpower. There's quite a bit of room in the garage that is this aficionado's heart, so factory-condition classics and widebody contraptions with turbos poking through the hood can peacefully coexist. Full profile
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