How a V8 Engine Works, Taken Apart and Slowed Down

How a V8 engine works, slowed down: at 4,000 rpm every piston stops and reverses about 133 times a second, and the engine fires about 267 times a second. We take a working V8 apart, slow one cylinder a few thousand times through intake, compression, power and exhaust, show what that speed does to a piston, and hear where the V8 rumble comes from. Then we follow the fuel, from cylinders switching off to the heat leaving through the radiator and tailpipe. 🎙️ The voice you hear is ElevenLabs, the AI voice studio. Try it: https://try.elevenlabs.io/z0h5vahjtfx1 (affiliate link: we earn a commission if you sign up) 0:00 What happens inside a V8 at 4,000 rpm 1:25 How a four-stroke engine works, one cylinder slowed down 2:58 How fast a piston moves at 4,000 rpm 4:01 Why a V8 has eight cylinders in a V, and why it rumbles 5:23 How valves and camshafts work 6:23 Where the fuel in a V8 goes Sources: https://poweredsolutions.gm.com/conte... https://www.chevrolet.com/performance... https://www-performanceparts.app.ford... https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/air... https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/atv.s... https://www.nationalacademies.org/rea... https://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/fue... https://gm-techlink.com/wp-content/up... https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/tech_... https://www.thehenryford.org/collecti... https://news.gm.com/home.detail.html/... https://www.sistema.abcm.org.br/artic... https://revsinstitute.org/WMS/TAPPET2... https://www.thedrive.com/news/the-v8-... https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/2-61-inte... https://www.kbb.com/car-news/4-cylind... https://archive.org/details/TheNewFor... https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/2-007-des... https://media.gm.com/content/dam/Medi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Footage: "Crankshaft of an engine", Seedlesslime / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/.... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... "1998 cc Holden 20LE inline-four engine (2015-08-29) 03", OSX / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain). https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... "Chevrolet small-block engine - Automobile Driving Museum - El Segundo, CA - DSC01736", Daderot / Wikimedia Commons (CC0). https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... phlyingdoctor / Pixabay: pixabay.com/videos/id-209541/ "Engine LHS Exhaust Manifold (40561340735)", Iain Cameron from Ellon, Scotland / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/.... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... "The New Ford V-8, ca. 1931", Ford Motor Company / Internet Archive (Public domain). https://archive.org/details/TheNewFor... "Car tailpipe emissions 2", DeFacto / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/.... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... "Radiator fans installed", simonov / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/.... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... "Petrol pump mp3h0354", Rama / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0 fr, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/.... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... "Internal combustion engine pistons of partial cross-sectional view", Mj-bird / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/.... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... YKMan / Pixabay: pixabay.com/videos/id-120266/ Vimeo-Free-Videos / Pixabay: pixabay.com/videos/id-1101/ Music: "Crinoline Dreams" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Narrated with a synthetic voice over credited footage and 3D animation; researched from cited sources and approved by a person.