This guy is gonna make an automatic transmission soon.

This dude actually does what most of us daydream about.

A big semi truck brake drum and pads would never wear out and add some rotational mass making the initial launch smoother.

In Soviet Russia the torque converts you!

I think it’s just common knowledge in Russia to know how to disassemble a Lada

One of the best episodes, best test so far...!pls take it apart and show us the wear.

This is creativity in action! I was actually quite surprised you guys had it dialed in that closely on the first try. I at least expected some experimentation with a few different sets of springs, or maybe even some counterweights before you were able to go for a cruise around town... Love vids like this where components are just fabbed up from nothing more than imagination. Here's to 'Ghetto-Rigging!' 🍻 👍

Normal Person: cool video Mechanic: HOLY SHIT WTF HOW DID THEY EVEN THINK OF THIS. THIS IS MADNESS

Welding in flip flops , Classic , I If you don’t like these guys , you don’t like yourself !

I'm glad you translation this video, this is by far one of the most interesting you've done!

DAF used this system back in the 1970s in some models. If I remember correctly there were about 10 or 12 pads pivoted at one end around the flywheel inside a drum. As the revs increased, the pads swung out on the pivots grasping the inside of the drum. I love the way these guys will try anything.....seat of the pants mechanicing but our Russian friend is smarter than his humour lets on! Keep it up guys.

Thanks guys! You gave me inspiration to use these cheap Lada parts to build a centrifugal clutch to my project which has been a pain because there was no clutch at all between the motor and the load making motor starting difficult. It runs at steady 3000 RPM and 20 HP max. This clutch is excellent and works like a charm! Can't thank you enough!

Awesome work! I just wanted to remind you, that you can change gears without disengaging the clutch (waiting for it to drop in rpm). After acceleration just let of the gas pedal while simultateously pushing the gear lever to neutral... in a small timeframe there is no load on the transmission - so you can get in neutral with ease. To engage the new gear you have to adjust the engine rpm with the gas pedal and if the rpm is matched - it should be possible to engage the gear. (Google helps) I wish you would do a follow up video: How fast can you accelerate by flooring it in first gear? How much wear can be seen on the brake shoes? _____________________________________________________ Maybe add weights to the brake shoes while also using a stronger spring. Spring force is linear while centrifugal force is square to the rpm. ==> That should improve the clutch torque capacity without slipping after it reached its engaging rpm (1200 - 1300).

Oh that’s genius! Now you have a semi automatic transmission! They oughta make a kit for cars! I’d keep it like that. Keep up the great work!

I swear these guys are SO underrated! I love how they got this to actually work! And it's friggin funny he goes from "The shifting sucks" to "It drives very nicely!" all within about ten seconds LOL

I remember that the Citroën 2cv (3cv, Mehari and Ami 8) had centrifugal clutch. But this was used mainly when the car was stopped and you put the 1st gear without using the clutch. The fact was that this engine, a tiny 2 cylinder boxer, neded a lot of revs to function properly. The car had clutch pedal for the 2nd and other gears, you can used it or not, depending if you let the revs go down to change gears or not. I think that the Renault 4L had the same clutch, but I'm not sure. Great work! That Lada sounds like and old Citroën!!!

"They don't use them in cars" - Erm, Citroen 2CVs equipped with their "Trafficlutch" were a centrifugal clutch, so they did put them on cars... :) And Invacars too, they have centrifugal clutches...

i thought of this idea so much when i was a kid and i love it... they made my childhood dream a reality.

The amount of effort and knowledge this channel gives is incredible.. they give it 107% every time

Coveralls and flip flops...now you're talking shop safety. He's a man after my own heart. Keep up the good work fellas! Love these videos. Nothing like them anywhere else.

Truly genius, this makes for a perfect clutchless system conversion for manual cars for those of us who love manual cars but hate clutch shifting. If u were to make more of these centrifugal clutch conversion kits for any type of car or truck people would go nuts for then, they would save lots of money and time not having to replace traditional clutchs all the time. If u ever get into making custom customer request orders for these clutchless centrifugal systems, count me in, i kill to have one for my cars.

Bloody clever and worked fine - They did actually use the same setup in DaF 33, the little dutch car, but it also had a variable belt for the gearing - so an early constant velocity gearbox. Also I believe VW used a similar setup in VW Beetle automatics and they used manual gearchange for that as a semi automatic ( I think that was centrifugal clutch in that too?). Either way, a very clever homebuild job and it worked - You have some bright people in Garage 54, and the fabrication skills from those youngsters are amazing

I have ridden several motorcycles with a centrefugal clutch but the gearbox was a constant mesh gearbox great idea you are an amazing mechanic

Wow finaly found something about this stuff. As a big Lada fan i'm considering to do this on my own because i can't use cluntch well. I was sceptic about the capability to move the car. Now is time to make some dynamic calculations and get to work. With a proper driving wear shouldn't be big problem.

Using a Plasma cutter, just wearing sandals. Mind-Blowing!!

Greetings from Finland :) glad it worked! Your work rocks!

Most YT car channels, make sure that the drive-line is perfectly balanced. Garage 54, Lets just weld/bolt a bunch of stuff to the flywheel/trans input. LOL That is why this channel is awesome never worried just make it happen.

Ok.We create a centrifugal clutch out of a brake drum.Let's do this. 😳...and the whole thing rocks!👍👍👍Greetings from germany!

So we just gonna ignore the supra chilling in the background...

I swear, I would buy that lada from you! A freaking centrifugal clutch!

Could this be the first episode where a Lada was not destroyed ? This was a great experiment BTW.

More than a year following you and you still answer questions I don’t happen to wonder about, keep going, best channel ever made!

This is honestly amazing. I have never thought of this. With some further modification, they could get it really dialed in.

I'm more Impressed you took this thing on public roads

Centrifugal clutches were used in old lightweight drag cars and still in some drag bikes. But they are only expected to last the day at best. Nice work guys!

My 1971 VW Beetle semi automatic uses the same idea. 3 speed manual with no clutch pedal but uses a torque converter and an electrically controlled vacuume powered automatic clutch that applies the clutch when you touch the gearstick to allow you to change gears without it binding up or holding in gear like this one was doing

Finally you are (kinda )fixing a beautiful car like a lada instead of destroying it

I like this guy. Seems like a guy I’d like to hang out with and learn something from 🤙🏽

I enjoy these videos to the point I am thinking about learning to speak Russian lol. These are guys that I could see myself hanging out with. Great guys, great channel, and amazing videos. Keep up the great work guys.

It's a NFS car now, it stops when you let go of the gas :d

“Ghetto rigging” Ah yes, the universal language!

In a way, your clutch system is working like a Laycock De Normanville Overdive Unit, the difference being that the OD Unit operates hydraulically, whereas your method is centrifugal force. Try replacing your centrifugal clutch with an overdrive Unit, but you would need to arrange the hydraulic pump pressure to achieve drive. On a Laycock OD Unit, the other difference is that the friction material and Drum are always wet-lubricated with Hydraulic Fluid, and this makes the OD Unit last a long time. Hydraulic oil removes the friction heat. Please try this instead of your Centrifugal Clutch. I think that fitting of a Laycock OD Unit would work perfectly, as everything in the OD Unit is perfectly balanced - meaning no vibration at all. I was amazed that your Lada could be driven so well on the centrifugal clutch, and at tickover, at speed, the car would 'coast' freely - saving gas! Love your vids. Greetings from Australia, land of glasnost!

It works almost the same as a cvt transmission does . Except you have to change gears . And a cvt transmission you don’t have to . Some of the newer car have the cvt transmissions in them . Work like a skidoo or chainsaw. The higher you rev. It the faster you go . Nice job guys !!! Really like your videos .

Actually not a bad concept :-D

I love it! Russian way: Let's just cut, grind, and weld this shit together. American way: There is a metal 3D Printing shop. Let's take it there and pick it up tomorrow.

these guys never cease to amaze me with what they think of doing, and actually do.

So this would be a very useful device to use while teaching young people or kids how to drive a manual transmission. Because it teaches how to listen to the engine, and where engagement is. Very interesting, I was skeptical at first that it would work.

It must be quite an improvement on the regular Lada heavy clutch.

Now I know why them Russians was first in space

this is fascinating! if these guys had a lathe and a vertical mill they could make a perfect kit!

When these guys aren't just goofing around, it is obvious what good engineers they are. Great!

nice homemade semi-automatic transmission

Put forklift solid tires and see how its driving with them

One of the most successful experiments Garage54! Keep it up!!!

I always look to your channel for the oddball project and you guys do not ever disappoint. Your channel is one of the best. Greetings from America.

it's basically a torque converter without oil

kinda like driving an auto trans with a manual valve body

This was an awesome video , much love to my Russian backyard engineer's u guys create some awesome stuff , thanks for sharing from an American backyard engineer , id love to be able to come over and hang out at your shop !!! Some cool ppl and great ideas !!!

This is pure genius on a DIY scale. I'm in. Never ever thought about this before

How about an electric car driven by four starter motors and starter ring/ flywheels four wheel drive love the crazyness

brilliant!!!

Driving this is a little like having Fluid Drive. What a great experiment. You guys are ingenious.

You guys have gotten really high tech... Nothing like the work you did in your old small shop

Guys.. watch out with the angle grinder and stuff inside the clutch and brakes , it might be asbestos..

Semiautomatic. British buses were commonly set up like it.

excellent job guys!! A centrifugal clutch and the normal disc clutch would be great, for those situations where the first is very slow and the second very fast, and with the normal clutch to change gears at ease, it would be a kind of simple and resistant homemade CVT

I love it if vlad's project/ideas works

Dude brave working on that with flip flops on

They used to fit something called a "traffclutch" in some of the Citroen 2CV's... But I don't know if it was successful.

Paused at 5:26 to make a prediction, that being: LOTS of smoke and not much GO !! Edit. Done watching. I'm Impressed !! I thought the 2 pivot bolts would break or bend, or the pads on the brake shoes (clutch) would self destruct. Awesome !!

actually brilliant. as large as possible brake drum that will fit in the bell housing, weights and springs aimed at 1450-1500 rpm it would probably feel "correct". the single pivot point on the shoes is awkward for wear, two slide rails (=) may work nicer so the drum and pads can engage same+full diameter, maximum surface area of both shoes. this deserves a "re-visit". it would require machining slots into the flywheel to locate the slides accurately, press fit and weld. same for cutting slots in the brake shoes for them to slide out, typical brake shoe retainer springs "could" be used, if the slides had a "T" shape at proper height those retainer springs may be unnecessary. in a light 2 seat car this might last a long time.

2:38 Grinding without safety cap, bare feet on Jesus Nikes.. Only in Russia 💖💖💖😎👍

If you added a freewheeling part between the clutch and the transmission, it would have released fine.

I'm surprised you guys don't have 10 million subscribers. Good stuff!

That was so great I have never seen anybody or even thought about doing a centrifical clutch in a car awesome content guys keep up the awesome work I love it even the dumb ones the dumb ones aren't even dumb they're actually really cool and it keeps me so entertained I love your content keep it up guys you're doing something worthwhile you put a smile on my face every time thank you so much

Garage 54 is so innovative 👍

NOT TO SHABBY WITHOUT THE USE OF A LATHE

I had the clutch cable break when I was halfway across town. It made for an interesting trip shifting without the clutch pedal. I even drove it to the auto parts store to get another cable. The only problem was red lights and I would have to shift it down to first and shut off the motor and re-start it when the light turned green.

Wish I had that garage! You guys are always trying what we idly wonder about 😂 the problem with centrifugal clutches is always the springs. They tend to break when the heat gets high, at least most do. I know they sell similar setups to replace Harley clutches.

What’s the deal with the fast & furious supra ? Also we’re can I get some Russian safety sandals

Did someone say torque converter? Lol jk This was an amazing video! Keep it up guys !!!!

Sometime back in the late 60s we had a car with a torque converter driven clutch in front of a manual 3 speed transmission, I think it was called a Pontiac a torqueflite. You had a clutch pedal to shift with but yet you could come to a stop without having to depress the clutch and then would take off just like your centrifugal when you gave it the gas. Of course it took off better in 1st gear man 3rd. Really what I think it was, is a wet centrifuge inside a automatic transmission looking torque converter.

This is a ghetto torque converter for a manual transmission. I like it. It works just some fine tuning and I'd bet one can make that really nice.

2:40. Russian safety boots looked like they were short a bit of leather🤔😂😂

the dutch daf used a centrufugal cluttch also citroen 2cv did sometimes

where would get a Lada in the states. Honestly, I've come to love those cars. Thank you for this series.. you are beautiful!!

Please try do double clutch. Like original one, an centrifugal. Centrifugal is for start from 0. And normal clutch for changing gears. I recommend to use double brake drum and double brake pads for centrifugal one . Btw very nice video again! :)

US viewers: "what the fck is that third pedal and stick in the middle?!?" :D

can we see a complete picture of the working parts

This is a cool DIY mod. I am sure it need perfection but for brake pads this seems to work really well for what they can do. I want a LADA, seems like a cool car.

In the 1960 's VW had a beetle with a similair sytem. A gearstick but no cluthpedal.

I was expecting a wide open throttle launch in first gear with it

You should turn a front wheel drive car into a rear wheel drive car garage 54 style

I love the safety flip flops the guy using the gearbox jack is wearing..

The best project I've ever seen here. Much love from Zambia.

*wipes glasses* Is that a supra

grinding in sandals🤔

Riley made cars in the 1930's with a centrifugal clutch. They work fine. Your design is nice and simple and works well. You need to adapt your driving style. See Riley 9 and Riley 12/4.

boa noite ,amigo eu tive exatamente essa ideia tambem , quero fazer na minha komb ano 1973. fico feliz que deu certo. vou fazer tambem. sou do Brasil. um abraço

one good thing about russian cars: infinite ways for mods