Mechanic: Your engine is throwing a code. Owner: Is it knock? Mechanic: No, it's boing.

Someone took the "Piston return springs" joke a bit too far

Chris Fix: April Fools! Russians: No, I don't think so

Nissan: Creates a Variable Compression Engine. Garage 54: Hold my Mig Welder.

Valve spring connecting rod? There's no way this could possibly go wrong

Video 2: take this to a separate mechanic and ask them to find out why your lada doesn't work and film their response

The simple fact that anyone in this world thought for even a second that it may start baffles me

The beep at 6:08 was so epic late HAHAHAHAa

Talk about a low budget variable compression engine. 😬

Piston return springs! Now you need muffler bearings, blinker fluid, headlight fluid, and elbow grease

Guy In Background: Coughs Voice-over Guy: The Mans Got Rona

I'm here worrying about knocking or bearing failure every time when I think I heard some noise. These Russian bois: HAHA spring go boing boing.

These guys are low-key amazing mechanics, like yeah they try some dumb shit for fun but to get half of the shit they do working they have my respect

Garage54: Replacing piston rods with springs. 14-1 Compression ratio engine: Am I a joke to you?

I swear, you guys come up with the best ideas ever.

My first thought was it's going to throw the timing way off! But something tells me the springs aren't overcoming the compression peak in the cylinders.

I'm, an old man, that rebuilt many engines in my youth(1960s) big block stuff, and antique cars. BUT, I've never seen anything like this. Springs in place of piston rods. Man, you guys will try anything.

Me: imma torque everything correctly because I wanna make sure it’s all good. Russians: EMPAKT

Looked up compression testing, found this, guess this was my problem the whole time.

Someone ten years later in a junkyard buys this car and opens it up. They would be in for a shock

Oh man,, this sounds like a perfect way to kill an engine. I am going to keep watching.

Springs with no dampers? Lol slap some shocks on them puppies

My guess is part of the problem is the springs allow the crankshaft and piston to get out of phase which fsked the timing. Much stiffer springs might kind of work if the weld problem and horizontal flexing problem could be solved. It would be interesting if it worked because it might have increased the engine's tolerance for fuel detonation so compression could be increased or crappy fuel used. Not that I have any idea of what I'm talking about or anything.

Teaching kids to think outside the box... you, sir are outstanding in your field. Hats off from USA!

“That’s a fu king genius idea” ... *beep

this deserves a part 2 with a little bit more thought and you will get it going. PLEASE :)

This is the best thing I’ve ever seen on KZfaq I’m quite some time, just awesome, Great effort giving it everything you could’ve to get it to start

Please try this again with a sliding guide rod! I would love to see this crazy idea run. Even if just for a moment

The springs will compress till the valves open. and then compression will be lost.

Let’s see an engine block made of concrete. Cast in the bearings and the sleeves

you got me at the unconnected coil wire guys..lol

No ladas were hurt in the making of this production. Fantastic 👍🏾

This motor has a mind of its own like a completly unwilling donkey

6:10 I find it funny that he is bleeped out from the video but the translator has no problem cussing

You have to give these guys a lot of credit. A lot of work went into satisfying their curiosity. Very entertaining although I think the result was predictable.

How cool would it be to work doing stuff like this! I wouldn't ever dread going to work. These guys should be very grateful for what they have. They get to do mad scientist mechanics all day everyday. So freaking cool

Garage 54: sees click bait photo and makes it true and even tests it 😂

Guys I know what you can do next. Make z-dampers! They were outlawed in F1 racing but they are pretty simple and I know you guys could make them. It's basically a shock absorber but instead of a pressurized tube it's a giant screw that has a weight threaded onto it. So the faster the shock compresses the faster the screw spins up the heavy weight. This way the car is unrestricted by the device at slow speeds like going over big humps in the road, but at fast speeds like when you are racing it's very hard to spin up the large weight quickly so it acts as stiff resistance. It's such a cool device not only because it works so well and was banned from F1, but also because there is an electrical engineering formula that uses resistors, capacitors, and inductors or something like that and if you apply the same formula to car suspension the z-damper completes the missing 3rd piece from the formula. Because springs are like capacitors, the more energy you put in them the more they store. Shocks are like resistors because they resist change in motion in both directions. And z-dampers are like inductors. They fill a missing piece to a puzzle to make it fully solved. You wouldn't believe how good cars handle with the z-damper along with shocks and springs, there are videos of the F1 car that had it before it was banned and it goes over bumps and turns and the car stays perfectly level and flat.

I love this channel!! The things you guys try and come up with are crazy. Much love from Pittsburgh Pa!

Ivan was like what the f**k have i gotten myself into hahaha

This guy literally builts a piston recoil. It's a meme in Finland. Next time you should make crankcase's ceiling light.

I love Garage 54. Saves me the time and money not trying these things on my own.

7:20 Oh how the neighbors must love you guys hahahaha

When your a mechanic and have Absolutely nothing to do 😂

6:10 that's so f**kin genius idea man (beep)

Turn the back wheel of a lada into a stump grinder

Garage 54, you are simply the BEST !!!! 5:08 sounds like a coffee grinder 😂

I doubted so before looking any further of the video. 1) Ignition timing will be totally out. 2) Piston rod connected with a spring will cause knocking to the spark plug.

Giving "piston return springs" a new meaning

"that's a fkin genius idea man" biiip

"It's all looking very good" Hahahahahaha

Question to you, Will this prevent knocking in a engine, if you get over compression on the engine ?? Or at least lower the stress ?? If you can make it run. Thought are: Making it like a normal spring whit a damper in it whit out resistant.

Piston return springs be like "Meanwhile in another cylinder the piston has turned sideways" Epic

Quite possibly the finest KZfaq title ever!

Welding spring steel takes the temper from it. (The hardness & springiness was comprimized by the welding heat I bet). So the compression of the engine was too much for it. KILLER experiment!!!

Those being valve springs wont offer enough comparison sense there meant to open under combustion perhaps using a heavier spring will give you enough compression for it to run.

“Alright something’s happening!.........Nothing’s happening” lol 😂

"piston gone sideways" " that's a lot of damage!!!"

Gives new meaning to the old Mazda commercial "Piston engine goes boing boing boing"

Immediate rod knock enters chat

Install an electric motor and run it by an electric generator and see the milage

I mean, what did you expect? Cool experiment though You should have used much stronger springs. That might have got you somewhere

These guys will turn that Lada into a classic! The market demand will skyrocket!

I appreciate all the effort guys to demonstrate the obvious outcome.

Who else has a feeling that one day they'll create a new invention on a car that will make them rich?

9:53 he is like let me see what the oil looks like : sees the oil ,oil : gray , he : oefff no good

good for dampening vibration and anti-seize, but less pressure on the compression stroke using a spring

The noises: 'those crazy Russians are trying to make an engine run on something very strange again ' 😂 Lmao

Would be interesting to see the Garage 54's take on the Japanese bosozoku cars. Maybe make one using a Lada 👍

Oh, and here I thought you guys are pushing the "piston return springs" idea of ChrisFix forward.

Love the fact that these guys will try anything.

It not only compress but also stretch when piston moves down, if it stretch valves will hit the pistons. But before that the springs just fallen off it seems

Hand-tightened screws on the car. Except for the engine. And vice versa. 😁

When he said "we've thrown in some additional load" I thought he was talking about Ivan💀😂

A good way to not get compression in a cylinder and a rather hard way to brake springs and a motor, I do like the effort put in, cheers, Nastarovia

There was an old Mazda rotary commercial that said "piston engine goes boing boing boing, Mazda goes brrrrrrrr".

It sounds like a cool and unique idea, I thought about it for a few minutes like maybe with this you could have a straight crankshaft since the springs would just be compressing, ditch the connecting rod bearings or not (if you used a straight crank) . But then I realized springs are really shitty in the long run and will wear out much, much faster then a solid connecting rod would. Also, this is important: Valve float is a condition where the engines rpm is too high for the springs to return properly (or the springs are worn and too weak) on the camshafts intake/exhaust valves. The same thing can happen with the springs on these pistons where they start floating and they probably would from all the power thats happening inside the cylinder. But still a cool idea. I havent watched the video yet so Im not 100% on the floating pistons idea.

still waiting to see steering wheel one side and pedals the other, just like the cars on the dash cam videos..

No compression? No problem. I want to see what happens with Buran. I believe this to be in compliance with SALT. Attach the piston centered atop a tube (called "Slide") and from the crank comes a smaller tube (Called "Shaft"). From the smaller tube, an even smaller cylinder is welded in place (Called "Guide"). The spring fits over this guide, and holds the piston and slide aloft, equal to "its acceptable length of travel during detonation without breaking". This means that to achieve optimal operation that you will need to trim the guide. Shaft and Slide provide stability to the spring so that it does not become wire again. The spring is tempered differently, as for flexibility, than is the rigid crankarm. This makes the weld not hold. Do not weld the spring this time, simply place it on the guide. Rigid tempered tubing can be found. This could be a solution for people with leaking head gaskets: a spring-loaded-crank, I really don't know what will happen! If the hole was small enough, maybe the engine could be open to the birds! The timing will surely be different. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->>> Я хочу посмотреть, что будет с Бураном. Я считаю, что это соответствует договору ОСВ. Присоедините поршень по центру к трубке (называемой «Слайд»), и от кривошипа выходит трубка меньшего размера (называемая «Вал»). Из трубы меньшего размера приваривается цилиндр еще меньшего размера (так называемый «Направляющая»). Пружина надевается на эту направляющую и удерживает поршень и ползун в верхнем положении, равное «допустимой длине хода во время детонации без поломки». Это означает, что для достижения оптимальной работы вам необходимо обрезать направляющую. Вал и ползун обеспечивают устойчивость пружины, так что она больше не превращается в проволоку. Пружина имеет другую закалку с точки зрения гибкости, чем жесткий шатун. Из-за этого сварной шов не держится. На этот раз не приваривайте пружину, просто поместите ее на направляющую. Можно найти жесткие закаленные трубки. Это может быть решением для людей с протекающими прокладками головки блока цилиндров: пружинный кривошип, я действительно не знаю, что произойдет! Если бы отверстие было достаточно маленьким, возможно, двигатель открылся бы птицам! Время наверняка будет другим.

"That's a fucking genius idea man!" *1 second later:* BEEP

Really enjoyed the ghetto chain tensioner when you were testing the engine outside lmao.

Crisfix: piston return sprints!

I'm no mechanic, but I knew this is exactly what would happen. The weakest link in the engine was the welds in the rods to the springs.

I'd like to see this redone. Please redo this with good sized springs, not those dinky things.

7:14 I like that New York license plate on a car in Russia.

Prediction: it makes a couple of revolutions, and then you gain a new viewing window in The block

What happens when you use engine coolant as oil

probably the one car in existence to have "piston return springs"...

If I knew enough Russian or Ukrainian to get around on my own I’d love to play in this shop with their crazy ideas. 😂 Funny the word “ain’t” is in their vocabulary words.

Ah yeah, the piston return springs. I had to replace those recently.

Immediately at 2:45 I can see why it won't work as springs can compress or stretch you can even see piston going out of the block by approx. 3mm which will crash into the cylinder head. Now it makes me wonder if you would make springs shorter to compromise for that...

The pistons might go up but they ain't coming back down. Might have worked with super thick springs, for about 5 revolutions

"Active variable displacement mod"

If the springs were stronger it would reduce the effective cc and might run if you had a sliding mechanism.

It failed once the cylinder head was installed, before it turned over because of no compression, but once the head was installed it then had compression/ resistance, which then caused the springs to flex/stretch out of proper form.

You could try using harder/stronger springs, that way the engine would probably start

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Maybe some much stiffer springs could possibly work?

I was 50/50 on the spring buclking and compressing enough that the piston actually slipped below the cylinder jacket enough that maybe the oil control ring would popout and bind the cylinder to to the jacket Or that the spring would buckle, and actually try to wrap itself around something

Such a picturesque residential neighborhood! Like London in the 1870s! But with CARS!