This Stop-Motion Tear-Down Of A Mazda MX-5 Engine Is Utterly Mesmerising
Engine build-up/tear down timelapses on YouTube aren’t exactly anything new, but we’re not sure we’ve ever seen one executed quite as well as this.
It’s been done using stop motion animation, and took four days of shooting and eight days of editing to make. Alex from How A Car Works has since been in touch to tell us exactly how the ‘floating’ sparks plugs were made possible. “The spark plugs were done by tying four pieces of cotton around them and using the bonnet stay as a fishing rod and lifting them out at an angle. We then photoshopped it out,” he said. Simple, but effective.
The video goes one step further than just showing all the engine’s various parts flying off, too: we’re also shown things like the crank turning and the pistons moving, giving an intimate look inside this Mk2.5 1.6-litre Miata engine.
Extra points must be awarded for the Pixar-style animated lamp, too…
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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Good timing that my engine broke down :D
I feel like ive seen this spmewhere before……
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Here, have another: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daVDrGsaDME
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I like the late 80’s/early 90’s music they added, so much more fitting than today’s WUB WUB WUB
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Like field stripping a gun, except much more challenging.
I’ve preordered the How a car works Video course, where they take apart an NB MX-5, explaining every smallest detail . As someone with almost no practical mechanical knowledge and since I own a 2000 MX-5, the course is perfect for me. So far, the content was great, and worth the price. Would recommend..