While growing up, the Lego universe was one of the best things. We had Lego bricks splattered all around the floor of our room. Those were like an ocean of landmines for any parent. We took Lego seriously. But, these builders that built this Lego V8 engine or the Lego Pneumatic Engine, take the whole Lego stuff to an entirely different level.
These builders are like a sect of Lego modelers. They use valve pieces and a workhouse pneumatic engine to create functioning engines. They have many engines based on models of larger engines, but they also have custom design engines. These Lego Pneumatic Engines and the Lego V8 Engine are built as single cylinder thumpers. They are built as high revving V8s up to 64 cylinder radial engines.
Check out this amazing video with this LEGO V8 Engine Joined By A Six Speed Tiptronic Sequential Gearbox! This is actually pneumatic V8 LPE motor with several optical modifications! On the second video you can see the engine joined to the tiptronic, sequential gearbox!
Both engines are built from LEGO!
Check the second video on PAGE2 or click HERE!
At last, if you want to see this impressive Lego constructions check out this link!
This particular Lego V8 engine in the video was designed by a builder called Huib van der Hart. It`s an eight cylinder engine sharing one crank. In the middle we have some sort of a crankshaft that causes the engine to operate. The crankshaft acts on air shifts that are pneumatic and are controlling timing for each of the cylinders. These Lego V8 engines are commonly used Lego model cars that are custom made. These model cars have functioning suspensions, transmissions and of course steering systems.
This is all Lego for adults. And while Lego Technic gives build kits for creating a lot of functioning models. This was all Huib van der Hart`s idea. The whole idea and design is his. Who knows how much time and Lego components it took for Huib van der Hart to design this masterpiece.
