Watch This Engine Get Sliced Completely in Half
It requires some pretty heavy equipment, but cutting into an engine block looks like a lot of fun.
Have you ever seen an engine that was sliced perfectly in half? Outside of maybe an engineering demo here or there, it’s rare to see a cutaway of any engine setup. It’s even more difficult to make that cutaway after everything has been built and the engine has been used inside a car. Yet, it can still be done.
As you can see above, the father and son team at What’s Inside? recently had a chance to take an inline 4-cylinder engine, with most of the accessories still attached, and cut into it to see… well, what’s inside. This particular project was one of their biggest yet, and they needed to take the engine to a facility that specializes in building rockets to find a saw big enough to cut into it.
The computerized saw cut a perfect line down the middle, but killed three blades in the process. Even then, they still had to get a wedge, and force the block to split into two with a large amount of compressed force.
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If you already know your way around an engine, you’ll know what most of the components are right away. But remember, this isn’t an automotive-focused YouTube channel. So there is some extra explaining for someone who might not know what they’re looking at.
Even so, it’s awesome to see such machinery split that piece of steel and aluminum apart like splitting a coconut. It helps give you an idea of exactly how much stress and pressure an engine block can take, and how well-engineered they are.
If you’re looking to try something like this at home, be sure to play it safe. Also, it looks like you’ll need some serious equipment to just slice it in half. It’d probably be easier to just disassemble the engine and block, but what would be the fun in that?
