This is EVERYTHING YOU NEED to Know About Cars — Transcript

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1. 0:00cars are one of the best interests to
2. 0:02have whether you're into racing them
3. 0:04modifying them or making sweet sweet
4. 0:06love to them they can improve your life
5. 0:08massively they give you something to get
6. 0:10excited about and to bond with people
7. 0:12over but there's a lot of basic
8. 0:14knowledge that's needed when talking
9. 0:15about them that's why it can feel
10. 0:17overwhelming when you talk to someone
11. 0:18who's actually knowledgeable and of
12. 0:20course you don't want them to know
13. 0:21you're an idiot so you just nod your
14. 0:23head and pretend you know what an 8
15. 0:25liter quad turbo w16 with dct means
16. 0:28while you get so annoyed that you start
17. 0:30to think about plunging a knife right
18. 0:32into their jugular and watching them
19. 0:34gradually slump into a puddle of their
20. 0:36own blood well lucky for them i'm gonna
21. 0:38teach you what those terms mean so you
22. 0:40can follow along in the conversation
23. 0:42like a normal person instead of just
24. 0:44thinking about murdering them and really
25. 0:46there's not much to it so this video
26. 0:48will cover everything you need to know
27. 0:49to have a real car conversation once you
28. 0:52understand things like the engine types
29. 0:54transmissions and drivetrains you can
30. 0:56start to form your opinions about cars
31. 0:58which makes you interesting to talk to
32. 1:00and even if you already know the basics
33. 1:02about cars i'll be throwing in some
34. 1:04facts that even seasoned car nerds don't
35. 1:06know so you can really trick people into
36. 1:08thinking you're an expert and we should
37. 1:10really start by talking about the basic
38. 1:12layout all cars have an engine a
39. 1:14transmission and a drivetrain which is
40. 1:17everything that you need to make the car
41. 1:19go unless of course you're driving a
42. 1:21ford in which case you'll be pushing
43. 1:22most of the time so that'll just add
44. 1:24weight but in general these components
45. 1:26are blended together in a multitude of
46. 1:28ways to create anything from a honda
47. 1:30civic to an f-150 to a bugatti now let's
48. 1:33take a look at the engine and the first
49. 1:35thing you need to know is that how it
50. 1:37works isn't actually that important you
51. 1:39can just think of it like a fleshlight
52. 1:40because you should think about what it
53. 1:42does for you and not what's going on
54. 1:43inside while you're using it all you
55. 1:45need to know is that there are cylinders
56. 1:47with a piston that pumps up and down air
57. 1:49and fuel goes in combustion occurs and
58. 1:51that creates a force which is used to
59. 1:52move the car if you want to take that
60. 1:54red pill and actually see how an engine
61. 1:56works you can just look it up there's a
62. 1:58ton of videos and it's really not that
63. 2:00complicated the real thing that you
64. 2:02should know is the basic notation so
65. 2:04when you see something like this you
66. 2:05should be able to tell what kind of
67. 2:07engine it has and it's actually pretty
68. 2:09easy so the first thing to look at is
69. 2:11actually the last number here which
70. 2:13tells you how many cylinders the engine
71. 2:15has this is the most important
72. 2:16information since it tells you a lot
73. 2:18about the character of the car for
74. 2:20example something small cheap and light
75. 2:22like a honda civic will almost always
76. 2:24have four cylinders while something
77. 2:26faster and sportier like a corvette or a
78. 2:28mustang will have eight and a bugatti
79. 2:30can have up to 16 cylinders and now that
80. 2:32we know how many cylinders the engine
81. 2:34has we can look at the letter next to it
82. 2:36which tells us the layout of those
83. 2:38cylinders in this example the v tells
84. 2:40you that the engine actually looks like
85. 2:42a v shape the cylinders are divided into
86. 2:45two separate banks which face each other
87. 2:47at roughly a 90 degree angle probably
88. 2:50the most common engine layout is the eye
89. 2:52shape which also means inline or
90. 2:54straight basically every single four
91. 2:56cylinder is an inline or straight four
92. 2:59and bmw chooses to use inline sixes over
93. 3:02the more common v6 the next important
94. 3:05engine layout to see is denoted by an h
95. 3:08or an f subaru and porsche use this
96. 3:10engine layout for most of their cars
97. 3:12because it allows you to keep the weight
98. 3:14lower to get better handling in this
99. 3:16engine layout two banks of cylinders sit
100. 3:19flat opposing each other on the same
101. 3:21plane in that way the letter h actually
102. 3:23represents how the engine looks which
103. 3:25cannot be said for the w engine layout
104. 3:28this is commonly used by like bentley or
105. 3:31bugatti to fit a lot of cylinders in a
106. 3:33small engine block and this is how it
107. 3:35looks so not exactly like the letter w
108. 3:38but it sort of makes sense because maybe
109. 3:40it's like having two v's within each
110. 3:42other and similar to the w layout
111. 3:44there's something called a vr layout
112. 3:46which you'll find in some volkswagens
113. 3:48this allows you to get a six cylinder in
114. 3:50the space of about an inline four or
115. 3:53inline five and now that you've figured
116. 3:55out the layout of the engine you can
117. 3:57look at the first number here which is
118. 3:59the displacement so in this case 3.0 l
119. 4:02means three liters this just tells you
120. 4:04what the total volume is in all of the
121. 4:06cylinders combined so if you have a
122. 4:08three liter v6 that means three liters
123. 4:12is divided by six cylinders so each
124. 4:14cylinder is 0.5 liters or 500
125. 4:17milliliters or 500 cc's and to put that
126. 4:20in context the new honda civic has a
127. 4:23four cylinder with 1.5 liters while the
128. 4:25new bugatti has a 16 cylinder with 8
129. 4:28liters and that is basically all you
130. 4:30need to know to talk about engines
131. 4:32except for one thing which is the
132. 4:34induction type now most engines are
133. 4:36what's called naturally aspirated and
134. 4:38this means the movement of the pistons
135. 4:40in the cylinders draws fresh air in
136. 4:42which means you have oxygen for the
137. 4:44combustion to occur however there is a
138. 4:47better way to do things and that's by
139. 4:48either using a turbocharger or a
140. 4:50supercharger to cram more air into the
141. 4:53engine more air means more oxygen which
142. 4:55means you can have a bigger explosion
143. 4:58and make more horsepower the difference
144. 5:00between a turbocharger and a
145. 5:01supercharger is that a turbocharger uses
146. 5:04the exhaust gases coming from the engine
147. 5:06to spin a turbine which compresses air
148. 5:08and sends it into the cylinders on the
149. 5:10other hand a supercharger uses the
150. 5:12actual turning of the engine to cram
151. 5:14more air in it's getting to the point
152. 5:16nowadays where most cars have a
153. 5:18supercharger or a turbocharger because
154. 5:20it means you can use a smaller engine
155. 5:22and get better gas mileage but still
156. 5:24have the same amount of power as a large
157. 5:26engine and now you're totally certified
158. 5:28to talk about engines with actual car
159. 5:30people however engines are connected to
160. 5:33something and that's the transmission
161. 5:35which is the next thing we need to talk
162. 5:36about and there are two basic types of
163. 5:38transmissions one is an automatic
164. 5:40gearbox and one is a manual automatic
165. 5:43basically just means that the car can
166. 5:45actually shift gears for you now in most
167. 5:47modern automatics you can find paddles
168. 5:49behind the wheel to control when the car
169. 5:51shifts but it's still the car doing the
170. 5:53shifting for you now compare that to a
171. 5:55manual gearbox where you have to go
172. 5:57around playing with a stick all day this
173. 5:59is highly preferred to car enthusiasts
174. 6:01because they love playing with sticks
175. 6:03and it's also more satisfying and a more
176. 6:05engaging driving experience than driving
177. 6:07an automatic so if anyone says they're a
178. 6:09car enthusiast but they drive an
179. 6:11automatic you should probably ridicule
180. 6:13them and make fun until they hang
181. 6:15themselves any true car enthusiast would
182. 6:17drive a manual now a manual gearbox
183. 6:20takes practice to learn how to drive and
184. 6:22you also have to deal with three pedals
185. 6:24instead of just two but that's why it's
186. 6:26more fun it's more engaging since
187. 6:27there's more to do and you're constantly
188. 6:30kept busy and focused on the experience
189. 6:32of driving now that's basically all you
190. 6:34need to know about transmissions just
191. 6:36get a manual if you're into cars and
192. 6:38want to have fun and get an automatic if
193. 6:40you want people to know you're a loser
194. 6:42so we have power being generated in the
195. 6:44engine being sent through the gearbox
196. 6:46but now it needs to go through the
197. 6:47wheels and there's actually three
198. 6:49different ways of doing this one way of
199. 6:51doing this is all-wheel drive where you
200. 6:53send power to all of the wheels this is
201. 6:55common in subarus and it's best for low
202. 6:57grip environments like snow or mud
203. 7:00however it's very inefficient because
204. 7:01there's a lot of power loss due to all
205. 7:03the components it's also pretty
206. 7:05expensive and heavy a cheaper and
207. 7:07lighter alternative to all-wheel drive
208. 7:09is rear-wheel drive this is where you
209. 7:12only send power to the rear wheels this
210. 7:14is very popular for performance cars as
211. 7:16it offers the best blend of grip and
212. 7:18lightness that's because whenever you
213. 7:20accelerate in a car weight shifts to the
214. 7:22back and therefore there's more force on
215. 7:25the rear wheels which gives you better
216. 7:27traction now compare this to the last
217. 7:29drive type which is front wheel drive
218. 7:31front wheel drive is the cheapest and
219. 7:33lightest way to build a car but it's not
220. 7:36as good for traction because when you
221. 7:37accelerate weight lifts off of the front
222. 7:40wheels as it goes to the back and then
223. 7:41you get less traction in the front where
224. 7:44your drive is now this doesn't really
225. 7:46matter for the majority of cars or
226. 7:48people driving them so pretty much any
227. 7:50civic or normal commuter car is
228. 7:52front-wheel drive it's the cheapest
229. 7:54drive type to build it also gets the
230. 7:56best fuel economy because there's less
231. 7:58distance for the power to travel and
232. 8:00it's also safer because most people know
233. 8:02how to drive a front wheel drive car
234. 8:04whereas a rear wheel drive car can be
235. 8:05unpredictable to those without
236. 8:07experience now while you can send power
237. 8:09anywhere you can also place the engine
238. 8:11anywhere you can put the engine in the
239. 8:13front of the car in the middle or even
240. 8:15in the rear by far the most common place
241. 8:18to put the engine is in the front but if
242. 8:20you get an exotic car like a lamborghini
243. 8:22or a ferrari or mclaren usually the
244. 8:24engine will be in the middle since the
245. 8:26engine is usually the heaviest component
246. 8:28in a car and it's in the middle it means
247. 8:30the car can rotate easily so it handles
248. 8:32better now rear engine is really only
249. 8:34used by porsche and it's good because
250. 8:36you get a lot of weight on the rear
251. 8:38wheels which gives you better traction
252. 8:40now all this is great and all but
253. 8:42there's one thing you really need to
254. 8:44understand and that is a limited slip
255. 8:46differential so in 95 percent of cars
256. 8:48you have what's called an open
257. 8:49differential this means the power takes
258. 8:51the path of least resistance so if you
259. 8:53spin one tire then that tire is gonna
260. 8:55instantly start spinning really fast and
261. 8:57the other won't have any power going to
262. 8:59it but if you have a limited slip
263. 9:01differential then whenever you start
264. 9:03spinning one wheel the other on the
265. 9:05other side will start spinning at the
266. 9:06same speed this means you can drift and
267. 9:08you get better traction because both
268. 9:10tires are spinning trying to grab the
269. 9:12pavement so that's really the most
270. 9:14important thing that any sports car
271. 9:16needs besides a manual gearbox so now
272. 9:18we've talked about the engine the
273. 9:19transmission and the drivetrain and i
274. 9:22said you can combine these things in
275. 9:23different ways to create any type of car
276. 9:25so here are some of the basic types the
277. 9:27first is what i call an econo box this
278. 9:30is basically your chevy spark or your
279. 9:32old hyundais these are usually front
280. 9:34engine and front wheel drive and they're
281. 9:36made for people who don't really care
282. 9:38about driving they're not meant to be
283. 9:39fun or luxurious just meant to get you
284. 9:41from point a to point b muscle cars on
285. 9:44the other hand are quite different
286. 9:46they're meant to have tons of power and
287. 9:47be really fun to drive in a straight
288. 9:50line they're usually pretty cheap and
289. 9:51you can think of it like a mustang or
290. 9:54camaro a muscle car has to be rear-wheel
291. 9:56drive and it usually has a v8 sometimes
292. 9:59even with a supercharger on it these
293. 10:01cars are big and heavy and they don't
294. 10:03really go around corners which is fine
295. 10:05because the typical person who buys this
296. 10:07car doesn't even know how the steering
297. 10:09wheel works now moving on from muscle
298. 10:11cars you have luxury cars these often
299. 10:13have the same large engine but it's
300. 10:16meant to be more smooth and the interior
301. 10:18are much nicer something like a lexus
302. 10:21ls400 has a smooth v8 while a
303. 10:24rolls-royce phantom has a silky v12 and
304. 10:28now we move on to sports cars these tend
305. 10:30to be lighter and smaller than muscle or
306. 10:32luxury cars and they have less power a
307. 10:35muscle car will have overwhelming and
308. 10:36intoxicating power while sports car has
309. 10:39just enough or maybe a lot depending on
310. 10:41how expensive it is it also has a bigger
311. 10:43focus on handling than either of the
312. 10:45prior categories and these things tend
313. 10:48to have little compromise oftentimes a
314. 10:50sports car is like a regular civic or
315. 10:52golf that just got converted to be a
316. 10:54little bit more fun sometimes you have a
317. 10:56purpose built like a coupe which is
318. 10:58meant to be just a sports car but it
319. 11:00still has a usable trunk and you can
320. 11:02daily drive it now compare that to a
321. 11:04supercar which is a lot more compromised
322. 11:06it's focused on being really fast and
323. 11:08really fun it has a huge focus on
324. 11:11handling and it tries to be super light
325. 11:13and awesome looking that means it has a
326. 11:15tiny trunk gets bad gas mileage and if
327. 11:18you try to daily it you're probably
328. 11:19gonna want to hang yourself now one step
329. 11:22up even from that is hyper cars these
330. 11:24are over a million dollars and these are
331. 11:27paganis koenigseggs bugattis things that
332. 11:29are extremely exotic they're usually mid
333. 11:32engine as well because as like i said
334. 11:34earlier it handles the best if you want
335. 11:36to see some awesome sports cars that you
336. 11:38can buy for 10 grand or less check out
337. 11:40this video some have two turbos some are
338. 11:44all-wheel drive and some are mid-engined
339. 11:46which yeah i said those are usually
340. 11:48ferraris but the one in that video is
341. 11:50like five thousand dollars and it's
342. 11:51basically ferrari so the cars on that
343. 11:53list are super cool and they apply what
344. 11:56we've been