By Colin Wood
Oct 19, 2021
What does a valve spring look like when it's operating at 8500 rpm?
Thanks to the magic of slow motion, we can see that valve springs move around quite a bit.
10/18/21 12:01 p.m.
That is SUPER cool to watch
10/18/21 12:23 p.m.
Way more jiggly slinky action than I expected, and that's a dual-spring setup!
10/18/21 12:24 p.m.
The algorithm suggested this one to me a few days ago too.
10/18/21 1:15 p.m.
In reply to bgkast :
All hail The Algorithm.
10/18/21 3:19 p.m.
In reply to GameboyRMH :
Exactly why I felt the need to share, definitely a lot more movement than I would expect from a valve spring.
10/18/21 3:19 p.m.
In reply to bgkast :
Looks like we both have good taste in YouTube videos.
10/18/21 4:54 p.m.
Lotus has a piece of software that calculates the motion of all the individual coils of a valve spring, since that's pretty critical to determining valve float.
10/18/21 5:23 p.m.
Wow! So much jiggle and so much rotating!
10/18/21 7:06 p.m.
As the bishop said to the actress
10/19/21 8:53 a.m.
Can someone please explain why it's rotating so much? I'm genuinely curious and can't really figure it out. I assume vibration but then why wouldn't it just find the 'heavy' end of the spring and stay there?
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