^U learn, i learn: After watching Eric thecarguy's video on
engine basics, digesting it, sharing it, i stumbled across this
video this morning. It shows an amazing display of all the basic
parts of an engine coming together, then you watch it run in a
way that would be difficult to do in real life. i'm working to
get an appreciation for this everyday piece of human inginuity.
What amazed me is that i was able to name an awful lot of the
parts as they were coming together, 'ooh! that's the crankshaft
- that's the dual overhead camshaft - that's the exhaust
manifold - that's the valve springs'. Being ignorant for so long
was inexcusable. it'll take time but i'm getting there. And i
hope some of you are too. it's easy to be amazed by uncommon
things -- but to be amazed at everyday things is something
special.^