Lab 01
Engine
Four-Stroke Engine Laboratory
Watch intake, compression, power and exhaust with crank, piston, cam and valves on one synchronised timeline.
AutoVerse · Automotive engineering
Understand Every Moving Part.
Interactive 3D laboratories and plain-language lessons that take a car apart one system at a time, from the four-stroke cycle to the tyre’s contact patch. Watch it run, slow it down, and select any part to see what it does.
Next upHow a Car Works: The Big Picture · 10 min
Starting the engine…
- 01 Intake
- 02 Compression
- 03 Power
- 04 Exhaust
Every part is selectable.Open the engine lab
- Lessons
- 34
- 3D labs
- 4
- Parts explained
- 104
How you'll learn
Start at the surface. Dig as deep as you like.
Every system is taught the same way, so you always know where you are and what comes next.
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Search every lesson, lab and documented part in one place.
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Interactive laboratories
Run the machinery yourself
Each lab is a working 3D model whose parts move in step with one another. Run it, change its inputs and select any part to see what it does.
- Lab 02
Transmission & Clutch
Manual Gearbox Laboratory
Select gears and see how ratio trades rotational speed for torque between input and output shafts.
- Lab 03
Brakes
Disc Brake Laboratory
Press the pedal, watch hydraulic pressure clamp the pads, and see kinetic energy become heat — with a conceptual ABS demo.
- Lab 04
Suspension & Steering
Suspension Laboratory
Drive over bumps and see the spring, damper and control arms keep the tyre on the road.
Suggested beginner learning path
How a car moves
Follow energy from fuel to tarmac: what the engine does, how the gearbox and differential shape its output, and how the tyres finally push the car along.
- Step 1: How a Car Works: The Big PictureBeginner10 minStart here
- Step 2: The Four-Stroke CycleBeginner15 min
- Step 3: Torque and PowerBeginner12 min
- Step 4: The ClutchBeginner12 min
- Step 5: The Manual GearboxIntermediate18 min
- Step 6: Gear Ratios and Torque MultiplicationIntermediate15 min
- Step 7: The DifferentialIntermediate12 min
- Step 8: Drivetrain LayoutsBeginner12 min
- Step 9: Tyres and GripBeginner13 min
Browse by system
Take the car apart, system by system
34 lessons across 15 categories, from first principles to driving technique.
- Basics & Fundamentals2 lessons
- Engine4 lessons
- Fuel & Ignition3 lessons
- Cooling & Lubrication2 lessons
- Transmission & Clutch4 lessons
- Drivetrain & Differentials3 lessons
- Brakes3 lessons
- Suspension & Steering3 lessons
- Wheels & Tyres1 lesson
- Electrical Systems2 lessons
- Heating & Air Conditioning1 lesson
- Bodywork & Chassis1 lesson
- Aerodynamics & Technology2 lessons
- Maintenance & Troubleshooting2 lessons
- Driving Technique1 lesson
System map
See how it all connects
Power takes a long route from the crankshaft to the road. Follow it through every component, and see which systems keep the whole machine running along the way.
Open the system mapSupporting systems
Power path · engine to road