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FIRST 0-60 mph Test- Diesel OMEGA CAR - Video 3 of 3
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.ค. 2024
- After waiting 10 years, Casey Putsch dusts off his creation and gets real world 0-60 mph acceleration data to see if his invention will be the sustainably recyclable automotive industry game changer he envisioned after being angered by the lies of American politicians in 2008. This video is the third of three and is the first 0-60 mph test. This test used aa precision accelerometer and GPS tracker too give exact readings to two decimal places. The Omega car achieved over 104 MPG non-highway driving in the second video and Casey's next goal in to only burn 1 ounce of diesel per mile or to achieve 128 MPG. Today's test video is a direct comparison to a Tesla Model 3, a C7 Corvette, and a Dodge Viper RT/10. The fastest readings were- Tesla at 4.60, Omega at 4.61, Corvette at 4.61, and the Viper RT/10 at 4.85. The Omega is the cheapest car to drive per mile beating out the Tesla and is the only one of these cars created with sustainability and affordability as a top priority.
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I'm glad you built this, but maybe keep the political propaganda out of this.
I only have facts here man.
It's not propaganda if it's the honest truth
Not really. You leave out relative facts so it's kinda deception. But sure some facts@@CaseyPutsch
But still i like the car
Totally agree. Would be nice if Americans would stop desiring to be ruled by a king. Sad.
This is a Dodge Viper in perfect mechanical condition. *mirror falls off while launching*
This project is great!
Mirrors are cosmetic. Rule number one: what is behind does not matter! BA!
Reminds me of the “Gumball Rally” when the Ferrari driver ripped the mirror off at the beginning!
Old car problems. That screw gets loose due to vibration over time. A lot of the time glue that holds the little bracket up there comes off as well.
Chrysler life.
@@Turshin I’ve reglued the mirror on my 944 at least twice now!! That’s NINE-FOUR-FOUR Casey!!! HINT HINT!!
I will never stop appreciating your blunt realism, your intense passion for good cars, and your awesome collection that keeps getting better.
Glad to see the Omega doing what you wanted!
Thank you kindly!!
16:22 “Take that Viper, yeahhh!!!” That is the happiest, most enthusiastic tone I’ve ever heard in your voice…gave me the best kind of chills. Yeah, get it!!
:) Really fighting to build and create true dreams and goals here. No glamour or algorithm crap here. Just an inventor doing inventor stuff!
Take That MOPAR!!!
My favorite part of the video
You should sell the Omega as a kit car, get around a lot of red tape that way
That's the first step, but how to make it like new EV company selling more cars?
@@GF-mf7ml Better question, how to get all the govt subsidies they do for making a worse product lol
@@GF-mf7mlall the EVs are folding, like a bubble bought by Private Equity companies that are bursting. Tesla is only kept a float by carbon credits and their standardization of the charger plug. Kit car ALA Meyers Manx makes waaaaaaaay more sense. Not as "Sexy" as being a faux tech-bro like Muskrat but also not selling vaporware either.
if he were to sell it as a kit car I'd 100% buy it. this is just about everything I've ever wanted from a car
i think it looks good enough for me. id also put a diesel in it
People who don’t think you are genuine simply have not been watching you long enough. The Omega car has been my favorite car you have featured on the channel. It’s one of the main reasons I continue watching.
Thank you and more to come!
I agree, theres a place for this car. In my own garage, built by me and my sons, from plans or from Casey's chassis.
I don’t see why you guys don’t just go ahead and make one.
@@CaseyPutsch Teach us the ways. Let’s see a video on the manufacturing process!
@@CaseyPutsch Mostly because building a composite monocoque body in my cramped garage seems insurmountable. Change my mind. (Please!)
Thankfully TH-cam started recommending your videos again. This certainly has to hold a record for the fastest+most efficient car
Woo hoo!
Same for me too, ive had to manually search your videos for the last 2 years, now they pop up on my feed, glad to see you more Casey
great to see the 1.9TDI getting some love and beating iconic american sportscars, what has been done to the engine? anything to boost performance/optimize mpg?
"beat" lol okay buddy
@@YungEagle3k pretty sure 4.64 beats 5.05, so yes.
@@One_Bar numbers are hard sometimes
@@YungEagle3k it went faster didnt it? dont be mad lifes better when you dont get upset about things on the internet 😄
Afternoon, Sir. I've been waiting years for videos about this car. For us engineering and design geeks, would you mind doing a technical breakdown of the vehicle and manufacturing process? I have a small R&D/ proportioning shop mostly in the aviation space and would love to make something adjacent to this for a fun commuter/ traveler. As always, thank you for your time and work you do with these exceptional students.
Thank you kindly. More to come.
GM could have slapped a lithium battery in a EV-1 body rather than build the Bolt. VW could have mass produced a cheaper version of XL1.
True, but they are strangled by the corrupt and stupid world of global politics and entrenched industry.
That and, money. If it won't sell why bother.
To straight crush them even though people wanted to keep them from the lease.
Lithium ion batteries were way more expensive when the EV1 came out. The car still ended up being valued around $48K even after using the cheaper batteries and GM had so little confidence in it they only allowed leasing. I strongly believe they scrapped them because the realized the batteries could result in a hydrogen explosion in someone's home if they charged in their garage which it openly stated to never do.
And the XL1 was never going to get a consumer model because these conglomerates don't like making niche products. A consumer car with high fuel economy would be great for the environment and our reliance on gas, but people don't actively buy such cars. The Prius for example had continued to be a punching bag by everyone since it's inception. Hell Toyota even realized this and gave it a bigger engine and lowered increased the aerodynamic drag just to make it look cool and drive faster. They want to make cars anyone would buy which is why many have even stopped selling coupes and sedans. It's easier to push someone up to a bigger car than encourage people to try a smaller car.
@@Skylancer727 Big oil got involved to protect their interests, that it.
Casey, you are a wealth of inspiration and knowledge in a world full of stupidity. Cars nowadays have too much stupid technology with large screens that are dumb.
Thank you. I agree.
While the omega has an ipad for a screen. :D
@@Kristjan_NAn iPad used to monitor temperatures and engine vitals, so the thing doesn't blow up. Not an iPad to make fart sounds, play Mariokart, and tell jokes. Big difference!
@@CaseyPutsch If you can, use Linux devices to make the car software FOSS
I would personally turn this thing into an absolute computer on wheels.
No silly stuff like a Tesla, but just performance-enhancing gadgets. Join two 600cc Kei car engines to make a 1.2-liter V6 that can scream its head off at 8000 RPM all day, and use some of those very powerful eBike hub motors to build a triple motor (torque vectoring in the front, integrated starter and generator in the rear) performance hybrid system. Sequential automated transmission hacked together from a motorcycle to finish it off.
Baby Ferrari SF90 that can do 0 to 60 in 4 seconds, probably still get 100 mpg if driven correctly, and not continuously idle and waste fuel.
Congratulations on showcasing your own "product"! It's so easy to talk. It's so hard to actually deliver. You actually made the 100mpg, 5sec 0-60 car! Great!
Thank you kindly
Casey, you've done a remarkable job. Not only have you made a really good looking, fast affordable car based on the bombproof 1.9L VW TDI drivetrain, but you've made a really good looking car that people wouldn't be ashamed of driving around. Even if you were to make a SUV or pickup truck version of this car, it would get over 60-70 mpg and still haul the kids and groceries around! And yes, no burden on our electrical grid, no use of heavy metal batteries mined with slave labor in Africa and other places. Kudos!
Casey, a marker and some cards displaying times on the hood with an independant tester like Cleetus Mcfarland ripping on both cars at an actual dragstrip would be so incredibly youtube friendly and awesome.
Cleet would be blown away with how fast the car is while getting mileage like that. Also getting cleetus level eyeballs on the car will definitely blow up this channel and get people thinking.
I don’t know how to contact him.
That would be sick, don't know how close he is but I know Sloppy Mechanics up in PA have a connect to Cleetus
@@CaseyPutschbe careful; he looks related to bill clinton and has a lot of cop/fed looking buddies imho
Cleetus is probably a bit too tall to fit in the Omega he's almost a Giraffe 😂
Seeing you pull this off is awe-inspiring. This is possibly the coolest home built car I've ever seen. Congrats on taking it to the big man Casey. Cheers from Trinidad and Tobago
Hello and thank you!
I have never seen you that happy when you saw the 0-60 time the Omega Car is incredible and absolutely amazing very very efficient yet very quick you should try to get drivetrain or the car itself to be available for people to buy happy for you Casey and hope you have all the best
Now I just need a place that is positive to start-up companies. I'm not sure if I live in the right place or time for that though...
@@CaseyPutsch 🤔 I guess I know a place that could possibly help with that
@@CaseyPutschcome to Utah brother
Powerful people find 100mpg inventors as enemies of the state. My dad and myself have been screaming your views on the auto and energy industries for decades. Almost zero improvements on efficiency in the auto industry for 40 years. This is the direction towards efficiency the world needs. God Bless
Thank you
Casey you are a true inspiration and your passion and dedication is highly admirable. Thank you for documenting the journey!
More to come and thank you!
Good videos, ive watched all of these recent Omega videos and shared around...thanks for doing it .. gets the wheels turning in my head....its crazy the American car market has its top ICE car mpgs at around 42mpg which is exactly what I achieved recently in my 93 Civic with a worn out D16Z6 last highway trip down to Piedmont Dragway...great tests thanks again for using your resources to do stuff like this. Cheers.
GM did something goofy with my 21 GMC 1500 crew cab longer box, it was the factory 2" lifted one, plus a 2" aftermarket block lift, a big TDK bumper grille guard, 6.2L with the 10 speed. The son of a b**** got 40 mpg at 40mph, about 30 at 55mph. The dynamic skip fire sounded dumb but they were really onto something. Shame the very system that made it efficient made it failure prone in a bad way that can take out the entire engine.
@@AutomatedUser I've heard similar mixed feelings about those systems...good inputt man
Another funny part is the average passenger car economy is pitiful. People think my GS460 lexus v8 is inefficient.. it's more efficient from 2007 8 speed v8 than current 4-6 banger average LOL.
@@AutomatedUser yeah they eventually twist a lifter and destroy themselves.
@@N4CR5 the lifters collapse when they fail internally, giving a ton of play, jackhammering the pushrods, which bend after a short time, impacting the high pressure fuel rail and leaking gasoline. There are a couple failure modes, can also fold a rocker arm, can also launch the rocker stud out of the head as it's just pressed into the head, not threaded. Never heard of them spinning since the classic small block Chevy, they're keyed at the top with a guide that goes all the way around the outer structure that doesn't collapse keeping them from spinning. That guide could break I suppose, it is plastic, but I would think that would be from a seized roller flattening out the cam letting it go low enough in the bore to escape the guide, spin and break the guide off
If a large manufacturer did the same test It would be on the news!!! I love this! Well done 👍
This type of testing I would call “Real World Testing”
Yeah, one thing he didn't mention is that they also use professional drivers with lots of practice on the car and they even remove the first foot roll off on some of those. There's probably drag racing glue used for those timings.
We aren't professional drivers, we aren't getting a foot rolloff when we leave a traffic light.
This is as you said, real world testing, these are the results we normal people would get.
I cannot fathom how/why you get shunned, I've been watching you for over a decade I think and you have only ever talked straight sense and raw honestly.
You never strayed away from that and never let anything go to your head. The humble Ohio man making real progress with his hands, while the rest of the internet crazed world of people in power is leeching off buzzwords without thinking.
The Omega car is your Magnum Opus, and deserves recognition.
Thank you kindly. I have something bigger up my sleeve though. Also, it’s because of the honesty and continuous creations that make people stay away. I don’t mix well with fake.
@@CaseyPutsch Now THIS, good sir, I salute.
Haters are paid hippies, they pray to Stalin and drink soy lattes!
New time measurements all subtract "roll out" to reduce the numbers.
Great performance on that Omega car!
Stupid game!!
Not Porsche.
But they kinda aren't interested in making attainable fun cars... like GR86, MX5... or very efficient cars..@@CaseyPutsch
@@CaseyPutsch IDK man, I'd like to take the clutch work out for peak consistency, so personally, if I were testing cars, I'd do an off-idle roll with the GPS sensor recording the 5-60 or 10-60. Could also do a 20-80 roll for fun, too. I used to love that particular range in my first "car" because the V8 torque (even stock and with the vehicle's 5000lb weight) made it feel fun. A side pipe muffler delete helped with the fun factor, too.
Thanks Casey. You have covered so much of what so few in the TH-cam automotive community have the guts to address for fear of Corporate backlash. You'll never convince the KoolAid drinkers but, for the objective minded and rational skeptics, you present a ray of hope. Congratulations on your success, the Omega is amazing.
I appreciate that!
The Omega has always been my favorite Casey project. I'm so glad to see it getting attention!
More to come!
This is wildly impressive. I don't know if it makes sense for TH-cam, but I'd love to see some of the engineering that went into the Omega car. Schematics, ECU programming (does it have one?), gearing calculations, what makes a commuter vs performance car? Love it.
I did one drawing to show people and did the entire design in my head.
I wish that I had been able to buy an Omega Car instead of the CX-5 I purchased last year. I'm not sure how well I'd do getting in and out of it with my low back issues, but to have a car that I can fix or take to any competent mechanic of my choosing without needing specialized tools that gets over 100mpg is exactly what I'm looking for. The performance off the line is just a nice bonus.
I am so glad to see you back with the Omega car, I absolutely love the idea and cant wait to see where you go from here with it.
More to come!
You are addressing so many gripes I have with current automobiles. It gives me hope that real cars will never go away. You have inspired me to think about what I can do to keep the things I enjoy most around. (Internal combustion engines paired to a manual transmission)
You made a statement, built a car and proved the concept. Well done buddy.
Thank you kindly!
@CaseyPutsch you are welcome buddy. Truly inspirational work. 👍🏻
Got toe to toe with a C7 Corvette straight up beat a Dodge Viper V10 and was pretty close to a Tesla Model 3 all that with a diesel power plant and great design, now that's awesome.🔥
Thank you kindly
I had almost given up on finding people like you on the planet. The best judge of character is time? Integrity rare thing to have in this world it’s even more rare to be kept for extended periods of time? I see so many opportunities to make things better. You reinforce my faith that it can be done thank you.
Means a lot. Honored you’re here.
Your point with the tesla is absolutely spot on. They are know to disable your fast charging if you have been in any kind of accident no matter how minor. And then you're stuck with having to wait 8hours for a full charge.
Love, love this car. It's beautiful, too. I'm curious as to what it weighs. Also...as the owner of a convertible, I was squirming at the end of this video when it started raining into your open-top Viper. :)
Thank you! Just drive faster! Rain goes over. :)
The weight...me too! I have a GRP monocoque here waiting for an engine so I'd also like to know which 1.9 TDI is being used in the Omega...my monocoque weighs around 420kg...VERY light!
12:08 They do the 0-60 tests on a prepped drag strip. That's why you couldn't get the 3.7 time
True but the Omega car in that same condition may also do better than the Tesla
Better tire compound and width would have easily helped. Cars can easily do 3 second 0-60 without wheelspin
Love it! This is the car that sparked my interest in this channel. Cant wait to see it refreshed with the mods you mentioned. Cheers!
More to come
Thank you for finishing and sharing this project. Very inspiring
Thank you for watching!
All engineering is a compromise. How about a video about what Omega had to give up to achieve this? Eg. NVH, Safety, DFM, etc. Crossover with Engineering Explained?
In my cammed C5 Corvette i *can* get 30mpg, but bombing around town in traffic i was getting more like 9-10 because i love the way a cammed v8 sounds.
Out of curiousity, whats the average mpg of the Omega car driving around somewhat enthusiastically?
He should do a track day, and reference mpg there! NC Miata gets around 10mpg @ the track, but it's sloooow.
Insane coming across this channel again. Feel like it has been buried under algorithm and subscription bias.
Great to see the progress and determination🤝 thank you｡
Thank you kindly. Yes it has. I can pinpoint the actual day.
Several questions for OC.V2, roughly in order of presumed difficulty(edited in to avoid auto-yeet):
>Better (for performance) tires?
>Bugatti Tourbillion style steering wheel/cluster placement?
>De-Dion rear axle with Satchell Link and inboard brakes?
>Front steering rack for best feel with 50-60 degrees of angle (one way) and enough lock-to-lock rotation to equate back to a 10:1-12:1 ratio(bout a 1200-degree rack)?
>V6 TDI for more power and better sound?
>Bladed seating position previously mentioned with customizable shifter placement?
>Roof cutouts on doors for even easier ingress/egress?
>A larger 3-seat version with a center driver and passengers offset the same as the bladed 2-seat idea so the driver's seat can slide over (like that one modded 911 or w/e)?
>Making the transverse equivalent to the ZF 8-speed, or if not, running an actual ZF8 Countach style (mid/rear long, trans forward, V-drive RWD) and pairing it with a Turbolamik (or equivalent) trans controller to have the ultimate in transmission flexibility between both automatic and manual shifting incl with or without clutch and H-pattern or sequential?
>Barring the above, how about simply a dog box H-pattern for maximum spirited driving fun of the true enthusiast?
Also, I recognize that if you make a larger version, it'll probably just be 4 seats since that won't have a much larger cockpit or footprint than a 3-seat version, anyway, and would literally be 1/3rd more practical than the 3-seat is. Like, the bladed 2-seat is genuinely a good optimization, but the offset 3-seat is really just for dudes like me who want a budget Mclaren F1/Speedtail/T.50 that's slightly easier to get in and out of due to the horizontal slider.
And TBH, the bladed 2-seat will probably get you close enough to the center since each seat would be roughly 2 inches overlapped on the centerline of the car. BTW, if it wasn't clear, as long as you're pairing the bladed pos (driver still on left) with a left side shifter, you could probably do away with that side's door entirely and just have a single door system. IDK if that'd make roll-down windows on the port side easier or not, but I digress.
Super cool idea honestly.
Glad you think so!
This car has twice the engineering and social integrity of anything the big manufacturers can manage. Outstanding work!
Thanks!
You mean a completely unpractical, cramped, two seater go-kart passion project that Casey has provided absolutely zero evidence for meeting any safety or emissions standards whatsoever? Compared to something like a Lucid Air Saphire or a Tesla Plaid which can transport a family of 5 in quiet and comfort, along with all their luggage, with industry leading crash safety, running high 8 and low 9 second 1/4 mile times, making well over 1000hp, while also getting over 100mpge equivalent effeciency with wide summer performance tires? Randy Pobst took a Tesla Plaid to to the Pikes Peak Hill Climb and was running times fasters than purpose built open wheel race cars at the event. In what world does the Omega car have twice the engineering?
and 1/10th of the red tape... we've regulated away the ability to have cool cars any more.
Hmmm, maybe the difference you've overlooked whether by accident or on purpose as it may dilute the seeming voracity of your attempts to "virtue signal" revolve around a more moral and ethical means of manufacture and maintenance as well...how many children in Congo does it take to mine and move diesel fuel compared to cobalt for lithium ion batteries via slave labor practices? How unfriendly is the acquisition of rare earth materials as well as the manufacture of EVs comparatively? I already know the answer in part as a result of research for a university/college paper I had to write but go ahead with the pseudo-intellectual banter and cherry-picking which details you wish to address and which inclusive details you choose to overlook in order to maintain your self-perpetuated quasi-superiority complex running optimally thereby allowing you to sleep at night -chuckle- f*€kin' kids I swear.
@@thekalikal ahh but you dont get it. This car was made by a youtuber so we are supposed to love it. But if a company made this, only then are we supposed to hate it
Great video , your car is pretty damn Amazing. Can't wait for the end result and refinement.
Love the fact you brought up making diesel aswell, people dont realize all the plastic sitting in the dump is free fuel
This is such a refreshing video.
Glad you liked it!
Plz do send a picture of the actual engine if it is the OMEGA 1 engine, and specs plz
He's using a VW i4 1.9L TDI
I forgot the original reason I subscribed to you many years ago. I liked the way you talked and told your story with such passion. And a racecar driver. I grew up in the fast and furious days. As I grow older maybe not wiser lol. The thing I would like the most is to have life better for generations to come. Love the passion
Thanks Casey
Cool car
Sounds like it need some sound deadening lol👍👍❤❤🏎🏎
I mounted the darn fuel pump on the resonance wall for the stereo. I have to move that.
It's been truly incredible watching these videos and seeing it all come together. This is a monumental accomplishment, and I can't wait to see what you do from here!
I currently build bespoke firearms and such and one day plan to do some custom car builds. Your channel is a huge inspiration in making me realize anything is possible if you put your mind to it. Keep it up!
Best regards from a fellow Ohioan!
Thank you kindly!
Hero not a zero still proud of you 🎉
The Japanese showed we were making cars wrong in the 90s but somehow we all end up back at the US way of oversized cars
Trucks and SUVs pirate the roads!
I wish you all the best. This is a tremendous accomplishment. I hope your videos start to get some traction on TH-cam again.
Thank you. I hope so too
What an ending!! Bravo on a beautiful video, I hope continued innovation in engineering arises from you and your firm
Thank you kindly!
Yeah, turbo diesels are the way to go for fuel economy, but they've recently been finding out in Europe that diesels have a lot more NOx emissions. And in America they've basically regulated diesels into the ground for new cars.
Gale Banks can make a diesel engine WITHOUT emissions equipment pass a sniffer test. I have no doubt that if he and Casey teamed up, any car they make wouldn't need more than a single "standard" cat per bank of cylinders, and CERTAINLY nothing as stupid as the DEF/DPF or whatever else the fkheaded EPA and auto industry can cook up to extort us with.
The more turbo pressure you put on a diesel engine (or higher compression ratio), the more efficient it gets. The only problem with the lean combustion in diesel engines is that it produces a lot of NOx because there's so much oxygen left without burning.
In addition to my other comment: "The less fuel you burn, the fewer emissions you produce."
@@Drunken_Hamster That's true for CO2, but not necessarily for CO, NOx and unburned hydrocarbons.
Is it a longitudinal 1.9 TDI or a transverse?
So cool to see! Hope to see another video letting us know what you would change. I’m also curious if you could do a full breakdown of the car now.
I love your videos and the fact that you have shone a bright light on the automobile industry, cars are like cell phones now, they are only good for a short time and then not worth fixing.
Last, I really appreciate that you actually read these and sometimes respond, if I’m out of line requesting a video so be it, won’t hurt my feelings. Good luck to this project and any others you’re involved in!
Thank you and much more to come!!
I remember seeing this car in high school and being super stoked for it. And here I am 3-4 years later, still super stoked for it in college!
Comparing it to a Tesla is Apple's and oranges. You're driving a fiberglass go-kart. While a Tesla and the Corvette have a ton of safety features and airbags to increase crash survival. Your car is probably fatal at 35 mph. You're mostly correct about lack of design philosophy. But there are a few exceptions like the Aptera EV. Both super light and safe. And far more environmentally and economically sound.
Nope and nope.
Still it's a solid starting point and it can be improved further to keep the weight and final cost low if developed into a proper product.
Aptera shell may not break in a 35mph impact. But a light car is still going to get bounced violently in a crash with any modern 5000 lb beast. It's not gonna be pretty.
@@colinbowman8816 Composite materials can be tweaked to absorb a lot of impact compared to regular metal car bodies.
Also most revelant markets worldwide don't use large cars, this is common only in North America.
@@vitordelima true, a good crash structure, like a F1 nose is supposed to shed something like 5x the energy of a conventional metallic structure of the same weight iirc. That requires tons of testing to make. But basic physics says that if a 1500lb car and a 5000lb car have an inelastic head on crash, @ 40mph, the final mass of both cars ends up travelling 21.5 mph in the direction the heavier car was going... so one car saw a 18mph change, the other 61.5mph. The energy absorbtion needs to be much better in the lighter car, or the occupants are much more likely to be injured.
Diesel engines are some of the most efficient engines ever made. Diesel fuel used to be cheap, really cheap. If the Omega car was made 40 years ago, it would be the stuff of legend(That worked).
The biggest problem with today, is all of the endless regulations you have to follow. Written not by Senator Friendly's staff, but some nameless jerk. Sittin on a buttplug sportin an attitude. Thinking he/they/it/whatever knows better than all of us.
It's too bad we don't live in the same state Casey. Besides being a car guy, I'm a mad Industrial Designer as well. I used to have your energy, but as I'm sure you can understand. Life got to me as well. But the drive is still there.
Bio-diesel fuel can also make an engine last longer versus petroleum based diesel. Love the Omega car, thanks for the ride Casey.
All hail the Omega Car no gimmicks required. Just smarter design. Thanks Casey great series fabulous car been waiting for it to have another run. Never give up on your dreams
Don't the engineers responsible for the powertrain deserve most of the credit here? Seems like they did most of the heavy lifting when you consider it's reasonable to expect similar performance from any relatively aerodynamic chassis that's void of modern crash safety features, creature comforts, adherence to emissions regulations, pedestrian safety regs, practical daily use, etc. etc. etc.
Nope
@@CaseyPutsch Yeah ok, bro. Use a comparable gasoline engine to test how much novel material science is responsible for fuel efficiency (or lack thereof). Add enough safety equipment to satisfy the most basic requirements and then explain to everyone why the car gets 40mpg like EVERY OTHER CAR. JAGOFF
No technical details, horribly impractical, probably no emissions controls, I don't see the point.
I remember seeing the old video years ago, and I thought to myself as an 18 year old ten years ago. Enthralled by diesel power, and aero design. And here you've done it. You've made a dream a reality. I may not have built it, but you sir have built something that the big 3 still to this day have not. I salute you and yea you look in extremely good health. o7
Back in the 1930 and then again in the 1950s, Cummins entered a total of three diesel powered cars at the Indy 500. The ones in the 1930s included a two stroke diesel! The only reason I know this is because my grandfather designed all three of those engines. Gotta love diesels and how they are much more efficient than gas.
I know this video wasn't really focused on it, but I love your 94 Dodge Viper..... very driver focused without all the accessories of anti-lock brakes, traction control, etcetera etcetera..
Keep up the amazing work man. You’ll change the world!!!
Thank you!
I love seeing you succeed, Casey, especially due to your high standards of work. Those who fault you for the projects that didn't work out have never set their goals so high. I consider the Omega car a huge success for common sense, for consumer and citizen freedom, and for car enthusiasts.
Best wishes for you and your family, always.
Means a lot.
Thank you.
It's truly a treat to witness this thing in action
Fantastic!! Now you have something to build on! The Omega car will show the way!
I hope so!
Well done Casey on accomplishing those two goals with the Omega Car. I look forward to seeing what is next.
Can't wait for the day you make a family version of the omega car, and hopefully, it'll make it in full production so I can buy one.
Love the videos! Exciting to see your project come to life! Sick car!
I only started watching you TODAY
and I want this car in my driveway. I'm at the cusp where I'm thinking of getting a tesla because it would be much cheaper than driving or even riding my motorcycle to work on the daily.
However, I still like the sound motors make, I still want to DRIVE my car with a stickshift and the omega car is even RWD! Which I love.
I really hope you start a patreon or go fund me or whatever, to make this car really compete against everyone, I'd line up and support you all the way.
I will absolutely do something. Stick around. I’m honored you are here.
This should be a kit car, so you would be able to put whatever engine and whatever technology you wanted to into it. I would absolutely turn one of these into a triple motor, Honda V6, DCT, torque-vectoring hybrid, like a tiny Acura NSX.
I'm glad to see this car still matters. I remember it from a while ago, and you playing it close to the vest over, what you said was, IP concerns. Hope you got that sorted out and we can all benefit from the technology.
Your car is awesome! and so is your enthusiasm. Good luck with all your ventures.
Get reviewers on this!! Doug Demuro, and the dozen other HUGE channels, need to take the Omega for a test drive.
Love the ending, you look like a person that would like to go on living and have a lot of goals we all look forward to watching you achieve them
Incredible project, thanks for pursuing this. Your aeros are pretty great. Would they be any better with a longer tail? Something more like the Aptera?
Interested in any company you start.
I am thankful that your Omega car videos showed up on my TH-cam page. For most of my life I have been a Ford fanatic. But as time has gone on I have been extremely disappointed in all of the American car manufacturers. Very little real innovation has come out since who knows when. In 1985 Ford created the SVO Mustang with its four cylinder turbo engine that ran almost as fast as the V8. Also in 1985 my father bought a Toyota MR2. It was getting around 30mpg at that time. It drove like a dream and was reliable. I look at where we are now and say to myself "why are we not farther along?". For as big as the American market is we are very finicky about our cars. All you have to do is look at how car manufacturers made the CV transmissions act like standard automatic transmissions. And why my mothers Honda Insight with a CV transmission has shifter paddles. Good luck on your venture I am sure with what you have accomplished and with updates that have happened since your initial design you will produce something incredible.
Thank you kindly
18:22 Love the Red White and Blue line up Easter egg. 😎😎😎
I'm excited to see what you've done with this little project. I have swapped the VW ALH 1.9 TDI engine into two Jeeps (a CJ7 and XJ). Both can be seen on my YT channel.
The CJ gets 31 MPG and the XJ more than 40 MPG. They're unbelievable when it comes to efficiency and durability.
Can I ask what engine code it is? I tried a google search to see if I could see the build specs, but no joy. Is it basically a stock VW motor? No turbo upgrades, injectors, tunes, etc?
Bravo sir. I REALLY like the videos of the Omega Car!
Oh, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. It's a shame what we've become with the folks running our country.
Thank you for showing how we could do it this is a beautiful example of what we’ve been held back from🙏
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SHARE SHARE SHARE!!! This is a great way to show that the current auto industry is closer to toy manufactures than true mechanical engineers. US colleges can't teach engineering because the good engineers get jobs that they can't talk about and they clearly don't seem to minds. The Viper is a monster, had a 97 about 5 years ago and we would use that car as a measuring stick for our new builds or buys. Vipers hurts ego's for sure, even my own.....
I worked with a group over 10 years ago that was working on Diesel emissions. The system worked very well by lowering O2 by 90% and NOx by 93%. And all without DEF. And we would end up with a tank of recyclable materials. And no assistance from CARB, accept to give us the run around. It seems that unless you are a billion dollar company who doesn't need their grants, you can't get the money to develop your product. But you'll do a lot of traveling by following the run around they give you.
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Ooooooohhhooohoo boy that Omega car looks like so much fun to drive. I wish I had one. 😢
I’m honored
This just proves what I've always thought would be a great combination, a small and punchy diesel in a super light weight car, built to be performant, would be the top tier.
This is a true enthusiast sports car.
As happy as I am for your concept, the only downer is crash rating and safety running airbags and all the other stuff and what comes with that (weight) I’m still sure you’d be pulling insanely high MPG with it, but it would be interesting to see the next level, i.e. production level, for example the location of the headlights are way too low. They would require you to get them higher to come to market, which means the design will change causing more wind resistant to get that height, which would lead to lower MPG
I appreciate you and the video content you make. ❤
Thank you
Love the car and the whole idea behind it, a masterpiece of engineering and human intelligence, so well done you have made the best car around.
That means a lot!
Been enjoying these videos. You've engineered and constructed something really really cool. Looking forward to even more facts and figures about your car.
I'm sure you've heard of the 128 mpg Urba Centurion kit car. That thing was really slow and and very small by modern standards. A kit car would solve distribution problems worldwide, but then people will (of course) need to source TDI motors, which are getting harder to come by. Kubota Engine or similar would be cool, but I don't think it would have the power (speed) that a TDI would.
Love that you have my favorite Locomotive behind you at the start! The 611 J
Same here!
Very cool that it was successful in achieving all of your original goals.
I know its a concept car, but man it would be cool to buy one or build one like it! Definitely a better looking car than all the plain jane boxes made today!
Not that I could afford one of these, nor am I smart enough to build one, but I want one. I hope you can bring this to market in the near future.
Dude, this is epic! You need to get on Jay Leno's Garage ASAP!
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Great to see the Omega car in action! Congrats Casey!
I absolutely love every single Viper video you make :) Makes me so honored to own such an iconic OG badass ride from Carroll Shelby:)
I think in terms of computers since that’s what I’m familiar with. Your car really reminds me of the RISC architecture to the monopolistic evil architecture that is x86_64 (x86_64 chips are only legally able to be made by AMD or Intel and if either of them ever were bought it would turn void), and guess what? RISC processors are finally taking off, they’re more open and much more power efficient, but somehow they’re finally getting some time in the spotlight and major chip makers are panicking. I’d love to see something like your car come to market, I really think it would give the major auto companies a run for their money. Even if it never got massive market share, if it’s more affordable and better, people will want it. Plain and simple. I think something like your car on the market could really push the auto companies to innovate.
Thank you kindly!
We're going back into the 80's, with different instruction sets and chips in all sorts of devices, making necessary the use of intermediate layers between hardware and software to avoid the need to completely rewrite the code for every type of machine. All this translation ends up being buggy and wasting energy. X86 should have been made open, like IBM opened the PC specification in the early 80's.
I love the mileage your omega car gets
I agree that there way better ways to build vehicles.
I also say keeping your going longer is better for the environment, mine is a 1993 Mazda Mx3 and it's still fun to drive, long live manuals