'We're fortunate to have lots of Miuras here at the moment!', said no other garage owner anywhere. Must be quite something to go to work here every day...so nice of you to share, Mr. T!
closest thing ever said said is from jay leno, "we are here today in the Lamborghini section of my garage." At least hes got two Miuras to go with it lol.
This channel is truly TH-cam at its best - never in a million years would such a technical video appear on TV, yet on TH-cam, the audience is tailored by virtue of those who seek out such detail. Extraordinarily well articulated as usual - keep up the good work!
I never knew what the steel ring in older pistons was for. Excellent explanation. The nerd in me is grateful to you. The nerdier the explanations the better!
There is something deeply satisfying about listening to experts sharing their knowledge and experience. None more so than you and your team Mr Tyrrell. Keep’em coming please.
I love this nerdy series, thanks for sharing all this knowledge Ian. We all really apreciate your time and effort for making these videos. Cheers from Argentina.
The Miura is my all time favorite Lamborghini. Back in the 70’s when I was in the USAF I was sent to the LA area for training and on the weekend I visited the Briggs Cunningham Auto Museum. One of the cars there was a Pearl white Miura which was claimed to be Mrs Cunningham’s personal car. Beautiful car that has stayed with me the rest of my life. Dan Gurneys Spa winning Eagle F-1 car was in there being restored. In my opinion the most beautiful Formula One car ever!
What a fantastic car to work on and having the opportunity to carry out a full engine overhaul, absolutely brilliant, I had the pleasure of working the Will Fiennes over many yrs and carrying out engine rebuild on pre war Bentley and Rolls Royce but a Lamborghini Miura is something else, fantastic work and a privilege to see, many thanks for this video, Mitch 👍👍
A traditional approach, common in classic British engineering too. RR Merlin engines hard hardened cranks and soft bearings - described as an example of inferior engineering by some Americans at the time. All RR engines had hardened cranks - to maintain the temperature consistently, they never switched off the furnaces (heat, not electric hardened)!
Does watching Terrell's segments make one a Lamborghini restoration expert? Capturing this nerdy knowledge is important. Thank you for taking the time to do so.
A masterclass in material and functional engineering. Riveting to watch this unassuming bloke share his historical knowledge as if he were bantering over a pint at the pub. I love this. Thanks, Prof Tyrrell.
I personally really enjoy it when you go into nerdy detail about the engines and other aspects of the cars you rebuild Iain. Priceless information gained through your experience working with exotica. A wonderful insight for your followers. Thank you for sharing and keep it up. We love it!
I enjoy the "nerdy" stuff. It underscores the detailed knowledge that goes into maintaining machines. It also informs we viewers. A very interesting video.
Thanks for all your great videos! In the August 1964 edition of Road and Track magazine they have good article about this engine. There is a four photograph sequence showing the crankshaft starting out as a 200lb. billet progressively lathed down to the 54.5 lb. finished product.
As a former aircraft engine overhaul inspector, on units from 4-cylinder Continentals to 14-cylinder P&W radials, I can stand a little nerdiness. Have at it Iain!
Extraordinary well explained in manners to be easily comprehended by non-engineers. Such a delight again. I can only imagine clientèle receiving an utmost mindful briefing of diagnoses and recommendations from this grandmaster level of expertise. Just wonderful. Thank you so much again Iian.
If you are going to discuss and explain the inner workings of this wonderful engine, it would hardly be complete without some nerdiness. I am not a mechanic but the way you present the information I feel leaves me with just a little more knowledge than I had before. Thank you Iain for another super start to what is going to be an excellent series. Cheers, Bob
Serious nerding out, and loving it. It's not hard to find a generic, basic overview of these engines, but this gives us some of the details we just can't get elsewhere - and the devil _is_ in the details, as they say. Thanks, ever so much, Iain!
Wonderful to see the beautiful Miura getting the best sympathetic treatment, your knowledge is amazing. Love that the engine originally had Vandervell bearings fitted, the best. Thank you for sharing. Wonderful, just wonderful.
If this is more nerdy, then we are truly blessed! Fabulous details-shared and knowledge, Iain, which is absolutely why your channel is so appreciated by so many. Thank you - and keep going!
I learn so much from your videos Iain, informative, entertaining and beautifully presented as always. What a gorgeous Machin and credit to it's owners.
The Vandervell bearings were bronze type base for load with a very thin layer of lead for coping with any contamination and coated with a final layer of Indium for low friction.
Bought a new 1/43 Miura last week for in my display. The one I played with as a kid, more than 55 years ago was not really presentable, or it had to be restored.....! All this Miura stuff has poisoned me, but I'm very happy with that! Looking out for the next episodes, it's all so terrible interesting and I learn a lot from it. Thank you, Iain!
I didn’t want that to end, I enjoyed it so much! Slightly off topic, but recently I heard of a 2002 911 Turbo with 680,000 miles. Apparently the engine was dismantled at about half that figure, and no wear was found 😳I can’t wait for the next videos in this series…
Had to smile at the cylinder to piston clearance part. Way back in the late 60' early 70s I used to thrash my Mini engines, and one time when I lifted the head off to see why I had no power, I could see the crankshaft through the gap between the piston and cylinder. In those days with that simple stuff you could get the engine out easily and have it rebored and the crank reground at any number of workshops in the UK. New bearings and pistons and whatever else I could reassemble in a few hours and the car would be ready in no time.
Iain your shows are really amazing fasinating and so well done. These cars are all wonderful and historic thank you for keeping them in order and us informed on how it should be done.
It must be brilliant to drop your pride and joy and know it will be inspected to a inch of its life and leave absolutely spot on for how many years. I’m the least mechanical minded person you could meet and love all this. That is a stunning Car.
Very interesting and very well explained. A piston with a Pyro Strutt, I had never heard of that. As well as it restricts the expansion of the piston it’ll also prevent piston collapse. Also a possibility when dumping fuel into engines at abnormal rate. I trust you guys take your measurements at multiple positions when measuring bearing or shaft in play and Iain’s playing around with a micrometer was just for display purposes. 😁😉
Good evening Master . Another in depth and educational lesson from the house of Iain Tyrrell. It's always a priviledge and pleasure to share your skills lain . Thankyou .
Wonderfully educational, thank you Iain. Not being mechanically inclined, it is fascinating to learn such intricate details. Looking forward to the rest of the series.
As delicious to watch as savouring the finest Foie Gras....the care, knowledge and attention to all the engineering detail is absolutely mind boggling and inspirational to watch and listen to.
I like to have TH-cam videos playing while i do other things like work or house chores, but i can't have your videos playing because i get nothing done! They're too interesting!
Keep the geek coming - love these videos and just superb to learn the intricacies of the Miura engine as you digest each part. Had me looking up EN40b as a material as I am sure a few others might also quietly admit to! Wonderful video - might we be in for a new song once the rebuild videos have been finished?
@@mark4lev Cost of tooling up for it. At the sort of production numbers that Lambourghini is concerned with, they were better off producing billet cranks. Probably a higher cost per crank, but cheaper than all the tooling required to forge then machine. Hence why modern speciality cranks are all billet.
That was absolutely fascinating to listen to! It's one thing, knowing about how an engine works, but then! When you listen to someone of your stature, you then understand why people come to your workshop! when you can do another clip I cannot wait! 😊😉👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👌
Love this nerdy stuff. The craftsmanship, artistry and precision that went into designing these engines is incredible. Glorious machines with personality and soul - you couldn't do too much content like this Iain, thank you.
I m so frigging impressed by the depth of your knowledge. I m speechless. I have two wishes: 1. That you somehow a start a series of lectures - a course even - that we the punters could attend (and pay for ). 2. That in my next life I m reborn as yourself!
Continue with the nerdy technical discussion! Love it! May I make a minor suggestion…after you pull the engine parts off the storage shelf, could you place them on a table with a contrasting white cloth background? This makes for clearer close up images…cheers!
Great job Ian. I reemember seeing a Miura in the Ranfurly golf club in about 1971. G reg, red with the gold rims. It had glass slats covering the engine, which could be opened (I think). Never seen that feature since.
If it was mine, l’d replace all bearings, pistons and rings. And get the crankshaft linished. Great job explaining everything, some people do after their engines.
Thank you again for another thorough and interesting video I'm just an amateur DIYer but as I understand it that engine is in such good shape it does not have to be bored and perhaps only new Piston rings and cam shafts? I'm sure as long as it is apart you will put new valve seals and guides into the cylinder heads? Something I've never understood if a camshaft lobe is worn how can they make it good again? I doubt if you can add metal to it I've always heard about them being re-ground. Again thank you for taking the time and effort to produce this As an aside I think those who are not gearheads and really like EVs never understand our passion for these petro cars Here this engine was made over 50 years ago and yet it is such precision it is like a fine watch to be admired all these years later You certainly don't get that out of an electric motor
'We're fortunate to have lots of Miuras here at the moment!', said no other garage owner anywhere. Must be quite something to go to work here every day...so nice of you to share, Mr. T!
closest thing ever said said is from jay leno, "we are here today in the Lamborghini section of my garage." At least hes got two Miuras to go with it lol.
This channel is truly TH-cam at its best - never in a million years would such a technical video appear on TV, yet on TH-cam, the audience is tailored by virtue of those who seek out such detail. Extraordinarily well articulated as usual - keep up the good work!
I never knew what the steel ring in older pistons was for. Excellent explanation. The nerd in me is grateful to you. The nerdier the explanations the better!
There is something deeply satisfying about listening to experts sharing their knowledge and experience. None more so than you and your team Mr Tyrrell. Keep’em coming please.
Never too nerdy. Never too long. Always interesting. Thank you.
You wrote my comment for me. The nerdier the better.
@@donalmilmo-penny3085 you wrote my reply.
Fab and many thanks Mr T.
What a series this is going to be! Absolutely fantastic…
Really looking forward to this. Just my kinda of nerdy stuff to enjoy Sundays.
I’m so Chuffed👍
Agree! Off to a great start - thanks Iain
Every time i watch one of Ian’s video, I feel like I’m back at school. But this time different, I don’t want to leave the room ever!
Iain and Harry
Sunday nights are ace on Yt
😎🏴🙏👌
I love this nerdy series, thanks for sharing all this knowledge Ian. We all really apreciate your time and effort for making these videos. Cheers from Argentina.
The Miura is my all time favorite Lamborghini. Back in the 70’s when I was in the USAF I was sent to the LA area for training and on the weekend I visited the Briggs Cunningham Auto Museum. One of the cars there was a Pearl white Miura which was claimed to be Mrs Cunningham’s personal car. Beautiful car that has stayed with me the rest of my life. Dan Gurneys Spa winning Eagle F-1 car was in there being restored. In my opinion the most beautiful Formula One car ever!
My head starts spinning when your camera pans around the shop!!! What a sight!
What a fantastic car to work on and having the opportunity to carry out a full engine overhaul, absolutely brilliant, I had the pleasure of working the Will Fiennes over many yrs and carrying out engine rebuild on pre war Bentley and Rolls Royce but a Lamborghini Miura is something else, fantastic work and a privilege to see, many thanks for this video, Mitch 👍👍
I love the "nerdy" parts, I learn things I had no clue of.
Very glad to hear that
Never realised the bearings could be that soft. Just amazing the hard work done by the oil. Made my day!
A traditional approach, common in classic British engineering too. RR Merlin engines hard hardened cranks and soft bearings - described as an example of inferior engineering by some Americans at the time. All RR engines had hardened cranks - to maintain the temperature consistently, they never switched off the furnaces (heat, not electric hardened)!
The crank shaft alone is a work of art.
Kapok food on any mantle piece
Yes, nice, a nerd episode, can't be enough about the technology and the stories behind it.
Does watching Terrell's segments make one a Lamborghini restoration expert? Capturing this nerdy knowledge is important. Thank you for taking the time to do so.
A masterclass in material and functional engineering. Riveting to watch this unassuming bloke share his historical knowledge as if he were bantering over a pint at the pub. I love this. Thanks, Prof Tyrrell.
I personally really enjoy it when you go into nerdy detail about the engines and other aspects of the cars you rebuild Iain. Priceless information gained through your experience working with exotica. A wonderful insight for your followers. Thank you for sharing and keep it up. We love it!
This is so great. Wonderful to watch your encyclopedic knowledge put to real life use! Best from Rotterdam, Robert.
I enjoy the "nerdy" stuff. It underscores the detailed knowledge that goes into maintaining machines. It also informs we viewers. A very interesting video.
Thanks for all your great videos! In the August 1964 edition of Road and Track magazine they have good article about this engine. There is a four photograph sequence showing the crankshaft starting out as a 200lb. billet progressively lathed down to the 54.5 lb. finished product.
As a former aircraft engine overhaul inspector, on units from 4-cylinder Continentals to 14-cylinder P&W radials, I can stand a little nerdiness. Have at it Iain!
Extraordinary well explained in manners to be easily comprehended by non-engineers. Such a delight again. I can only imagine clientèle receiving an utmost mindful briefing of diagnoses and recommendations from this grandmaster level of expertise. Just wonderful. Thank you so much again Iian.
These type of videos are my absolute favourite Mr Tyrell. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks so much for this video! I love watching these videos, for the "nerdy" bits and for the wonderful memories Iain brings up. More, please. 🙂
Absolutely fantastic, Mt T. I, like many others, have wanted a really detailed car show for years. Wondefull stuff.
Brilliant expose of the Miura oil burn diagnosis 🎉
Mr. Tyrrell should receive an OBE
An....Oh Bloody Ek!....northern👍
Oil Burning Education
Another great episode. A pleasant Sunday evening surprise!
If you are going to discuss and explain the inner workings of this wonderful engine, it would hardly be complete without some nerdiness. I am not a mechanic but the way you present the information I feel leaves me with just a little more knowledge than I had before.
Thank you Iain for another super start to what is going to be an excellent series.
Cheers, Bob
Thanks Iain, you're turning me into an engine nerd, and I'm loving it!
Serious nerding out, and loving it. It's not hard to find a generic, basic overview of these engines, but this gives us some of the details we just can't get elsewhere - and the devil _is_ in the details, as they say. Thanks, ever so much, Iain!
Wonderful to see the beautiful Miura getting the best sympathetic treatment, your knowledge is amazing.
Love that the engine originally had Vandervell bearings fitted, the best.
Thank you for sharing.
Wonderful, just wonderful.
As with every video, you’ve left us wanting more Iain. Fantastic description of the internals of a glorious power plant. Can’t wait for more. 🏆🥇
If this is more nerdy, then we are truly blessed! Fabulous details-shared and knowledge, Iain, which is absolutely why your channel is so appreciated by so many. Thank you - and keep going!
I learn so much from your videos Iain, informative, entertaining and beautifully presented as always. What a gorgeous Machin and credit to it's owners.
The Vandervell bearings were bronze type base for load with a very thin layer of lead for coping with any contamination and coated with a final layer of Indium for low friction.
So glad this channel exists. The views and likes speaks volumes. Well done 💯
Your nod to American film stars is appreciated.
This was a gem of a video. I loved the details and the anecdotes. What a series.
Absolutely fantastic… Again, I learned new things that are not taught in schools.
Bought a new 1/43 Miura last week for in my display. The one I played with as a kid, more than 55 years ago was not really presentable, or it had to be restored.....! All this Miura stuff has poisoned me, but I'm very happy with that! Looking out for the next episodes, it's all so terrible interesting and I learn a lot from it. Thank you, Iain!
Thank you!
This is the sort of content we dream of Iain. Great detail from someone who knows what they are talking about. Thanks so much.
Très intéressant ! J’adore cette revue de détails sur l’un des meilleurs moteur de sa génération 😉.
This is geek gold Iain. Thank you from Germany. Mike.
I love the nerdy detail. If you have even more, that'd be great.
Another great video, keep the ‘nerdy’ stuff coming Iain!
Love the wonderful details! Best way to learn. Great to see the diagnostic process. This one “made my day!” Thank you Iain.
I didn’t want that to end, I enjoyed it so much! Slightly off topic, but recently I heard of a 2002 911 Turbo with 680,000 miles. Apparently the engine was dismantled at about half that figure, and no wear was found 😳I can’t wait for the next videos in this series…
Loved that. What a technical marvel that engine is! Engineering is amazing isn't it; hug an engineer if you meet one 😀. Thanks Scott
"Nothing moves without a mechanical engineer."
This content will be in a museum one day. So wonderful to watch! ❤
Had to smile at the cylinder to piston clearance part. Way back in the late 60' early 70s I used to thrash my Mini engines, and one time when I lifted the head off to see why I had no power, I could see the crankshaft through the gap between the piston and cylinder. In those days with that simple stuff you could get the engine out easily and have it rebored and the crank reground at any number of workshops in the UK. New bearings and pistons and whatever else I could reassemble in a few hours and the car would be ready in no time.
Iain your shows are really amazing fasinating and so well done. These cars are all wonderful and historic thank you for keeping them in order and us informed on how it should be done.
It must be brilliant to drop your pride and joy and know it will be inspected to a inch of its life and leave absolutely spot on for how many years. I’m the least mechanical minded person you could meet and love all this. That is a stunning Car.
EXCELENT VIDEO, specially the engine measurements.
Superb episode, I absolutely loved it. I liked the b roll editing, could we see some more interior close up shots - pretty please?
How do we get this wonderful man to understand,you cannot be to nerdy.
Awesome content as always. Between you and Harry's garage you keep my petrol head viewing addiction going ❤❤
That was great , some of the valve stuff I had learned in the old days and it came running back !
Lovely and nerdy! Thank you Iain.
Superb video, looking forward to the series
Iain is a true master at his craft and still a gentleman.
Absolutely fantastic! That's the level of detail I crave! Very interesting. Looking forward to the next one.
Fantastic video so much information about the Lamborghini engine outstanding detail thank you 🙏🏼
A gem. A pure gem. Thanks, Iain.
Thank you Iain. Interesting content. Enjoyed from South-Africa. ❤🎉😊
Completely enthralling though I haven’t a clue what Ian is talking about!
The knowledge of Lamborghini is truly incredible.Truly a master of his craft
I LOVE the tech episodes. More please!
Nerd-tastic!
Please keep them coming, Iain.
Very interesting and very well explained.
A piston with a Pyro Strutt, I had never heard of that.
As well as it restricts the expansion of the piston it’ll also prevent piston collapse.
Also a possibility when dumping fuel into engines at abnormal rate.
I trust you guys take your measurements at multiple positions when measuring bearing or shaft in play and Iain’s playing around with a micrometer was just for display purposes. 😁😉
I always learn something from a Tyrrell's workshop vid. Keep 'em coming.
Good evening Master . Another in depth and educational lesson from the house of Iain Tyrrell. It's always a priviledge and pleasure to share your skills lain . Thankyou .
That's so kind - thank you!
Wonderfully educational, thank you Iain. Not being mechanically inclined, it is fascinating to learn such intricate details. Looking forward to the rest of the series.
I could go back to school at my 70 if you Ian are the teacher, I would never miss a lesson as I never miss one of your fantastic videos!
Great stuff - the nerdier the better. Thank you!
Fantastic video Ian very enjoyable thanks for sharing your experience with us all the best.
As delicious to watch as savouring the finest Foie Gras....the care, knowledge and attention to all the engineering detail is absolutely mind boggling and inspirational to watch and listen to.
I love these deep dive technical videos 👍
Thanks for the "nerdy stuff". Learning everyday. So much knowledge... #cheers! :)
I like to have TH-cam videos playing while i do other things like work or house chores, but i can't have your videos playing because i get nothing done! They're too interesting!
Sorry for the distraction. Heaven forbid our videos are interesting!😜😜😂
Nobody else apart from the Man Himself Ferrucio Lamborghini would surely have more respect love and knowledge for the Marque than ‘Sir Tyrrell’ .
Keep the geek coming - love these videos and just superb to learn the intricacies of the Miura engine as you digest each part. Had me looking up EN40b as a material as I am sure a few others might also quietly admit to! Wonderful video - might we be in for a new song once the rebuild videos have been finished?
Unlikely to be EN40B as thta's a nitriding material, not induction hardening, more likely EN16T
@@Spotteroowonder why they didn’t forge the crankshaft?
@@mark4lev Cost of tooling up for it. At the sort of production numbers that Lambourghini is concerned with, they were better off producing billet cranks. Probably a higher cost per crank, but cheaper than all the tooling required to forge then machine. Hence why modern speciality cranks are all billet.
"On days like these..."
Beautiful piece of automotive engineering, interesting detailed explanation of the engine.
This is priceless art
That was absolutely fascinating to listen to! It's one thing, knowing about how an engine works, but then! When you listen to someone of your stature, you then understand why people come to your workshop! when you can do another clip I cannot wait! 😊😉👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👌
Love this nerdy stuff. The craftsmanship, artistry and precision that went into designing these engines is incredible. Glorious machines with personality and soul - you couldn't do too much content like this Iain, thank you.
Just the right degree of nerd... excellent!
I m so frigging impressed by the depth of your knowledge. I m speechless. I have two wishes: 1. That you somehow a start a series of lectures - a course even - that we the punters could attend (and pay for ). 2. That in my next life I m reborn as yourself!
😂😂
Continue with the nerdy technical discussion! Love it! May I make a minor suggestion…after you pull the engine parts off the storage shelf, could you place them on a table with a contrasting white cloth background? This makes for clearer close up images…cheers!
Great video, looking forward to seeing how the valve clearance is set.
Great job Ian. I reemember seeing a Miura in the Ranfurly golf club in about 1971. G reg, red with the gold rims. It had glass slats covering the engine, which could be opened (I think). Never seen that feature since.
Quite possibly your nerdiest episode to date, wonderful stuff 👍👍👍.
We love nurdy Iain 😊
Fantastic! Can never be too nerdy Ian
If it was mine, l’d replace all bearings, pistons and rings. And get the crankshaft linished. Great job explaining everything, some people do after their engines.
Thank you Iain and the team. An excellent video and learning experience.
Thank you again for another thorough and interesting video
I'm just an amateur DIYer but as I understand it that engine is in such good shape it does not have to be bored and perhaps only new Piston rings and cam shafts?
I'm sure as long as it is apart you will put new valve seals and guides into the cylinder heads?
Something I've never understood if a camshaft lobe is worn how can they make it good again?
I doubt if you can add metal to it I've always heard about them being re-ground.
Again thank you for taking the time and effort to produce this
As an aside I think those who are not gearheads and really like EVs never understand our passion for these petro cars
Here this engine was made over 50 years ago and yet it is such precision it is like a fine watch to be admired all these years later
You certainly don't get that out of an electric motor
Next level nerdiness expertly explained 🙂👍
Well done!! Looking forward to your project series.. Thanks!!