@@CaseyPutsch 1) Diesel vehicles require lots of maintenance. 3) Need stations that sell diesel 3) Electricity is everywhere, can charge anywhere, even from the sun and off grid.
@@MossMini with all due respect I live in south Florida I can travel down the 75 and there are diesel stations at every exit. There are Tesla charging stations but you must wait for your car to charge. This car as it stands will take you 500 miles on one tank. I’ll say this unless Elon musk or the Tesla owners chip in to put charging stations everywhere you are gonna have trouble convincing the average American to pay more on taxes to build the infrastructure for the cars to work seamlessly. I also don’t understand the idea of making putting charger underneath the highways( so the cars can charge while driving) and the cars become self driving because that just sounds like a train to me. It just seems like a lot of work to completely build This new way of transportation, then upgrading the current. I’m not being argumentative I’m just saying what I think. If I’m wrong tell me. I should also say the idea of mining for oil comparative to lithium mines both is digging into the ground to get minerals to run the vehicles. Also used electric cars are the hardest vehicles to sell. Selling new Teslas sure but I already know that any used electric car is almost impossible to sell.
As an engineering student who drives an old VW TDI that I rebuilt myself, this video series has inspired me to begin trying to see what I can modify about my car to increase its efficiency. Keep up the good work, it's very inspiring!
How hard would it be to reproduce this car? Also curious as to what you would do differently if you were to build another one(maybe something you are planing to tackle in a future video) Always loved the idea behind this car, so thank you for making more videos on it.
@@CaseyPutschI totally support this and you're correct about life getting in the way of good things like this car. I have so many things in my head that need to be patented and tested but working all week and building my own race cars in the spare time puts projects like this on the shelf. I hope you don't "disappear" because people in the past getting 120mpg have been known to disappear.
@@Ryan-uz2cr To be clear. I've travelled 1350km with one full tank, no reserve or 40 Litres, or around 3 L/100 Km, with speeds around 70km/h to 80km/h in highway road with inclines. With normal driving that go from 100km/h to 180km/h, I get 4.7L/100km
In this world full of politics, lawyers, laws, media, some times people gotta do the extra mile to make a difference. This is a proof that our whole system is so incredibly inefficient, but hey it is what it is! Can't wait for part 3!
Congratulations on achieving 104.7 mpg! Many years ago, one of my first jobs out of tech. school was test car driver with Standard Oil in Cleveland. The fleet was brand new vehicles fitted with analog computers to chart mph & distance, and vacuum-in-mercury gauges. I became quite adept at achieving very good, consistent fuel mileage, which ensured my position on the team, and helped me later in racing with smooth throttle application. Your testing & data acquisition with the Omega (which has an excellent Cd) took me back to those days. Now...on to the drag strip!
It's important to remember that Diesel engines can be adapted to use dozens of different fuels such as methanol, maybe ethanol, kerosene, all sorts of oils even cooking oil without being converted to Diesel, DME, many other fuels if used as a dual fuel setup, ...
@@vitordelima also bear in mind that the "diesel" as we know it is just the version that survived as it was the simplest to build. theres quite an interesting lineage that led to its final form as we know it... the hotbulb is old and dead... too hard to control under varying load... but we now have nice high temperature, rapid heating glowplugs that can be very easily ran on PWM, for instance... allows for a lighter, lower compression design with lower NOS emissions but still retains the auto-ignition, with constant pressure type expansion phase. auto-ignition has the benefit of being able to run extremely lean... thats why diesel is so good on an idle. only needs enough fuel to kick it over the cycle, petrol has to run rich to get reliable ignition. some ideas such as brayton lacked metals, and devices such as turbo chargers... ICE is far from dead, but its about time some of the bigger companies went back and checked out previously considered "obsolete" ideas if they want to progress... the "otto cycle" is dead... or should be.
@@paradiselost9946 Interesting. There are dozens of other potential improvements such as mixing water with the diesel or kerosene as a emulsion, semi-adiabatic pistons, different configurations for the pistons including opposing pistons, alternatives for the crankshafts, different methods for valve control, ... despite all the hype their efficiency is still better than most fuel cells, they can be used in gensets for electric vehicles while batteries are still terrible and they have reasonable costs when dealing with a lot of power and energy, which modern technologies don't (or even can't be used sometimes).
@g8autox; ignorant fool !! :-o IQT/CIA has been partner within biG/alphBtI since its beginning along with fb/met,tw/x,cisco,intel,ms,appl,qulcm,brdcm,at&t,palantirTch,smsng,amd,smic,et al !!
I was thinking the same thing. Shame people probably won't see it. No politics here to get negative comments, the algorithm won't push that right now. If they are listening.... .its Only a " conspiracy theory" that small efficient, good looking cars aren't happening specifically because of government regulations........ahem......... who am i kidding, im probably already on a list.
4:15 - hearing that door shut says more about the level of detail and precision that went into the chassis design than anything. That definitely caught my attention. I did NOT expect it to have a similar solid sound to an 80s Mercedes S-Class. That is remarkably impressive dude. Kudos!
Yeah! I noticed that, too! Door closed... I just thought, oh yeah, that sounds SOLID. On an experimental thing like this, I would not criticize if he actually had to push the thing closed. Instead... wow, nice! This is not just some funky and rough "proof of concept" test mule thing!
Wow, it's amazing how mean and muscular the Omega car looks without the aero-wheel covers. Wouls love to see it with clear wheel aero covers! Kudos to you, Casey, this is a huge achievement. Well done.
@@CaseyPutsch Bob is the name. As someone who fell in love with cars as a toddler, I truly appreciate your talents and love of cars and your doing good for the young, the US, and the world.
As the owner of a 2300lb daily driver which is not what most would call fast, but is super fun in curves and corners, it's disheartening seeing the tonnage of the average car soaring. The situation is also threatening to get much worse as every car gets a half ton of batteries by state decree. I'll take the hatchback version!
Casey, I like the term, "artisan." From my perspective, a true artisan understands the fundamentals of math, form, hydraulics, geology, and GOD. Close enough to hold you in my prayers sir!
Dude this is awesome. Simplicity, reliability and efficiency are what people want. In that sense it really reminds me of my Toyota Yaris 5 speed, 1.5L. I make over six figures and still drive my 16 year old Yaris.
Amazing Job Casey! Pushing the limits of automotive engineering, what an achievement! You should come to Indianapolis and be a guest speaker at the IUPUI Motorsports program in the fall! We would love to have you!
The Omega car is why I started following this channel. I saw it in person and it's awesome. And I own a Tesla. And an Audi. And I used to own a '13 Beetle TDi that was my favorite car ever. It got totaled just prior to DieselGate so they are no more. I'd still be driving that baby if I had it.
There is one thing I really miss from the eighties. All the funky car designs I used to see driving around. That were made by foreign and domestic car manufacturers. I remember when my Mom bought a 1982 Mercedes 300TD Turbo Diesel wagon brand new. The mileage in that car was nuts for the day. You needed it, because it was a bit of an effort to find a gas station that sold diesel(back then).
ive been waiting to see more of this car since the original posts you made. i love the project and would love to make something similar but of my own design some day. Thanks for finally putting out more on this beauty.
In 1989 Audi drove in the Audi 100 C3 with the 2.5 TDI engine on one fuel tank almost 3000 miles far. The range back then was 138 mp/g. They only achieved that with a bunch of fuel saving measures, like turning off all unnecessary electrical devices, running tires with very high pressures, never exceeding 37mp/h and removing the side mirrors to reduce drag. It's a pretty big car though, which is shaped like a brick and had two passengers on board (The driver and an independent observer from the German Automobile Club ADAC) I believe that manufacturers could build a very fuel efficient combustion engine, if they really wanted to, but for some reason they don't really want to. It's almost like somebody is making lot of money by selling and taxing fuel.
This is a freaking awesome result. Ive been excited to see more about the Omega car since you announced getting back to testing it. Congrats on the first result and what Im sure will be coming next with taking on the Vette and Viper!
@@CaseyPutsch put some LED police strobe lights on it and police stickers that’ll help ya slip by them Yogis. I’m sure it’ll camouflage it just fine. 🥸 and don’t forget to dress the part.
great to see you enthusiastic and having fun again. keep the positive motivation going. gear p0rn like this is what originally brought me to your channel.
This man is not suicidal and loves life. This man loves who he is and has never been sad, will not ever take a sudden or spontaneous trip or disappear suddenly. He did not create a water powered car. Big Oil, take a breath and back away slowly
Looks cool and interesting concept. I'm sure once you add emmisions compliant engine. Safety items like 3 point belts, wipers, air bags, side impact beams and that it meets crash standards. Weatherstripping, some sort of roll down windows, side marker lights etc. Everything needed in a standard production car then the mpg will definitely go down. I bought new a 1998 VW new beetle TDI. My best highway mpg was 62. So I'm not surprised at your mpg. Great video and looking forward to the progress.
@@CaseyPutsch you should see about bringing the car to the Academy of Art University's Auto Museum for a presentation! I personally know a lot of people there that would love to see it!
21:20 Well said... the knowledge and technology is there and has been for a very long time. Smart people like you and your team prove this over and over. It's the politicians that screw everything up. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. Keep up the great work!
No to those who want the politics left out. Children can only handle one topic at a time, but ten years later, they've got to deal with the betrayals of public trust, especially as it intrudes on their work. Go Casey Go.
Awesome video! Glad to see it hit 104 mpg. I would love to do it better, but I don’t know how, and I would love more information to build an efficient car like the omega car.
There have been times I've been annoyed while watching your videos and hearing the random complaints, but I have to say I respect you immensely for not sitting idly by and just b#^^=ing. You've done a lot thru Genuis Garage, inspired DIYers, and now seeing whats possible through innovation. It all starts somewhere folks, usually with someone getting out and trying. Good luck with the car and finding the right audience (folks who would work with you on your ideas and concepts), keep moving forward and hope to see more.
Excellent video and cool vehicle. I wonder how this would do with the 3 cylinder, 2 stroke engone that Mazda has been playing with ? This type of build is where the true "awesome sauce" comes from in the engineering world.
Hey Casey! Do you think having big time automotive youtubers review your car would help it get into the public view? Perhaps having ThatDudeinBlue review your car? Just food for thought.
This is very similar to the guy that built a Locost7 with a turbo kubota and rwd celica trans and differential, then built a Lola body for it and ran it in thr "escape from berkley" race where they can drive anything but only get 1 galon of fuel. I believe his was also getting over 100 miles too
IIRC, you did some testing back in the day. That car is ridiculously fast and efficient. It also looks kind of like the Speed Racer car which is a bonus.
Ok this is fantastic… I’ve been thinking about this type of thing forever. Blows my mind that with all the advanced in automotive technology that weve barely improved efficiencies over the years. It’s understandable that safety standards have weighed cars down so they are fighting that, but still. It’s the reason EVs are so desirable. The cost per mile is just soo much better than anything else that’s available
this is an INCREDIBLY impressive vehicle! Are you willing to share details about it? I'm super curious about what the manufacturing process was like, and what materials you used, since you mentioned in the last video there's no fiberglass or carbon fiber, and that the goal was to make a recyclable and cheap product. Also, other specifications like the weight would be really interesting to know, if you're willing to share. Keep up the great work! This is really inspiring, and makes me happy to see as I'm an engineering student who also wants to someday make things that are efficient and environmentally friendly while not giving up qualities like performance and aesthetics
Casey the car guy Please keep working on your Omega car. What you’re doing is brilliant and the car you have built is not only beautiful but a marvelous example of real ingenuity I’m blown away at the number of electric brainwashed smart people that are ridiculing your creation and what goal you’re after / what you’re doing. Subscribed and anxious for more of your work God bless brother
This is the first video I've watched from you, and what you're doing is amazing! I saw the Ohio plate. You should totally bring that out to Dayton Cars and Coffee!!!
In my experience, fiberglass warps over time. I don't know what composites you used, but I'm willing to wager that it'll suffer from the long term warpage that I see regularly. A friend of mine ran a body shop and he did a restoration of a 1950's corvette. The 1st question he asked the customer was "do you want the body straight, or do you want it to look like a corvette?" Where I work we are constantly fighting that warp and knowing that we won't eliminate it, try and control its location.
Basically the prefect car. Everything I wanted from a VW XL1 plus a manual. A mass market version of this wold make everything else on the road seem stupid.
Glad to see this project is still ongoing. I know the goal is mpg but do you have the ability to get tailpipe emissions data? Biggest hurdle for manufacturers is getting diesel to burn clean.
A thing to consider measuring fuel consumption is the temperature change. Fuel does expand a lot when being heated up. Especially when measuring small differences, this can have a large effect on misreading. I'm not doubting the result, just a variable to watch out for when getting a car out of a garage to the outside and possible engine heat.
I cannot describe how stoked this makes me. I'm curious as to the cost of the project and how you manufactured this thing. First I've seen of your channel so I'm sure there's more in store but damn...this thing fuckin destroys any electric car.
You should look up Opel at the 24 hours of La Mans. I think it was around 2002 or 2003 maybe, they built two prototypes for the race. Both were diesel electric running 1.3 litre engines, both averaged around 144 mph, and both got pretty close to 114 mpg during the 24 hour race. This was the best MPG by anyone to date in any motorsport like this. I found out about it during the big ethanol push around 2004 or 2005. I was in the process of building my own little gem. A 1986 Mazda RX7 with a 2000 Corvette LS1/4L60E swap. I managed pretty good set of numbers myself. Top speed around 165mph, great brakes with 4 piston front, single rears, slotted rotors all around. Car weighed in at 2890lbs full of gas. Ran 12.0 in the 1/4 mile, handled just like any good race car would, and got 29 MPG if I could keep my foot off the throttle, which was hard when you can blow by someone at 90 from 55 without ever hitting passing gear. Just a normal driving pass. But not so normal! Big fun! But Yes! Think outside the box! I laugh at the car shows like Motor trend, and HP TV. They are such a joke! All they do is try to sell you performance you can get for 1/4 the cost just by doing the math! HP to weight! Rule #1! Nothing else matters until you get this one right!
Great achievement sir! I have been doing research and development with small displacement gasoline V8 engines for economy. I am disabled and have a meager income but I do what I can. I have spent years saving and purchasing used machining tools and measuring instruments and I'm almost to the point I can do probably 75% of my own machining. I believe with precision machining to reduce friction and wasted power along with proper cylinder filling and fuel burning capabilities within the engine can make a significant difference in fuel economy.Thanks for sharing your vehicle and I have subscribed to your channel. I look forward to more videos on it.
I could believe it. 👍🏻 Next you need to also put your engine in a more practical body style. Years ago I did some mods on a ‘92 Buick Roadmaster with a 350V8, and I averaged 25 around town and 30 on the highway. And this was a big boat of a car , running the AC.
Nice one. And that's a good looking car, looking forward to seeing it in different colours. If you really want to stretch for every bit of the aero benefit you could have rear wheel covers etc. Maybe you already have thdm.
I modified a stock 2000 Honda Insight ($1500 car with a 1.0 liter gasoline engine with a 5 speed manual) to get a record 152 mpg at 60 mph. It was NOT a fast car 0-60, but would top out at 120 mph due to its efficiency. The car routinely got on average 115 to 140 mpg, even got 60 mpg at 90 mph! I was further modifying the engine to strive for 200 mpg and lost interest, since it was a solo project (no partners).
Pretty awesome man. I was really looking forward to seeing this thing out on the road again. I'm pretty curious about how it is recyclable though. If I was doing it, I'd use an expandable foam and a mould. I imagine you're not doing that, as the 2 part foam isn't really recyclable, but is it something similar that is Biodegradable or something? Anyways, awesome video, great work and all that. Happy to see you suceeding. Perhaps a way forward with some of this stuff would be to make some of the process open source, maybe start a grass roots movement, or a contest for those interested in competing for "Most fuel efficient race car" on a timed course? I mean, if they can do it with battlebots, you might be able to market this as a challenge moving forward...
First test run of over 104 MPG? Pretty amazing! It would be good to have a precise and accurate measurement of the actual distance, but, getting over 100 MPG, we don't need to get too fussy right now! Next... what's it like when you put your foot in it? Although... um... obviously, before you start doing anything too enthusiastic (track day at Mid-Ohio?), more than just a lap belt might be a good upgrade. (With the massive amount of work this project must have been, I'm surprised you didn't just go straight to a full harness.) Can't fault you not knowing what to say wrapping up. One hell of an accomplishment there!
Before in europe we sold 700 kilo compact car like the polo 2 and peugeot 205, very good car, reliable and with safe and fun handling. Now we make 1.5t crosssover suv because people like to be higher ... ( In already crowded city )
Your garage can charge a Tesla full for $10 to get ~300 miles while you sleep.
3 gallons of diesel should cost $6 with a good president AND I can fill that in 20 seconds. Your move.
@@CaseyPutschwell played good sir.
@@CaseyPutsch 20 seconds is the key!!! 👍
@@CaseyPutsch 1) Diesel vehicles require lots of maintenance. 3) Need stations that sell diesel 3) Electricity is everywhere, can charge anywhere, even from the sun and off grid.
@@MossMini with all due respect I live in south Florida I can travel down the 75 and there are diesel stations at every exit. There are Tesla charging stations but you must wait for your car to charge. This car as it stands will take you 500 miles on one tank.
I’ll say this unless Elon musk or the Tesla owners chip in to put charging stations everywhere you are gonna have trouble convincing the average American to pay more on taxes to build the infrastructure for the cars to work seamlessly.
I also don’t understand the idea of making putting charger underneath the highways( so the cars can charge while driving) and the cars become self driving because that just sounds like a train to me.
It just seems like a lot of work to completely build This new way of transportation, then upgrading the current. I’m not being argumentative I’m just saying what I think. If I’m wrong tell me.
I should also say the idea of mining for oil comparative to lithium mines both is digging into the ground to get minerals to run the vehicles. Also used electric cars are the hardest vehicles to sell. Selling new Teslas sure but I already know that any used electric car is almost impossible to sell.
This the kinda car you unlock after achieving 100% completion in a video game.
Accurate
Definitely Gran Turismo energy right here. Well Gran Turismo 3 and 4
El Niño
"you dont have to be a freak, blocking highways to say you care about the environment, it doesnt mean squat" is such a real statement.
:)
As an engineering student who drives an old VW TDI that I rebuilt myself, this video series has inspired me to begin trying to see what I can modify about my car to increase its efficiency. Keep up the good work, it's very inspiring!
Thanks and I hope you do!!
B sport did this with his 1.9 (2006?) Passat Wagon ("moon" discs, blocked the upper colling vents...) he did ~4l/100km on highway doing 80+ mph
I saw that video too lol
Have 4 VW Golf 99-03 TDI w/ stage 1 tune alone no parts 57mpg no matter how you drive. Top speed around 160 Family wagons.
Check out Julian Edgar, he's an engineer who's got a few vids on aerodynamic modification for downforce and for efficiency.
Honored you all are watching! This was proof we all can achieve our ideas and dreams. Be the change you want to see in the world.
How hard would it be to reproduce this car?
Also curious as to what you would do differently if you were to build another one(maybe something you are planing to tackle in a future video)
Always loved the idea behind this car, so thank you for making more videos on it.
Easy and just make it better. I made this over 10 years ago with little resources. I can do better now.
Loving the Omega car videos! Keep it up!
More to come
@@CaseyPutschI totally support this and you're correct about life getting in the way of good things like this car. I have so many things in my head that need to be patented and tested but working all week and building my own race cars in the spare time puts projects like this on the shelf. I hope you don't "disappear" because people in the past getting 120mpg have been known to disappear.
My 18' Ford Fiesta 120bhp mk8 1.5 diesel gets 80 mpg going 50mph.... Fast driving it, gets me 60 mpg... Too sad we dropped diesel for electric cars...
Us or uk mpg?
@@migueldenboer5186 metric using google to convert...
@@migueldenboer5186safe to assume UK because ford didn’t sell a diesel fiesta in the US and the rest of the world uses L/100km. 100mpg US = 120 mpg UK
Speaking in mph not KPL
@@Ryan-uz2cr To be clear. I've travelled 1350km with one full tank, no reserve or 40 Litres, or around 3 L/100 Km, with speeds around 70km/h to 80km/h in highway road with inclines. With normal driving that go from 100km/h to 180km/h, I get 4.7L/100km
In this world full of politics, lawyers, laws, media, some times people gotta do the extra mile to make a difference. This is a proof that our whole system is so incredibly inefficient, but hey it is what it is! Can't wait for part 3!
Yup
Is what it is because of one thing. Money.
@@ryurc3033don't forget control
Congratulations on achieving 104.7 mpg! Many years ago, one of my first jobs out of tech. school was test car driver with Standard Oil in Cleveland. The fleet was brand new vehicles fitted with analog computers to chart mph & distance, and vacuum-in-mercury gauges. I became quite adept at achieving very good, consistent fuel mileage, which ensured my position on the team, and helped me later in racing with smooth throttle application. Your testing & data acquisition with the Omega (which has an excellent Cd) took me back to those days. Now...on to the drag strip!
Tomorrow at 10am baby!!
It's important to remember that Diesel engines can be adapted to use dozens of different fuels such as methanol, maybe ethanol, kerosene, all sorts of oils even cooking oil without being converted to Diesel, DME, many other fuels if used as a dual fuel setup, ...
@@vitordelima also bear in mind that the "diesel" as we know it is just the version that survived as it was the simplest to build. theres quite an interesting lineage that led to its final form as we know it...
the hotbulb is old and dead... too hard to control under varying load... but we now have nice high temperature, rapid heating glowplugs that can be very easily ran on PWM, for instance... allows for a lighter, lower compression design with lower NOS emissions but still retains the auto-ignition, with constant pressure type expansion phase. auto-ignition has the benefit of being able to run extremely lean... thats why diesel is so good on an idle. only needs enough fuel to kick it over the cycle, petrol has to run rich to get reliable ignition.
some ideas such as brayton lacked metals, and devices such as turbo chargers...
ICE is far from dead, but its about time some of the bigger companies went back and checked out previously considered "obsolete" ideas if they want to progress...
the "otto cycle" is dead...
or should be.
@@paradiselost9946 Interesting. There are dozens of other potential improvements such as mixing water with the diesel or kerosene as a emulsion, semi-adiabatic pistons, different configurations for the pistons including opposing pistons, alternatives for the crankshafts, different methods for valve control, ... despite all the hype their efficiency is still better than most fuel cells, they can be used in gensets for electric vehicles while batteries are still terrible and they have reasonable costs when dealing with a lot of power and energy, which modern technologies don't (or even can't be used sometimes).
15:38 - The CIA, just stopping by.
@g8autox; ignorant fool !! :-o
IQT/CIA has been partner within biG/alphBtI since its beginning along with fb/met,tw/x,cisco,intel,ms,appl,qulcm,brdcm,at&t,palantirTch,smsng,amd,smic,et al !!
I was thinking the same thing. Shame people probably won't see it. No politics here to get negative comments, the algorithm won't push that right now.
If they are listening....
.its Only a " conspiracy theory" that small efficient, good looking cars aren't happening specifically because of government regulations........ahem.........
who am i kidding, im probably already on a list.
Sorry what? I was busy dodging heart attack pew pew ice.
@@CaseyPutsch What "heart attack" were You "dodging " Casey ?!
Do You have some health issues ?
@@newtonfirefly3584search up CIA heart attack gun
4:15 - hearing that door shut says more about the level of detail and precision that went into the chassis design than anything. That definitely caught my attention. I did NOT expect it to have a similar solid sound to an 80s Mercedes S-Class. That is remarkably impressive dude. Kudos!
Thank you!!
I noticed that too. Sounded solid
I was also impressed by that. Well done. How well the doors open and shut is about as important as anything.
Yeah! I noticed that, too! Door closed... I just thought, oh yeah, that sounds SOLID. On an experimental thing like this, I would not criticize if he actually had to push the thing closed. Instead... wow, nice! This is not just some funky and rough "proof of concept" test mule thing!
That's what I heard also
Wow, it's amazing how mean and muscular the Omega car looks without the aero-wheel covers. Wouls love to see it with clear wheel aero covers! Kudos to you, Casey, this is a huge achievement. Well done.
Thank you kindly. Is this Doug?
@@CaseyPutsch Bob is the name. As someone who fell in love with cars as a toddler, I truly appreciate your talents and love of cars and your doing good for the young, the US, and the world.
As the owner of a 2300lb daily driver which is not what most would call fast, but is super fun in curves and corners, it's disheartening seeing the tonnage of the average car soaring. The situation is also threatening to get much worse as every car gets a half ton of batteries by state decree. I'll take the hatchback version!
Yes!
same, 1ton cars are good
Absolutely right. It's supporting creative inventiveness that will improve our lives not fostering a dependency on big government.
Yes!
Casey, I like the term, "artisan."
From my perspective, a true artisan understands the fundamentals of math, form, hydraulics, geology, and GOD.
Close enough to hold you in my prayers sir!
Please produce this car as a kit now so I can have one of my own.
Dude this is awesome. Simplicity, reliability and efficiency are what people want. In that sense it really reminds me of my Toyota Yaris 5 speed, 1.5L. I make over six figures and still drive my 16 year old Yaris.
All I can say is I would buy one!!
Thank you! I think we ALL would!
@@CaseyPutsch I would make one.
Amazing Job Casey! Pushing the limits of automotive engineering, what an achievement! You should come to Indianapolis and be a guest speaker at the IUPUI Motorsports program in the fall! We would love to have you!
Send me an email. I’d be honored.
The Omega car is why I started following this channel. I saw it in person and it's awesome. And I own a Tesla. And an Audi. And I used to own a '13 Beetle TDi that was my favorite car ever. It got totaled just prior to DieselGate so they are no more. I'd still be driving that baby if I had it.
Thanks!
I like the vibe. The only sane person reacting normally.
Thank you kindly
I've been saying that THIS is the future for at least 20 years. Lightweight, efficient diesel in a relatively slippery body.
There is one thing I really miss from the eighties. All the funky car designs I used to see driving around. That were made by foreign and domestic car manufacturers.
I remember when my Mom bought a 1982 Mercedes 300TD Turbo Diesel wagon brand new. The mileage in that car was nuts for the day. You needed it, because it was a bit of an effort to find a gas station that sold diesel(back then).
ive been waiting to see more of this car since the original posts you made. i love the project and would love to make something similar but of my own design some day. Thanks for finally putting out more on this beauty.
You’re welcome and I hope you do! You’ll love tomorrow’s video!
Thank you for making this series, I pray it goes viral.
Thank you!
Congratulations, this is a huge milestone. I can't wait to see more videos on your omega car
I see Omega car, i click.
In 1989 Audi drove in the Audi 100 C3 with the 2.5 TDI engine on one fuel tank almost 3000 miles far. The range back then was 138 mp/g. They only achieved that with a bunch of fuel saving measures, like turning off all unnecessary electrical devices, running tires with very high pressures, never exceeding 37mp/h and removing the side mirrors to reduce drag. It's a pretty big car though, which is shaped like a brick and had two passengers on board (The driver and an independent observer from the German Automobile Club ADAC) I believe that manufacturers could build a very fuel efficient combustion engine, if they really wanted to, but for some reason they don't really want to. It's almost like somebody is making lot of money by selling and taxing fuel.
Yuuuup
Congrats Casey!! Can't wait to see how this develops!
Thank you. Come back tomorrow at 10!
@@CaseyPutsch I will definitely watch the video tomorrow, but I have to work until noon.
This is incredible. Keep up the great work, Casey!
Thanks!
This is a freaking awesome result. Ive been excited to see more about the Omega car since you announced getting back to testing it.
Congrats on the first result and what Im sure will be coming next with taking on the Vette and Viper!
Tomorrow at 10!
@@CaseyPutsch I will definitely be watching!
Casey, you are a Godsend. We are blessed people like you still exist. Keep up the excellent work, you've inspired more people than you can know.
More to come and thank you!
I'm loving this car and the ideas behind it so far! It's genuine proof that much more can be done than most people could ever imagine.
More to come!
this car should do a cannonball.
;)
@@CaseyPutsch put some LED police strobe lights on it and police stickers that’ll help ya slip by them Yogis. I’m sure it’ll camouflage it just fine. 🥸 and don’t forget to dress the part.
great to see you enthusiastic and having fun again. keep the positive motivation going. gear p0rn like this is what originally brought me to your channel.
2.2l for 100km very impressive, similar to the original Aptera and it’s a car.
Well done mate you've made a hell of an engine and vehicle.
This man is not suicidal and loves life. This man loves who he is and has never been sad, will not ever take a sudden or spontaneous trip or disappear suddenly. He did not create a water powered car. Big Oil, take a breath and back away slowly
It’s the EV industry and the left that will want me to go away right now….
@@CaseyPutschof course🙄 we want more!
Casey you are an amazing engineer. 100 Plus MPG!!!
Thanks!
And you really need to take the Omega car to a drag strip and have it just smoke everything there.
Maybe someday!
Very happy to see the omega back on the road.
Looks cool and interesting concept. I'm sure once you add emmisions compliant engine. Safety items like 3 point belts, wipers, air bags, side impact beams and that it meets crash standards. Weatherstripping, some sort of roll down windows, side marker lights etc. Everything needed in a standard production car then the mpg will definitely go down. I bought new a 1998 VW new beetle TDI. My best highway mpg was 62. So I'm not surprised at your mpg. Great video and looking forward to the progress.
So you admit over regulation is a large part of the problem?
If under 100,000 cars produced it does not need to meet crash standards
@@patrickday4206 it that total or per year?
@@2000freefuel I can't remember I think per year but if you change a model is still doable I looked at the law like 20 years ago
It's been nice knowing you. 😮😢 hope you stick around longer than tom ogle and Rudolph diesel.
I love this guy AND his invention, excellent video!
Thank you
Can't wait to see where this goes. Amazing.
Awesome job Casey!
Looking forward to a fully faired, longer distance test of what this can really do on the efficiency side.
This is awesome! I hope you go on tour with this in California and make all the Tesla nerds jealous!
Shhhhh…. :)
@@CaseyPutsch you should see about bringing the car to the Academy of Art University's Auto Museum for a presentation! I personally know a lot of people there that would love to see it!
21:20 Well said... the knowledge and technology is there and has been for a very long time. Smart people like you and your team prove this over and over. It's the politicians that screw everything up. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. Keep up the great work!
Thank you! I’ll keep going!
It's really refreshing and inspiring to see someone like you. I have a sense of kinship to you. I love to make systems more efficient.
Thank you!
Great job Casey. I would like to see it as a daily to understand the reliability of such machines. Beautiful car by the way👍👍
Thank you! More to come
Me casually watching a UA-cam video as you start to literally change our world!
:) More to come!
No to those who want the politics left out. Children can only handle one topic at a time, but ten years later, they've got to deal with the betrayals of public trust, especially as it intrudes on their work. Go Casey Go.
More to come!
What an amazing car OMEGA is!
Awesome video! Glad to see it hit 104 mpg. I would love to do it better, but I don’t know how, and I would love more information to build an efficient car like the omega car.
I would love one of these in the UK!
For sure!
Incredible, Casey! Attaboy!!
This has been one of the most excting cars on your channel for me for a long time. the King Zero is up there too though.
Thanks!
Wow, you soundly beat the 3L VW Lupo, quite a feat.
And mine is fast…
Congrats Casey.
Thank you
There have been times I've been annoyed while watching your videos and hearing the random complaints, but I have to say I respect you immensely for not sitting idly by and just b#^^=ing. You've done a lot thru Genuis Garage, inspired DIYers, and now seeing whats possible through innovation. It all starts somewhere folks, usually with someone getting out and trying. Good luck with the car and finding the right audience (folks who would work with you on your ideas and concepts), keep moving forward and hope to see more.
Thank you thank you!
Do you have videos where you designed and built the body/chassis?
Excellent video and cool vehicle.
I wonder how this would do with the 3 cylinder, 2 stroke engone that Mazda has been playing with ?
This type of build is where the true "awesome sauce" comes from in the engineering world.
Hey Casey! Do you think having big time automotive youtubers review your car would help it get into the public view? Perhaps having ThatDudeinBlue review your car? Just food for thought.
A good idea. I have some other ones.
@@CaseyPutsch well you have been an inspiration for me. I'll start looking into how to make a car similar to the omega car
Another idea would be to challenge other UA-camrs to beat your car. Get a movement going.
@@kyleolin3566 Only if WhistlinDiesel shows up for the series finale and "tests" them all 🤣
This is very similar to the guy that built a Locost7 with a turbo kubota and rwd celica trans and differential, then built a Lola body for it and ran it in thr "escape from berkley" race where they can drive anything but only get 1 galon of fuel. I believe his was also getting over 100 miles too
Black Suburban was the M.I.B, they heard you solved our energy problems. Videoing saved your lives 😅
IIRC, you did some testing back in the day. That car is ridiculously fast and efficient. It also looks kind of like the Speed Racer car which is a bonus.
Ok this is fantastic… I’ve been thinking about this type of thing forever. Blows my mind that with all the advanced in automotive technology that weve barely improved efficiencies over the years. It’s understandable that safety standards have weighed cars down so they are fighting that, but still. It’s the reason EVs are so desirable. The cost per mile is just soo much better than anything else that’s available
Yup!
Awesome video, reminds me of the vw diesel hybrid!
this is an INCREDIBLY impressive vehicle! Are you willing to share details about it? I'm super curious about what the manufacturing process was like, and what materials you used, since you mentioned in the last video there's no fiberglass or carbon fiber, and that the goal was to make a recyclable and cheap product. Also, other specifications like the weight would be really interesting to know, if you're willing to share.
Keep up the great work! This is really inspiring, and makes me happy to see as I'm an engineering student who also wants to someday make things that are efficient and environmentally friendly while not giving up qualities like performance and aesthetics
We don’t deserve this man. Casey you are awesome
Thank you kindly. I’m still swinging!
Bravo! Looking forward to the 0-60 times. Was there a video series building this car?
Tomorrow at 10
Great design and engineering
Casey the car guy
Please keep working on your Omega car. What you’re doing is brilliant and the car you have built is not only beautiful but a marvelous example of real ingenuity
I’m blown away at the number of electric brainwashed smart people that are ridiculing your creation and what goal you’re after / what you’re doing.
Subscribed and anxious for more of your work
God bless brother
More to come! I will!
Ngl I can’t wait to hear it under load
“Turbo noises go woosh!”
The mighty J. Excellent! My dad’s favorite engine. 👍
Let's get it Casey!!!
Car looks f****** great!
Congrats!
This is the first video I've watched from you, and what you're doing is amazing! I saw the Ohio plate. You should totally bring that out to Dayton Cars and Coffee!!!
In my experience, fiberglass warps over time. I don't know what composites you used, but I'm willing to wager that it'll suffer from the long term warpage that I see regularly. A friend of mine ran a body shop and he did a restoration of a 1950's corvette. The 1st question he asked the customer was "do you want the body straight, or do you want it to look like a corvette?" Where I work we are constantly fighting that warp and knowing that we won't eliminate it, try and control its location.
Basically the prefect car. Everything I wanted from a VW XL1 plus a manual. A mass market version of this wold make everything else on the road seem stupid.
:)
Glad to see this project is still ongoing. I know the goal is mpg but do you have the ability to get tailpipe emissions data? Biggest hurdle for manufacturers is getting diesel to burn clean.
Exiting to see this
A thing to consider measuring fuel consumption is the temperature change. Fuel does expand a lot when being heated up. Especially when measuring small differences, this can have a large effect on misreading. I'm not doubting the result, just a variable to watch out for when getting a car out of a garage to the outside and possible engine heat.
I would love to see experimental Speed of Air pistons in this thing.
I cannot describe how stoked this makes me. I'm curious as to the cost of the project and how you manufactured this thing. First I've seen of your channel so I'm sure there's more in store but damn...this thing fuckin destroys any electric car.
WELL DONE!!!
Thanks! You'll like tomorrow's video.
You should look up Opel at the 24 hours of La Mans. I think it was around 2002 or 2003 maybe, they built two prototypes for the race. Both were diesel electric running 1.3 litre engines, both averaged around 144 mph, and both got pretty close to 114 mpg during the 24 hour race. This was the best MPG by anyone to date in any motorsport like this. I found out about it during the big ethanol push around 2004 or 2005. I was in the process of building my own little gem. A 1986 Mazda RX7 with a 2000 Corvette LS1/4L60E swap. I managed pretty good set of numbers myself. Top speed around 165mph, great brakes with 4 piston front, single rears, slotted rotors all around. Car weighed in at 2890lbs full of gas. Ran 12.0 in the 1/4 mile, handled just like any good race car would, and got 29 MPG if I could keep my foot off the throttle, which was hard when you can blow by someone at 90 from 55 without ever hitting passing gear. Just a normal driving pass. But not so normal! Big fun! But Yes! Think outside the box! I laugh at the car shows like Motor trend, and HP TV. They are such a joke! All they do is try to sell you performance you can get for 1/4 the cost just by doing the math! HP to weight! Rule #1! Nothing else matters until you get this one right!
Great achievement sir! I have been doing research and development with small displacement gasoline V8 engines for economy. I am disabled and have a meager income but I do what I can. I have spent years saving and purchasing used machining tools and measuring instruments and I'm almost to the point I can do probably 75% of my own machining. I believe with precision machining to reduce friction and wasted power along with proper cylinder filling and fuel burning capabilities within the engine can make a significant difference in fuel economy.Thanks for sharing your vehicle and I have subscribed to your channel. I look forward to more videos on it.
That's absolutely one beautiful car!
Thanks!
I could believe it. 👍🏻 Next you need to also put your engine in a more practical body style.
Years ago I did some mods on a ‘92 Buick Roadmaster with a 350V8, and I averaged 25 around town and 30 on the highway. And this was a big boat of a car , running the AC.
Nice one. And that's a good looking car, looking forward to seeing it in different colours. If you really want to stretch for every bit of the aero benefit you could have rear wheel covers etc. Maybe you already have thdm.
I already do for front and rear actually! Good call.
I modified a stock 2000 Honda Insight ($1500 car with a 1.0 liter gasoline engine with a 5 speed manual) to get a record 152 mpg at 60 mph. It was NOT a fast car 0-60, but would top out at 120 mph due to its efficiency. The car routinely got on average 115 to 140 mpg, even got 60 mpg at 90 mph! I was further modifying the engine to strive for 200 mpg and lost interest, since it was a solo project (no partners).
Those are great numbers!
GO OMEGA CAR!!! GO!!!
[Happy vroom vroom noises]
Pretty awesome man. I was really looking forward to seeing this thing out on the road again. I'm pretty curious about how it is recyclable though. If I was doing it, I'd use an expandable foam and a mould. I imagine you're not doing that, as the 2 part foam isn't really recyclable, but is it something similar that is Biodegradable or something? Anyways, awesome video, great work and all that. Happy to see you suceeding. Perhaps a way forward with some of this stuff would be to make some of the process open source, maybe start a grass roots movement, or a contest for those interested in competing for "Most fuel efficient race car" on a timed course? I mean, if they can do it with battlebots, you might be able to market this as a challenge moving forward...
There are many ways to make one recyclable
First test run of over 104 MPG? Pretty amazing! It would be good to have a precise and accurate measurement of the actual distance, but, getting over 100 MPG, we don't need to get too fussy right now!
Next... what's it like when you put your foot in it? Although... um... obviously, before you start doing anything too enthusiastic (track day at Mid-Ohio?), more than just a lap belt might be a good upgrade. (With the massive amount of work this project must have been, I'm surprised you didn't just go straight to a full harness.)
Can't fault you not knowing what to say wrapping up. One hell of an accomplishment there!
0-60 mph tomorrow! Big day!
Hybrid unit would probably add another 100mph?
Other inventors have made it to the same point and at this point is where they fell bringing this invention to Market Market is a hurdle
Before in europe we sold 700 kilo compact car like the polo 2 and peugeot 205, very good car, reliable and with safe and fun handling.
Now we make 1.5t crosssover suv because people like to be higher ... ( In already crowded city )
Cool as shit! That monocoque body is my favorite idea here.
I already love the look!
There are free apps for an iPhone that can act as a speedometer.
Sick car Casey