Could have uses a short piece of rubber tubing to connect to the display shafts as a flex coupler. Also, looks like the Lucas side runs the risk of an empty pan as all of the treated oil is sticking to the side of the display when at high speed.
You could have used a piece of vacuum hose between the drill and the Lucas display. Slip the hose over the nub sticking out of the Lucas machine and put a drill bit in the drill then slip the hose on it. It would absorb the vibration.
The patterns on the plastic at about 19:14 turns into some kind of art or something. Thanks for the laughs. Who knew that little plastic display could withstand that abuse?
Dude used to jump out of planes, live out doors, train to run farther, faster, longer with more gear than the average human could. Gabe is sketchy stuff.
I remeber going to the locally owned auto parts store with my dad as a kid and I'd just go straight to the demo and spend my time spinning it as fast as i could while waiting for him to find what he needed. Thank you for the nostalgia trip and awesome vid
you mean dry sump. but the main reason of a dry sump is it's resilience against oil starvation due to high g force turns, along with being able to drop the engine lower in the chassis to get a better CG, as well as having a larger volume of oil available for the engine. Windage trays take care of the issue you're talking about, not dry sumps.
I was hoping for the Vette to be finished today, but who am I to stand in the way of science? I always wanted to try this to the Lucas display, thanks for making my childhood dream come true.
My parents had a small gas station when I was a kid and had one of these on the counter. It was more than 40 years ago. Not sure if Lucas was mainstream yep. A traveling salesman came in and got them to set up a display and sell their products.
As a former counter man, this is something I heard at least 10 times a day; what would happen if you hooked a drill up to it? Thank you for answering mine and many other peoples curious question. Love it!!
I did not grow up with that. I've never seen that in my life. But now that I have, thank you, I definitely want to see it spin way faster than it should. I don't think we even have actual autoparts stores here
OH ! The look of Gabe grabbing safety glasses at the intro ! Then to do what we've all wanted to see ! Definitely my favorite video you've made ... so far !
Fun fact: I had an old Toro push mower that started knocking and I put nothing but Lucas in it and it ran another 5 seasons. I ended up buying a new mower and gave it to a buddy with the instructions to use nothing but Lucas when he changed the oil. He didn't listen, R.I.P. old Toro lol
JR and Gabe never fail to amaze and enlighten! Great to see you guys doing something amazing FOR SCIENCE! I may even show this video in my mechanical maintenance class!
Because of those things, I remember how proud I was of the first rear diff that I worked on that I could put Lucas into. That display is phenomenal marketing.
After the first nut, perhaps just a socket driver bit would have worked best, as it allows for some movement and is more forgiving. Awesome video though.
@@Krankie_V being that socket driver bits are 1/4" hex, would fit perfect in a 1/4" collet. Turned the bend off 1/4" hex wrenches by putting them in a collet on the cutting machine at work so I could make them work in a drill.
@@frostbite1991 I just tried for the heck of it, and a 1/4 hex doesn't even come close to fitting in a 1/4 die grinder collet. You'd have to cut it down. Easily done on a lathe if one had access to it.
Gabe's "I'm up he see's me, I'm Down!" had me chuckling. Love the small military jokes here and there. *Sorry Gabe! Half sleep deprived when I wrote it!
Every time I saw the Lucas display, I asked the parts guys, in which engine does four gears rely on such an oil system? So far, not one as far as they have known. The closest I know of is a modified small block with gear drive for the cam, which sounds gnarly! But that system gets oil from the valley drain as well as from the front cam bearing, and not from the oil sump. But you are right, every time at the parts store, I wanted to do what you did! But my air die grinder has different collet insets for different shaft diameter! Did you not get them for yours?
The side crew wanted to be better paid so they were gone. The rest of the show had pretty much run its course. A good show knows when to ride off into the sunset before the audience encourages them to go. I enjoyed all 14 years of the show.
This is exactly the kind of behavior I've come to expect out of a Warrant Officer. Thanks for the laughs... and answering life's truly important questions.
This is the greatest show!!! I feel like I’m back in HS trying out stuff in my Dad’s garage….have you ever soaked tennis balls in gas, lit them, and then hit them with golf clubs😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
I have one of those displays from the 80's, it has the blue Top Fuel dragster on it. Picked it up from a auto parts store that I previously worked at that was closing.
I would even see if there was a way to add more oil into the display so you could run it at a constant 20,000 rpm without the risk of no oil on the gears and it all on the casing. So many are if it could be filled to the top of maybe the first gear?
These pre date O'Reilly's Auto Parts stores !! My local oreillys still has one of these back from when that used to be Kragen's Auto!!! This demonstration goes to show you how well the Lucas actually does work to protect the gears!!!
TBH one of the best pieces of content ever! Looking at it from an actual Lucas standpoint, I'm thinking one bad thing about the additive is in an actual engine, if you've got windage in your pan, since all the oil stays flung up, the oil pump might suck air even worse? And about the gears, those look like delrin RC car gears which take 20k+ RPM under load, so the gears would totally stay together. It's the lack of bearings that'd destroy it.
We thought the same concerning oil starvation. Fortunately we don’t see engines spin this high on the daily driver so that isn’t going to be a problem for the average person. Those folks who might have an issue with it are already putting things in place to mitigate oiling issues as they build. Cheers! 🍻😉👍🏼
The nostalgia is right in the feels. That demo has a part store smell associated with it.
You say this and I can smell my local autozone.
These are pretty cool though. And I can smell the fuel line as well
Smells like an old old oil change shop
This is proof that you can smell a memory
Southern Oklahoma Mopars if I try hard enough I swear I can smell the interior of my grandmas crown Vic.
You guys are out here answering the questions nobody asked, but everyone needed answers to.
not really 🤨
Thank you dark night.
Watched the whole video in 1 minute
@@Chris-hw4mq he's just a rich guy with mom and dads money doing a half ass youtube channel.
I have asked this question multiple times.
Her: "He's thinking about other women".
Him: "I wonder if I can hook a drill to that Lucas Oil display".
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100%!!!!!
Wins the internet!!
Ace!! 😄🤣🤘
Yup, ain't it the truth.
Comment hall of fame contender!!!
Before the display dies, dump the oil and clean and replace with Motul and run the test. Would be cool to see Lucas vs Motul in Slo Mo.
Isn't that stuff just a oil thickener? I imagine it has more to do with the viscosity than the brand of oil
@@superbarnie Lucas is in general an oil thickener (to put it simply). Just like you said it's about the viscosity more than anything.
we need a part 2, where you contact Lucas Oil and congratulate them for their oil display surviving 24,000 RPM!
Could have uses a short piece of rubber tubing to connect to the display shafts as a flex coupler. Also, looks like the Lucas side runs the risk of an empty pan as all of the treated oil is sticking to the side of the display when at high speed.
That’s an excellent idea
Don't know if it will react like that considering hot engine temperatures and material would be iron or aluminum vs this plastic display
Good theory
The biggest issue with Lucas is it causing massive foaming.
People, this is just a stabilizer!
You could have used a piece of vacuum hose between the drill and the Lucas display. Slip the hose over the nub sticking out of the Lucas machine and put a drill bit in the drill then slip the hose on it. It would absorb the vibration.
Oh man, that's an even better idea than a belt.
@@rpavlik1 I don't know a rubber band might be pretty good as a belt to use
I would use a new piece of vacum hose for better balance 😄😄
@jeffflaig362 Maybe you're not on UA-cam anymore, but thank you for solving a similar problem I have! (Minus the Lucas display)
Try it after you heated up the oil, to a standard operating temperature!
Basically, you were doing an Extreme Cold Crank Start, on Cold Oil!
Yep, very good point!
Except it wasn’t mixed with oil either like in an engine.
The patterns on the plastic at about 19:14 turns into some kind of art or something. Thanks for the laughs. Who knew that little plastic display could withstand that abuse?
As someone who tries to spin this faster and fast by hand at work everyday this really satisfies me.
Gabe can never be mad at his kids for ever doing sketchy stuff after this. 😅
Bruh... I'm usually right there with them!
Dude used to jump out of planes, live out doors, train to run farther, faster, longer with more gear than the average human could. Gabe is sketchy stuff.
@@OldSchoolParatrooper AIRBORNE!!
You can do all the sketchy stuff you want when you're responsible for the cleanup and paying for the damages
@@jamestyndall529 exactly
I remeber going to the locally owned auto parts store with my dad as a kid and I'd just go straight to the demo and spend my time spinning it as fast as i could while waiting for him to find what he needed. Thank you for the nostalgia trip and awesome vid
I always spin it everytime I go in there. Thank you for doing that .
The absolute best pointless entertainment I have received in a while. Thank you! And great slow-motion music. 👍
Y'all need to make an industrial Lucas display. Metal gears and bearings with plexiglass. Ramp it up!
This has got to be trending on UA-cam! Everyone needs to see this!
You just demonstrated why high revving engines use oil sumps instead of just oil pans and oil pumps to lube. TY
no.
@@kc0lif yes.
They also use a sump so they can hold more oil. At high rpm there would be so little in the pan
@@CarAudioObsessions you betcha!
you mean dry sump. but the main reason of a dry sump is it's resilience against oil starvation due to high g force turns, along with being able to drop the engine lower in the chassis to get a better CG, as well as having a larger volume of oil available for the engine. Windage trays take care of the issue you're talking about, not dry sumps.
You sir just lived out a child fantasy I didn't even know I had.
I always like when you do a video with Gabe. He's got such a great sense of humor that meshes well with yours.
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@@Gabe-ABNCW3 , where are your videos? I subbed but no videos to see!
@@TheJoncic I don’t produce any content of my own, friend. Unfortunately my schedule just doesn’t allow me time to do that.
Cheers. 🍻😉👍🏼
Man JR REALLY doesn't want to get back to work on that Corvette! 🤣
😂
This has to be the best watchjrgo ever. Hopefully you'll set a record with views too!😃
Absolutely love watching you and Gabe together! You two are hilarious.
I was hoping for the Vette to be finished today, but who am I to stand in the way of science? I always wanted to try this to the Lucas display, thanks for making my childhood dream come true.
Thank you for your commitment to science!!!🍻😉👍🏼
Whoever designed those display cases is a boss.
Should branch out and build cars.
Funniest JR & Gabe video yet.
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Yup, mine is probably 40yrs old, never leaked. Sits in my hobby room on a shelf.
I have to be nuts. I loved this so much. You guys are as whacked out as me.
Now I know there is hope for mankind😂😁🤗
You guys have literally completed one of my childhood dreams thank you... Maybe not turning it at 24,000 RPMs but close enough.. 😂
What could be better then, Josh yesterday and Gabe today , star studded content thanks JR
Yeah, I got one of those new on Amazon for like 22 bucks 6 or 8 months ago. Had to do it, always wanted one of my own.
I can't believe you guys made a whole video out of that. Well done.
I'll never be able to look at another one of these displays without thinking about this video. 😁
My parents had a small gas station when I was a kid and had one of these on the counter. It was more than 40 years ago. Not sure if Lucas was mainstream yep. A traveling salesman came in and got them to set up a display and sell their products.
Enjoyed the dramatic sound effect on the slo mo. 😂
As a former counter man, this is something I heard at least 10 times a day; what would happen if you hooked a drill up to it? Thank you for answering mine and many other peoples curious question. Love it!!
I did not grow up with that.
I've never seen that in my life.
But now that I have, thank you, I definitely want to see it spin way faster than it should.
I don't think we even have actual autoparts stores here
A Dremel might have fit without having to weld nuts to it
Im 32 and I still spin these every time I see them.
OH ! The look of Gabe grabbing safety glasses at the intro ! Then to do what we've all wanted to see ! Definitely my favorite video you've made ... so far !
Fun fact: I had an old Toro push mower that started knocking and I put nothing but Lucas in it and it ran another 5 seasons. I ended up buying a new mower and gave it to a buddy with the instructions to use nothing but Lucas when he changed the oil. He didn't listen, R.I.P. old Toro lol
Yes Jrgo right in the middle of my work day!
Fun to see you take a day off from the more serious stuff.
JR and Gabe never fail to amaze and enlighten! Great to see you guys doing something amazing FOR SCIENCE! I may even show this video in my mechanical maintenance class!
You are having so much good, clean fun.... you just earned yourselves a new subscriber.
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Whoohooo! Finally someone did it! …..and the music! 😂
1:44 "I'm up, he sees me, I'm down!"
That brought back some memories
Because of those things, I remember how proud I was of the first rear diff that I worked on that I could put Lucas into. That display is phenomenal marketing.
After the first nut, perhaps just a socket driver bit would have worked best, as it allows for some movement and is more forgiving. Awesome video though.
Have you ever seen a socket driver bit that fits a 1/4 collet? They are always hexagonal...
@@Krankie_V being that socket driver bits are 1/4" hex, would fit perfect in a 1/4" collet. Turned the bend off 1/4" hex wrenches by putting them in a collet on the cutting machine at work so I could make them work in a drill.
@@frostbite1991 doesn't seem like a good idea to me to put a hex shaped bit into a collet meant for a round tool, but you do you.
it's a mere 1/4", almost no stress on it. Sure wouldn't do it with big pieces though.
@@frostbite1991 I just tried for the heck of it, and a 1/4 hex doesn't even come close to fitting in a 1/4 die grinder collet. You'd have to cut it down. Easily done on a lathe if one had access to it.
I've been In the parts buisness for over 25 years, I've put many thousands of turns on one of these...
Great video!
the music to the high speed shots was amazing! thank you for this LOL
Hilarious. Like two 5-yr olds. Love it!
Ahem… we’re 5 and a half, thank you very much!!
Yep, 24000 rpm is the recommended turning velocity…😂
These displays are on every parts store counter in Canada as well. Got to love them!
Thank you- been waiting to see this since my old NAPA job in '98
Someone call up the SlowMo Guys channel so we can get a 20,000+ frames per second version of this experiment.
THIS!
I was just thinking we need Gav and Dan with a Phantom for this!
Gabe's "I'm up he see's me, I'm Down!" had me chuckling. Love the small military jokes here and there.
*Sorry Gabe! Half sleep deprived when I wrote it!
Yup. Josh is the best!
Every time I saw the Lucas display, I asked the parts guys, in which engine does four gears rely on such an oil system? So far, not one as far as they have known.
The closest I know of is a modified small block with gear drive for the cam, which sounds gnarly! But that system gets oil from the valley drain as well as from the front cam bearing, and not from the oil sump.
But you are right, every time at the parts store, I wanted to do what you did! But my air die grinder has different collet insets for different shaft diameter! Did you not get them for yours?
That was like Mythbusters before they fell out :)
The side crew wanted to be better paid so they were gone. The rest of the show had pretty much run its course. A good show knows when to ride off into the sunset before the audience encourages them to go. I enjoyed all 14 years of the show.
Thank you for everything you do I'm looking forward to seeing more tests with this thing
Totally gotta do the oil one and not the Trans one.
You know your audience.
Cartoon bubble contains Tim 'The Tool Man' Taylor in it to power up the Lucas demo unit.
Excellent video. Great science. Great interpersonal chemistry. Thank you O’Reilly’s.
I’m up he sees me I’m down! Nice reference!
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I’ve 100% played with that display and wanted to hook a drill to it…senselessly amazing 🤩 thank you 😊
Lucas Oil display go brrrrrrrrr
funnest video i've seen in a long time!
How close where you to cutting his finger off when opening the box!!🤣🤣 it looked really close in the video!
No where close. It was just the angle. Surprised me too when I saw that scene.
Now you need a Monroe suspension display!
Sadly monroe quality has gone way down hill in past few years
Working over the Lucas Oil display all while repping his Motul jacket.😀
"All catiwompis" 😄 , was one for my dad's favorite sayings.👍
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That was cool to see. I’ve always wanted to see that spin quickly.
I used it in a few motorcycle and it worked fine to 17500rpm redline.
There is no 17500rpm redline.
@@stevestudley4060 Yamaha R6. 2006.
@@kyledexter485 Also...
1990 Kawasaki ZX-R 250/R Ninja: 18,000 RPM
1988 Yamaha FZR250/R: 18,500 RPM
1988 Honda CBR250RR: 19,000 RPM
@@kevinm8051 cool, never owned a 250cc motorcycle. But wow 19000 RPM is crazy.
More Gabe on the channel. He always makes me laugh!
This was hilarious! You guys and your persistence to get the most out of it was fun also. I really enjoyed this one.
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This is exactly the kind of behavior I've come to expect out of a Warrant Officer. Thanks for the laughs... and answering life's truly important questions.
It ain’t much, but it’s honest work! 😂🤣😂
Cheers Brother!
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That was definitely worth the time welding to make it work, super fun video
This is the greatest show!!! I feel like I’m back in HS trying out stuff in my Dad’s garage….have you ever soaked tennis balls in gas, lit them, and then hit them with golf clubs😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
🤔 , I have never soaked tennis balls with gas, lit them, then hit with a golf club but now I have an overwhelming desire to do so…
I have 🤣😂🤣
One of your best videos yet!!!!
This is why I love this channel
now that's quality entertainment right there! haha
I'm curious JR, would you recommend Lucas Oil Stabilizer for one's car?
I have one of those displays from the 80's, it has the blue Top Fuel dragster on it.
Picked it up from a auto parts store that I previously worked at that was closing.
You should definitely modify the display to be able to put in other oils a show the comparisons in an episode.
This is absolutely Epic!
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I would even see if there was a way to add more oil into the display so you could run it at a constant 20,000 rpm without the risk of no oil on the gears and it all on the casing. So many are if it could be filled to the top of maybe the first gear?
These pre date O'Reilly's Auto Parts stores !! My local oreillys still has one of these back from when that used to be Kragen's Auto!!! This demonstration goes to show you how well the Lucas actually does work to protect the gears!!!
I always wondered if the Lucas oil was a heavier weight oil than the conventional oil side inside of these displays?
Thank you this has been in my head ever since I turned one of these
Thank you for doing the lords work
The amount of time you spent doing this is both sad and impressive at the same time😆
How many subscribers remember the pneumatic pop can crusher episode?
Yes, we call it “pop” here in the Midwest! 👍
19:15 His stare and slow blink is the stuff of nightmares
"come with me, and you'll be, in a world of OSHA violations."
I think this display needs some metal fabrication reinforcements that way maybe you can put the air ratchet on it and try for 50,000 RPM 🤣
TBH one of the best pieces of content ever! Looking at it from an actual Lucas standpoint, I'm thinking one bad thing about the additive is in an actual engine, if you've got windage in your pan, since all the oil stays flung up, the oil pump might suck air even worse? And about the gears, those look like delrin RC car gears which take 20k+ RPM under load, so the gears would totally stay together. It's the lack of bearings that'd destroy it.
We thought the same concerning oil starvation. Fortunately we don’t see engines spin this high on the daily driver so that isn’t going to be a problem for the average person. Those folks who might have an issue with it are already putting things in place to mitigate oiling issues as they build.
Cheers! 🍻😉👍🏼
The best moments of these vids is when JR turns into a 12 year old kid. Buying the fire engine was another.
Best content in a while!
Always wanted to have one of those in my shop, permanently running till it dies. XD
Poppping the popcorn and talking about I’m up they see me I’m down. Had me cracking up. Buddy rushing. Yut.
You just made every car nuts dream come true 👍! Matt.
Love the Gabe & JR Show!
That was some proper 24k magic! Gotta love junior associates* doing science.
*Junior and his associates
Ohh yea. I remember that thing from the local Napa in the 90's. Great times when your a kid.
The dramatic music is perfect!
I've always found it funny , Lucas demonstrates exactly what you don't want your oil to do