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If you’ve ever wanted to see a Mazda MX-5 Miata‘s engine get torn down using stop-motion animation, then Alex Muir of How a Car Works has the video for you!
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Muir and his team spent a total of 15 days shooting and editing 2500 photos of the little roadster’s four-cylinder engine being taken apart to create the video below. Despite the video’s high quality, the Belfast Telegraph reports that the whole process was done on a minuscule budget. The team relied on bits of string, coat hangers, and pieces of wood to get the various individual pieces to appear as though they are flying out of the engine.
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This isn’t the only such video How a Car Works has in store. The team also has a 20-hour video series that goes through the various parts of a car as they tear down a Miata—presumably the same Miata this engine previously called home. While we’re sure the video series will appeal to a handful of souls who have questioned what makes a car tick, we’d wager the people most likely to throw down the $ 20 required to watch the series will be Miata owners hoping to better understand the key pieces that define their tiny two-door convertibles.
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