Stormworks - Modular Engine Tutorial

Modular engines, Love em or  hate em, this is how you make em There are 3 sizes of modular engine 1x 3x and 5x In each size there is a crank shaft, cylinder,  engine drive belt, clutch, gearbox, and flywheel There are also common parts that are  used with any size of modular engine The main common parts are air manifold,  fuel manifold, exhaust manifold, cooling manifold, temperature  sensor and the manifold pipes. . The engine drive belt parts are  alternator, engine starter and fluid pump First I'll go over the  intended modular engine layout , and then I will cover some tricks  and alternative building methods To begin building a modular engine,  open the parts menu and type "mod" This will filter basically all the  components you need minus the fluid ports Ill build a 1x modular engine for this tutorial , but the method is more or  less the same for any size Start by placing crankshaft blocks as  long as you want your engine to be , making sure that each crankshaft part is  connected at the side with the circular texture Place cylinders along the top of the  crankshaft so that the flat grey side is facing the away from the crankshaft,  this is the default palcement orentation At one end of your crank shaft  place an engine drive belt The side ports of the engine drive belt are where you connect the alternator, , fluid pump and starter motor On the top side of the engine  belt drive place an alternator You will see that before placing any of the  belt drive parts , a belt pulley can be seen line this up so the belt goes around  both pulleys for the correct orientation Place an engine starter on one  side of the engine drive belt, and a fluid pump on the opposide  side of the engine drive belt Pressing U will flip the fluid pump letting  you change the direction of the fluid out port Add an air manifold to the  side of the first cylinder It can be facing any direction as long  as the 4 manifold holes are connecet to the cylinder's manifold holes but I would like to place this one facing forwards so  there is a space for a fluid port Add a fuel manifold to the second cylinder There are 2 different types of exhaust manifold A straight pipe and a 90 degree corner pipe