using the distributor from an 8 cylinder engine to get the correct timing was genius

The talent in this garage is amazing.

Glorious Yamada

Sounds amazing. The 8 cylinder distributor was absolutely genius

These guys with a stand alone ECU would be amazing.  This engine with efi and computer controlled spark timing would be awesome

1/2 an American V8. Sounds cool!

Turbo Lada build please!
I hope everyone appreciates how good the Garage 54 guys are at fabricating things.
Awesome experiment!

A team of engineers, works so hard, to get a basic Lada engine reliable, and standardized, Vlad is like: " Hand me a grinder and a welder."

6:50 BMW need to start using Lada timing chains, anything’s better than the Micky mouse ones they currently use 😂

Other than the possibility of the cam lobes and crankshaft throws being slightly off, the problem with the engine not revving lies in the intake manifold.  It was designed for a flat plane crankshaft, and it was manufactured to flow well with that crank setup.  Make a pair of manifolds with two runners each and a single carb on each manifold. The engine will rev until the crank falls out.

You know when you have what if ideas that's hard to do but interesting...these guys do it every week.

Your team is composed of some of the most talented Russians I’ve seen.
Spaceba, from California.

Now put on the dual webers, weld the diff and push... ❤️

No wayyyyy! They did my idea!! That’s so awesome good work boys 👏

Hahaha! The old cross-plane crank I4. Yamaha did that for the R1 motorcycle a few years ago. The noise is the same as that of a V4 (such as my VFR800). The sound of a V4 or cross-plane I4 is fantastic! Welcome to my world whenever I get my bike out for some play time! 😁

The internet: It's impossible! :face-purple-crying:
Garage 54: Just does it :glasses-purple-yellow-diamond:

Y'all are amazing cobbling together a distributor for a custom crank an cam and it firing right over is on another level...if garage 54 said hey we're gonna build a diy stealth jet I would genuinely believe they could do it 😅😅😅

YESS another awesome Garage 54 video!

Damn!!!! Sounds like a Small Block Chevy!! Sounds incredible! If you just heard the sound, and didn't look under the hood, you would swear someone stuffed a V8 in that thing!
I bet you guys have every Lata withing a 50 mile radius shaking in their boots! None of them want to wind up in your shop!!

The video we've all been waiting since they first cut and welded the crankshaft.