[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YfTtGCsiD8[/youtube]

You will remain transfixed for the duration of this ten minute video as you watch the craftsmanship and engineering prowess of a man machining  and assembling every part of the world’s tiniest V-12 engine.

The video shows a Spanish man machining every single part of a tiny V-12 engine and then proceeding to assemble the thing. Here are some details on the engine:12 cm3 of displacement (making it a… 12mL engine?), the diameter of the cyllinder is 11,3 mm and the stroke of the pistons 10mm. It runs on compressed air though it could conceivably run on gas; the guy didn’t want to “contaminate” the air with combustion gasses. There are 261 parts, 222 screws and it took him 1,220 hours to complete. It’s a one-off creation, is not for sale and is meant to instruct viewers on the inner workings of such an engine.

Via Oh Gizmo!