Answers.Body: <p>Assuming that your motor already has a Technic axle available, you'll need:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Any Technic motor. You probably want an M motor (<a href="https://shop.lego.com/en-US/product/LEGO-Power-Functions-M-Motor-8883" rel="nofollow noreferrer">8883</a>).</li>
  <li>An appropriate battery box or other power source. If you selected the above motor, you probably want the PF battery box that uses AA batteries (<a href="https://shop.lego.com/en-US/product/LEGO-Power-Functions-Battery-Box-8881" rel="nofollow noreferrer">8881</a>).</li>
  <li>Any Technic elements that you want to actually mount the motor onto the V6. In the case of the above, you could get away with a shorter axle and a few Technic pins. If I were you, I'd either purchase a small Technic set (e.g. <a href="https://brickset.com/sets/42088-1/Cherry-Picker" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://brickset.com/sets/42088-1/Cherry-Picker</a>), or an assortment of Technic elements on Bricklink.</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Most Technic motors aren't especially fast (~400 RPM). If you want an RPM up in the thousands, you'll need at least a couple of gears as well.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: "I'd either purchase a small Technic set". Could you point me to a link for such a set so I can see what you mean by this?
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Answers.Text: Sure. Here's one example: https://brickset.com/sets/42088-1/Cherry-Picker If you have a specific design in mind, you can also purchase just the exact elements you need on Bricklink.
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Body: <p>I am not into LEGO, don't know anything about it, so I will try to be as specific as possible.</p>
  
  <p>My goal is to spin the LEGO Technic V6 engine (preferably at some realistic RPM's like thousands).</p>
  
  <p>Since I can't combust air and gasoline inside, my simple idea was to run it with LEGO electric motor from LEGO Technic Power Functions Motor Set 8293.</p>
  
  <p>Obviously, I need to connect them somehow and make them run. I don't have any other LEGO pieces available. What do I need to buy (the minimum) to get this running?</p>
  
  <p>Here's the type of V6 that I'm referring to:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/CKIXq.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/CKIXq.jpg" alt="v6"></a></p>
  
  <p>Hope that explains what I want and I hope someone can help me, I will be very thankful!</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Welcome to Bricks! Could you clarify what you mean by a Lego Technic V6 engine? Are you thinking of something like this: https://images.brickset.com/sets/AdditionalImages/42083-1/42083_alt6.jpg (That's the V8 from the Chiron).
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Comments.Text: @jncraton Hi and thank you! I mean something like that, yes, but instead of buying the whole Chiron (expensive), I would buy this tiny.cc/wyfz7y (ebay).
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Comments.Text: I strongly doubt a plastic piston-shaker like this (i.e. the "v6 engine") can be run at thousands of rpm.
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Title: How do I run the LEGO Technic V6 engine using a Lego electric motor?
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ThreadText: # How do I run the LEGO Technic V6 engine using a Lego electric motor?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2019-06-07)
  
  I am not into LEGO, don't know anything about it, so I will try to be as specific as possible.
  
  My goal is to spin the LEGO Technic V6 engine (preferably at some realistic RPM's like thousands).
  
  Since I can't combust air and gasoline inside, my simple idea was to run it with LEGO electric motor from LEGO Technic Power Functions Motor Set 8293.
  
  Obviously, I need to connect them somehow and make them run. I don't have any other LEGO pieces available. What do I need to buy (the minimum) to get this running?
  
  Here's the type of V6 that I'm referring to:
  
  [![v6](https://i.sstatic.net/CKIXq.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/CKIXq.jpg)
  
  Hope that explains what I want and I hope someone can help me, I will be very thankful!
  
  **Tags:** motor, battery
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Welcome to Bricks! Could you clarify what you mean by a Lego Technic V6 engine? Are you thinking of something like this: https://images.brickset.com/sets/AdditionalImages/42083-1/42083_alt6.jpg (That's the V8 from the Chiron).  
  > **username_0**: @username_1 Hi and thank you! I mean something like that, yes, but instead of buying the whole Chiron (expensive), I would buy this tiny.cc/wyfz7y (ebay).  
  > **username_2**: I strongly doubt a plastic piston-shaker like this (i.e. the "v6 engine") can be run at thousands of rpm.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2019-06-08. Score: 1 | Accepted answer
  
  Assuming that your motor already has a Technic axle available, you'll need:
  
  * Any Technic motor. You probably want an M motor ([8883](https://shop.lego.com/en-US/product/LEGO-Power-Functions-M-Motor-8883)).
  * An appropriate battery box or other power source. If you selected the above motor, you probably want the PF battery box that uses AA batteries ([8881](https://shop.lego.com/en-US/product/LEGO-Power-Functions-Battery-Box-8881)).
  * Any Technic elements that you want to actually mount the motor onto the V6. In the case of the above, you could get away with a shorter axle and a few Technic pins. If I were you, I'd either purchase a small Technic set (e.g. <https://brickset.com/sets/42088-1/Cherry-Picker>), or an assortment of Technic elements on Bricklink.
  
  Most Technic motors aren't especially fast (~400 RPM). If you want an RPM up in the thousands, you'll need at least a couple of gears as well.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: "I'd either purchase a small Technic set". Could you point me to a link for such a set so I can see what you mean by this?  
  > **username_1**: Sure. Here's one example: https://brickset.com/sets/42088-1/Cherry-Picker If you have a specific design in mind, you can also purchase just the exact elements you need on Bricklink.  
  
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