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Rev Up Your Morning with a V8 Engine Mug
A heavy stainless steel coffee mug shaped like a V8 engine, with silver pistons, connecting rods and pulleys, a 400 ml stainless steel inner cup and a piston-style lid. Made by TECHING, the brand behind the TECHING V8 engine model kit.
New: Get it as a set with a coffee cup Stirling engine that runs on your hot coffee. Choose Mug + Coffee Cup Stirling Engine above.
Stainless Steel vs. Resin Look-Alikes
Search "V8 engine mug" and most of what you'll find are light resin cups painted to look like metal. Here's the difference you can feel the moment you pick it up.
Our PickTECHING DM940
- Stainless steel bodyReal metal, inside and out
- 850 g of solid weightFeels like engine parts in your hand
- Metal pistons, rods and pulleysCrisp edges and visible screw details
- Metal handle that's part of the bodyFirm grip, nothing to come loose
- Piston-style metal lid includedKeeps dust out on display
- Made by TECHINGThe V8 engine model kit brand
TypicalResin V8 Mug
- Resin (plastic) bodyPainted to look like metal
- Light, hollow feelDoesn't feel like metal
- Engine shapes molded into one pieceLess depth and detail
- Resin handleMolded with the body
- Usually no lidOpen top only
- Mostly unbrandedNo model-making background
Lid Off for Coffee, Lid On for Display
Your drink only touches the food-grade stainless steel inner cup. At 400 ml (13.5 oz) it holds a full mug of coffee, tea, beer, soda or water, hot or cold.
When you're done, put the piston-style lid back on. With its ring grooves and "TECHING V8 POWER SINCE 1914" on top, it turns the mug into a small V8 for your desk or shelf.
Look closer and you'll find pistons and connecting rods on both banks, a crankshaft pulley, red timing pulleys and a V8 badge on a finned red body.
Fire Up an Engine with Your Morning Coffee
Choose Mug + Coffee Cup Stirling Engine and get a low temperature Stirling engine with your DM940. Take the lid off, set the Stirling on top of your hot coffee, and it runs on nothing but the heat from your cup. Two engines on one mug: a V8 you can hold, and one that actually runs.
Pass down the love of engines. Give the flywheel a gentle push and watch the kids' eyes light up the way yours did the first time you heard a V8 fire up. No fuel, no batteries, just a cup of hot coffee or water.
Fill the DM940 with hot coffee, tea or water and take the lid off.
It sits on the rim of the DM940. Wait a few seconds for the base plate to warm up.
Flick the flywheel and watch it run at up to 180 to 200 RPM.
Grown-ups handle the hot drinks; little hands can help start the flywheel. About the low temperature Stirling engine: starts at a temperature difference of about 20°C (68°F), 250 g, 10 x 10 x 12 cm.
A Tribute to the Classic V8
1914 is the year the V8 engine first went into mass production, and car culture was never the same. Over the next hundred years, the V8 became the heart of muscle cars, hot rods, pickup trucks and race cars, and its deep rumble became a sound every car lover knows.
The DM940 is TECHING's tribute to that classic. Every morning coffee is a small salute to more than a century of V8 power.
A Gift Car Lovers Will Actually Use
For car enthusiasts, mechanics, TECHING model owners, and the dads and grandpas who'd love to share it with the kids. Boxed and ready to wrap for Christmas, Father's Day, birthdays or retirement. More ideas: engine gifts for him.
TECHING DM940 at a Glance
Care: Hand wash the mug and lid with warm water and a soft sponge to keep the finish looking new. It's metal, so please don't put it in the microwave.