There are over 40 different car parts in Jordan's drum set. They include gas tanks for bass drums, flywheels for hi-hat cymbals, coolant tanks and washer fluid reservoirs for tom drums, a set of 15 pulley bells, receiver drier chimes, brake drums, air cleaner cover gongs, and pressure plate diaphragms. Says Jordan:

"The idea for Motor Rhythms started several years ago when I was replacing a water pump at work. My wrench slipped and hit the water pump pulley. The metal pulley had a wonderful tone, and at that point the drummer in me took over. I began to save other parts and experiment with different sounds. After a while I decided to try and build a fully functioning drum set with all the parts I had. Two years later, after many late nights at the garage, and several trips to the local pick-a-part, the Motor Rhythms drum set was complete."

Oddly enough, regular drum sticks do not sound very good on the set, so Jordan is using a variety of different mallets and beaters. For sticks he has hard felt beaters, as well as rubber, hard plastic and brass mallets. There are tennis ball beaters for the gas tank bass drums and a super ball beater for the washer bottle foot drum.

Visit Jordan's blog for more info on his Motor Rhythms project, including an explanation of how to create chimes from air conditioning system parts.