Impressive 1905 Darracq V8 - Rétromobile 2016

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  • Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
  • The french manufacturer Darracq created in 1905 this "thing", simply putting two 4 cylinder engines together on a chassis. With no front brakes. That's it.
    This 25 Liter V8 released 200hp and can bring the car to almost 200 km/h.
    This "beast", coming from National Motor Museum of Beaulieu, was seen during Rétromobile 2016 in Paris, France.

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  • @jackd.flippin6656
    @jackd.flippin6656 6 лет назад +75

    Imagine going almost 200 km/h in this, in 1905. 😨

    • @JumpingFlapjack
      @JumpingFlapjack 6 лет назад +1

      GEIL! XD

    • @noversibirsk
      @noversibirsk 6 лет назад +15

      Yeah for sure, I cant even imagine going 200 km/h in that today.

  • @jayberry2716
    @jayberry2716 7 лет назад +18

    Now that's a HOT ROD !!!

  • @enfielddnepr
    @enfielddnepr 7 лет назад +9

    And no front brakes! this man must have balls of steel!

  • @SlayingBB324
    @SlayingBB324 6 лет назад +69

    90% engine by weight. unless you count the driver. then is 60% balls

    • @user-tf9qd1nh6b
      @user-tf9qd1nh6b Год назад

      When Louis Chevrolet was approaching the finish line, no one heard sound of engine, but heard clanking of his steel balls.

    • @imprincx
      @imprincx Год назад

      Might be the best comment in the history of youtube I would say 😌

  • @JesusTorres-qr1gz
    @JesusTorres-qr1gz 3 года назад +4

    Outstanding work of engineering, I wish to be there with you guys but I am thousands of miles away.

  • @jv6miata
    @jv6miata 7 лет назад +48

    Lol at the kid in the back

    • @a.j.swierzbinski6225
      @a.j.swierzbinski6225 6 лет назад

      MCMiridion So this is how we have Muscle Cars today

    • @cameronrichardson3108
      @cameronrichardson3108 3 года назад +1

      I know poor wee bugger, noise used to bother me when I was wee but a few years of these kinda motors and it don’t bother me anymore

  • @RaztechPowersports
    @RaztechPowersports 7 лет назад +14

    Love the exposed valvetrain

  • @pieterklaaskrugmann
    @pieterklaaskrugmann 6 лет назад +9

    1:38
    Some serious pull

  • @silageheap795
    @silageheap795 2 года назад +3

    The kids reaction to the incredible noise when it fires! 🤣

  • @feistyfinn9365
    @feistyfinn9365 6 лет назад +5

    That thing defines body flex

  • @charlesparr3296
    @charlesparr3296 4 года назад

    Engine is a beast!!! Gobs and gobs of torque.

  • @ronarmstrong835
    @ronarmstrong835 6 лет назад +21

    Someone with a lot of sack actually DROVE this beast.

    • @Gypples
      @Gypples 4 года назад +1

      People still drive them today, in races nontheless

    • @jcgabriel1569
      @jcgabriel1569 2 года назад +1

      The owner of the car is certainly one of them. He still races that car in vintage races across UK.

  • @alessiocapitani9943
    @alessiocapitani9943 8 лет назад +6

    Stunning Gorgeous Car! The Gran Mother of Alfa Romeo....

  • @yves-noel-mariegonnet1043
    @yves-noel-mariegonnet1043 7 лет назад +1

    MAGNIFIQUE! Enthousiasmant! Merci!

  • @majorgeneralsherman1348
    @majorgeneralsherman1348 4 года назад +1

    This is essentially the ultimate go-kart

  • @sqmotorsports9230
    @sqmotorsports9230 2 года назад +2

    Next time my girlfriend says my race car is dangerous I'm going to show her this video

  • @billp3914
    @billp3914 4 года назад +5

    Solid motor to frame mount
    You see the whole cat flex with acceleration
    Sure it’s only a 3,000rpm motor but that’s torque

    • @davidleobonner
      @davidleobonner 3 года назад

      Not 3000 RPM, 1200. It’s rated 200 hp at 1200 rpm. With 25 litres displacement, the crankshaft and block to withstand the inertial forces at 3000 RPM would have made it very heavy. As it is it’s incredibly light for a 25 litre engine.

  • @Xyzex
    @Xyzex Год назад

    Also, internal combustion engine automotive was merely 20 years by that time of release, so it's surely a masterpiece of its time.

  • @juanpabloracca2279
    @juanpabloracca2279 4 года назад +2

    By looking at the driver's face you know hes a mad man 😂

  • @chrisneedham5803
    @chrisneedham5803 5 лет назад +7

    One day all cars will be built this way

    • @djurofaca
      @djurofaca 4 года назад +1

      With co2 regulations less likely

  • @MemberHomei
    @MemberHomei 3 года назад +2

    Louis Chevrolet (that Chevrolet) constructed it and raced in this.

  • @Xyzex
    @Xyzex Год назад

    "So what do you drive?"
    "An '05 V8 car."
    "Whoa, is it a stang?"
    "Nah, it's a sort of pre-WW1 car."

  • @billp3914
    @billp3914 4 года назад +6

    Going 100 mph in that with 200horse power
    You had to have Balls as big a Texas

    • @Chapps1941
      @Chapps1941 3 года назад +1

      Nah, Alaska
      Nah, Western Australia

    • @GhostOfDamned
      @GhostOfDamned 2 года назад +1

      More like russia

  • @jcerullo5015
    @jcerullo5015 3 года назад +1

    sketchy as %$^& fun as hell. That thing sound nice

  • @gregkoe60
    @gregkoe60 5 лет назад

    The beast lives!

  • @renegadeoflife87
    @renegadeoflife87 4 года назад

    And this is how Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was inspired.

  • @ramtruck3649
    @ramtruck3649 4 года назад +1

    That's awesome to watch

  • @snotty_boi8248
    @snotty_boi8248 2 года назад

    1:38. THATS FAST! Look, thats a violent acceleration... quick as hell. Its scary when you realize its from 1905...

  • @adrienbanha3004
    @adrienbanha3004 3 года назад +1

    We need a modern reboot with a Corvette V8

  • @santiagomeza5155
    @santiagomeza5155 3 года назад +1

    This car is now in the videogame Mafia definitive edition, known as "Disorder" 😬

  • @rodimorel6041
    @rodimorel6041 8 лет назад +1

    genial..!!
    andando como nuevo. con.fuerza.
    ...sería lindo que pueda correr un poco.

  • @noshpetunia
    @noshpetunia 3 года назад +3

    Such a funny thing to think that while Mark Twain, Florance Nightingale and Monet were still alive that this thing was loose on the earth

  • @pauldailey4477
    @pauldailey4477 2 года назад

    Wait just a second now. Was that enough fun for everyone?

  • @juanpabloracca2279
    @juanpabloracca2279 4 года назад

    I love how it doesnt have front brakes... even though the weight is at the front

  • @jerryperry
    @jerryperry 8 лет назад

    Häftigt. Allt var bättre förr. Grattis på födelsedagen Jörgen!

  • @beamishlotus7269
    @beamishlotus7269 3 года назад +1

    2 100hp 4 cylinders

  • @starguard4122
    @starguard4122 5 лет назад +6

    This is so cool. That's one good thing about the Europeans. They like to drive cars like this while people from other countries will leave them on showroom floors as Museum Pieces

    • @jcgabriel1569
      @jcgabriel1569 2 года назад +1

      Yeah, the owners were crazy, but in a very good way! There's actually a video here in RUclips somewhere of the owner and some friends completing a 1,000 mile journey from the UK all the way to Tours, France, using the Darracq and other cars of similar vintage, as their own way of commemorating the 1914 French GP held there...

  • @yurapit88
    @yurapit88 3 года назад +1

    I want one of these soo bad, but instead make it out of current materials, 572, slightly wider tires and proper brakes, mmmmm

  • @LeDibeau
    @LeDibeau 7 лет назад +1

    Technic brutal - I wanna drive that thing, but I'm afraid I'll wet may pants . . .

  • @stephenfloat1260
    @stephenfloat1260 3 года назад

    How comes a machine becomes more than its parts ie cars steam engines boats and Aircraft is it love admiration or just blind passion

  • @DaBoogie049
    @DaBoogie049 2 года назад

    The boy in the Background is scared to death

  • @djurofaca
    @djurofaca 4 года назад

    There is two of them so they don't tip over?

  • @BigThree4Ever
    @BigThree4Ever 8 лет назад +2

    I know the description said it makes 200hp, but how much torque does it make?

    • @DG19075
      @DG19075 8 лет назад +8

      Other reading about this car has the torque to be about 950 foot-pounds! And this at about 1400 rpm...

    • @BigThree4Ever
      @BigThree4Ever 8 лет назад +2

      Dave Gardiner
      Holy shit! That's awesome!

  • @BigEsGarage
    @BigEsGarage 7 лет назад +5

    I'd run it.

  • @TheFiatman2
    @TheFiatman2 3 года назад

    I dont think there are gears, just a clutch onto the diff in the rear axle?

  • @user-yb8ol8lx8w
    @user-yb8ol8lx8w Год назад +1

    Pretty traumatic design

  • @sethother8012
    @sethother8012 3 года назад

    I'd go mad from that awful noise it makes. Thank God I get to live in this century

  • @jraybay
    @jraybay 6 лет назад +1

    Whoa! D:

  • @ajikrisnantoro489
    @ajikrisnantoro489 6 лет назад +1

    the car bounching like nightmare whenever the driver hit the gas due engine movement, make that car unstable. the engine has monsterous torque and the chassis too tiny

    • @meacenastiberius9438
      @meacenastiberius9438 5 лет назад +4

      Aint that fun?!

    • @majorgeneralsherman1348
      @majorgeneralsherman1348 4 года назад

      Yeah it's a death trap everyone knows

    • @bikejunk1
      @bikejunk1 2 года назад

      that particular class in that time period had a weight limit - this was I think 10 pounds under the limit

  • @brentlittle8075
    @brentlittle8075 7 лет назад +2

    Miss firing badly,you would think it would run better then on fowled plugs????

    • @MyFabian94
      @MyFabian94 7 лет назад +3

      It would pretty much immediately foul them up as well. These are very Primitive Carburettors and the Lubrication is Total Loss, so there's just a lot Soot and Oil and unburned Gas going around.
      The only Way to run it cleanly is by driving it and getting the Temperature nice and hot.
      I mean, the Oil Tank is about as large as the fuel tank, I'll leave the rest up to your own imagination.

    • @wishusknight3009
      @wishusknight3009 6 лет назад +1

      that is not a misfire. it idles at 400 rpm....

    • @skipstalforce
      @skipstalforce 2 года назад

      @@MyFabian94 THats a coolant tank

  • @AA-ok4ok
    @AA-ok4ok 3 года назад

    Франция вышла, пацаны

  • @danielkeirsteadsr6939
    @danielkeirsteadsr6939 8 лет назад +3

    Way to much motor for that rickety go cart

    • @a.j.swierzbinski6225
      @a.j.swierzbinski6225 6 лет назад +2

      Daniel keirstead sr Go Kart on steroids its like the Ariel Atom of it's day

    • @NJPurling
      @NJPurling 5 лет назад +1

      There's a great video of it at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. The owner was driving it like he had had just stolen it. Chassis flexing every time he stroked the throttle & shaking it's ass as 200hp meets two skinny tyres.

  • @honkhonkler7732
    @honkhonkler7732 7 лет назад +1

    Disappointed. I wanted to see a top speed run.

    • @DrahcirSmada
      @DrahcirSmada 7 лет назад

      Marcus Cook there's a video of this thing driving hard at the track

  • @richsackett3423
    @richsackett3423 3 года назад +1

    I couldn't give a shit about "period correctness". If I owned that car, there'd absolutely be something over the flywheel. Back in "the period", these machines maimed as well as killed.

  • @doceigen
    @doceigen 8 лет назад +1

    Mufflers, it…needs… MUFFLERS!

  • @PlasticRocket2
    @PlasticRocket2 6 лет назад +1

    Now swap in a 2JZ

  • @DClarke1954
    @DClarke1954 7 лет назад +1

    Really not impressed. Sorry.