That Melkus RS 1000 sounds like shit at idle, but when it drives sounds like porn for my ears. I've learned something today: Never judge an engine by its idle.
common man ... have you even watched the video? Skoda and Tatra are Czech (Czechoslovakian) brands. You Americans still have not noticed that not whole eastern block was USSR, have you?
KarlosTheMighty Woah there buddy, SupaTrolol was saying that as an American, it's interesting learning about cars in this video that came out of the USSR, not specifically Tatras and Škodas. If that's not enough, just look at his name! You just got trolled by a troll that probably wasn't trolling!
Lada VFTS had special doors and hood/trunk lid that were made of aluminum. This helped to keep weight just above 900 kg. Soviet Union had also few extremely modified Group B prototypes(Lada Samara EVA, AZLK 2141KR, ZAZ-1102 Tavria ERF-Mobile), but the development was cancelled because of the FIA Group B ban.
v6ileib It is strange why they would consider putting a such weak engine for Group B competition. Group B machine during early 80s have engine power swells up to over 500ps. Since I recall it is almost anything goes in group B, why the Soviet manufacturer don't come up with a purpose modified engine to compete... you can reduce weight as much as possible. But it is going to be tough luck to pit a 100ps car against a 500+ps one...
Within the Group B there were separate classes with different engine displacement limits. BTW Lada samara had 1.9L 16v turbo engine with 300hp, so they started to catch up eventually.
Visio, thanks for all your high quality videos. p.s. the USSR never prioritized the production of private vehicles as they had one of the world's greatest railway systems. They also had hard times and limited funds after WWII, as Hitler destroyed about 1/3 of the nation, especially the modern industrialized sectors. So trying to build different cars every year with minor differences (larger tail fins, different grill, etc.) was a concept they never embraced for good reason. Planned obsolescence has always been silly and wasteful. The Moscow Metro is also truly awesome. I was fortunate to take the Trans-Siberian from Moscow thru Mongolia to China. Cost the wife and I four bucks apiece for the 7 day trip, as the ruble had lost almost all of its value. Even tho this was 1991 and the country had already broken into 1,000 pieces, the people were super friendly, and the rail systems were still excellent and efficient. The Moscow Metro had a big digital clock at every platform, always counting down from 2 minutes. And every two minutes or less, another classy and classic car/cars pulled into the station. 3 rides for a nickel. No cheap plastic, no graffiti, and smooth powerful acceleration from the electric engines. Most of Russia's rail was electrically powered, including the Trans-Sib. Russia is a Vast Nation, so trains just made sense. Ask anyone who's lived in Europe about trains. A good rail system is wonderful and comfortable to boot.
that gaz looks like it was designed by the comrades at airplane design bureau number 6 just south of Novosibirsk and approved by the commissar of mechanical design number 2 in Izhevsk....
50% of this list was made in my motherland, former Czechoslovakia. I personally love the 130rs, but my all time favourite is a Tatra 603-2 B5 Marathon, which in the mid 60´dominated endurance races with its beefy V8 and a rare ejector stlye cooling
One thing that always surprises me about Eastern European two-stroke sports cars like the Melkus and Syrena Sport is that they are not equipped with proper expansion chambers even though these were invented in East Germany by MZ. Skoda 130s were briefly sold in Canada where they quickly gained a reputation for being even less reliable than Ladas. I'm sure they were great when used in their native land, but they just couldn't cope with Canadian conditions.
Superb Stuff Visio, I love this Research of you, Goldust of the East that all is love em all but swap a Kidney for the Melkus .. ( Da Ossi - Lambo, Huahua .... )
Note: Syrena Sport showed in this video is a replica. Very bad modeled replica. Original from the 60s has been destroyed. Only few photos, videos, sketches and drawings left. Someone managed to make 1:1 replica, that is orange colored. Also, there was FSO Polonez with Lancia Stratos engine, called "Stratopolonez".
If you have ever watched ATC's music video of "Around the world" - and you probably have - you have seen yellow Melkus RS1000. Great video, @VisioRacer !
There were also Estonian Formula cars built in Tallinn and shipped all over Soviet Union. Around 1300 units were built over 40 years. In that time more than 25 different variants were produced.
At 7:45 , I think I have noticed a mistake at the specs panel: there is Skoda 130RS instead of 110R. Also nice job with this video; one of those you found for 130RS was filmed next to where I'm living! Keep it up!
It loks very similar to Tatra 87, www.tatramuseum1.cz/expozice/automobily-tatra.html. Tatra is car manufacturer from Czech Republic(former Czechoslovakia, middle of he Europe), not Russia. One of the oldest car manufacter in the world - www.oldest.org/technology/car-companies/
well not 4 cylinders, but yeah, you are right, it's because soviet engines had to ran on low compression since ussr only had low grade fuel at that time
with the Skoda 130RS, when you said it had an 8 channel head, do you mean crossflowed? (exhaust ports on one side, intake on the other?) I've never heard the way you described it used before, just wanted some clarification.
You also forgot to mention the Dacia 1410 Sport which is a coupe version of the sedan. It had an OHV inline 4 producing somewhere around 70-ish horsepower and only about 5000 were built.
The Region in Germany i come from anually hosts a Hill Climd where Skoda 130 RS's, Melkus 1000 RS and Wartburg racecars as well as many other cars and Motorbikes participate. Some of the Bikes where built as early as 1916
Ahhh :D I just noticed at second watch he mentioned "In our region :)" but didnt recognize by the accent :D... Anyway anyone feeling old after watching this video ? :D Just remember the streets was full of rapids and 120s and fkin trabants like when it was yesterday :D
The melkus was still built in 2000s, the producers went bancrupt a couple of years ago... Sorry but it built in my city. Still cool video Bro keep it up. greetings from dresden
Fantastic video with one miss. FSO Syrena was beautiful, but it was only a prototype. The only one was produced, and destroyed becouse of propaganda. It wasn't a car for people, only for rich westerns. But, like somebody written here, we had a famous sports car, Stratopolonez, aka FSO Polonez 2500 Racing. In 1977 A. Jaroszewicz, a son of a prime minister crahed his Lancia Stratos on "Rally of Poland". He gave his wrecked car to a engineers, who put engine to a rally Polonez. With extra modifications, like truck radiator, they build a fastest Polish sports car. Officialy, this car beated a Audi Quattro. Yes. THIS B group Audi Quattro. It was becouse of transmission failture but who cares :p
Coooooll !!!!!!!!!!!! That 2 stroke Dino clone looks like a blast to own. Yeah I know but here in Sweden that same engine won masses of races with the same engine. In the end they could procuce close to 100 hp which was alot for its light weight. From what little I saw it probably had the same effect !!!!!!
I didn't know they literally just stole a Ford i thought they put a shitty engine in it. They just took a ford with the inline 4 it came with and swapped the heads and pistons. BUT in 1936 1936 that GAZ made 15 more hp than the 33 ford did in 33, yeah, but in 33 you could have just got the 75HP Ford, oh and the GAZ was introduced in 36 so the fords were making 85hp at that time.
That Melkus RS 1000 sounds like shit at idle, but when it drives sounds like porn for my ears. I've learned something today: Never judge an engine by its idle.
True Wartbugini!
BTW. Bieber sounds like shit regardless of the situation, worst when he sings...
It is the normal idle for a 2 stroke engine
Justin Beaver....the rear of that car looks like a mini Ford GT
I can't believe it's a same 2-stroke engine from Wartburg.
@@Dziki_z_Lasu Ok boomer
As an American, it's very interesting to see some of the cars that came out of the USSR.
common man ... have you even watched the video? Skoda and Tatra are Czech (Czechoslovakian) brands. You Americans still have not noticed that not whole eastern block was USSR, have you?
KarlosTheMighty Woah there buddy, SupaTrolol was saying that as an American, it's interesting learning about cars in this video that came out of the USSR, not specifically Tatras and Škodas. If that's not enough, just look at his name! You just got trolled by a troll that probably wasn't trolling!
KarlosTheMighty true, pravda
Especially since they are all powered by lawnmower engines.
As an american, holy crap these cars are slow. Look at their stats. Back then they were terrible too.
The Skoda looks like a Datsun and an Opel had a baby.
But its awesome baby!
Yeah baby!
skodas are awesome dont @ me
@TechnoGuz GD
@@mateuszodrzywoek8658 ok
As a polishman i envy skodas 110/130 rs family ;) this cars even now don't have real competitors in light rwd exotics ;) ... besides Renault Alpine
Rafał Drzewiecki I'm a Czechoslovakian, and these cars look like fun.
@@savagenomad5731 what country is that?
escort? hillman imp?
@@gringostarr69 Now Czech republic and Slovakia, used to be Czechoslovakia
@@_Frozen_mamba_ escort is great but is not rear engine rear wheel drive.
I think Tatra is very underrated...
Vroom totally!!!!
Deg yea and škoda to
Yesssss!
@@rjkubr The MTX Tatra V8 was made after the fall of communism in the Czechoslovakia
@@_families_1958 Tatra 603 B5
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I love the melkus, looks amazing, sounds amazing, probably drives amazing. This wouldn't have been complete without it! Great work again!
stig gear fun fact: the Melkus is a copy of Alfa romeo's tipo 33. They just changed the engine.
And I love alfa's. So I guess it kind off makes sense!
Lada VFTS had special doors and hood/trunk lid that were made of aluminum. This helped to keep weight just above 900 kg. Soviet Union had also few extremely modified Group B prototypes(Lada Samara EVA, AZLK 2141KR, ZAZ-1102 Tavria ERF-Mobile), but the development was cancelled because of the FIA Group B ban.
v6ileib It is strange why they would consider putting a such weak engine for Group B competition. Group B machine during early 80s have engine power swells up to over 500ps. Since I recall it is almost anything goes in group B, why the Soviet manufacturer don't come up with a purpose modified engine to compete... you can reduce weight as much as possible. But it is going to be tough luck to pit a 100ps car against a 500+ps one...
Within the Group B there were separate classes with different engine displacement limits.
BTW Lada samara had 1.9L 16v turbo engine with 300hp, so they started to catch up eventually.
Should've included the FSO Stratopolonez, a rally version of Polonez with 2.4 Ferrari/Stratos V6. Other than that, cool video!
There was another Polonez 2000 Turbo having as much power as the Stratopolonez. There were several rally versions of this car,.
Visio, thanks for all your high quality videos. p.s. the USSR never prioritized the production of private vehicles as they had one of the world's greatest railway systems. They also had hard times and limited funds after WWII, as Hitler destroyed about 1/3 of the nation, especially the modern industrialized sectors. So trying to build different cars every year with minor differences (larger tail fins, different grill, etc.) was a concept they never embraced for good reason. Planned obsolescence has always been silly and wasteful.
The Moscow Metro is also truly awesome. I was fortunate to take the Trans-Siberian from Moscow thru Mongolia to China.
Cost the wife and I four bucks apiece for the 7 day trip, as the ruble had lost almost all of its value. Even tho this was 1991 and the country had already broken into 1,000 pieces, the people were super friendly, and the rail systems were still excellent and efficient. The Moscow Metro had a big digital clock at every platform, always counting down from 2 minutes. And every two minutes or less, another classy and classic car/cars pulled into the station. 3 rides for a nickel. No cheap plastic, no graffiti, and smooth powerful acceleration from the electric engines. Most of Russia's rail was electrically powered, including the Trans-Sib. Russia is a Vast Nation, so trains just made sense. Ask anyone who's lived in Europe about trains. A good rail system is wonderful and comfortable to boot.
that gaz looks like it was designed by the comrades at airplane design bureau number 6 just south of Novosibirsk and approved by the commissar of mechanical design number 2 in Izhevsk....
50% of this list was made in my motherland, former Czechoslovakia. I personally love the 130rs, but my all time favourite is a Tatra 603-2 B5 Marathon, which in the mid 60´dominated endurance races with its beefy V8 and a rare ejector stlye cooling
How about those tatra race trucks? They are also brilliant stuffs.
Cezoslovakia is the power Slavic land,progresive,culture
Gotta say, that Lada 2105 VFTS (1978 - 1990) that they shoved @ 06:32 cornered like it was on rails, barely any bodyroll!
I can't believe I say this, I want that Lada.
You see comrad, lada is wanted by everyone
Garage 54 has been killing them for years😁
I will say this though.
The guy in that Lada was driving his ass off!
Ladas are cool.
Cheap as dirt, and they have plenty of room to tinker with them, and bot much to be afraid of ruining.
WE want Lada
Man, your videos just keep getting better, keep it up! Always a good day when I see a new video up from you. Greetings from South Africa.
Melkus looks like a small GT40
Not really....
Sounds like a Vespa Bike
Yesssss! the can turn max. to 11000, like some modern racecars......
You are good with keeping your videos original. Keep up the good content. 💯👍
One thing that always surprises me about Eastern European two-stroke sports cars like the Melkus and Syrena Sport is that they are not equipped with proper expansion chambers even though these were invented in East Germany by MZ.
Skoda 130s were briefly sold in Canada where they quickly gained a reputation for being even less reliable than Ladas.
I'm sure they were great when used in their native land, but they just couldn't cope with Canadian conditions.
Superb Stuff Visio, I love this Research of you, Goldust of the East that all is love em all but swap a Kidney for the Melkus .. ( Da Ossi - Lambo, Huahua .... )
Thanks a lot! I'm enjoying your video, your english is good for recognizing and it's easy to have pleasure ;)
Note:
Syrena Sport showed in this video is a replica. Very bad modeled replica. Original from the 60s has been destroyed. Only few photos, videos, sketches and drawings left. Someone managed to make 1:1 replica, that is orange colored. Also, there was FSO Polonez with Lancia Stratos engine, called "Stratopolonez".
No ground effected F3 car Estonia 21, produced ca. 300 pieces?
The Tatra 607 Monoposto put the biggest smile on my face! Crazy-cool old racer.
Škoda 130 RS/LR/Rapid are awesome sleepers!:)
2:18 that sound is glorious
If you have ever watched ATC's music video of "Around the world" - and you probably have - you have seen yellow Melkus RS1000. Great video, @VisioRacer !
The front end of the Syrena Sport looks almost exactly like that of a 1958 Packard, which was influenced by Ferrari.
You can trust your car to the man who wears the star;)
WOW ! That's a different perspective on an ancient ad jingle.
That was funny.
where is the Škoda Super Sport 724 (Ferat Vampire RSR) on this list?? that's an amazing sports car as well!
Ein schönes Erinnerungsvideo! Die meisten Fahrzeuge habe ich auch auf den Rennstrecken gesehen.
I love the irony of the idea of a sports car in a communist society - but I love the irony that I, an American, would love to own one even more.
Your brz intro lasts exactly 9-10 seconds. SUCH A SATISFYING SKIP
There were also Estonian Formula cars built in Tallinn and shipped all over Soviet Union. Around 1300 units were built over 40 years. In that time more than 25 different variants were produced.
Next up... Communist Motorcycles please? (no need to be racing motorcycles)
IZH - K15 nice moto and IZH-60МС
Jawa 250/350
Wow, that Tatra sounds suspiciously like the early American/Australian muscle cars of around that same time frame, and that is not a bad thing.
What about FSO Polonez 2500 Racing "Stratopolonez" which had mid mounted V6 from Lancia Stratos? :D
Another great video. Love the crazy two stroke.
*Lada 2105 VFTS up to 200
At 7:45 , I think I have noticed a mistake at the specs panel: there is Skoda 130RS instead of 110R.
Also nice job with this video; one of those you found for 130RS was filmed next to where I'm living! Keep it up!
Syrena "sport" 35 hp ,42 ft lbs of torque! (@ flywheel?) Do you have to get out if you go up a steep hill?
Where is Stratopolonez - Polonez with Lancia's V6? And a Polonez Caro GTi? Fiat 125p GTJ?
Marcin Misiurka in polonia
szili76 no nie mów xD
I hope you never change your format. It is perfect.
I adore the Skoda 130. Such a good looking little car.
6:17 OOOOh I gotta go clean up! It sounded like a nasty triumph triple.
i too am an American, but have always liked the Skoda and Tatras.
Really interesting content, you mix information and graphic content perfectly, awesome!
That 2 stroke sounded really cool. These are really interesting cars, thanks for showing the world.
Tatra needs to bring back 100hp per liter pushrod v8s there’s no better sound. Imagine what they could accomplish today
Did you noticed how many Czech cars is here
What is the car in the back ground at 1:32? Do you know if this museum has a website? Were all of these built outside of Russia proper?
It loks very similar to Tatra 87, www.tatramuseum1.cz/expozice/automobily-tatra.html. Tatra is car manufacturer from Czech Republic(former Czechoslovakia, middle of he Europe), not Russia. One of the oldest car manufacter in the world - www.oldest.org/technology/car-companies/
there was also a soviet copy of ford cobra, don't remember what was it called, but it stayed just a prototype.
ZIL 112 S.
cuoccimix yep that is it, apparently made 270 hp with a 7 liter v8 which actually isn't that bad for soviet engines
shi may 7 liter for less than 300hp... it's times like this in glad I'm from America our v6's and some 4 cylinders made that in the 60's
well not 4 cylinders, but yeah, you are right, it's because soviet engines had to ran on low compression since ussr only had low grade fuel at that time
John Hecke. Didn't you americans make a 8.2 liter V8 with only 190hp?
One of the VFTS are now in use in rallycross in Finland
Wasn't the Melkus RS 1000 featured in a video by ATC? I believe it was "Around The World".
The Melkus is a GT40 replica with a Warthburg engine? :))
with the Skoda 130RS, when you said it had an 8 channel head, do you mean crossflowed? (exhaust ports on one side, intake on the other?) I've never heard the way you described it used before, just wanted some clarification.
You also forgot to mention the Dacia 1410 Sport which is a coupe version of the sedan. It had an OHV inline 4 producing somewhere around 70-ish horsepower and only about 5000 were built.
great video man
The Region in Germany i come from anually hosts a Hill Climd where Skoda 130 RS's, Melkus 1000 RS and Wartburg racecars as well as many other cars and Motorbikes participate. Some of the Bikes where built as early as 1916
That sidepipe on the FSO Syrena😂
servus hele udelas i nejaky zebricek cesko slovenskych unikatnich zavodaku ktere nikdy nezavodily?treba neco jako skoda rs 200 ?
3:18 I was like lower! lower .. wth? and the camera guy was like "Naaayyyy" we was like .. "why?! you dissapointed us man!"
How do the cars that 353 Racing uses differ from a stock Wartburg 353? What modifications?
These were awesome. Great video and new sub.
This is your best video ever!!!!! Congrats , my friend!!!!!
@3:00 Are those patterns supposed to look similar?
that Tatra! that sound! omg... thats the best.
Visio I gotta say you are a true car guy! I am a huge fan of this channel.
VisioRacer the Dacia 1310 was also available in a two door, coupe body style so from my opinion it is a honorable mention
Man I love the roar of the Tatras! wish we could get those motors here in the states
The VFTS legend! Its the most popular rally car here in hungary to this day, im happy you mentioned it!
Would be interesting to see some of the Eastern Bloc motorbikes as well? both road and track?
Did you heared about Stratopolonez- It was FSO Polonez with engine from lancia stratos
HEY cool WATCH OUT you did a title error there :D 7:44 not a 130 RS
Keep going much love bai !
I really dig that Skoda 130RS 142/157 hp/tq is pretty fast in a 1,800 lb car. Looks like a blast to drive.
You missed Yugo cabriolet going dowhill with wind in his favour
I like the cars, because they look old school.
The 130 RS is my favourite
so, what car will you get after your gt86?
The Lada 2107 VFTS also was raced with 2.0L engine from Fiat 131.
Nice he actually took the pain to pronounce Škoda correctly :D :D Thunbs up :)
I'm sure he didn't have any pain at all to pronounce Škoda correctly, 'cause he's Slovakian ;)
Ahhh :D I just noticed at second watch he mentioned "In our region :)" but didnt recognize by the accent :D... Anyway anyone feeling old after watching this video ? :D Just remember the streets was full of rapids and 120s and fkin trabants like when it was yesterday :D
:DDDDDDDD
where´s the Moskvič 1500/1600 rally car? that thing was loud and fast as hell!
what i like about the melkus is, that it doesnt even sound that much like a two stroke
i want the skodas
That Skoda is fantastic !!!!
The melkus was still built in 2000s, the producers went bancrupt a couple of years ago... Sorry but it built in my city. Still cool video Bro keep it up. greetings from dresden
Love you videos!!
if i had owned a melkus rs1000, i'd probably swapped the inline 3 with a cosworth dfv and mated it to a 6 speed gearbox
Naw,use the Ford Eco 125 hp I ltr 3 poper or the the Eco 4 holer 164hp!!
Did you happen to google what a cosworth dfv is before replying?
My bad,thought Cosworth was old school.
I would try to swap it with a Evinrude 300XP v8 :)
You could only swap in a lawnmower engine in the communist era.. You could easily get in prison for sneaking in anything from a western country
You forgot the FSO OBRSO Stratopolonez - an FSO Polones with mid-mounted 2.4 V6 from lancia stratos
Do you do motorcycles as well as trucks?
That Melkus RS1000 is sick! My 800 Rotax triple makes 150hp or even an arctic cat thundercat makes 170hp. Those would be crazy triple 2 stroke swaps
Fantastic video with one miss. FSO Syrena was beautiful, but it was only a prototype. The only one was produced, and destroyed becouse of propaganda. It wasn't a car for people, only for rich westerns. But, like somebody written here, we had a famous sports car, Stratopolonez, aka FSO Polonez 2500 Racing. In 1977 A. Jaroszewicz, a son of a prime minister crahed his Lancia Stratos on "Rally of Poland". He gave his wrecked car to a engineers, who put engine to a rally Polonez. With extra modifications, like truck radiator, they build a fastest Polish sports car. Officialy, this car beated a Audi Quattro. Yes. THIS B group Audi Quattro. It was becouse of transmission failture but who cares :p
I can't believe how well that lada looked like it was handling those corners
Where is the Škoda Supersport 724?
that Skoda 110/130 is a bit pretty...
Could you do a history of Chrysler Corporation and 60's to present muscle cars??
Coooooll !!!!!!!!!!!! That 2 stroke Dino clone looks like a blast to own. Yeah I know but here in Sweden that same engine won masses of races with the same engine. In the end they could procuce close to 100 hp which was alot for its light weight. From what little I saw it probably had the same effect !!!!!!
Why did you forgotten the Tatra MTX ??
so, is you are from Czech?
The original Lada was shiped to Brazil back in the day!
My neibhor has one!
So the GAZ is just a 33 ford with a shitty motor?
15 more horsepower than the original motor
Sorry, you mean 10HP less than the ford made in 1933
I didn't know they literally just stole a Ford i thought they put a shitty engine in it. They just took a ford with the inline 4 it came with and swapped the heads and pistons.
BUT in 1936 1936 that GAZ made 15 more hp than the 33 ford did in 33, yeah, but in 33 you could have just got the 75HP Ford, oh and the GAZ was introduced in 36 so the fords were making 85hp at that time.
alright bro
Not sure what you mean by that. I mean, you're trying to stay you understand what i've just taught you?
that melkor looks like a ford gt40 and The other cars looks really good But as always good video ;-)