Tuning the Italian Job Miura-Iain Tyrrell

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  • @pouyan225
    @pouyan225 5 років тому +38

    The skill,knowledge and experience demonstrated by this man is amazing to see. there's always something special about the old way of doing things.

    • @Lemma01
      @Lemma01 5 років тому +1

      And I was told this was tricky! 😊 Experience makes it look absurdly simple...

    • @ThePaulv12
      @ThePaulv12 5 років тому +4

      Oh ffs! Why don't you offer to hold his manservant while he's taking a pee?
      There is nothing in this that is particularly amazing that a qualified mechanic, familiar with those carbs and cars wouldn't be able to do. I'm a factory trained MB mechanic and I can tell you that with some authority BTW and not as the usual UA-cam keyboard basher.
      UA-cam frequently makes platitudinous activities look rather exotic to the uninitiated and this vid is no exception.
      A mechanically inclined owner could do this well if they had the desire to read a book on triple choke Weber carbs and was shown how to do it by a professional on their car.
      The Dark Arts it aint.

    • @karl3927
      @karl3927 4 роки тому +2

      @@ThePaulv12 Fact is it takes a particular skill, namely a fine ear and patience to tune multiple carburettor engines. Whilst you're correct in saying anyone could do it, the fact remains few actually can. I bet if owner took that into a MB dealership it wouldn't be such a quick fix.

    • @ThePaulv12
      @ThePaulv12 4 роки тому

      @@karl3927 i bet you're right lol

  • @nigelcarren
    @nigelcarren 2 роки тому +2

    "As I recall the many things we left unsaid
    And it's on days like these that I remember
    Singing songs and drinking wine
    While your eyes play games with mine."
    That engine note is the perfect accompaniment to the most perfect song, to the most perfect film.
    Best wishes from a homesick English armour-restorer in a French forest. 🇬🇧⚒️🌞

  • @EvilUnderTone
    @EvilUnderTone 4 роки тому +3

    What a simply stunning vehicle that Miura is and what a history! I tune carbs by ear and have done all my working life. I find today too many people put their faith in the technology they are plugging into a car rather than just by using their eyes and ears. Be lucky and thank you for the video. Top notch.

  • @MLB9000
    @MLB9000 5 років тому +10

    According to the DVD commentary of the Italian Job, the wrecked chassis that ended up in the river completely disappeared. They went back the next day to retrieve it and it was gone.

  • @nicksundby
    @nicksundby 4 роки тому +6

    Help me I'm trapped watching Iain Tyrrell videos

    • @colinsharland-brown6257
      @colinsharland-brown6257 4 роки тому +1

      Had time on hand during lockdown so same here,my eyes are now really square.

  • @jakespeed63
    @jakespeed63 5 років тому +3

    Gives me goosebumps, just thinking of Rossano Brazzi, touring through the alps, with Quincy Jones music, in the background...this Italian 12 cylinder singing right along.

  • @robbyvenetian
    @robbyvenetian 3 роки тому

    This video is so delightful! In a time period in which everything is set by a computer...we can admire a Miura that requires human skills!

  • @davidebonannini640
    @davidebonannini640 6 років тому +22

    This guy hand tunes the carburators of a v12 in white pants and explains it as a professional tv narrator.

    • @waterboy8999
      @waterboy8999 4 роки тому +3

      Davide B. He's English so his pants are under his trousers.

    • @gervaisfillion9417
      @gervaisfillion9417 4 роки тому

      he's a Pro,,you dont have to be dirty in mecanic,,

  • @tonystower
    @tonystower 8 років тому +21

    The most beautiful thing crafted by the hand of man.

    • @andynixon2820
      @andynixon2820 5 років тому +1

      I completely concur .

    • @PaulMappud
      @PaulMappud 5 років тому

      I dunno tho, the Mrs's Rampant Rabbit is a pretty sleek looking design...

    • @bendingspring
      @bendingspring 5 років тому

      Don Kiddick
      .....your mrs rampant rabbit wouldn’t fit down the St. Bernard pass though 😆👍

  • @jeremytoms5163
    @jeremytoms5163 5 років тому +3

    Beautiful car. Used to love balancing carbs years ago. Had an MG Mastro 1.6 with the R series engine and 2 twin 40's carbs. Carbs were always going out of tune due to vibration so I ended up balancing each twin with vacuum gauges , drop of loctite on the air mixture screw. Then balancing the twins together with the centre linkage loctited as well. Once I'd done that, it stayed in tune for the few years that I owned it. Must admit that out of the various cars I've owned through the years, that one I regret selling.

    • @Nick-Emery
      @Nick-Emery 2 роки тому

      My dad’s friend had a 1.6 maestro with double twin webbers, he said it pulled away in 4th gear 💁‍♂️ not sure if it was true, I know it felt faster than other cars I had been in as a kid in the late 80’s

  • @bowlock9901
    @bowlock9901 5 років тому +8

    Reminds me of an italian wheel builder, lacing the spokes and 'pinging' them to tighten them by ear.

    • @gervaisfillion9417
      @gervaisfillion9417 4 роки тому +1

      yes and we did it to on motorcycles when i was young,,

  • @colinsharland-brown6257
    @colinsharland-brown6257 4 роки тому

    A real pleasure to watch clips from these passionate people.I was involved with classic's back in the 80's having access to a couple of secret warehouses full of classics in Surrey.Got married and left it behind.Miss it badly.Now thinking back to days in Bora's Khamsin's,remember drives in James Bonds white Lotus and brown one with ski rack.People used to look at us thinking we made cars look like originals,when in fact they were.Wish we had smart phones back them would have millions of pics.Two original bonds cars driving behind each other on public roads on way to Surrey county show back in 80s,awesome.Does the Maserati Bora still hold speed record of 162mph on duel carriageway at East Clandon Surrey?.Did Bobby Bells (RIP)Knobby Lister beat it.Happy days.

  • @mrchestwell
    @mrchestwell 4 роки тому +6

    Came for the Miura, stayed for the Tyrrell

  • @stefaniefournier4117
    @stefaniefournier4117 3 роки тому

    Fantastic! Great to see the process. Gorgeous Lamborghini and sublime sound ❤️

  • @jaymentzoni6451
    @jaymentzoni6451 9 років тому +2

    Good Evening sir, It's Jay here. What a wonderful find and a stunning car. Set up, cleaned and restored to your usual perfection. I remember that pig of a Merc which was unreal when you finished it. Stunning. Hope you are well. Take care

  • @zTheBigFishz
    @zTheBigFishz 5 років тому +1

    Excellent...I've been watching Harry for a few years, which lead me here...and to Tyrrell Classics, etc. Wish I was as handy with my 308 GT4....

  • @SYDiagnostics
    @SYDiagnostics 5 років тому

    Harrys Garage brought me here, stunning cars, fantastic attention to detail and proper old school mechanics

  • @rudolfabelin383
    @rudolfabelin383 5 років тому +1

    Sir, thank you very much. This is my favorite car since I discovered it in a Swedish motor magazine in the late 60:th. I have once had the opportunity to sit in one, roughly 1980 at company Ital American cars i Stockholm :-)

  • @stankygeorge
    @stankygeorge 5 років тому +2

    Craftsmanship at its finest along with one of the two most beautiful cars ever created; the other being the Ferrari Dino.

  • @HarryLarh
    @HarryLarh 9 років тому

    Brilliant find! Made up for Iain and CCC! Glad he showed the world.

  • @Looney2021
    @Looney2021 4 роки тому +1

    Just came out a rolling road with a 4.2 e type on Webber’s, £880 later still not satisfied, im asking myself why did I not go to this man and his rubber tube, who just seems like such a honest extremely knowledgeable fella..!!! A very rare find these days..

    • @adrianpeters2413
      @adrianpeters2413 2 роки тому

      Paul bow ..get an Italian car , then you will be satisfied.......oh....in more ways than you know now....

  • @grahamfalcon4825
    @grahamfalcon4825 5 років тому +42

    Came because of the Harrys garage videos.

    • @richardcarter1000
      @richardcarter1000 5 років тому +1

      Me too

    • @blackduck5054
      @blackduck5054 5 років тому +1

      @@richardcarter1000 Me too haha

    • @MultiDesignGuy
      @MultiDesignGuy 5 років тому +2

      Graham, Richard brace yourselves haha my god this man is a legend 😊

    • @TheMuzikall
      @TheMuzikall 4 роки тому +1

      Lol...likewise. .was thinking. .this place looks the workshop from Harry's Garage😆

  • @Autojones
    @Autojones 4 роки тому +1

    I would think an air flow gauge would be far more accurate. I can dial in a weber idle mixture super accurate with one .

  • @liamgross7217
    @liamgross7217 3 роки тому

    If feel privileged to watch Iain at work.

  • @dakavanagh
    @dakavanagh 4 роки тому +1

    I've seen you do this in a few videos and will apply it to my FZR 1000 with 4 Mikunis. Tonight I've had a listen and can tell #2 is different than the rest. I'm using a PVC pipe I had laying around and it feels a bit echo-y. Does rubber give a clear sense of the sound?

  • @tomthompson7400
    @tomthompson7400 5 років тому +4

    smooth running motor , forget the coin thing , the fact you can get a screwdriver into any of those small screws says all you need to know.

  • @mrstanhope1516
    @mrstanhope1516 5 років тому

    "You're only supposed to tune the bloody engine" ... spoken in a Michael Caine accent 👓
    Fascinating video, never realised this car still existed. Need to get that and the Bullitt mustang together.

  • @daleskidmore1685
    @daleskidmore1685 5 років тому

    Days like these should be played at some point in this vid, but not on top of the engine sound. I couldn't help but wonder if the owner had also been hunting tigers with a machine gun. The Aston and, I think possibly, the E type have been recovered and restored some time ago. Loved the vid, good to know people can still do things without a lap top.

  • @beagle7622
    @beagle7622 4 роки тому

    I just checked. The Muira had a bit of a habit of catching fire if you didn’t get this right. Evidently spat fuel on the exhaust. Would love to know if I am right. A beautiful car though , a real classic. My opinion just a beautiful car, a school boys dreams that later became the Countach), but it had no power assist on Brakes & Steering so was a beast to drive I have read. In the sixties in particular there were few real Weber Experts, so they were hard to get running perfectly. Phil Irving who designed Jack Brabhams 1966 Repco Formula one motor, was one of those guys, my uncle who was hugely into cars in the 50’s & 60’s told me about Irving. He was a whizz at tuning Weber’s & SU’s (Austin Healey). In the 50’s there were no electronic flow metres it was all done by ear. Having these things tuned correctly was very important because of the the fire risk.

  • @ChrisZang
    @ChrisZang 5 років тому

    I wish this video would have never ended.

  • @brianmoylan1671
    @brianmoylan1671 5 років тому +1

    An automotive jewel !

  • @petaldaphne9744
    @petaldaphne9744 4 роки тому

    The car in the Italian Job seems to be a shade of red and this one seems to be more of an orange? Could the original paint job have faded a little?

  • @peterlovett5841
    @peterlovett5841 4 роки тому

    In 1975 I knew two people in London who owned Miuras, both were right hand drive of which, I think, only 7 were ever built. My memory of them was how painful was the engine noise after 20 minutes of riding in one of them. Beautiful cars but oh so noisy. One of those cars was written off after it went through a light pole which essentially removed the left hand side of the car a few minutes after the passenger had been dropped off. The driver said it was a jammed throttle....hmmm?

  • @MsStarGirl142
    @MsStarGirl142 9 років тому +4

    Incredible! Love it :)

  • @HeiligerBimBam9
    @HeiligerBimBam9 5 років тому +9

    you have 3 screws per carburetor, then lets say you have per screw around 20 possible turn positions.
    That makes for 12 cylinders around 96000 possible variations of carburetor settings.
    And he is doing it just with his ears..

  • @speedtracker100
    @speedtracker100 5 років тому

    What a beautiful and exciting car.....

  • @ronniewilson6597
    @ronniewilson6597 5 років тому +4

    Ian, did the car have a colour change to orange as in the film the car looks Red. 👍

    • @f114163
      @f114163 5 років тому +3

      If you watch the opening scene carefully the car does look more orange than red in certain shots. My guess is they were loaned an orange car, but the wreck they bought for the final shots was red. So the cameramen were told to use filtering where possible to make the orange look redder. This can be done.The wreck they pushed off the cliff was a stripped out shell, no engine, no transmission, in fact every valuable part that could be stripped out was taken.Either way it's a shame if this car sits in a garage. They should lend it to Harry Metcalfe and let him drive it like a hooligan over Great St Bernard Pass again!

    • @richarddutchholland4780
      @richarddutchholland4780 5 років тому

      Plus the one in the movie had black seats with cream headrests......

  • @garyprince2867
    @garyprince2867 5 років тому +3

    "Your car?"...."Pretty car"

  • @PompeyMatt17
    @PompeyMatt17 3 роки тому

    Think Iain bought the place out as Cheshire Classic Cars is now Tyrrell's Classic Workshop

  • @petyrkowalski9887
    @petyrkowalski9887 4 роки тому

    I still have the original corgi toy model of this exact car...in this colour.

  • @gervaisfillion9417
    @gervaisfillion9417 4 роки тому

    listening by the ears will tell you how rich you are,are poor you are .also you must synchro each venturi one by one and it depends also on hthe compression of each piston.Balncing,synchro the carbs is a science that is almost lost today in todays ECM engines.i have done many on GoldWing's and now working on a beautiful little 400 suzuki engine.
    Great job Mr.Tyrrell
    Gef

  • @MartinSage
    @MartinSage 4 роки тому

    The car is light in front. At 120mph the front lifts. I would have the gas tank in the front to put some weight up front.

  • @TheMuzikall
    @TheMuzikall 4 роки тому +2

    "I am using my Ear"😆.. the good old days..lol..try that on the new Lamborghinis and see😂😂

  • @neil2wheels876
    @neil2wheels876 5 років тому +3

    If you dislike this video you're absolutely dead inside.

  • @duncanbleak3819
    @duncanbleak3819 5 років тому

    A joy to watch.

  • @danielmarshall4587
    @danielmarshall4587 5 років тому

    Right then I need to get to work I'll catch this later.

  • @glynndraper437
    @glynndraper437 5 років тому

    Hard to describe a beautiful car . In racing a beautiful car is the fastest of a discipline , the miura is very attractive especially in orange . My favourite F1 car that wasn't a championship winner was Senna's 93 McLaren

  • @NigeRyan
    @NigeRyan 8 років тому +4

    Excellent video. Why the colour difference?

    • @kavinskysmith4094
      @kavinskysmith4094 7 років тому

      same thing I was wondering, the red orange could just be the film stock, as it seems to be lobster red orange, but the gold's more curious, was it taken off and switched or changed for continuity reasons to match the wrecked car?

    • @sarahmillard6401
      @sarahmillard6401 5 років тому

      Kavinsky Smith it will show up very differently on digital film under artificial lights than on Technicolor film stock under natural light.

  • @leeobrien3205
    @leeobrien3205 4 роки тому

    The picture on the wall is worth more then my car

  • @jeremygreen3866
    @jeremygreen3866 7 років тому +1

    Beautiful sounding and looking...hope it is the real car used in the movie...although the color in the video looks more orange/red as opposed the red as in the movie...maybe Paramount color film fine tuning....also the car in the movie the top of the seats were white (as per Iain's), but the bottom part of the seat is a dark color...not white...curious.

    • @iaintyrrell9866
      @iaintyrrell9866 7 років тому +7

      Hi Jeremy,
      Thanks for your comments.
      You are correct- I've spoken with one of the cameramen on the 2nd. unit location (the Miura scene). They had to use pretty strong filters to keep the glare under control mid-summer at 2400 metres up, to prevent the orange being "blown-out". An original photo taken by one of the crew shows the orange very much closer to the true colour.
      The white leather seats were temporarily removed during shooting (a very simple job on a Miura) and refitted with black vinyl "mule" ones which the factory used for testing. This was to keep the white leather ones perfect before delivery to its first owner.
      Iain

  • @AshfabNutritionashfab
    @AshfabNutritionashfab 9 років тому

    Awesome video

  • @johnjones4825
    @johnjones4825 5 років тому

    The old Alfa manuals showed to short the plugs one by one, to see/hear the difference each makes. Works well, but I suspect this is an animal of a different colour...

  • @peterpedant
    @peterpedant 4 роки тому +1

    Thats not the one they used in the film. The original was Red.

  • @stephen300o6
    @stephen300o6 5 років тому

    Interesting. I remember reading in Car or Octane, one of those... that the Miura had been found and photographed, the evidence in various screen shots. As always the facts are argued by owners of other 'real deal' cars. Looked pretty conclusive though. I'd like one with a few more miles on the oily bits..

  • @patrikez1
    @patrikez1 5 років тому +1

    You cannot adjust each carburetors main jet by ear, only idle and half throttlee.also using a hose as an method might have been the thing to do at the Triumph motorcycle works.but i happen to know that they used the proper airflow meter in Italy in those days, also the engines was made by Lambretta of scooter fame.Lamborghini has never made their own engines, not even the tractors.

  • @guyjones3665
    @guyjones3665 Рік тому

    Colour changed?

  • @TheStevemcqueen68
    @TheStevemcqueen68 6 років тому

    Thanks for sharring, The car that they bulldozer off the road in the film ,was alfa Romoe Montreal.

    • @johnchurch4705
      @johnchurch4705 5 років тому +1

      TheStevemcqueen68 it was another Muira bodyshell with no engine ..

    • @sarahmillard6401
      @sarahmillard6401 5 років тому

      John Church yes, it had been written off by the son of a Saudi prince I believe.

  • @IllusivePrime
    @IllusivePrime 4 роки тому

    I don't remember the Miura in the film been orange, more like a red.

  • @marts500
    @marts500 4 роки тому

    Just took another look at the opening sequence of the italian job...that one had white headrests but dark seats...and the paintwork is red... 🤔

  • @FreewayLegends
    @FreewayLegends 9 років тому

    Love it. Subscribed :)

  • @ApexWoodworks
    @ApexWoodworks 5 років тому

    Your audio is very poor in several parts of this video

  • @kennethlamb378
    @kennethlamb378 5 років тому +2

    Iain worked on my Porsche 944 when he had a garage in Wallasey in the late eighties. Always came over as a very honest bloke who knew his stuff and I was shocked when he told me he was moving on to try and make a career in singing. Nice to see him messing around with cars again. I wonder what happened to the beautiful yellow Ferrari Dino gathering dust at the back of his workshop?

  • @cp1580
    @cp1580 5 років тому

    Superb 👍🏼

  • @Smarterthanyou-mthrfkr
    @Smarterthanyou-mthrfkr 5 років тому

    On days like these......

  • @donwright3427
    @donwright3427 5 років тому +4

    don't drop that pound coin down the carb as it cost you slightly more to fix!

    • @philhealey449
      @philhealey449 5 років тому +1

      Ball bearing ingested once into a Mk3 Cortina was evidence to me of the danger of that one...

  • @cielobuio
    @cielobuio 8 років тому +2

    If Camelot want to sell more tickets, they should show this car on their adverts.
    More a work of art than a car !!

  • @matthewchandler2647
    @matthewchandler2647 6 місяців тому

    4:19 OMG 1!
    5:12 OMG 2!

  • @BokorRider
    @BokorRider 5 років тому +7

    extremely low audio if listening in anything other than quiet room need earpohnes...otherwise thanks for the video

  • @henglongtanks1
    @henglongtanks1 9 років тому +4

    Amazing! This will probably go to another collection as it was before - it will never be driven. That makes me sad. Anyway, interesting video. I saw a segment on this car in the Mail on Sunday. I heard that the damaged one they used in the film to throw off the cliff was owned by a rich Arab, who had previously crashed it. Don't quote me on it though, don't know how authentic that is. Me want this car...

  • @wivaquif
    @wivaquif 5 років тому

    And not a pair of gloves, safety glasses or overalls to be seen. Well done that man ! Bet he was off to play a round of golf after that before coming back to realign the secondary layshaft output spigot which i heard rumbling in the background.

  • @mkilner
    @mkilner 4 роки тому +1

    Video quality is amazing as is the subject, but def need a dedicated microphone pack as i could barely hear your knowledgable commentary!...🤞🏻

  • @farnsfield
    @farnsfield 4 роки тому

    Wasn’t the Italian Job Miura red?

  • @Bohonk212
    @Bohonk212 5 років тому

    I'll Take it! Checks in the mail!

  • @v8trauma
    @v8trauma 5 років тому +1

    3:45, I'd be looking into that fuel leak before I went much further.

    • @jjmac3561
      @jjmac3561 5 років тому +1

      I thought that at first but its a reflection off the chrome screwdriver.

    • @PompeyMatt17
      @PompeyMatt17 5 років тому +1

      @@jjmac3561 I also thought it was a drip, and just had to watch that bit about 4 times !... definitely a reflection....

  • @RobertBlow
    @RobertBlow 5 років тому +2

    Iain, you make me proud to be British....

  • @garyhoffmann1615
    @garyhoffmann1615 4 роки тому

    This car is Orange and you say it is almost completely original, the cars in the movie are Red. Has the colour in the movie been changed or something else?

  • @Lifeguruonafence
    @Lifeguruonafence 5 років тому +1

    I love it, just watch out for that digger 😬😬

  • @saulespino2510
    @saulespino2510 5 років тому

    That was a pretty thick coin though....

  • @bojankis5999
    @bojankis5999 5 років тому +1

    The one in film was red.

    • @sarahmillard6401
      @sarahmillard6401 5 років тому

      Nope, it was arancio (orange).

    • @reggiedixon2
      @reggiedixon2 5 років тому

      @@sarahmillard6401 Easily answered ua-cam.com/video/cgJuVOrXv68/v-deo.html

  • @mclare9817
    @mclare9817 5 років тому

    Where did you practice this Tuning Method Routine
    ????😃😃
    Equivalent of an International Master Of Wine Certificate.

  • @juliosanchez1830
    @juliosanchez1830 5 років тому

    What about the gas leak?

  • @tobiamantovani6311
    @tobiamantovani6311 8 років тому

    I WANT IT RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW ♡.♡

  • @mikerogers7100
    @mikerogers7100 5 років тому

    If it were my car tuning for smooth idle would be very far from my thoughts. Tuning for performance, now that's something else!

  • @FourSeasonsHD
    @FourSeasonsHD 5 років тому

    If it was possible to measure the exhaust temperature of each cylinder and tune accordingly, who knows how many more horsepower could be found.

    • @bluejayfabrications2216
      @bluejayfabrications2216 5 років тому

      It is possible to do a hand tune as far as exhaust temps with a heat sensitive wire and stop watch

    • @philhealey449
      @philhealey449 5 років тому

      @@bluejayfabrications2216 My Flir camera gives multiple numerical values apart from visual indication and 0.1 Deg C resolution so could look at the manifold temperatures. Iain's ear is probably more accurate.

  • @glennforsyth3539
    @glennforsyth3539 5 років тому +2

    stone age technique, we balance multi carbs on bikes accurately ,, sad car people still head in the sand, he's loosing power

  • @TB-zf7we
    @TB-zf7we 5 років тому

    I don't buy it. This Miura is supposedly original condition from when it was used in the movie. Yet the car in the movie looks VERY much Red, not Orange. For color contrast with yellow tractor in movie.
    Also look at the interior; this car has white seats and headrest. The Red Miura in the movie has white headrest, black seat.
    I just saw a documentary where the movies producer referred to the Orange Miura, weird, I swear it looks red.

    • @sarahmillard6401
      @sarahmillard6401 5 років тому +1

      Try reading the replies above (including from Iain himself) regarding the apparent colour difference of the car, it will appear very different filmed under lights in a garage on digital than on film stock recorded over 50 years ago. It is also explained why the seats were black, not white as produced, but as the white head rests were attached to the rear glass compartment they couldn’t be removed, hence the non-matching seats and headrests. The white seats were replaced following filming so that the car could be delivered as planned to its Italian purchaser. The Lamborghini historians have matched the car using the chassis number.