Impressive 1905 Darracq V8 - Rétromobile 2016

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  • Опубліковано 5 лют 2016
  • 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 років тому +72

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

    • @JumpingFlapjack
      @JumpingFlapjack 5 років тому +1

      GEIL! XD

    • @noversibirsk
      @noversibirsk 5 років тому +14

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

  • @enfielddnepr
    @enfielddnepr 7 років тому +8

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

  • @jayberry2716
    @jayberry2716 7 років тому +15

    Now that's a HOT ROD !!!

  • @SlayingBB324
    @SlayingBB324 6 років тому +68

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

    • @user-tf9qd1nh6b
      @user-tf9qd1nh6b Рік тому

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

    • @imprincx
      @imprincx Рік тому

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

  • @jv6miata
    @jv6miata 7 років тому +48

    Lol at the kid in the back

    • @a.j.swierzbinski6225
      @a.j.swierzbinski6225 6 років тому

      MCMiridion So this is how we have Muscle Cars today

    • @cameronrichardson3108
      @cameronrichardson3108 3 роки тому +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

  • @pieterklaaskrugmann
    @pieterklaaskrugmann 5 років тому +9

    1:38
    Some serious pull

  • @silageheap795
    @silageheap795 2 роки тому +3

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

  • @RaztechPowersports
    @RaztechPowersports 7 років тому +14

    Love the exposed valvetrain

  • @JesusTorres-qr1gz
    @JesusTorres-qr1gz 3 роки тому +4

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

  • @majorgeneralsherman1348
    @majorgeneralsherman1348 4 роки тому +1

    This is essentially the ultimate go-kart

  • @feistyfinn9365
    @feistyfinn9365 6 років тому +5

    That thing defines body flex

  • @ronarmstrong835
    @ronarmstrong835 6 років тому +21

    Someone with a lot of sack actually DROVE this beast.

    • @Gypples
      @Gypples 4 роки тому +1

      People still drive them today, in races nontheless

    • @jcgabriel1569
      @jcgabriel1569 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @yves-noel-mariegonnet1043
    @yves-noel-mariegonnet1043 7 років тому +1

    MAGNIFIQUE! Enthousiasmant! Merci!

  • @charlesparr3296
    @charlesparr3296 4 роки тому

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

  • @juanpabloracca2279
    @juanpabloracca2279 4 роки тому +2

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

  • @sqmotorsports9230
    @sqmotorsports9230 2 роки тому +2

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

  • @gregkoe60
    @gregkoe60 5 років тому

    The beast lives!

  • @billp3914
    @billp3914 4 роки тому +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 роки тому

      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.

  • @chrisneedham5803
    @chrisneedham5803 5 років тому +7

    One day all cars will be built this way

    • @djurofaca
      @djurofaca 4 роки тому +1

      With co2 regulations less likely

  • @Xyzex
    @Xyzex Рік тому

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

  • @alessiocapitani9943
    @alessiocapitani9943 8 років тому +6

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

  • @ramtruck3649
    @ramtruck3649 4 роки тому +1

    That's awesome to watch

  • @jerryperry
    @jerryperry 8 років тому

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

  • @MemberHomei
    @MemberHomei 3 роки тому +2

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

  • @Xyzex
    @Xyzex Рік тому

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

  • @rodimorel6041
    @rodimorel6041 8 років тому +1

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

  • @billp3914
    @billp3914 4 роки тому +6

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

  • @jcerullo5015
    @jcerullo5015 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @renegadeoflife87
    @renegadeoflife87 4 роки тому

    And this is how Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was inspired.

  • @djurofaca
    @djurofaca 4 роки тому

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

  • @juanpabloracca2279
    @juanpabloracca2279 4 роки тому

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

  • @santiagomeza5155
    @santiagomeza5155 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @pauldailey4477
    @pauldailey4477 2 роки тому

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

  • @adrienbanha3004
    @adrienbanha3004 3 роки тому +1

    We need a modern reboot with a Corvette V8

  • @snotty_boi8248
    @snotty_boi8248 2 роки тому

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

  • @beamishlotus7269
    @beamishlotus7269 3 роки тому +1

    2 100hp 4 cylinders

  • @BigThree4Ever
    @BigThree4Ever 8 років тому +2

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

    • @DG19075
      @DG19075 8 років тому +8

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

    • @BigThree4Ever
      @BigThree4Ever 8 років тому +2

      Dave Gardiner
      Holy shit! That's awesome!

  • @TheFiatman2
    @TheFiatman2 3 роки тому

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

  • @noshpetunia
    @noshpetunia 3 роки тому +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

  • @jraybay
    @jraybay 6 років тому +1

    Whoa! D:

  • @LeDibeau
    @LeDibeau 7 років тому +1

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

  • @DaBoogie049
    @DaBoogie049 2 роки тому

    The boy in the Background is scared to death

  • @stephenfloat1260
    @stephenfloat1260 2 роки тому

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

  • @yurapit88
    @yurapit88 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @BigEsGarage
    @BigEsGarage 7 років тому +5

    I'd run it.

  • @starguard4122
    @starguard4122 5 років тому +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 роки тому +1

      Yeah, the owners were crazy, but in a very good way! There's actually a video here in UA-cam 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...

  • @user-yb8ol8lx8w
    @user-yb8ol8lx8w Рік тому +1

    Pretty traumatic design

  • @ajikrisnantoro489
    @ajikrisnantoro489 6 років тому +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 років тому +4

      Aint that fun?!

    • @majorgeneralsherman1348
      @majorgeneralsherman1348 4 роки тому

      Yeah it's a death trap everyone knows

    • @bikejunk1
      @bikejunk1 2 роки тому

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

  • @sethother8012
    @sethother8012 3 роки тому

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

  • @AA-ok4ok
    @AA-ok4ok 3 роки тому

    Франция вышла, пацаны

  • @brentlittle8075
    @brentlittle8075 7 років тому +2

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

    • @MyFabian94
      @MyFabian94 7 років тому +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 5 років тому +1

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

    • @skipstalforce
      @skipstalforce 2 роки тому

      @@MyFabian94 THats a coolant tank

  • @danielkeirsteadsr6939
    @danielkeirsteadsr6939 8 років тому +3

    Way to much motor for that rickety go cart

    • @a.j.swierzbinski6225
      @a.j.swierzbinski6225 6 років тому +2

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

    • @NJPurling
      @NJPurling 5 років тому +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 років тому +1

    Disappointed. I wanted to see a top speed run.

    • @DrahcirSmada
      @DrahcirSmada 7 років тому

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

  • @doceigen
    @doceigen 8 років тому +1

    Mufflers, it…needs… MUFFLERS!

  • @PlasticRocket2
    @PlasticRocket2 6 років тому +1

    Now swap in a 2JZ

  • @richsackett3423
    @richsackett3423 3 роки тому +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.

  • @DClarke1954
    @DClarke1954 7 років тому +1

    Really not impressed. Sorry.