• Darracq V8 engine - first attempt to start the engine in 97 years
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[video=youtube;WsG_Mg0VDn8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL7bCv2WuVwPSBsmuJcOmBsfZItXl7AJ35&v=WsG_Mg0VDn8[/video]
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Good christ, those lifters are absolutely [b]HUGE[/b]. This thing is an absolute beast, I can only imagine hand-building something like this. The fucking thing spits fire like crazy, it looks terrifying! [editline]28th December 2015[/editline] I mean, shit, what does the distributor look like for a car that old? How do they manage timing? What's the fuel system look like? So many questions
[QUOTE=ewitwins;49405477]Good christ, those lifters are absolutely [b]HUGE[/b]. This thing is an absolute beast, I can only imagine hand-building something like this. The fucking thing spits fire like crazy, it looks terrifying! [editline]28th December 2015[/editline] I mean, shit, what does the distributor look like for a car that old? How do they manage timing? What's the fuel system look like? So many questions[/QUOTE] Once Top Gear comes back hopefully they'll feature this so we have all our questions answered.
[QUOTE=ewitwins;49405477]Good christ, those lifters are absolutely [b]HUGE[/b]. This thing is an absolute beast, I can only imagine hand-building something like this. The fucking thing spits fire like crazy, it looks terrifying! [editline]28th December 2015[/editline] I mean, shit, what does the distributor look like for a car that old? How do they manage timing? What's the fuel system look like? So many questions[/QUOTE] It's essentially a carbureted Vee pushrod engine, except with external pushrods and part of lifter assembly. Distributor is probably a simple version of what's found in cars from the fifties.
[QUOTE=Van-man;49405499]It's essentially a carbureted Vee pushrod engine, except with external pushrods and part of lifter assembly. Distributor is probably a simple version of what's found in cars from the fifties.[/QUOTE] Pointing out the obvious again?
[QUOTE=Buck.;49406049]Pointing out the obvious again?[/QUOTE] Not very obvious for most people, go take a nap grumpass. [highlight](User was banned for this post ("rude" - Orkel))[/highlight]
[QUOTE=Buck.;49406049]Pointing out the obvious again?[/QUOTE] I mean considering, flathead engines were more common at the time it isn't unreasonable to point out the valve train.
[QUOTE=The Ogrelord;49406068]Not very obvious for most people, go take a nap grumpass.[/QUOTE] (I was just joking, I didn't understand a word he said)
Wonder what it would score on an emissions test...
i see your darracq and raise you a fiat s76 [video]https://youtu.be/BfYbH7926gk[/video]
[QUOTE=bob4life;49409209]i see your darracq and raise you a fiat s76 [video]https://youtu.be/BfYbH7926gk[/video][/QUOTE] Holy fuck. Not only does that look like some fire-spewing hell-car out of a retrofuturistic racing game, its engine displacement is about half the volume of the fuel tank on my car.
[QUOTE=bob4life;49409209]i see your darracq and raise you a fiat s76 [video]https://youtu.be/BfYbH7926gk[/video][/QUOTE] There's something deeply unsettling about this
[QUOTE=The Ogrelord;49406068]Not very obvious for most people, go take a nap grumpass. [highlight](User was banned for this post ("rude" - Orkel))[/highlight][/QUOTE] Don't think this ban was called for. Didn't seem that rude.
[QUOTE=bob4life;49409209]i see your darracq and raise you a fiat s76 [video]https://youtu.be/BfYbH7926gk[/video][/QUOTE] that is fucking terrifying I love it
What octane fuel does it take?
[QUOTE=aurum481;49411065]What octane fuel does it take?[/QUOTE] Old engines have incredible low compression ratios so you could probably pour in anything and it would combust with no problem.
[QUOTE=Carnotite;49409564] [QUOTE=bob4life;49409209]i see your darracq and raise you a fiat s76 [video]https://youtu.be/BfYbH7926gk[/video][/QUOTE] 28.4 liters...
[QUOTE=Kylel999;49413901][QUOTE=Carnotite;49409564] 28.4 liters...[/QUOTE] Ain't no replacement for displacement (says the guy who drives a 1.8L)
[QUOTE=The Last Man;49415282]Ain't no replacement for displacement (says the guy who drives a 1.8L)[/QUOTE] [video=youtube;DruAUxV9kaI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DruAUxV9kaI[/video]
[QUOTE=Van-man;49415302][video=youtube;DruAUxV9kaI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DruAUxV9kaI[/video][/QUOTE] Is that fire or cum coming from that motor?
[QUOTE=agentfazexx;49415663]Is that fire or cum coming from that motor?[/QUOTE] why not both?
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[QUOTE=bob4life;49409209]i see your darracq and raise you a fiat s76 [video]https://youtu.be/BfYbH7926gk[/video][/QUOTE] weak, this thing is 2 years older...
[QUOTE=bob4life;49409209]i see your darracq and raise you a fiat s76 [video]https://youtu.be/BfYbH7926gk[/video][/QUOTE] I want one of these as my daily driver
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