Delahaye 107 Racer w/ 6.2L Gipsy Major Airplane Engine: Bizarre Start-Up Procedure & Accelerations!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 พ.ค. 2024
- Last year I saw this interesting machine for the first time during the Kilomètre Lancé, held on the runway of Engadin Airport, in Switzerland. It's called Delahaye 107 Racer and having its name I was pretty sure I would have found more info on the internet. Nothing could be more wrong. Honestly I'm still not very knowledgeable about pre-war cars but I've learned you can find anything nowdays. Yet this Darracq V8-style vehicle seemed a total mystery.
Luckily at this year's Kilomètre Lancé I managed to see it again and get some info on this amazing build. And everything comes from the passion for cars of Riccardo Beccarelli, owner and driver of this 107 Racer, from OldtimergarageGR.ch.
From what I understood, the idea behind this project was to replicate the 1904 Premier Vanderbilt Cup Racer built by Carl Fisher, who later founded the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1909. This car had a huge 15-liter (923 cu. in.) four-cylinder engine. Riccardo's car is called 'Delahaye 107' because the starting point for his recreation was a chassis of this car from 1924. Then he took him around 15 years to meticulously find pieces and parts from the exact same period of that chassis.
The engine on this Delahaye is a 6.2-litre, four-cylinder, air-cooled de Havilland Gipsy Major airplane engine that was used on biplanes. His initial idea was to run with a modified 6-cylinder inline engine from a Franklin car of those years, powered by methanol, but it didn't last long. The Gipsy Major has around 150 hp, with a rev limiter set at 2,500 rpm. But there's a further particularity: the original Jipsy was a so called 'inverted engine', which has the cylinder heads directly beneath the crankshaft.
The inverted layout was adopted in aviation for a number of benefits such as improved access to cylinder heads and manifolds for the ground crew, having a lower centre of mass in the engine and, for engines mounted in the nose, improved visibility for the pilot and placing the widest part of a multi-bank engine closer to the midline of the fuselage, which is typically its widest point.
This was a further challenge for Riccardo who had to mount and modify it to work like a typical automotive engine. He also had to change the camshaft because the engine was rotating in the wrong direction but he also placed it on the chassis with crankcase facing the front of it. This was done to have quick access to the gears and easily change them to vary the maximum speed.
Enjoy some bizarre start-up procedures, details and some runs down the airstrip of this incredible piece of machinery!
0:00 Close Ups - Pre-Event Day
0:40 Warm Up - Pre-Event Day
3:51 Further Close Ups
4:33 Morning Warm Up
6:41 Heading to the start line
8:19 Accelerations on the runway (2023)
9:40 Accelerations on the runway (2022)
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This thing does 120mph, that starting system is actually very smart and safe.
Lol:)
Flat battery won't stop that man.
@@sackdanandrews2626no battery on those engines bub. Just magneto ignition
@@captaintoyota3171I think he was being sardonic?
@@kw2519he won’t know what that word means lol
Can't beat the coolness of this guy. Driving that thing with sandals and race suit 😂
Why not its comfy..
@@joe125fulI rode my motorcycle the other evening with plastic sandals, lovely warm air on the toes. Not my usual riding gear but the motorcycle needed a little run before winter 🏴
Its so the power is not going to knock your socks off 😛.
The engine's name allows it ✌
1: I never knew I needed Delahaye drag racing until I saw it.
2: Does that driver know he's the coolest man on the planet? :)
Sieht irgendwie nach Poser aus. 😉
I used to maintain the 6 cylinder version, 250 hp Gipsy Queen with electric start. Very basic and simple engines which were normally mounted 'inverted' with the cylinders underneath the crankcase. Ours had two Hobson downdraught carbs and twin magnetos. Max rpm is only 2,200 so for automotive use you would need a gearbox and high final drive ratio.
This is the essence of why I fell in love with cars: the noise, smell and vibrations (moving mechanical parts).
I recently stood beside this behemoth in the pit lane while it was idling. You could feel every single cylinder stroke in your chest. When he revved the thing you could hear the angels sing and the devil call at the same time 😂
Some of the smell is waste lubrication system - oil burning off on the head. Also important to note safety clothing: helmet and fire suit with obligatory sandals (so acceleration is not going to knock your socks off).
Unsuitable for a modern society. And awful.
@@manoman0You’re unsuitable for being alive.
May I congratulate you on your good taste in everything old, oily and smelly 👍
The exposed valve train is so freaking cool. Some of these antique engines are fascinating
That's why you need goggles.
what a beastly machine! you have to love it for even just the period it came from
I spoke with the driver in person and could take a "seat" in his frame with engine. The owner is such a funny guy and drives the car at its limits and over that. Insane vehicle.
I can’t believe they let him run that in opened toe sandals 😂
it's probably historically accurate if you look hard enough
The car itself is open “everything”, so that’s ok 😂
The organisers were probably like: “this car has failed every safety requirement that it’s almost passable.”
Lol not seatbelts...who cares about sandals:)
Yeah who cares at that point, death wish.
The starting procedure mimics how the engine would have been started in the aeroplane use - by swinging on the propeller. The original Gypsy engine from which the Gypsy Major was developed was not inverted, so turning the Major upside down would not have been so difficult.
Helmet, race suit, open toe sandals, love how this guy rolls, 😂🤣👍
That is by far one of the top ten most interesting cars I've seen! Love it!!
I love cars like this; servicing can be done as quickly as refueling.
Beautiful car! It has all the feel of a racer from that era... Very nice!
Reminds me of the Darracq 200. Those aero engined land speed cars are beauties.
This thing is so steampunk and rad. Love the old school exposed valvetrain, custom piping of all lines and manual start. Friggin cool!
In terms of safety it must be a nightmare, but in terms of style it’s unbeatable.
First man ever to race in sandals.
Early twentieth century kids sure had interesting Berg karts 🤭
Aircraft engined cars are their own genre of automobile. there's something so incredible about every one I see.
What a masterpiece of fitting things together as if they always belonged that way.
fantastic build
I love this. Definitely something that a wild mechanic would've built in the 1920's and 30's. Pure genius yet also ingenuity.
And kinda makes me wanna build something using sort of the same formula, but with modern components.
The modern equivalent is caging and chopping a Miata like hoonigans did with the shartkart.
@@Jonathan_Doe_ But with some epic powerplant to go along with it, like a 4-rotor Wankel.
A modern equivalent is VW sand rails.
He has saved some money. Panels, extra seat, batery, belts, why you need those😂
Wonderful!
There is nothing safe about that car. I love it.
This is as stripped down you can get. A frame, some wheels, and an engine. It's a giant go-kart. Seeing it next to some famous race cars is so bizarre lol.
The starting mechanism looks like an axe... A battle axe... Awesome!
Fantastic
I hear Tiger Moths flying overhead regularly. It's weird hearing that engine with gears.
This car has some interesting features, such as the clutch being at the front of the engine. being as that is where the prop would be on an aircraft engine. and the drilled frame rails, and that it is extremely cold blooded. and that it only has one headlight as the song says. there are British race car drivers that drive vehicles like this. in the Willwood revival series vintage car races. and they don't have any seatbelts or any other safety equipment. and they really fly around the road course. these driver's have some giant balls for sure. it's some of the best racing I have had the pleasure of watching hands down.
Dude opens beer bottles with his ball sac.
Che oggetto meccanico meraviglioso.
Absolutely love it! I don't know who would be most proud. Rube Goldberg or Mad Max. What a wonderful example of 'ingenuity in action!' Thank you.
Love the starter!
That is a very interesting car this gentleman made.
Genius - glorious - outstanding.....
Having watched the start up procedure I thought, wait a minute there's no cooling system, then realised it was an air cooled aircraft engine. Would love to see it with bodywork
Great "safety" sandals, shorts gloves, eye-protection.
What a cobbled together, dangerous liability..............i love it!.
Is this a closed event? Tried to find information but can't find anything on how to go spectate the event whenever it happens again
Got to love the freedom ov driving in sandels and not a sock insight, nice vehicle
Air cooled??? its so over heating
@@AhmadSuparjo-ey2ngThere have been air cooled engines since they were first invented. I think it’s fine.
Got to love the desert wellies.
Clever starting system. Sounds like it needs adjustable/variable ignition timing. Once it gets going it seems fine tho
Engine,ancient chasi and ancient wheelsteer...what more you need?:)
What a wonderful build yet I am still in shock that grown men where are those type of sandals
RESPECT! Nothing Light Duty about that!
Thats cool. Thanks mate
Ok, but does it have power steering, rear camera and Apple Play?
Of course not, who'd buy a car with that?
Very well respected engine. Usually inverted and not sure why the valve covers are missing. I am a bit surprised it stays cool in a car though. Saw one fly over in a Tiger Moth a couple of weeks back.
valve covers probably missing for weight reductions and coolness aspect
BECAUSE IT'S PRIMITIVE TECHNOLOGY AND THEY DIDN'T SEE THE NEED IN THEM THESE WERE NOT THE ONLY MOTORS THAT HAD EXPOSED VALVE TRAIN'S
(Ex Tiger Moth owner) There was no pressure oil supply to the valve gear in the original engine, the valve covers were filled to a set level with oil and the rockers splashed it around the valve gear. Each time the engine oil was changed, you also removed each of the 4 covers and replaced that oil too. It wouldn't work with the engine "right side up", so he has somehow organised an oil feed system to the valve gear. I'm guessing its total loss as there was never a return system.
They are normally inverted, there is a lot of pipework to get oil to the valve gear
Is this event open to the public? If so, can anyone enter ? I think a few hot rodders, bikers and boy racers would like to chance their arms.
That's thing is bonkers...... I love it......
Elle est superbe le bruit la mécanique elle est extra
Awesome machine.
Cool car 👍🏻
Love the fact it's on a pair if SU's!
Skinner Union? 😉
The SU company was founded in 1910, so the carb's are definitely period.
@@sos15_yt Yes
Yes, sausage skinners union (believe it or not..)@@sos15_yt
That is one FAST popcorn machine!
Красота. Дивився на одному диханні, вроді то я сам, за кермом того авто. Обожнюю і конструюю.
Is the chassis and transmission GN? A beautiful Special. Love the handle crank.
This is where Steampunk started
Love this car
That thing is cool as hell!!!!. A death trap but cool....
Excellent
Fantastic video Bozzy! The old Delahaye's are nothing short of being bat-shit nuts!! 😂😂 Litrally a chassis with an engine that sounds like it's from an old aircraft! Grazie as ever Bozzy!
It IS from an old aircraft... the Gypsy Moth is an old bi-plane.
This is amazing. The only thing i'd do different is do a drip lubricator over the chain on the front since theres no case covering it.
Que delícia ouvir essa máquina. Parabéns pelo trabalho.
sound's like everything is out of adjustment, mixture and ignition timing for a start,
👍 Correct! Same observation here. But no one wants to read a comment like this, even fewer who understand what you mean.
It does sound sick, doesn't it. Whatever it is, if it's not put right it's going to go bang quite soon, or at least shake some fixings loose. Beautiful piece of design otherwise.
Unfortunately a lot of people think that’s just how old stuff is supposed to run.
love the gipsy engine!
That man knows his engine 😀
Was the thing depicted in toto part of a production or racing prototype automobile at some point in time?
I want it as a daily driver! I got time, patience, space and knowledge! May be, the initial pirce could be a show stopper ... :-(
Unique to one-off....
Did that engine come with those SU carbs??? ( or were they an add on??)
Love it and I want it 👍
Pretty cool 😎👍😎
I understand most of it, relativly high displacement on 4 cylinders, magnetos and flywheel facing forward.
But i do not understand perfect combustion of the engine of that age. No smoke and no fumes, just little burned oil on open valvetrain beacouse it is forced lubricated by those thin copper tubing. And ocassional burp through carbs, no biggie.
This one could pass smog test with flying colors that would most cars from 1990s fail.
that was so cool
Helmet and flip-flops required.
I do like his safety sandals.
Car is interesting, would love to see it at say Goodwood
Obrigado.
Confusing drive system to say the least. A clutch on the front of the engine that is always engaged to a set of sprockets to give a drive shaft offset running down the side of the engine block to then go through another clutch and transmission. Looking at it, one would wonder why the engine wasn't just reversed back to front to get rid of a lot of extra hardware and weight. BUT, I'm sure what I'm seeing isn't what is the actual set-up.
Wow thé seats !😮
Years ago I had an Austin A35 I had bought for £25. Its choke was broken so I had to pour petrol into the carb. WIth a couple of spoonfuls of petrol it would start at the first pull of the starter.
Для кого это колымага для понимающих людей это шедевр
i think one of the inletvalves are leaking the carb gets blowback now and then maybe valve gap is too small?
Even the four cylindertype does run more smoothly if well maintenanced. The caburetor back flashes seem to come from worn out inlet valves of the third or fourth cylinder.
Art
This is an 'L' head engine. Very interesting. Most Gypsy Major aero engines employed dual enclosed gear OHV heads. Probably no difference in power at 2550rpm but lower cylinder head temps possibly with dual OHV??
In all sense of the word
That thing should FLY
wow, they really put motorcycle kickstarter with half-sprocket on a car
If you like these kind of vehicles (open and mechanical without a lot of electronic mystery boxes) and haven't yet been to see doodlebug pulls, then go. You will love the experience.
insane
Looks proper steam punk
All made possible by the genius engineers who made sandals to protect feet
If the red baron had a car that’s exactly what I’d imagine it being. Lol. Secondly if that engine was in a plane the way it runs no chance in hell I’d get in it . 😳
I think those engines were built to run at basically a fixed throttle setting when in an aircraft, with this one he's on and off the throttle when changing gears, if you listen when it's up and at the correct throttle setting with no changes it sound reasonably clean.
@@potrzebieneuman4702 I’ve built several of those engines. Trust me that one runs like shit. Creative project though. I’ll give him that
Looks to be old SU carbs as well. Kewl.
Oh ya, SU's rock.
yes what a car SHOULD be
very nice
What happened to the rest of the body?
I don't think it has one can't find any photos of one with a body
what name of this kind of vehicle looks cool
Did Major Halford design this engine? Is it ever going to have a body?
Right at home on the airstrip.
Certainly very odd seeing a Gipsy Major in an intallation upside down!