Delahaye 107 Racer w/ 6.2L Gipsy Major Airplane Engine: Bizarre Start-Up Procedure & Accelerations!
429,685
2023-10-02に共有
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)
#Delahaye107Racer #Delahaye107 #JipsyMajor
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Subscribe to my 2nd channel here: / @19bozzy92ndchannel
You can also find and follow me on:
- Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/19bozzy92/
- Facebook: www.facebook.com/19Bozzy92YT
- Instagram: www.instagram.com/ste19bozzy92/
Camcorder: Canon Legria GX10 + Zoom H5 & Canon Legria HF G30 + Canon DM-100 Microphone
Event: Kilomètre Lancé 2022 & 2023
Where: Engadin Airport, Switzerland
Link To My Channel: youtube.com/user/19Bozzy92
THANKS FOR WATCHING AND SUBSCRIBE!!!
コメント (21)
-
This thing does 120mph, that starting system is actually very smart and safe.
-
Can't beat the coolness of this guy. Driving that thing with sandals and race suit 😂
-
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? :)
-
The exposed valve train is so freaking cool. Some of these antique engines are fascinating
-
This is the essence of why I fell in love with cars: the noise, smell and vibrations (moving mechanical parts).
-
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.
-
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.
-
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!
-
Helmet, race suit, open toe sandals, love how this guy rolls, 😂🤣👍
-
I love cars like this; servicing can be done as quickly as refueling.
-
That is by far one of the top ten most interesting cars I've seen! Love it!!
-
Beautiful car! It has all the feel of a racer from that era... Very nice!
-
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.
-
In terms of safety it must be a nightmare, but in terms of style it’s unbeatable.
-
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.
-
Aircraft engined cars are their own genre of automobile. there's something so incredible about every one I see.
-
I can’t believe they let him run that in opened toe sandals 😂
-
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.
-
What a masterpiece of fitting things together as if they always belonged that way.
