Darracq V8 1905 Land speed record holder

This is the engine out of the 1905 Darracq
The engine is the original but the car is a replica
It is a V8 of over 25 Litres capacity (approx 1550 Cubic inches)used in the setting of the land speed record of about 108MPH (174KPH) in 1905
To find out more about this remarkable vehicle http://www.darracq-v8.co.uk/

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Darracq
• V8
• 1905
• Land
• speed
• record
• holder

[bobbob1234123]

what the gas mileage on one of those? lol

[devo100]

Not Good

[steamwally]

You say the car did 108 mph, it did in fact attain 120mph!

!!!!scary!!!!

[devo100]

The car did in fact reach 120MPH but it broke the record at 108 MPH

It is the same as breaking a jumping record at 2metres then going on to 2.1 metres

[cody19314]

lmao stfu thats classic, that car is a piece of history ok, people act like polar bears are just dissappearing out of thin air, lol we go through high heat periods, i mean look back thorugh history, there are periodic heat rises you watch it will go back down and get cold again, so, go be a veggie eating hippy while we enjoy life, thanks

[akretowicz]

What an incredible engine! And it has 1,550 CID? My God! Love the sound of those shorty headers!

[SourdoughMusk]

Gives a new meaning to "shorty" headers

[rollingstopp]

you need the old school guys to get it running aye---real old old school

[hunghuge12]

200hp in 1905? That's about 199 more than most vehicle things that hadn't got actual horses pulling them. This thing is more than cutting edge for the time. Imagine the size of the internals when each cylinder has the same capacity as an entire Bently!

[hunghuge12]

@cody19314 Good point. Well made.

[JohnDeere30201]

@1904moore thats not a tractor its a car

[veedub55nick]

This thing sounds and goes amazing in the flesh, too small an area to drive it there haha it launches like a banshee when the clutch is dropped. Go see it at a vintage hillclimb

[1904moore]

how many englishmen dus it take to start a tractor?

[grossteilfahrer]

Now that is a Hot Rod =)

[zpunout]

Did it shake much being a flat plane V8 and all?