I loved this period in F1. From around 1960 through to the cusp of the wings....say 1967. Just a magic time, and I attended every Warwick Farm Tasman Cup race during that period. Even met and chatted with the likes of Clark, Hilll, Brabham, McLaren et al. Back when Grand Prix racing was literally Formula "One".

@bjnuma01

3 жыл бұрын

Can’t disagree with that. I was only a toddler then, but like you Ken, this was my favourite period. All the cars were different and drivers were just pure talent. They’d be out on the piss the night before, have a smoke before the race and just go out and put their lives on the line. No doubt it was stupidly dangerous but you have to give them credit, they had balls of hammer forged steel. History will remember them..

@gomerromer7708

3 жыл бұрын

Which Hill, Phil or Graham?

This was when race cars were real race cars! Back in the days!

Jake and Elwood Blues in the Background. :)

@3ducs

8 жыл бұрын

+M Krush And an earthworm crawling off the tire.

@inquisitor229

7 жыл бұрын

Makes a nice change from the riot of tweed...... :>)

@banjopete

3 жыл бұрын

@@inquisitor229 it’s the Revival you moron.

@inquisitor229

3 жыл бұрын

@@banjopete Nice attitude, Peter. Does the concept of sarcasm go over your head?

@johndavey72

3 жыл бұрын

@@inquisitor229 l think the answer to that is ..........YES ! 😂😂😂 as soon as l saw them l thought why are they here? You beat me to it !

It is amazing that these engines can be made reliable fifty years after they raced in F1, I watched Jim Clarke win the Oulton Park Gold Cup race in a Lotus H16 car, also went to a open day at Bourne for a pre view of the BRM H16

@gregmoore7446

2 жыл бұрын

I had a Jim Clark Match Box car.....That young and my dad taught me the significance.....

The P75 certainly was a lovely sounding gearbox spacer.

Put Hamilton & Ricciardo in a pair of these old beautifull beasts. No special steering wheels or drivers aids, just pure talent.. ❤'em

@oldcars5547720

3 жыл бұрын

Neither of them would do shit.

@RT22-pb2pp

3 жыл бұрын

Would take them a long time to relearn how to drive a car with no aids. Back then it took talent and balls to really drive those beasts.

@robertphillips3078

3 жыл бұрын

Jim Clarke was possibly the best of them back in the day. He could get around the tracks in those little beauties with less brake & tyre wear & more fuel left in the tank. Saw a short talk on him while he was racing a few yrs back. Thers a trick 2 driving go carts quick playing with the throttle (feathering the throttle) while braking 2 keep the engine in its power band 2 keep the revs up except 4 super hard braking areas where u do the same but with less intent on the throttle

@madsjuul1350

3 жыл бұрын

Queen hamilton couldn’t handle it

And the Blues Brothers! Fantastic : )

What a thing of absolute beauty.

One of the greatest sounding engines at full throttle and rom. I like how he put the pan under it knowing that British cars like to mark their territory with oil drips.

@jimburns3636

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, great sound; but like its uncle the V-16: a pig of an engine.

@awboat

2 жыл бұрын

The original undercoating. Now people pay big bucks for it.

Awesome!! Sounds like the beginning of "Grand Prix!" Don't get the opportunity to hear '66 vintage motors much these days. Thanks!!!

Such a funky sound that Jake & Elwood came to listen! 😎 😎

Just image how competitive and entertaining would be if F1 was like this today !

beautiful car, thank you Colin.

That looks very much like the H16, what a piece of machinery!, an F1 GP winner in a Lotus 43 back on the day.

@ellaevansbolt

3 жыл бұрын

Only one win.

@bogdog999

2 жыл бұрын

That unreliable engine was the cause of dropping out of 27 of 40 races it ran it, a near 75% fail rate. Good engines take years to develop. They rushed that one.

Boa noite meu Amigo !!!! Que ronco fantástico. Música para meus ouvidos...... Muito obrigado pelo vídeo e parabéns pelo canal. Abraço do Brasil......

Give me the old open-wheeled racing cars. These modern ones look like origami with a glandular problem - and sound like my electric razor.

@gijs.22

5 жыл бұрын

SelectCircle you should maybe watch historic monopilista

@jimburns3636

3 жыл бұрын

Peter Collins Taffy von Trips Piers Courage Jochen Rindt Jimmy Clark Lorenzo Bandini Jo Schlesser Jo Siffert Francois Cevert Peter Revson Mark Donahue Tom Pryce Gilles Villeneuve Ah! The Good Old Days.

@ligeiasinistra879

10 ай бұрын

I don't use electric razor, but I know exactly what you're saying... And I agree. F1 cars have become impersonal computers on wheels. I rather play with a 1972 Scalextric than fall into coma with present open wheel competition.

Great place for the starter box between the exhaust pipes bet he got a warm feeling and an earfull

Basically 2 V8's stuck together. This was the only car it won a championship race in - US GP '66 driven by Jim Clark.

@worldhello1234

9 жыл бұрын

John Ford Do you know any 16 cylinder engine which wasn't created out of two 8 cylinders and made out of one piece? That is far more interesting.

@argh1989

9 жыл бұрын

ckb313235 Very interesting question indeed, but also depends of your definition of "in one piece". I think this stuff is very hard to find out, you'll only find rough info on the internet about these things. The Auto Union Type A/B/C race cars would be a good start. Thing is, back then most 8 cylinders were inline engines. If they developed V16 from those you'd be hardly able to notice from the outside.

@AlpinaBiturbo346

9 жыл бұрын

ckb313235 The BRM V16.. 1.5L was a single piece design,, and is still today perhaps the greatest engine ever created,, not the best but the greatest,,, 600 hp from 1950 V16 one and a half liter,, that is truly stunning

@KayoMichiels

8 жыл бұрын

+John Ford Not really: it's an H engine: meaning that two 8 cylinder Boxer engines where placed on eachother.

@argh1989

8 жыл бұрын

MK3424 No, it's two 180° V8 engines, not Boxers.

Beautiful music.

With a drip pan being placed underneath, Harley Davidson: “Hold my beer”

@richardcarew4708

3 жыл бұрын

the pan is in case the motor comes unglued... and scatters parts everywhere... no worries mate

@artmchugh5644

3 жыл бұрын

Now that is fuckin funny !!!!😄😄😄😄😄😎😎😎😎🍺🍺🍺

These machines were a handful to 'drive'.

Espectacular!!!!!!!!!Víctor

*What a Beast!* is what comes to mind when I think about the BRM H-16 engine. And the weight? From what I've read, the H-16 was about 130 pounds/60 kilos heavier than the Ford Cosworth DFV engine of 1967. Makes one wonder what kind of steering Jim Clark had to contend with in that Lotus 43; as the weight bias/balance for that car was way out-of-whack.

Now THATS !!!!! A friggin engine !!!!😎😎😎😎😎😄😄😄😄🍺🍺🍺🍺

I had a cutaway drawing of the H16 on my bedroom wall. Along with the Coventry Climax V16.

@paulsanderson9586

3 жыл бұрын

had a cutaway too!, plus colour photo of big heavy V12 Cooper. Arguably much better though; the engineering that went into contemporary the Honda Hailwood 250cc 6

Fabulous !

Gorgeous motorcar.

glory days gone by

This video shows strong signs of presence of deaf people, as they need no real hearing protection (ear cups). It is great for those of us who have no hearing deficiency to hear that great engine!!

1:01 The Blues Brothers!

Crazy idea to build such a small engine with 16 cylinders. Unfortunately as we know it never worked properly for BRM.

As Baratinhas era lindas!

This is all very well. But what are the Blues Brothers doing standing in the background?

Several comments about the drip pan for oil. I may be wrong of course, but I believe it was for fuel from the lower bank of carburetors, as in revision, not leaking per say.

@arthurmchugh5184

3 жыл бұрын

No carbs , slide valve FI !!😁😁😁🏎🏎🏎🏎🏁🍺

Jake and Elwood apprrove.

Good to see the race winning Lotus 43 in working order after such a long time. Remember Jim Clark winning in Mexico in a 43. With modern engineering have a the gremlins of the H16 BRM engine been sorted? Best of luck and hope you win.

@argh1989

10 жыл бұрын

It was Watkins Glen by the way, not Mexico.

@voight-kampfftester9218

10 жыл бұрын

Maybe it could have been sorted out to be more reliable with good tooling of the late 60's. BRM used tools and machines to WW1 standards. Anyways. Even if the H16 would have been sorted it was very heavy, which is a serious no-no in racecars. Jackie Stewart said that it was better suited as a ship's anchor than a racing car engine. Whatever power advantage it may have had would have been offset by the heavy weight. The best thing you could have said about the H16 was that it was a bold design which probably looked better on paper than reality. What BRM *should* have done was to go with their V12 design straight away. Had they done that they would've had an outside chance of the 1966 title, both Graham Hill and Jackie Stewart certainly were capable of doing it. In 1967 the V12 may have come good and Stewart (or Hill if he stayed) probably could have in contention for the title again.

@Kartraceone

7 жыл бұрын

Voight-Kampff Tester If the engine was reliable then Jimmy would have taken the title ahead of Hill and Jackie. I agree the engine would be more reliable and far lighter then H16. I saw that engine in person and couldn't believe the piston size, number of the valves and all the components. Lotus 43 was a far better platform then the BRM and Clark was at his prime in 1966.

The H16 doesn't sound at all like a V16 but exactly what it is , two high revving V8s parked next to each other .

@ellaevansbolt

3 жыл бұрын

Two flat 8s one on top of the other, geared together.

Il modo migliore di rompere un motore scaldandolo

Can’t believe the guy put a drip pan below the engine. Then again I did own a 1968 triumph bonneville.

@GBURGE55

3 жыл бұрын

It's what we Brits do best Race winning F1 cars & classy old bikes that need incontinence pants !

@ronwilken5219

3 жыл бұрын

@@GBURGE55 you mean pans.

get behind it, dont just stand there!

@janne-mans8295

3 жыл бұрын

Putting a lady inside is sexual harrassment - It is the ultimate G-spot shaker/rocker, requiring dozens of pans, even in idle mode

Sound it makes Brm, brm brmmm

Engine started: brm brm brm brm brm brm brm ...

The Engine is Talking, Great.

Amazing I thought it would have been much louder.

@RT22-pb2pp

3 жыл бұрын

12 cylinder but small displacement.

@rodnathan9862

3 жыл бұрын

The recording system must have toned it down. I was in the grand stand at Brands Hatch and when these engines went by it was literally painfull.

@bloqk16

3 жыл бұрын

@@rodnathan9862 I agree! Video and film sound reproduction has never come close to capturing the near-ear-splitting scream of such engines when heard closeup in-person . . . The Ford Indy DOHC engine from the 1960s comes to mind with its megaphone exhaust system.

No need to keep pulse revving it, just a constant fairly high rpm for a few minutes will do it, and no, the plugs don't foul up

Were these Formula Junior or Formula 1 cars back in the day?

thought i saw the BluesBrothers

Is that Jake and Elwood in the background?

Kinda makes one think...if you gave this car intakes it'd almost grow the sidepods on a modern F1 car, wouldn't it?

I would like to see the oil issue fixed,looks like a ring,bore problem.Worth the fix,oil consumption on that level,could cost you a engine.beautiful car

@mikeshotrodshop

9 жыл бұрын

Once the engine is up to temp there is virtually no oil consumption. Only when cold, is there enough clearances to smoke a bit. It's normal.

@argh1989

9 жыл бұрын

mikeshotrodshop I agree. Speaking of which, is there any recent footage of it warmed up, or even of the car going?

The worm who jump "de desespoir..."

Looks great, sounds great but I'm not sure it won many races.

@artmchugh5644

3 жыл бұрын

Very true !!!!😄😄😎😎🍺🍺

Was the BRM the original "Quad Four"?

@DL-ls5sy

3 жыл бұрын

2 V8 together so it's a H 16

It is true after all, some cars do actually go..... Brrmmmmmmm, Brummmmmmm, Brummmmmmm,Brummmmmmm!!!

Hold that throttle back .over reving it from cold . slowly tease it til it gets warm . then the beans

WTF were the Blues Bros doing there?

That's an angry engine...

Good way to ruin the piston rings.

Brooom Brooom (literally)

Now that is music! Did you notice the engine is rotated 90 degrees. Is that normal in these cars??

@RT22-pb2pp

3 жыл бұрын

Look close it is 2 v8 engines mated at crank w sets of headers 2 on top 2 on bottom it is really x16

@ellaevansbolt

3 жыл бұрын

@@RT22-pb2pp Two flat 8s one on top of the other, geared together. H16 Not V16 nor X16

I seem to remember that back in the '30s Mercedes worked out it was better to warm up a racing car at constant revs and not like this.

@johnfellows2867

3 жыл бұрын

I can never understand the need for this constant revving .

@bloqk16

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnfellows2867 The guy was probably testing the throttle linkage. After all, that mechanical linkage handles 16 individual injector ports.

@bonkeydollocks1879

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnfellows2867 same here, some plonker will tell you it's to stop the plugs fouling but that's rubbish

@bonkeydollocks1879

2 жыл бұрын

It is, constant pulse revving has no advantage, a fairly fast constant rpm will do

Lovely...but...I can't help think that 16 cylinder going into two pipes might be a bit restricting.

@greghenderson1362

3 жыл бұрын

Looks like 4 cylinders going into each pipe, 2 pipes on top, 2 below. See the white header beneath the engine on the camera side?

@cozmcwillie7897

3 жыл бұрын

@@greghenderson1362 Thanks, I see that now I've had a closer look. It's an H engine too, I've discovered.

@RT22-pb2pp

3 жыл бұрын

Really 2 v8 in a x pattern

@cozmcwillie7897

3 жыл бұрын

@@RT22-pb2pp I can't claim to know anything about unusual engines (I didn't know what an H head was until I Googled this car here) but surely 2 V8's in an X pattern would make it an X head engine ?

Very cool, I'm curious though...why do mechanics and "car people" start and rev engines repeatedly I understand these "hi tech" engines are finicky but and can stall but that can't be the case for ALL engines, can it?

@bloqk16

2 жыл бұрын

This particular engine was not _hi-tech,_ it was purely mechanical. What the guy was probably doing was testing the throttle linkage to make sure it was functioning properly. After all, the linkage does involve 16 individual fuel injection ports; all mechanical linkage.

Now that's an F1 car!! I wish that's what they raced now a days??? The cars now are horrible. we need to backwards to go forwards.. Lose the wings and go back to bigger tyres..

@bloqk16

2 жыл бұрын

It would be interesting to see if the current crop of F1 drivers could handle top-tiered race cars using purely mechanical grip?

...NNNNGH .... NNNGH [ head explodes]

dont sound anywhere as good as the 1.5 litre supercharged v16.

Personal taste but a V6 , V8 or V12 sound better than a V10 or this 16 cylinder engine , Marvelous machine nevertheless !

Lewis Hamilton driving this car? Two rounds and he is ready. Lol

Men in black?.

Sadly that engine was overweight and unreliable. Basically two flat-8 engines stacked together, it needed more development time to deal with vibrations and the damage it caused.

WHY IS NO ONE IN THE CAR? UNSAFE!

The worst engine ever put into a Colin Chapman Lotus!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@beyond_the_infinite2098

3 жыл бұрын

too heavy? unreliable?

@bloqk16

3 жыл бұрын

@@beyond_the_infinite2098 The BRM H-16 was all that and more! It was extremely complicated for maintenance and adjustments, too. Imagine doing work on an engine that needs 16 spark plugs, with 8 camshafts?! Setting the engine timing and valve adjustments on two-banks of 8 cylinder engines?! Ouch! Then there's the 16 separate fuel injectors requiring air/fuel mixture adjustments, along with linkage adjustments with the gas/throttle pedal? No Thanks!

8

Death trap

@RT22-pb2pp

3 жыл бұрын

Engines back then were way ahead of suspension chassis and tire tech for sure. Took massive skill to drive at limit.

/

Ear defenders are indeed for sissies! What did you say? I'm a bit deaf you know.

Русские на месте?

crazy cool design... the exhaust is coming out the middle of the V... 8 velocity stacks per side.... now.... ummmmmm... brakes are for sissies

@richardcarew4708

3 жыл бұрын

so... I have a simple way to get hydrogen oxygen gas on demand.. but we need higher temperature metals... I can convert existing aluminum parts into AuPd... melting point 1550° C... with a little heat... no oxides... no heat expansion... it's actually lighter than aluminum, although I don't know why at the moment

@richardcarew4708

3 жыл бұрын

AuPd is a room temperature superconductor, which carries away heat through double double covalent bonds.. it also has metallic bonds between the AuPd unit cells... I can hold it in my hand and drill and polish it

@richardcarew4708

3 жыл бұрын

apprenticeship on Jaguar... long time ago;;☆》 worked for Raytheon and a Boeing subsidiary... as a programmer... my father taught reactor theory when I was in high school.. this does the same thing... sorta... with a small torch... American torch.. not a flashlight

Men in black are there... Bad sign.

2 litre v16...lol