Comments by "Tim John Un" (@timjohnun4297) on "American Reacts to Peter Brock 1979 | Last Lap in the A9X - Bathurst" video.

  1. I got hooked on Motorsport back in 1978. The first race I ever went to was at Symmons plains, in Tassie. I went there thinking I was a Moffat fan, came home an unrepentant Brock fan. Not only did that a9x Torana look the goods, it was the best sounding car I’ve ever heard. Brock won and spent about 3 hours afterwards in the pits signing autographs and talking to the fans. He was a true legend
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  2. Oh, and a9x Toranas filled the first 8 positions at Bathurst in 1979. More useless trivia is, there were actually more 4 door a9x’s built than hatchbacks. Contrary to popular belief
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  3.  @IWrocker  OK then, since you like useless trivia ;) The A9X Torana was manufactured as a limited option run of road cars. Back in the day, to race a car in group C you needed to produce 5000 of the base model (Torana) and a minimum of 500 special edition models (The A9X option). The A9X option was basically just the things that the older Toranas didn't have, and needed, for racing. The older L34 option had a more powerful engine than the A9X but that was already homologated for racing, so they put stuff into the A9X like a 10 bolt Salisbury diff, rear disc brakes, different suspension arms, etc. They also offered a super tall 2.6:1diff ratio (For Bathurst) and a Borg Warner super T10 gearbox. A mate of mine had one (A 4 door), with an L34 spec engine, it would do 90 MPH in first gear
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