Comments by "John D" (@johnd8892) on "VisioRacer" channel.

  1. You might like to compare the 300 SEL 6.3 standard cars with the four door Australian 1971 Ford Falcon XY GTHO phase 3. 5.8 litre Ford Cleveland motor. Understated HP but estimated 385hp. Top speed: 228 km/h (142 mph) @ 6150rpm 0 - 60 mph - 6.4 seconds 0 – 100 km - 6.9 seconds Standing 1⁄4 mile (400 m) - 14.4 seconds using the standard 3.25:1 Detroit Locker diff ratio. More speed available if the rev limiter of 6150 rpm was disabled. A blueprinted one can run to 7000rpm. Hard to buy one under a S1,000,000A now despite being half the price of the 6.3 when new.
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  2. In 1965 Jack Brabham and Australian engineering company Repco took the slightly stronger Oldsmobile version, with an extra head stud per cylinder, and developed it with overhead camshafts and new heads etc into a three litre Formula One engine that won Jack Brabham the Formula One Championship in 1966. Then in 1967 it gave Brabham cars a one two in the formula one championship with Denny Hulme of New Zealand taking the honours. So beating Ferrari and all the other exotic make engines and cars behind the Brabhams. No driver since or in the future look like developing their own car to win a Formula One championship. Brabham also won the Formula Two championship in 1966 but with a little known Honda one litre engine. Jack often winning both the F1 and F2 race on the same day. Not bad for a discarded GM block.
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  3. The development of the Repco Brabham engine : https://youtu.be/qhmSZKSCPjo
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  4. Lots of Ramblers in Australia but never called an AMC. Assembled by AMI.
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  5. Took till around 1965 before the 4.2 Jag came on stream. Earlier they thought 3.8 was the limit they could make from it
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  6. You missed out on seeing the Australian Chrysler Chargers triple Weber equipped 265 Hemi six. A photo of one used as a foldout advertisement giving the impression of likely extreme endurance testing : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZwWmTuwzts&t=133s. Also a partial explanation of the early (first?) adoption of Weber Carburation in a production engine of a US owned company. In the early seventies racing in Australia there was a move away from the trend to imported V8 engines in the race specials for Bathurst. Holden with the Torana and Chrysler with the Charger going for triple carb six cylinder cars unlike Ford. Reflecting the widespread usage of Australian made six cylinder motors in volume production, although in very basic spec.
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  7. New Zealand too got BA Barras including the Turbo version that Hubnut tested
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