Thread: Holden v8 in RRC

The 245 and 265 were awesome engines...especially in triple carb guide. Cheers

Originally Posted by Meccles

I’ve always liked the Hemi 265 heaps of torque my mates Dad brought a complete new 265 R/t charger engine with triple 45Dcoe Weber’s for their Ramsay ski race boat. Lovely engine but head gaskets were a problem. This is I believe solvable today? Then used standard 265 Chrysler as a tow car with 3 speed manual it had the torque however 1st was too high geared so clutches were a bit of a problem. But that engine towed the race boat no issue at all.

I used them in all sorts of things, daily drivers, work horses, repowers, speedway and never knew them to have a head gasket problem. Put one in a P76 to replace that crappy OHC in-line 6, another in an LJ Torana, and a Jaguar XJ6. The Torana one got painted Holden Engine Red and got 3300 decals from Rare Spares. A couple went into Series III LR wagons.

Originally Posted by ozscott

The 245 and 265 were awesome engines...especially in triple carb guide. Cheers

They were awesome performers in E43 format. Make a nice street engine with a Quadrajet four barrel and CM split iron exhaust headers running separate 2 1/2" systems all the way to the rear. A 245 head with the valve seats opened up to take the bigger 265 valves is a good relatively cheap mod. Depending what you are going to do with it you should get a camshaft to match your application. Early Hemis would revlike turbines but the later ones, CL & CM, had emissions control camshafts that made them into a low speed high torque engine and took away that delightful revability.

Maybe my memory is the problem? They replaced the 265 with a283 chev and from that point it was always chev race engines with Ford tow cars

I have also driven the slant valiant engines...lot of grunt too. Valiant/Chrylser 6 cyl motors were far and away stronger, more powerful, reliable and longer lived than Holden and Ford 6 cyls. Awesome and plenty of Mopar go fast gear available. Cheers

Originally Posted by Meccles

Maybe my memory is the problem? They replaced the 265 with a283 chev and from that point it was always chev race engines with Ford tow cars

What have you been smoking?

Sent you a pm

This is the link to my mates Facebook page with his shop. He was skier in the days of the hemi then went boat racing. Still in engine building business lots of nice stuff here.
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