Thread: Holden axed in Aussie.

Originally Posted by pop058

did not think any of the 6 cyl motors were square.

They weren't.

Displacement	130 cubic inches (2,130 cc) 138 cubic inches (2,262 cc) 149 cubic inches (2,447 cc) 161 cubic inches (2,639 cc) 173 cubic inches (2,835 cc) 179 cubic inches (2,940 cc) 186 cubic inches (3,049 cc) 202 cubic inches (3,298 cc)
Cylinder bore	3.125 in (79.4 mm) 3.375 in (85.7 mm) 3.500 in (88.9 mm) 3.563 in (90.5 mm) 3.625 in (92.1 mm)
Piston stroke	3.000 in (76.2 mm) 3.250 in (82.6 mm)

179 and 186 might have come close.

Originally Posted by Pickles2

Thank You, for, unlike some, a sensible answer.
I have no idea what will be the future of what we commonly call "Aussie Tin Tops". And I have said, no dollars of mine would go into a Supercars Team.
However, there are some very passionate Teams, & equally passionate sponsors (what other reason could they have to be involved?!), and so I believe that Supercars will be alive & well into 2021 & beyond.
Pickles.

Mixed bag here, Pickles and Scarry....

Scarry says: Fans are not deluded at all,its a red versus blue,as it has been since the late 60's.

So, what colour was Chrysler? Was Peter Manton some colour I don't know? What about Doug Whiteford? Bob Jane's Jag was white. These were all "late 60's", and there were many more.

The Holden Ford thing came from Beechey/Moffatt/Geoghan, pushed on by blokes like Marsden and Firth. (There's a recent mainstream movie that emphasises what motorsport meant to sales. ) Brock came later. Ford, and then Holden, brought the V8 to Aus racing. We didn't need it before, racing was just fine without it. Bill Tuckey raced a FIAT 124 at Bathurst!

Supercars may well live on. After all, F1 does and it sucks big time these days, and the mugs still watch. Most F1 'fans' would have never heard of Brabham, Lauda, Rindt, But Supercars are like NASCAR. Silhouette crap, like milk formulae, everyone lining up for a suck.

I guess I'm just old... But I'll never forget Moff racing with just one gear in his box and nearly taking the win. These days that's a retirement. Soft, the lot of them these days...

Originally Posted by Stuck

That was the LX Torana withe the (h)OPEL(ess) 1900. The starfire/misfire 4 was a 2850 (173) 6 cyl. with pots 2 and 5 removed. Tough motor but the rest of the car ????. Took them while to learn with OPEL too, the rebodied Camira called the Calibra, plus other ill thought out ventures like the SB Barina, the TR Astra and the JR Vectra. Now I'm getting flashbacks of that other pearl of Holden wisdom, the Suburban. That thing was 5 years old in the states when it was new here. How was that ever going to work ?.

Absolutely correct re the Starfire. My memory was playing games. Doesn't matter though, they were both hopeless.

Well, we had a 6 cylinder 2 door Torana in Darwin, back in the 80's. Put a boat on top, took it to Yellow waters, Kakadu. Did the water pump seal, were invited by the owners of the resort to trawl thru the wrecks out the back and help ourselves if we found a suitable replacement. None found, we scrounged a large water container and simply stopped when the engine boiled, and topped it up , after a suitable wait. Got back to Darwin, new water pump , all good. Also what I liked was get a blockage in the carby, just swap over your plug leads, after the bang, no problem. Also after the Torana we had a Premier, drove it to Ayers Rock, on the old corrugated dirt road. Did the seal between the engine cooling and auto gearbox cooling parts of the radiator. When we stopped there was an awful hissing noise from the gearbox as the coolant flowed into it. Got the radiator fixed in Alice, and not long after drove the premier to Sydney. VALE Holden.

So, what colour was Chrysler? Was Peter Manton some colour I don't know? What about Doug Whiteford? Bob Jane's Jag was white. These were all "late 60's", and there were many more.

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With red and blue taken I’d like Chrysler to have Orange like the General Lee Dodge Charger

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

If they want to make Supercars authentic it should be Hilux, Ranger, Triton and Amarok. That would be fun to watch, particularly down the mountain at Bathurst.

There is the ECB Superutes series,but how well its going i don't know.

Originally Posted by scarry

There is the ECB Superutes series,but how well its going i don't know.

They're losing relevance.
Custom rear suspension, custom transmission and soon to be custom engines replacing the turbo diesels too (LS)

Originally Posted by scarry

There is the ECB Superutes series,but how well its going i don't know.

The fans didn't like 'em with their diesel engines,...not fast enough they said,....Me? I thought they were OK.
Anyway, they are continuing, but the existing diesel engines are being replaced with a GM LS3 6.2L V8 Petrol engine which is available in several stages of tune, I don't know which spec will be in the Utes.
Pickles.