Thread: Holden v's Ford

Originally Posted by wannalandy

I cant ever see that happening because there would be more cheating going on than what there is now . At least this way they have some sort of control on whats going on.

as i said its money driven now e.g.there used to be privateers {like johnson}it costs so much the poor old battlers not only can't afford to try ,but have no hope of complying {financially} with the new system!

Isn't there the support V8's is it Konica series . Theres a few privateers in there and if good enough would get picked up by one of the top runners ? But as you say to much money involved . As to say that though it doesn't matter what motor sport it is it is going to cost a $h1t load of cash . I raced speedway for a few years in a openwheeled wingless sprintcar running a V6 engine ( Open Sportsman ) and in the last 2 seasons of racing i spent close to $36,000 in just 20 meetings . And they said it was the cheapest form of speedway ...yeah ok ????

as i said mate its all money driven , i regularly buy australian muscle car {its a good read}it relates to all the race stuff going on when i was a kid ,and there is no way they could get away with what used to go on then.

ah well see what happens on the week end.

Going as guest of Orrcon Racing.

pit visits ect.

always a top day.
M

Originally Posted by Outback 1

ah the good old alloy heads

Yet pre OHC alloy heads don't give much trouble. AU onwards seem OK too, but they use different part number head bolts (EF, EL ones used to snap, unloading the gasket).

When my '97 XH developed a leak, the engine reconditioner said it was because Ford use "cheap **** gaskets". The head was skimmed, pressure tested, and inspected for corrosion. He said I was lucky as obviously the cooling sytem services had been done, flushed and inhibitor changed regularly, and there were no signs of corrosion. He said these heads regularly corroded badly between 5 & 6, which he claims was a design fault which Ford was well aware of and ignored.

Originally Posted by scrambler

More like the old Protestant/Catholic divide - it all depends whether your father was a Ford driver or a Holden driver. My brother is a Ford man through-and-through because of the cars Dad owned when he was a little tyke. Funny thing is Dad has owned more Holdens then Fords, and given an unlimited budget would probably have a Fiat in preference to either (due to the front engined Fiat 500 that was his first car).

My father never had either. His first was a Mayflower and then 2 Vanguards before a Fiat 1500, which got me into the Fiat bug (had 4 of them).
Was the 500 a special, as all the Bambino's I've seen were rear engined.

Im an old fiat fan numpty i had a 124 with the 2 litre twin webbers 50mm throttes dam it used to go hard id get about 220kmh out of it was one of my fav cars so much fun racing little jap crap lol

Greg