Originally Posted By: Shannow
dailydriver, they are still using SBCs and Windsors.
The 7500RPM mandatory redline has them using really short decked versions to get the C of G down at the front (that being said, they are revving them to 8-9000 on downchanges for additional braking effort).
Ford actually lost Oz the only home grown V-8. CAMS (Confederation of Australian Motorsport) had group A, which was awesome, with E30BMWs chasing Brock around the mountain. They wanted to adopt European 2.5 litre regs. Ford whined that the Windsor couldn't keep up with them, and got the NASCAR block. Holden argued that they (being Oz) didn't have a NASCAR block, and got the Chev. CAMS dropped the 2.5 litre idea.
Holden dropped the Oz designed and built V-8...Larry Perkins thrashed all the chev/Ford teams in the Oz V-8 swansong, just to prove a very impressive point, and they all whinged at how unfair he was.
Car of teh future will have standard chassis,standard suspension, Ford 9", Standard gearbox and ratios, and whoever's engine and panels bolt on. Not sure whether Hyundai, Toyota, Mazda and Nissan will be running Windsors or SBCs.
Wow, no more sequentials, and still a locker??
If they adopted Euro 2.5 L regs what would they have done, restricted the OHV V-8s??
Or did the multiplication factor work out even vs. the multi-valve, multi-cammed Euro engines?