mystery motor

[Don.F.Broadus at ucm.com]

The 427 SOHC and it's 6 foot long chain was a wild engine, you must have had
some great times there. 

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> Sent:	Monday, November 01, 1999 1:03 PM
> To:	gmecm at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu
> Subject:	RE: mystery motor
> 
> >Well.. Page 110 of "The Fabulous Firebird "  John Z. DeLorean had ask
> race
> >driver/builder Jack Brabham and his Repco organization in Australia and
> >England to come up with a 5 liter overhead cam SCCA racing version of the
> >400 cid Pontiac V8.
> >Pontiac contracted with Repco to build five ohc v-8's in Australia. The
> >motor had to have a stud pattern to take Pontiac heads and use a Pontiac
> Wet
> >Sump. The block was designed by Repco and made in cast iron. Capacity was
> >five liters. The engine had single overhead cams driven by bushed Morse
> >chain.
> 
> Interesting. I worked in Morse's R& D lab at about that time. I spent some
> time around the test set-up for the Ford FE 427 SOHC timing drive, but
> never saw anything for a Repco/Poncho! They must have done the work at
> their facility in Oz, and not mentioned it to us!
> 
> Regards, Greg
> 
> Heads were cast aluminum,and Lucas fuel injection was used.
> >Crankshafts were the single plane type (180 degree firing) . Northwest of
> >Melbourne, GM-Holden supplied us with a 1967 Firebird  on loan so we
> could
> >measure the engine compartment and determine mounting points. A car was
> >built up by GM Design Staff to accept the Repco engine. Horse power was
> >estimated at 470 HP.
> >
> >The headers you have could have been for Dyno test only, since GM did
> intend
> >to put the Repco in a Firebird.  Check the General Motors Institute in
> Flint
> >Mich.  The Pontiac Historical Web page , and the Pontiac Web Ring on the
> >net.
> >
>