Screaming V8 Powered Formula 5000s of the 70s - Onboard!
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- Опубликовано: 8 июн 2020
- Formula 5000 was created in 1968 and became one of the most exciting single-seater open-wheel racing categories of its time. Think Formula One of the period yet powered by sizeable 5 litre Stock block mass production based Small Block V8's that would appear to be right at home in the engine bay of your average Muscle Car in the day like a 69 Z28 Camaro, particularly when compared to the high tech racing engines of Formula One in the day such as the Ford Cosworth V8, Ferrari Flat 12 and many more exotic multi-valve examples. With more engine capacity that the F1 equivalent and a very healthy 600 Horsepower along with a kerb weight under 700kg, these winged warriors shod with big slick tyres performed incredibly well.
This was an era when racing drivers needed nerves of steel and no fear, with minimal crash protection and insane power to weight ratios of over 850hp/Ton. Join us as we take a close up look at legendary NZ racer Ken Smith's Lola 332 Chevy power example, then ride onboard with Ken and also Tom Tweedie's Chevron B24 during an action-packed race at the Phillip Island Classic Festival of Speed in Australia.
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Passionate car guy and Master of Machines host Glenn Everitt has extensive experience in the Automotive Industry, as a high performance technician, auto mechanic and dyno tuner, including other industries such as auto restoration and auto detailing. He's a lifelong racer too, born into a motorsport family and starting with road racing from the age of 14, and also competing in Drag Racing to help promote his dyno shop for many years. He's also passionate about two wheels as well, having started out on dirt bikes, then moving to Sports bikes of all kinds. 
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Love the sound and the way the drivers have to saw at the wheel to keep them on track, and get on and off the gas!
Was fortunate enough to see a couple of F5000 races at Elkhart Lake back in the 70's. Really brings back the memories. Those are some REAL drivers!
God Bless that man. 75 years young and still racing a F5000 car. Bad Ass!
Takes me back to watching these live when I was a kid in the 70s, following the Tasman Series. Graham McRae, Warwick Brown, John McCormick, Kevin Bartlett, Frank Mattich, Neil Allan, Graeme Lawrence, Frank Gardner. Suberb days.
Me too James, and for me it was Sandown Raceway, Victoria in the late 70’s. I’ve never forgotten the roar of a full grid of 5000’s. Alfredo Costanzo was my childhood hero.
At 2:14 Danny Ongias is mentioned.
Struck a memory that did.
As a kid in the 70s I was at Mosport to see the F5000s.
What a thrill!!!
Danny Ongias had broken down at the top of the Mario Andretti straight where we were viewing from.
When he was being hooked up to tow we were all on the track surrounding his car.
I got a pic of him in his F5000 cockpit.
Incredibly thrilling for a 14 yr old kid.
In later years I thought back to that after hearing that he was hard on his equipment.
A dedicated racer he was...RIP
Great cars ,Aus became the home of F5000 never missed a Sandown round.
Wow. Don’t they look and sound awesome? This is going in my Favourites folder 😎
F5000 are so brutal. Modern Motor tested a 1979 Elfin F5000 and it did a 0-100mph (160kph) in 4.9 seconds.....
Brilliant! I remember we had such a brilliant open wheeler scene in Australia, in many formats, great battles, it just never got the tv coverage it deserved :(
We sure did! Hey, have you ever done any F5000 renders?
Watch S5000.
Another comment..Ken driving these hellfire machines at 76? respect
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This bloke is great people. Support his great channel. Well done mate. Keep up the great work. Aussie / NZ F5000 rules as King of the track.
Thanks Dave!
The years have been kind to these cars. In period they put out about 420 - 450 bhp, the same as a DFV but with more torque and a broader spread of power. Of course the lump is much heavier than a DFV which is why when F1 and F5000 raced each other the F1 cars won every time. A big pendulum effect from the Chevvy/Ford cast-iron engine! Ken Smith ....... a small guy with seriously big balls!!
These days a good , historic F5000 can put out 560-580bhp. They can be made to produce 600bhp +, but even with some seriously well-engineered parts inside them, a Hewland DG300 gearbox ( standard wear on mos F5000s) won't stand that kind of power output, and corresponding torque, for long.
Kenny Smith is an absolute legend, the Kiwis should petition for him to get a Knighthood.
Never been a formula like 5000 the cars still look like racing cars ought to and sound awesome much missed
Most people consider race car drivers to be suicidal, but when considering the speed, the level of concentration, and yet the relative lack of accidents, they probably feel a lot safer on the track then on any typical American highway.
Wonderful stuff , music on wheels .
Just smashing !
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Superb stuff - those are proper proper cars, and proper drivers too. That Chevron looks like it’s in Team VDS colours. I wonder if I saw it in the hands of Teddy Pilette at Snetterton in 1970-something?
Great video. Thanks so much for that. Real racing and fantastic sound from those V8's. I really enjoyed watching that.
New Zealand documentary on three Kiwis at the top of their game .!!!. Bruce McLaren with Denny Hume & Chris Amon...www.nzonscreen.com/title/trio-at-the-top-2001
I was hoping for a Repco-powered car but still a VERY impressive machine.
Kenny Smith!
Love it!
Thanks for posting Glenn, no yeehaas or woohoo's : one of the better vids shown ;-)
If the limit is no larger than 5000cc, you could go 306-307ci, I wonder if it would be a better choice for power to use a 4.030" bore and 3" stroke like a 302 or an aftermarket block with 4.125" bore and a 2.87" stroke like a 289 to get your 5000cc. I think I would build the big bore engine with a modern aluminum heads in a car that light, it might cost some tq but you could gear deeper and rev it higher, the heads would certainly flow more with 0.050" more space on each side of the valves.
Brilliant episode mate! There’s hope for me yet! 😂
Definitely a proper race car.
très très rapide!!
Power to the people
When was this race? Looks modern.
Awesome cars love the sound vs formula. Different . What transmission is it that this vintage uses that a small block bolts up to?
Most likely a Hewland race box.
@@GlennEverittMasterofMachines DG 300
Hewland DG300, or though some early cars (1968/69 ) were fitted with the heavier Hewland LG600
Is it a chevy 302 prepared for race or a race engine from start,
And if so...
How many cuin?
302. The original engines in F5000 had iron block and heads. The engine in Ken's car has aluminum heads, and he said 580 hp, which is about 80-100 more than the 302's had back in the 70's. With modern engine building, the 302 could be pushed up to 630-660 hp, but durability would suffer.
@@andyharman3022 And a Hewland DG300 won't handle that sort of power output or corresponding torque.
How did you get permission to fly the drone at the track?
Hey where's James Garner?
I've watched F5000 cars at historic races in England over the past 15 years. They're epic. The sound. Oh my.
Modern F1 should learn the lesson that it's as much what the cars sound like as how they look on track. The current F1 cars sound shite. I've heard them in person, and they don't stir the soul in any way like their predessors did, or these F5000 cars.
Bin off all this hybrid shite, and give us proper race cars; run them on synthetic fuel if you want. Synthetic fuels are probably a lot more environmentally friendly than mining minerals for batteries and shipping them back & forth around the globe.
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