grey/red motor 1/4 mile times

[bob_hawke]

just wondering for interest's sake how quick people have gotten (or heard of) the orig 6 pots going on the straight.

if anyone has some figueres and the mods id be very thankful.

[spanner]

`Local nostalgic drags saw standard EK Ute doing 1/4 mile in 22 sec.  Go the grey.
Cheers

[craiga]

Bob,

I would reckon 21-22 secs for a stocky grey is about right, with about 18 - 19 secs for a stocky red 186/202 in an FE/FC.

A little bit of work to a red (carby/extractors/street cam) and you should shave a couple of secs off easy.

Cheers,

Craig.

[Martin]

"Cars" magazine, November 1956, had an FE Holden/Mk II Zephyr comparison:

FE Holden:
0 - 60 mph: 19.4 secs
0 - 70 mph: 30.1 secs
Standing 1/4 mile: 22.2 secs

Zephyr:
0 - 60 mph: 17.6 secs
0 - 70 mph: 25.7 secs
Standing 1/4 mile: 21.1 secs

"Wheels" magazine, February 1960 had a road test of the FB:

0 - 60 mph: 20.4 secs
0 - 70 mph: 33.0 secs
Standing 1/4 mile: not reported

Neck snapping stuff.

Martin

[RET]

NSW Club Member Mal Owen (aka "MalFE") ran an 18.97 quarter in his road-registered FE Sedan in 1965.  The most recent issue of Sideplate had an article on this.

cheers
RET

[bob_hawke]

cheers thanks a lot for the times, just wondering how they related to other cars of the time back then.
does anyone know any times of really hot motors running the 1/4?

thanks for the info

[craiga]

Bob,

My mate used to run a grey powered FJ that did mid 15's, but I think some did go slightly quicker. Maybe Alex would know more accurate times as he has a good collection of early magazines.

Here's a picture of the car after he turned it into a road race car, and a picture of his EH called "Bobcat". Red motor powered and ran into the 13's back in the early 70's. A couple of his other race cars are also shown.

Another one that shows the lengths people can go to get the old grey up and going, Repco cross flow head and triple webers on a grey!! Serious stuff!!

[bob_hawke]

15's from a grey, pretty hardcore.

thanks heaps for the piccies CraigA, never can have enough piccies of cool old race cars, even if there are some jap ones  :)

thanks again

[craiga]

But at least the Bluebird had a stroked Holden 308 (355), and the Honda had a 350. Japanese on the outside only!!

I love these old race car shots as well.

Cheers,

Craig.

[Spinner]

Car: FC Van.  Stock engine, with extractors & open element air cleaner.  185/60R13 slicks.  Pump Super.

Track: Oran Park 1/8 mile, not long after CID closed.

Run 1: 15.002 @55 mph.

Run 2: 14.942 @55.2 mph.