Episode 45: 1993 Bathurst Winner Engine Run-Up

[@Andrew81au1]

You know good stuff about to happen when you see LP smiling.

[@perkinsengineering]

🤓😊😂

[@Penguinracer]

You've produced a great channel Jack & it's always a pleasure to see your Dad, a true legend.

[@perkinsengineering]

Many thanks!

[@anthonyfiorito1385]

Sorry chev boys. Nothing sounds better then a Perkins Engineering Holden V8. Music to my ears.

[@therealsixsixsix]

I second that

[@perkinsengineering]

Iron lion 💪

[@jamieteal2107]

@@perkinsengineering👍🇦🇺

[@MitchZero9]

Yup! And from memory serves me well, it had the grunt over the Chev as well.

[@jamieteal2107]

@@MitchZero9 👍🇦🇺

[@mrwolsy3696]

With Holden gone, this car is a very important part of the story of its glory. Thanks for keeping it alive.

[@perkinsengineering]

Yes, this is the last time an Australian Holden Engine won the great race!

[@Dazza_21]

I could listen to that engine all day everyday

[@perkinsengineering]

Same!!

[@andynater1885]

I don't ever recall a Perkins engine failing.... Superb.

[@perkinsengineering]

Don’t jinx us!!

[@petermurray4061]

Great to see the almost transparent rocker covers revealing just enough. Even better to see the legendary LP poking about with the overalls on again. I'll never get sick of that.

[@perkinsengineering]

Good stuff isn’t it! Cheers

[@obiemichaels9675]

It's so good to see these cars come back together.hard to believe it's 30 years ago watching this car running around Bathurst.

[@perkinsengineering]

Crazy isn’t it!!!

[@obiemichaels9675]

@perkinsengineering it really is. I remember going to as many rounds as I could back then, amaroo, oran park , eastern creek, Bathurst. I remember getting told off by Larry for taking pictures under the cars as they were coming out of the truck at Eastern Creek the first year Russell was full time and Russell having a brake explode coming into turn one in what I think was the 95 Bathurst car. Oran park and amaroo were always great for spectators because you could get right up to the cars.

[@jamieteal2107]

Some things never die

[@customrefinishersaustralia4747]

As a Ford man i absolutely love LP! His engineering skills are unsurpassed!! Beautiful sounding engine. Thanks for these videos Jack!

[@perkinsengineering]

Glad you like them! Cheers

[@amerone555]

Love the see through rocker covers …..

[@perkinsengineering]

Cool aren’t they!!

[@nedbeaty72]

Good to see LP back 👍

[@perkinsengineering]

Indeed it is!

[@bradwheeler248]

love your stories about the cars and the quality of build that go into the rebuilds

[@perkinsengineering]

Many thanks!

[@CrapToCream]

Awesome!! Love your work LP & JP, great.....

[@perkinsengineering]

Cheers!!!

[@CrapToCream]

I met Larry years ago at the BP Oil refinery in WA when BP acquired Castrol, his speech was quite inspirational to my career as an Engineer.

[@perkinsengineering]

@@CrapToCream nice one!

[@jonathonvial9726]

To see a dozen or so of these things getting around Bathurst again would be awesome.

[@perkinsengineering]

Be ace wouldn't it!

[@frenchbulldoglewis]

i cant get over the old legends and how much passion they still have for their sport all these years later. Larry's smile looks as though its the first Holden he's ever built and started.

[@perkinsengineering]

It's cool hey!

[@Allthrashedout.]

Ahh the memories .. cant wait to see it back on the track!:)

[@perkinsengineering]

Neither can we!!

[@johnlynch3124]

Love it Jack, this is awesome, so good to see Larry in the show!

[@perkinsengineering]

Cheers!!

[@davidleane7830]

The flat slide is amazing.

[@perkinsengineering]

Cool isn’t it

[@davos4wdadventures]

That slide system looks fantastic going back and forward..cheers boys

[@perkinsengineering]

Yes it does! Cheers!

[@davos4wdadventures]

Just watched you and your dad at the museum, I'm talking about the 84 car.,

[@Clintreid75]

I love it! This was the car that won Bathurst and started my journeys to Bathurst every year. Larrikin Larry is always smiling when it comes to firing up one of his cars, keep up the great work Perkins Engineering 👍

[@perkinsengineering]

Cheers Clint!!!

[@jjjjjj9284]

That induction noise 💪👌 When LP is giving the throttle a little tickle is something to behold its just "Sick" full stop, Thanks Jack for doing these Videos you and Dad are absolute legends cheers Fellas 👍

[@perkinsengineering]

Cheers!

[@jonnothetrucker]

Jack, you yourself are a true winner in your own right! No matter whats goin on in that workshop, it must truly be the best atmosphere 💯 spending the time with your old man ! Always had a soft spot watching your dad as a kid, and as i got older, and learnt to appreciate more of went into making the cars a winning component of the team, i really came to appreciate Larry's engineering background, and the way he built and ran his team.. It was a different insight into the class, that didnt come from anyone else 😊 I'm 40 now, still trying to embrace the new cars and generation of supercar drivers, i guess you always love what you grew up on?

[@perkinsengineering]

Cheers!

[@jasonfox2232]

My first bathurst experience when I was 14 years old was in 1993, I will never forget the sound of that car. And it won with the plastic!! Keep up the good work boys. I will be there in October 👌

[@jasonfox2232]

30 year anniversary

[@perkinsengineering]

Cheers!!

[@craigtuck1741]

that sounds great, hearing the engine roaring back to life was very cool. well done Jack and Larry

[@perkinsengineering]

Cheers!

[@anthonyfiorito1385]

Gonna go watch the 93 bathurst 1000 right now. Memories of watchn the race. Geez 40 years ago. Omg. God bless the Perkins Family

[@dinosshed]

30 years ago, it was. Feels like a lifetime.

[@perkinsengineering]

Yes sorry I said 40, meant 30. Still a good race 😂

[@dinosshed]

@perkinsengineering I was 11 years old and glued to the screen to the best category of motorsport, engineered by Perkins.

[@Fantomx7g6]

91 and 92 were a lot better

[@johnbrooks9523]

@@Fantomx7g6 . . . if you're in lurve with imported whizz bang megabuck plastic shitboxes that sounded like a fat woman's fart.

[@vicstafford6951]

Great stuff, always good to see Larry back in the workshop!! Keep the videos coming Jack!

[@perkinsengineering]

Cheers!!

[@detailedbyben]

This car and the win Larry and Greg shared sparked my interest in touring cars and cars in general. A fan ever since with perkins engineering memorabilia lining the walls of my workshop 😀

[@perkinsengineering]

Good stuff!! Thanks

[@Fantomx7g6]

Touring Car's finished after 92

[@johnbrooks9523]

@@Fantomx7g6 You mean imported overcomplicated wank megabuck shitboxes finished after '92? Strange how real local cars continued on our racetracks?

[@therealsixsixsix]

Ive never heard such a tame yet vicious sounding holden....its definitely happy to be a holden again, well done!

[@perkinsengineering]

Cheers!!

[@MrZerohour1967]

Man, that engine sounds so sweet, like it wants to rev from zero to infinity. Love to see and hear it on track.

[@perkinsengineering]

Cant wait to get it on track!

[@paulrutley366]

Beautiful noise from a Holden 304 with 8 ITBs. Can't wait to see it for its first hit out for testing. Well done.

[@perkinsengineering]

Cheers!!

[@Wolfe351]

me and a mate where at Mallala a few years back wandering thru the paddock and up in front of us walking along was the whole Perkins clan....I think it was when Jack was racing the Fuji series.....

[@perkinsengineering]

2006!

[@polibard]

LP on the dodgy string throttle. Love it!

[@perkinsengineering]

Nothing dodgy, its a proper throttle cable, just not mounted to the pedal!!!

[@glensgraphix]

The attention to detail is fantastic. Can't believe it'll be 40 years in October when this car won Bathurst.

[@terryirvine7090]

Jack made a mistake it's actually 30 years since that great victory!

[@perkinsengineering]

Yeah sorry it’s 30, said the wrong number

[@terryirvine7090]

I wasn't having a dig at you, Jack. We all knew what you meant! We all have a slip of the tongue! Great car/s by the way! I love the 93 car!

[@retsbewr]

That is so good, would love to see this roaring around the mountain!

[@perkinsengineering]

Hopefully this year!!

[@crazyg74]

that's awesome guys. I just love the story behind Larry's famous high-port cylinder heads.

[@perkinsengineering]

Using all available resources within the rules

[@craigdargie6929]

Love that engine. Love that car. Grinning from ear to ear.

[@perkinsengineering]

Cool isn’t it! Cheers!!

[@54mgtf22]

She purrs like a big cat. Hey Jack. Love your work 👍

[@perkinsengineering]

Cheers!!

[@jamieteal2107]

Sure does might even say a lion 💪👍

[@justincoot1443]

Geez that thing sounds fantastic!

[@perkinsengineering]

Does sound good!!

[@rochelleparker9575]

Wow that made me smile ,what a beast. Thanks Jack and Larry.

[@perkinsengineering]

You're welcome! Cheers!

[@gregcleeve6810]

Your content and stories are never anything, but music to our ears. Thank you for another great video....Larry must be over the moon for all the work that you and your trusted partners have done to get it to this stage.

[@perkinsengineering]

Cheers Greg!! Be great once completed and seeing the car on track!!

[@RVK355]

Awesome, would love a set of those rocker covers

[@perkinsengineering]

We may have some surplus that could end up on the website for sale soon…..

[@bayselec]

So cool what you are doing with the race cars and your Dad. People will look at these vids in the future and still be saying how cool is that old hotrod. Carnt wait to see it on track some ware with LP at the wheel.. 🚀🚀😎😎

[@perkinsengineering]

Cheers and much appreciated!

[@DMT267]

Sounds awesome. The greenies have no idea what they are missing out on. Thanks Jack, and great to see young Larry. Hope all the family are well.

[@perkinsengineering]

Haha no wrong there!!!!!! All are well thanks

[@Mach1048]

As a self confessed greenie, I want so many people on public transport and in EV's. Just so Petrol will be around longer for cars like this, and my RX8. Just think of how many more awesome V8's we could have if all the Corolla's were EV's with 200kms of range?

[@stephennelson6041]

those slide throttles are awesome! crisp response!.

[@perkinsengineering]

They are!

[@pk-so1mj]

So awesome and happy to see this. This was the first car I saw Larry in as a kid at Bathurst, started a life long obsession with race cars. The best era of V8’s in my opinion!

[@perkinsengineering]

Good stuff!! Cheers for watching!

[@roberthocking9138]

Great work guys, great to hear the old girl come to life again. I started with castrol in 94 and enjoyed the years we spent together , can’t wait to see it in Bathurst this year

[@perkinsengineering]

Thanks!

[@mr265t]

Who else had a smile from ear to ear throughout the duration of this video......I know I did 👍

[@perkinsengineering]

Cheers!! Sounds good hey!!

[@mr265t]

@@perkinsengineering gave me goosebumps

[@ianhillier4341]

WOW! Keep it going Jack and Larry, love the content! That engine is an animal!

[@perkinsengineering]

Thanks! Will do!

[@budgeman77]

Great to see the resto happening on this super important vehicle. Well done Jack - love it!! So good to see Larry doing the break in control of Revs - cant imagine how many he has done in his time - it brought a big grin to his face - fantastic!!

[@perkinsengineering]

Thanks!

[@petergill8819]

All I can say is legendary that revs unbelievable

[@perkinsengineering]

Cheers!!

[@user-ql2ll4vp9o]

Love it!So good to see and hear it run. A real race car, love the Aussie V8. Perkins Engineering 🇦🇺👍

[@perkinsengineering]

Cheers!!

[@1fisho]

Great sound Holden engines love it fantastic job guys

[@perkinsengineering]

Many thanks!!

[@peteburness944]

I really enjoy watching these, especially when your dad makes a cameo appearance...❤

[@perkinsengineering]

Cheers Pete!

[@Squalled]

Awesome! Very rewarding after such a long process of getting the 93 car absolutely spot on. Well done all involved and great to see LP doing what he does best.

[@perkinsengineering]

Yes starting to get very rewarding!

[@trevorspary134]

I am really hoping Larry will drive it again, just for ole timers like me who love seeing 👀 the men who drove these cars doing it one more time. Looking forward to it . Fantastic efforts and great work 👍.

[@perkinsengineering]

Yes we hope so too!

[@lukeborg9746]

Awesome work once again. I can’t wait to see it rolling on its own steam 🤙🏽

[@perkinsengineering]

Neither can we!!

[@rodgeorge7244]

Now that is a Real V8 Super Car well done Jack and Larry.

[@perkinsengineering]

Cheers!!

[@danieledwards1081]

Man I would so dearly love to have that slide throttle arrangement on my 5L, actually a clone of that engine would be epic 😂❤

[@perkinsengineering]

Cheers!

[@josephkelly4893]

Looking good Larry!! Couple of young classics there, brings back memories, I still see the VP as the new car lol, that car has to be priceless

[@perkinsengineering]

Cheers!

[@ianbertenshaw4350]

That sound would have sent chills down the spine of the Ford teams and the Holden dealer team - Perkins engineering always had them looking over their shoulders especially at Bathurst .

[@perkinsengineering]

Not wrong!!!! Cheers!!

[@Fantomx7g6]

But NOT Nissan's GTR Godzilla and Fred Gibson

[@johnbrooks9523]

@@Fantomx7g6 Some of us never were impressed with megabuck TupperWare 4X4s that couldn't get anywhere near where real 4X4s easily went. Even Gibbo gave 'em away in the end & raced Holdens.

[@TeamGambleBMX]

That induction noise!! 😍

[@perkinsengineering]

Should feel it suck the air in, thought I might lose the camera at one point 😂

[@donfinch862]

Bloody awesome, cheers Perkins boys

[@perkinsengineering]

Cheers

[@mathewleskie2355]

LP giving her some decent revs! Keep up the good work!

[@perkinsengineering]

Cheers!!!

[@kenbotham8222]

How sweet Larry. Work of art. I'm surprised how well the cooling system is working coz that was a decent fair dink run and I couldn't see any fans sending air through the radiator & Hey Larry you need to replace the engine coolant temperature gauge doesn't seem to be working. Well if the coolent system was under high pressure then a boiling point would hold at higher temperatures

[@perkinsengineering]

Quite cold here and the thermostat only just opened. Working on the gauges, some minor issues there

[@ARROWS00]

Larry Perkins a Legend who did it his way.

[@perkinsengineering]

That's it!!

[@honestpat7789]

Wow, this cool stuff. I don’t remember seeing clear rocker covers on these thing.

[@perkinsengineering]

Yeah they were on the rocket back in 1993

[@paddy2661]

Take note race teams : Larry was gentle for few minutes warming it up , not 20 seconds like you see today and there hitting 5000rpm . Waiting for Tolerance to take up is key. Love it Jack can't beat a Perkin's sounding Holden V8. Who made the rocker covers Jack ?

[@perkinsengineering]

Cheers!

[@pjromez]

Love that sound!

[@perkinsengineering]

It’s a cool noise

[@frankiesultana376]

Makes me love the Holden 308 304 355 engines more

[@perkinsengineering]

💪

[@jefftheaussie2225]

What about their little brother the 253. Just like Angus Young of AC/DC.

[@timelessengineering]

Thats fantastic

[@perkinsengineering]

Thanks!

[@ianbertenshaw4350]

C'mon unleash that sweet noise on me! Promise me we will see LP driving it with his open face helmet so i can see the smile on his dial !

[@perkinsengineering]

🤞

[@daz2372]

Smoother than the last production holden

[@johnnie5wreckingyard]

Wouldnt be hard 😂

[@perkinsengineering]

Haha thanks!

[@GerardBendotti]

G'day Larry!

[@perkinsengineering]

Gday!

[@davidnguyen9409]

It looks good, but it sounds even better! Keep the content coming, I can't get enough.

[@perkinsengineering]

Cheers!!

[@PropanePete]

What a great sound. Enjoying these videos

[@perkinsengineering]

Glad you like them!

[@MetalMania3DTV-TAS-AUS]

Love it when ya Dad joins you Jack, have so much respect for Dad, as hes a genuine awesome bloke, had the opportunity to meet Larry a few times in my life, still no autographs though😢 got a few of his cars in models, didnt even think to ask as I was enjoying talking to him, 1 of Australia's Living Legends 😊 VP Commodore looking beautiful, cant wait to see a few test laps, love ya Channel 😊❤ Cheers🍺🍻 KC Cradle Mountain Tasmania Australia 🇦🇺🇳🇿🤝🇦🇺🇦🇺😎👍✌

[@perkinsengineering]

Cheers!!

[@Daniel-S1]

Thanks from England.

[@perkinsengineering]

Cheers!! How’s the cricket 😜

[@jasonhall9731]

That’s one damn cool accelerator pedal.

[@TheAussie1970]

And all the experience thats on the end of it.

[@perkinsengineering]

Haha yeah we had an issue with the throttle cable matching the PE part drawing but not quite working properly in the car. The actual pedal is just a GM road car one with some slight mods for throttle ratio

[@psyolent.]

awesome work lads. love it. snappy as too.

[@perkinsengineering]

Cheers!

[@stevegraham3817]

You could see it in Larry's smile, that first minute transported him back 30 years to his relative youth, then his brow started to furrow as he went back 30 years and a few days to the Bathurst pit and was listening to every tick, whine and whirr before heading out on the warm up lap. He seemed to relax a bit towards the end, so that was good to see, maybe it was the sweet revving sounds bringing back sweet memories.

[@perkinsengineering]

Always anxious when you start them up for the first time, never know what could happen lol

[@blackdoublezero]

running so smooth

[@perkinsengineering]

Yes runs pretty good

[@ldnwholesale8552]

I dont remember those rocker covers on this car when James owned it. Fairly certain that Perkins fitted the Chev. I can remember that with Larry squeezed under the bonnet at Mallala with a rocker issue

[@perkinsengineering]

They would’ve been on it when they ran it in Holden configuration unless the customer/lease engine at the time was still fitted with the GM cast ones. The fiberglass rockers didn’t get past prototype stages in Chev configuration as they weren’t strong enough to hold the oil squirter rail and seal properly with oil.

[@andyhansen4007]

Love the videos jack Especially the Vp ❤ I don’t quite have the race version but I’ve got two Vp ss commodores that I love I absolutely love seeing them in race style mate I’m 48 years old and I’ve watched your dad over the years in commodores Love it Keep them alive brother 🤙

[@perkinsengineering]

Many thanks, cheers!!

[@anthonyfiorito1385]

Thank you jack n larry. Keep the videos coming. All the best.

[@perkinsengineering]

Cheers!!

[@bigal878]

Sounds crisp 👌

[@perkinsengineering]

Sounds great

[@brockthornton]

Sounds awesome mate, great work by you and the team. She might need a new thermostat gasket tho 😊

[@perkinsengineering]

Was waiting for someone to notice that. It's on an o-ring so thats a job for the week ahead :)

[@MAte925]

Love the castrol livery!

[@perkinsengineering]

Great looking color scheme!

[@thelaughingprophet2275]

Yeah, love hearing that Holden V8…..

[@perkinsengineering]

Iron lion!

[@bradwebber9955]

Your dads face when it starts looked like he started his first ever race car

[@perkinsengineering]

Always good when they fire up, better than having to whip the plugs out to check for spark lol

[@craigcraig4912]

Did Neil rebuild motor..jack fantastic video , dad looks so happy

[@perkinsengineering]

Yes he did

[@skidmarks5952]

Look forward to hearing it at full noise at bathurst later this year

[@perkinsengineering]

So do we!!!

[@CJ-xk7vs]

Last to First, What a Car, What a Driver, You Legends

[@perkinsengineering]

Last to First is 1995

[@thewholls7176]

I like the rocker covers

[@perkinsengineering]

Looks like everyone does! Cheers!

[@allentrevena6841]

Great Stuff

[@perkinsengineering]

Cheers!

[@kizjay2730]

Here i am looking for Holden 5L builds to get ideas for mine and this vid pops up. Ironically I’ve had a huge poster of this car on my shed wall to inspire me to stay with the Holden V8 instead of going LS like everyone says. Besides nothing sounds as good as the Aussie V8

[@perkinsengineering]

Good work, nothing beats the iron lion!!

[@coota400]

Just Beautiful

[@perkinsengineering]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@TheAussie1970]

The last Holden powered V8 to win Bathurst. Still using the slide throttle body? I hope so because that was a work of art.

[@perkinsengineering]

Yes, you can see the slide in the video

[@lot6129]

Good to see it all coming together! Long live the Fishermans Bend 304 [308?]

[@perkinsengineering]

Thanks!!

[@nzuncovered1845]

Those rocker covers are awesome, are they just clear fibreglass?

[@perkinsengineering]

They are single layer Fibreglass

[@davidbutterfield2949]

Love it 👍🏻🇦🇺

[@perkinsengineering]

Cheers