Group A Sierra Cosworth - Talking Group A turbo terrors with Carey Mcmahon

We bumped into Carey McMahon, who competes in Group A Historics, at Croydon Racing Developments. He was owned the R31 and R32 Nismo cars and now races the Benson & Hedges Sierra Cosworth. We talked to him bout comparing the cars, the racing and what's in store for the Sierra.

[@lukekindred1999]

Hands down one of the greatest cars of all time

[@Chris55524]

Tobacco companies always have the best looks

[@bornyesterday1895]

Now the advertisers are just oil companies, alcohol suppliers and gambling websites. Much more virtuous.

[@tobynevitte554]

It’s a proven fact that smoking makes you 24% cooler - like BMW’s, driving with the fog lights on in the daylight! 😄

[@Chris55524]

@@tobynevitte554 I thought it was only 12% cooler? I stand corrected

[@maverick4177]

The Texaco cars look a lot better IMO

[@nswhorse]

This car is now in the possession of a chap named Paul in the UK who specialises in restoring and maintaining Sierras. He has two of Dick's Sierras as well. And one of the Eggenberger Texacos. You can see videos on KZbin of his collection.

[@chiefrocka8604]

That guys a liar who makes shit up

[@waynester71]

Love the 3 door Cossie.. legend of a car! Wish I'd bought one 20 years ago..but got into TVR instead. Maybe one day.

[@danielbrealey2924]

Growing up in the 80's, I always LOVED these cars. Whenever I see a stock on e on the street I freak out inside. I would so love to own one, but they are SO expensive- it's just hard to justify buying one when all I want to do is modify it and destroy it's resale value. Man these things are special to those of us who grew up in the era they raced Group A in. The best I could hope for is the 4 door equivalent that looks a bit different but has the same driveline

[@FreeUpTheWeed]

Daniel Brealey there are a couple 4 door Sierra Cosworths where I am that get daily driven!(from what I understand although never had a chance to ask the bloke) I see them around every now and then. Awesome cars, definitely love to have one someday. Good luck!!

[@zachtimms04]

Adam Washere it's called a sapphire

[@FreeUpTheWeed]

Your Stew sierra sapphire RS cosworth if you want to be that guy

[@zachtimms04]

Yep

[@FreeUpTheWeed]

[@Brock_Landers]

That is such an awesome, inspring story. I have always loved cars since I was a kid and this right here is a personal dream of mine, to be able to race my own cars in an actual sanctioned race. Time will tell, but I can have a dream. Thanks for sharing this story with us. I enjoyed it.

[@TouringWithRiva]

Really enjoyed that.. Thanks for sharing.. I wish you every success this season... I'm glad you're enjoying your racing again.. 👍🇬🇧

[@1jzsuprapwr]

Top points for this blog , really enjoyed it ae. Massive Sierra cos worth fan and gtr . Really would love to experience what all these blokes experience when they go on a track. ...

[@morganeklund1035]

Pretty sure this car gets all the Love it deserves ✌️ thanks for the upload

[@anzacngatai1823]

remember back in wellington growing up and the supercars came to town it was epic never been so thrilled at a race as a youngster was broken hearted when they canned the wellington street race

[@FastAsFunk]

Really enjoyed this little insight and seeing the car restored. I own the 1989 Peter Brock Mobil RS500 and would love to take it to Australia one day and run it round Bathurst...!

[@colinstewart1432]

Wow that's metal history

[@Sam125s]

Cracking vid Andrew.

[@spadgm]

Gosh it would have had to have been a massive chunk of money to make my part with that R32 GTR if I had it, an absolute icon!

[@jrbuch]

I saw these cars (DR30, R31, R32, Sierra Cosworths etc) up close at the Phillip Island Historics in March. Lots of cool engineering in them

[@wobblysauce]

was a nice few days.

[@AaronUnknownPerformance]

Both amazing cars

[@tgracing5532]

that is awesome love the Sierra

[@GRH316]

Was certainly the Texaco RS500's for me

[@stage3muppet]

The fastest rs500,s at the time the eggenberger texacos Dick Johnson cars close second too

[@stage3muppet]

+Mr Hollywood ahahahaha your not Andy rouse are you ????? lmfao :)

[@bigjohnfury5662]

stage3muppet Andy rouse used to sit in his rhd rs500 and wonder why he was fucked when the red hot exhaust sat under his arse..the guys running LHD rs500's used to laugh about that.. especially the fastest ones running maximum

[@jamietighe7912]

The cars now back in the uk

[@braindrain8922]

What a great story 👍

[@DiscoPotato969]

19 years the GTR held the bathurst record, if that doesn't show how good of a car they are i dont know what does

[@rayban5737]

and then to come back out and win the historic race in 2015 ,no wonder they got nicknamed godzilla

[@legatoblues4185]

Race records are more to do with the rest of the field (and race control) and less about the race winning car. Still a beast of a machine though, of course.

[@uruterus7849]

DiscoPotato Nissan put everything into the nissan team back then, look at the drivers they poached, if they didn't win, they would have walked away embarassed, but they did back their product 100%

[@DiscoPotato969]

if your a factory team, and you dont back your product and dont go 100% why are you even competing then. just saying.

[@theant9821]

DiscoPotato weren't the rules changed to stop them, only allowing lesser cars to race, to stop the gtr and rs500, turbo dominance

[@shoominati23]

Theres only a handful of registered RS500s in Australia, and I heard a couple went back to the UK?

[@waynester71]

Stunning RS, absolute legend of a car.. definitely my choice........if I ever got the choice that is.

[@robp1041]

Was hoping to hear it on the dyno, after hearing so much talking !

[@damonmarshall8769]

Was out at the 6 hour on the weekend, didn't quite get a chance to come and have a chat. By chance does anyone know why the car didn't race after qual? I heard engine failure but I'd hope that's not the case.

[@naradhipatiandaru5078]

Is there a video of the races??

[@mitchellrobertson15]

Watching this from my B&B in Bathurst as we speak. Will have to keep an eye out for this thing in Qualifying tomorrow! Very bloody hard to beat the r32s around Mt Panorama. I guess you Motive boys will be there (Andrew)?

[@MotiveVideo]

We're not unfortunately. We go where the customers take us and we're at Roll Racing and Drift School Australia this weekend.

[@mitchellrobertson15]

That's a shame. Sunday's 6 Hour should be good!

[@Kyletransit]

Awesome car monster power love it

[@runnersp1985]

Legend.

[@HEKTIC458]

I wouldve kept the R32. The Cosworth is nice though

[@lukekindred1999]

HEKTIC458 I'dve bought the Cossie in the first place personally

[@saracen7774]

R32 gtr 19 years bathurst record..wow

[@zyoungson]

Great story !

[@Joshua_N-A]

The engine is a heavily modified Pinto, right? Identical to the Lima?

[@rsoul7282]

Group A remains so cool, when manufacturers were pumping out things that actually were close (ish) to what was on the showroom floor. Now look at the state of motor racing in this country, it is on the decline.

[@seanmcneill8899]

Very modest man never once did he say that he is an amazing race driver. 😎

[@stephenshakespear1343]

How much does it cost to do group c?

[@barryphillips7327]

To the best of my knowledge the DJR Ford Sierra,s were known to be the quickest of all sierras they were getting over 650hp they would not quote exact amount.

[@gj91471]

650 hp on which dyno ? Did 1 of the cars not end up racing in England , had less hp but was quicker than the opposition. ( better handling )

[@peterbarber7613]

@@gj91471 both djr01 and 02 are in England now along with colin bond's and Longhurst's car

[@mk2trb]

In the words of crompo "Nissans a bigger tennis raquet"

[@toddc6682]

Hard to drive makes the driver improve 💪

[@josephelias9081]

lol, sold the GTR because it was *TOO* dominant.

[@dankurtis5738]

A real racer.

[@chrisdooley6468]

Love this car, and it's LHD too. Must be quite expensive. Love to know the power figures. I'd guess around 500hp at the wheels but who knows.

[@amacca2085]

Chris Dooley 560 ish I’d say

[@warrenmargetson597]

370kw at the wheels

[@nopefranks1154]

Is that the Benson hedges car at Paul's garage now?

[@nopefranks1154]

I think it is. Cos Paul says he's storing it for an aussie guy. Thats awesome. B&H were the go to ciggies at school. Its definitely the same car. After mentioning the family it came from. Search Adam cossie Subscribe and look for videos with Paul and look at the collection. This car is one. I've learned tons from that channel chat. I love cooking and washing the pots now. I just play those videos and it's done.

[@XBullitt16X]

Godzirra, reigns undefeated!!

[@mrford70]

sierra coswort is legend

[@michaelxdrift]

How did the 1991 gtr end up in Taiwan?

[@MotiveVideo]

Someone bought it and put it on a boat and sent it there

[@dohc1974]

Does this motor not run a bov? I'm wondering why it's getting so much flutter off throttle

[@jasonmcmillan4373]

dohc1974 They used to flutter and chirp like that every time they let off the throttle at the track, every time I went to a meet to watch with my Dad as a kid every Sierra sounded the same. I've often wondered why myself. They sound so good.

[@roddydykes7053]

dohc1974 less power loss with a closed system

[@PePe_FIN]

Yeah bovs aren't really that popular in motorsport. They only add unneeded complication / potential leak points to the boost piping. The added benefits of running a bov are questionable at best.

[@critical_unknown]

3.50 that is the plastic Bosch style blow off valve, and it's installed backwards, a little trick to do so the plastic b.o.v holds boost. I've seen it done here in NZ in the early 2000s performance car scene.

[@PePe_FIN]

Looks like you're right. Makes me wonder why they didn't delete it altogether.

[@donrosscojoe5014]

They have the thing on the dyno for the whole video and you give no numbers???

[@MotiveVideo]

Don Rossco Joe owner didn't want tit shown. More than welcome to contact him directly To complain

[@donrosscojoe5014]

+MotiveDVD Hmmm nah.... I'd rather just complain to you again.... "Damn it I can't believe you didn't even put the dyno numbers up!"

[@bornyesterday1895]

When i was at university a guy was turning up in a pearl white sierra cosworth. Couldnt work out why someone that can afford one of those is wasting time with university.

[@bababoy1337]

i wish i can import one in canada

[@williamgson4055]

You can but they are expensive with prices around £35000 and often more for a road version, and double that for a genuine RS500.

[@bretth3224]

Love to know how much power it made

[@MotiveVideo]

We were politely asked to not reveal it.

[@Frogswilly]

brett hollis 870hp

[@cheapcharlie7]

@C C your joking?

[@Frogswilly]

no im not that is 870 at the fly not the wheels still good HP for an old car

[@Qgal5kap123]

I'd wager there is a power to weight limit, as in most historical racing classes.

[@andy44646]

Car now in the uk 🇬🇧

[@cheapcharlie7]

Google is littered with links to content in relation to Carey and his historic cars for anyone interested.

[@peterbarber7613]

Pitty it's in England now

[@GrahamBartle]

Duck Sauce Barbara Streisand

[@alycestapleton]

fj20 power

[@e34boat88]

they used ebay fake an hoseclamps in the engine. what in the fuck

[@boostabuse]

bullshit !!! 870hp at engine. still over inflating their hp after 20 odd years.

[@abhirmalhotra5103]

boostabuse when does he say anything about bhp??

[@boostabuse]

someone in comments mentioned 870hp.....with the turbos/injectors they used back then and what they would be allowed too use today,they would be lucky if they made over 500hp @ flywheel.

[@abhirmalhotra5103]

boostabuse oh okk i dont think either the cossy or the gtr made anywhere near that.

[@antonisgalanis3635]

the rs500 must have 500 on weels around 580 on crank depend tuner egmo say 585 semioular rouse and djr claim 620,,,,,, the gtr sure have around 630hp estimated and the weight they have

[@evo5349]

U Talk to much mate.