Screaming V8 Powered Formula 5000s of the 70s - Onboard!

[@jamesgeorge2299]

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.

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

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.

[@beyond_the_infinite2098]

God Bless that man. 75 years young and still racing a F5000 car. Bad Ass!

[@GerryLaRue]

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!

[@jswaggart01]

Wow. Don’t they look and sound awesome? This is going in my Favourites folder 😎

[@andrew227]

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

[@Axesent77]

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 :(

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

We sure did! Hey, have you ever done any F5000 renders?

[@thethirdman225]

Watch S5000.

[@davearthur8656]

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.

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

Thanks Dave!

[@hendo337]

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.

[@chriskappert1365]

Wonderful stuff , music on wheels . Just smashing ! ❤️❤️❤️

[@staffordhall1828]

Great cars ,Aus became the home of F5000 never missed a Sandown round.

[@johnmarsh2078]

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!!

[@terryjacob8169]

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.

[@menoname3594]

Great video. Thanks so much for that. Real racing and fantastic sound from those V8's. I really enjoyed watching that.

[@mtl-ss1538]

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

[@Hapkido82AUS]

F5000 are so brutal. Modern Motor tested a 1979 Elfin F5000 and it did a 0-100mph (160kph) in 4.9 seconds.....

[@andrewganley9016]

Another comment..Ken driving these hellfire machines at 76? respect 1

[@zebop917]

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?

[@andrewganley9016]

Never been a formula like 5000 the cars still look like racing cars ought to and sound awesome much missed

[@cutl00senc]

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.

[@liverpoolscottish6430]

Brutal. Savage. Ferocious. EPIC machines!

[@davidwynne3289]

Brilliant episode mate! There’s hope for me yet! 😂

[@regenmeister9646]

Thanks for posting Glenn, no yeehaas or woohoo's : one of the better vids shown ;-)

[@brucelamberton8819]

I was hoping for a Repco-powered car but still a VERY impressive machine.

[@AlfieBucks]

Love it!

[@ElliottNest41]

Definitely a proper race car.

[@danobryant7740]

Awesome cars love the sound vs formula. Different . What transmission is it that this vintage uses that a small block bolts up to?

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

Most likely a Hewland race box.

[@ZCHRL4]

@@GlennEverittMasterofMachines DG 300

[@terryjacob8169]

Hewland DG300, or though some early cars (1968/69 ) were fitted with the heavier Hewland LG600

[@thethirdman225]

Kenny Smith!

[@thethirdman225]

They didn’t scream, they roared.

[@povdrivekls8369]

The top camera angle is the best , Don t F change it leave only that angle

[@christerahs9776]

Is it a chevy 302 prepared for race or a race engine from start, And if so... How many cuin?

[@andyharman3022]

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.

[@terryjacob8169]

@@andyharman3022 And a Hewland DG300 won't handle that sort of power output or corresponding torque.

[@bmwturbo70000]

When was this race? Looks modern.

[@patrickGforce]

très très rapide!!

[@jimclarke1108]

Power to the people

[@travmason]

How did you get permission to fly the drone at the track?

[@cogboy302]

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.

[@paxwallace8324]

Hey where's James Garner?

[@AremStefaniaK]

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