Swanny Jr's MB-1

[wazkelly]

Been to Bowdens at Buderim about 18 months ago and they have some of Dick's cars there but also Tony Longhurst's LHD Sierra which they reckon was the quickest. Dan Bowden can talk all day about the cars and their unique history and the stories are fascinating. They reckon that nobody had the guts to tweak the boost on the Sierra as they were already too much of a handful. They have plenty of Porsche race cars there too as well as the usual suspects in GTHO's, Mustangs, a famous Yellow 70's Monaro, some BMW's, think I saw one or 2 Brock cars too but the real museum pieces are upstairs with the Gullwing Benz being the most valuable and exotic.

[Swanny]

Been to Bowdens at Buderim about 18 months ago and they have some of Dick's cars there but also Tony Longhurst's LHD Sierra which they reckon was the quickest. Dan Bowden can talk all day about the cars and their unique history and the stories are fascinating. They reckon that nobody had the guts to tweak the boost on the Sierra as they were already too much of a handful. They have plenty of Porsche race cars there too as well as the usual suspects in GTHO's, Mustangs, a famous Yellow 70's Monaro, some BMW's, think I saw one or 2 Brock cars too but the real museum pieces are upstairs with the Gullwing Benz being the most valuable and exotic.

I'm yet to get to Bowden's, I stalk them on FB, though, and they have some incredible cars. Dicky J is credited with creating the fastest Sierra's in racing, one of his modifications was to modify the headbolt length, so they also held the crankshaft main bearings, to keep the engine together.

The engine in mine is an American version, 2.3 Lima engine, as used in the Mustangs of the '80's. It's only a single cam, but I've upped the turbo size, and changed the computer to one I can modify the engine parameters. I just added electronic boost control a couple of weeks ago, but haven't had a chance to test it out and get it dialled in.

[wazkelly]

I'm yet to get to Bowden's, I stalk them on FB, though, and they have some incredible cars.

Here are some sierra shots taken on the day.