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Repco Mitsubishi Lancer company car. Repco is an Australian automotive engineering/retailer company. Its name is an abbreviation of Replacement Parts Company and was for many years known for reconditioning engines and for specialised manufacturing, for which it gained a high reputation.
Repco racing engines were designed by the leading motorcycle engine designer, Phil Irving, and built by a small team at a Repco subsidiary, Repco-Brabham engines Pty Ltd, in Maidstone, Australia. Repco's 620 series engine is a normally aspirated unit with eight cylinders in a 'V' configuration.
Brabham used engines from Australian engineering firm Repco, which had never produced a Formula One engine before, based on aluminium V8 engine blocks from the defunct American Oldsmobile F85 road car project, and other off-the-shelf parts. [18]
Brabham Automotive was an Australian [1] automaker launched by David Brabham and Australian investor group, Fusion Capital [2] in May 2018. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Brabham Automotive was based in Adelaide , South Australia , with representation also in the United Kingdom.
The works Brabham-Repco BT19 were first and second in the hands of Jack Brabham and Denny Hulme; Brabham completed the 212-mile race in 2hrs 13mins 13.4secs (95.49 mph (153.68 km/h)) lapping everyone except Hulme in the process.
Brabham BT25 IndyCar. The Brabham BT25 was an open-wheel racing car used in the 1968 and 1969 USAC Championships. [1] [2] Two examples of the BT25 were built by Brabham in 1968 to compete in USAC Championship races. The cars were powered by a 4.2-liter Repco V8 engine. The cars were driven in 1968 by Jack Brabham, Jochen Rindt, and Masten ...
The BT24 was designed to take the new Repco 740 V-8 engine, which was an all new design entirely built by Repco, unlike the previous years Oldsmobile based 620 series engines. Tauranac had requested that Repco build the engine with in vee exhausts to reduce frontal area and ease the problem of threading exhaust pipes through the rear suspension ...
The Brabham BT17 was a one-off sports prototype race car, designed by British-Australian engineer Ron Tauranac, and developed and built by British manufacturer, constructor, and Formula One racing team, Brabham. It was built to Group 7 racing specifications, in 1966, and was the only Group 7 sports car built by Brabham. [4]