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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]
The Brabham BT26 was a Formula One racing car design. A development of the previous BT24 , its Repco engines were unreliable, but following a switch to Cosworth DFV engines it scored two World Championship Grand Prix wins and finished runner up in the 1969 World Constructors' Championship .
(original named MRD, later Brabham BT1) 1961 1 BT2: Formula Junior: 1962 11 BT3: Formula One: 1962 1 BT4: Tasman Formula: 1962 4 BT5: Sports racing 1963 2 BT6 Formula Junior: 1963 20 BT7: Formula One: 1963 2 BT7A: Tasman Formula: 1963 2 BT8: Sports racing 1964–66 12 BT9 Formula Three: 1964 13 BT10: Formula Two: 1964 17 BT11: Formula One: 1964 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...