Interesting Car from Australia

[Vette40th]

I was down there a couple years ago.. This car, based off of a US model, was pretty cool.. Its a 70s vehicle, widened, fatter tires, larger wheel studs and better bolt pattern for racing apparently.

[Murray]

Far too many doors 🤮

[86RAG]

6 Cylinder Hemi! Never heard of such an animal

[Shrike6]

Yep, there are some 6 cyl hemis

[Steve_R]

Good thing you obscured the plate.

[MikeB]

Originally Posted by Steve_R

Good thing you obscured the plate.

Crap. I was thinking easy prey.

[04 commemorative]

Originally Posted by Steve_R

Good thing you obscured the plate.

[Vette40th]

They had a lot of weird engine combos and cars in Australia.. The Hemi 6 cylinder wasnt really a Hemi, if I read it correct. Who knows. I think it was not a hemi as we think, but slightly like a BB Chevy.

[PLRX]

Originally Posted by 86RAG

6 Cylinder Hemi! Never heard of such an animal

Me neither, googled it and found this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_Hemi-6_Engine

good to know history

[IB4TL]

Originally Posted by Steve_R

Good thing you obscured the plate.

The car owner's identity would have been stolen otherwise

[PLRX]

Originally Posted by IB4TL

The car owner's identity would have been stolen otherwise

[theandies]

Originally Posted by Murray

Far too many doors 🤮

And the steering wheel is on the wrong side.

[Sea Six]

Originally Posted by 86RAG

6 Cylinder Hemi! Never heard of such an animal

That’s a new one on me

[Mike Mercury]

from Wikipee:

The Hemi-6 is a pushrod O.H.V. (overhead valve engine), with combustion chambers comprising about 35% of the top of the globe. This creates what is known as a low hemispherical shaped chamber. In this way, the "Hemi" moniker was used for the same kind of marketing cachet as Chrysler's 1950s-1970s Hemi V8 engines.

All Hemi-6s share a robust crankshaft supported by seven main bearings, and this family of engines quickly developed a reputation for excellent performance, economy, and durability.

The 265 cu in (4.3 L) was introduced in 1971 in the VH. It used a new cylinder block with a bigger bore diameter of 3.91 in (99 mm)—the same as many of the Chrysler small-block V8s—and a new cylinder head, having slightly more hemispherical shaped combustion chambers with larger valves.

The standard version of the 265 produced 203 hp (151 kW) at 4600 rpm and 262 lb⋅ft (355 N⋅m) of torque at 2800 rpm.

The top-of-the-line performance engine in the E49 Chargers produced 302 hp (225 kW) at 5600 rpm and 320 lb⋅ft (434 N⋅m) of torque at 4400 rpm. The increased power is due mainly to a more aggressive camshaft, high-load valve springs, triple 45 mm (1.8 in) DCOE sidedraught Weber carburetors, tuned-length exhaust headers and a higher compression ratio of 10.0:1.