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Yes that was an expensive & risky exercise trucking the racecar all the way out to Riddells Creek on Monday 11th September 1978 (the day after the demo race at Sandown).

Thanks for your kind words Styria & Patrick. The best is yet to come! Hopefully very soon I can reveal all the details. Some teaser pix from the official MBA 6.9 media pack from 1978! Yes I’ve managed to borrow one from a safe for just a few days, including very rare extra Polaroids...

After catching up with someone involved yesterday there’s more big news coming in the next week...

She’s on the back burner for the moment since I’ve been focussed on Red Bull & other priorities. But she is my best chance at getting one on the road to keep so I’m rather keen to return to the project. Oh and yes my Avatar needs updating for sure...

Just because it’s on a plate on the engine doesn’t mean it’s true... How much hp?? Well it does SOUND epic!

If you want to have a listen to the thing!!! Damn I had a hard time finding this video....

Video of the Monster G at 18:05s! Not quite sure what to make of the under bonnet footage....

New pix have still not revealed where on earth the throttle plates are fitted!! Very strange....

Just pistons & I heard today they’re a similar weight to standard but I find that hard to believe

This applies to all cars with alloy parts. More important when those parts make up large, rare or expensive components of an engine. Unfortunately the vast majority of our cars have gone through periods of low value & maintenance suffered as a result. My advise is to not wait another day to get...

Oh & I’ll try to get the weights of old vs new....

Here’s a newly arrived high compression piston for my mate Colin’s engine. Valve reliefs yet to be cut. The only difference between the standard low, medium & high compression pistons was the depth of the concave dish on the piston heads/crowns. So this engine will contain pistons that have a...

And this is why you should flush and change your coolant every 2-5 years! 6.9 head, luckily not too far gone, repaired and straightened, yet to be decked (not mine). Not for the feint hearted....

This seems a mystery to many, however it’s really rather easy to determine. Easiest is to find the marking on the wheel following ‘e’ or ‘ET’. However some wheels aren’t marked or it’s no longer readable. This works with or without a tyre fitted. Turn wheel face down on a flat surface, Use...

I try to use Wurth wheel weights since they’re very good quality & coated so they won’t corrode in place to eventually damage your expensive alloy wheels

I will be hosting MBCV attendance at Hanging Rock this year which will be rather special if I’m able to get a car ready in time. I’m also planning a cruise to the Geelong/Colac area around May plus a S Class run in early December. It’ll be a busy year.... Pix to follow after the show.

This is another thread that I created a long time ago re flushing coolant

FYI only 9 of these McLarens were ever built. Looks like the wheels and pedal box is the same on both cars too

Great work so much more satisfying using genuine parts & not generic rubbish