As Alan said himself, I haven't retired, just do know when I will race again.. his words

Lapped the Nissans before half distance!

I think the Rs500 power figures are abit exaggerated tbh. T4 turbo in even a modded state is not seeing 600bhp. I think the best Group A Yb’s would of been around the 520/540bhp mark in honest conditions. I’m not doubting DJR probably ended up developing last of the great Sierra’s but power figures from 2ltrs & Group A regs is not as high as what people state/think.

@@stephenking9271 I have been watching ATCC/V8 Supercars since the start pretty much, DJR said many times in fact those engines were capable of producing MORE HP but the problem was getting the exhaust gases out quickly enough!! In the 91 or 92 car 17 going up mountain straight changing into 4th gear 200kph++ WHEELSPIN in 4th gear!!!!! JB himself and DJ said they were over 650hp to be honest i tend to believe them these were after all $100 000++ engines, and they BEAT ALL other Ford Sierra,s etc BTCC Andy Rouse etc, the two DJR were purchased and stayed in the UK!!

@Barry Phillips The x2 DJR cars DJR 1&2 where prepared for BTCC next village down from me here in the UK. Absolutely no knocking DJ here but the engines especially in those x2 cars where not where they needed to be. IMO DJR prepared produced fantastic cars & the Sierras where well up there to beat ARE & Eggenhb cars actually my favourite cars are DJR 1&2 in Trackstar colour scheme. Chassis’s are awesome & DJR roll cages look mega. I’m a fan for sure but DJR relied on ARE @the start & bought suspension parts off Eggenbh so was a mixture of bits from across the world. After falling out with Rouse over Zytek engine management chips Dick got hold of a guy who was involved in the Rs200 management & he got him where he needed to be. My statement was not to doubt anything more than the quoted outputs of Grp A Yb engines, T4 modified & all Grp A trim in 2ltr form your not seeing that output but still what they achieved back then was amazing. Yes they achieved some great speeds I’ve read around the 180mph mark Conrad straight!!!! That’s insane lol. Great era great cars & huge fan of DJ.

Yeah > 600bhp on a T4 is a tad optimistic. No idea how they can get them to flow enough, even the bent ones...! Gp.A YBs were £20k in 1988. Not sure how that translated to AU$ back then...

​@@stephenking9271Yeah, they'll dyno a true 560bhp with the 'breathed on' T4s that everyone used back then. Eggenberger used to wind the boost back a bit as he was tight and wanted the engines to last a bit so generally they ran a bit less unless the drivers tweaked the boost controller (it happened...!)

Raced the Sierra in '89 and '90. Raced the BMW in '88 and went back to the Commodore in '91

He refused to put a ford badge on his car anywhere

@@MrFordmanandrew That is very true! His Sierra never had a Ford badge on the car

Those Sierra Cosworths were something special. 500÷ bhp.

@@colinstewart1432 yep, totally agree, loved the Bathurst race when it had all the different cars racing all together

You know Dick ended up with the fastest Sierras in the world because Rouse was a prick to him, yeah?

@Mark Mark Hi If you are referring to there meeting when DJ visited ARE regarding sorting out the Zytek software I would not say he was a P…k more to the point of looking after his asset tbh.

@Mark Mark Absolutely no doubt DJ did a fantastic job on those Sierras & no doubt about that. He obviously used parts from Eggenbh & bits of his own, cars were quick for sure. They all did very well with the Fords but I don’t think anyone specifically holds who had the fastest Sierras. The Bhp levels quoted Tbh were a bit on the optimistic side. Great era great character drivers & for me Rouse for many reasons is top of the list especially with the Sierra.

@@stephenking9271 Clearly you aren't aware of the whole story, there are articles and videos on the net about it.

@ Mark Mark I’m aware for sure. In the MSport world it’s not all roses, it’s a business & Rouse did it his way. DJR went on independently his route & did extremely well so falling out with Rouse proved to work well for him.

The smoke that was coming out of the back looked concerning but once the car was in the pits, it seemed to be ok.

@@TouringCarsofAus yes it was strange . There was talk of a lose wheel or oil on the exhaust. Either way - it cost them the race

Looks like a 1980's Epson, not sure the model.

Epson PX-4B

I hear ya. No social media. No woke lunatics. Halcyon days 🤔