Episode 27: Larry Perkins talks us through the famous Perkins Engineering Holden Slide Manifold

Perkins engineering sticking with the holden engine after other teams jumped ship for chev was something that didn't go unnoticed by the fan base.

I'm a Ford man forever, but I could listen to Larry all day long. Brilliant engineer and driver. Plus, he is a farmer 👍 🍻

You could never get bored listening to LP, he was the definition of David in the Davies vs Goliath story. Such an Australian icon and motorsport engineering icon. Thanks for the Videos Jack they are awesome

That was cool. Larry always outsmarted the competition with his engineering expertise. A privateer wasn’t meant to be showing the big boys how it’s done so they would just try & ban him. Thanks for sharing 👍🏻👍🏻🙃🙃

Larry's a legend. Im not a revhead but it was impossible not to love people like Brockie and Larry

Back in 93 my boss asked me "Who do ya reckon is going to win Bathurst this year, Pete?" I thought about it for a moment and replied Larry Perkins. Perkins? He asks. Why Perkins? Well, because he's a driver, an engineer, he builds and understands every bit of his cars, and I reckon that this year he'll have em! :)

The mechanical knowledge LP has I don’t think you can fully appreciate, this gentleman has probably forgotten more than most people know. Jack your a lucky boy some of your dinner table discussions growing up I can only imagine. Keep up the good work gentleman.👍

Here we go. The one we have been waiting for. Magnificent Aussie ingenuity LP. This engine was Magnificent. And oh the sound at big revs.

Thanks for this. I always thought the Walkinshaw twin throttle body was sick. Thanks Larry for showing us what the big deal was about with the slide manifold. No wonder you carved up Bathurst in 93. Outsmarted and out drove the lot of them.

As much recognition and acclaim as Peter brock got and rightly so, Larry is an absolute icon in the sport, a fantastic driver and a brilliant engineer

Love Larry Perkins; man’s a deadset legend and a gentleman. Thanks for showing us the genius of your dad.

Excellent vid mate. Love seeing your Dad explain the history, he is a brilliant engineer

I've always been a Ford guy, but appreciated the fact that Larry is an engineer and had direct input into the design and build of the cars. This is excellent stuff, I'd never heard of it until I saw this video. Excellent explanation from Larry. I always admired his thinking aboiut the "rules" and how to do things. I remember a bit of a furore when there was a brake light delay switch installed at some point. Gave a following driver misleading info about when the brakes were on. Though the rules didn't say it couldn't be there, they also didn't say it was allowed. It didn't last too long from memory. But it shows the way Larry was thinking about every aspect of the race and how to make best advantage. Cheers for the great insight in to the how and why. I look forward to watching more.

Hey Jack, cheers for the vids mate, as a young 55 yr old, I followed Larry from first interest in motorsports. The work ethic is brilliant. Cheers for a chat 20 yrs ago LP

l dont understand why this channel doesnt have millions of subscribers everybody loved Larry sticking it to the bigboys so many memories as a child growing listening to the commentators saying and here comes leaping Larry Perkins!!!

Can't get enough of this type of content, thanks for taking the time to make them and can't wait for more!

. Larry has long been praised for his engineering by Commentators and Aficionados throughout his Australian driving career and now it’s just so good to see it for myself . Thanks LP & JP loved it .

back in the day the word had gotten around that LP was 'adding material' to the heads and blocks at the Holden foundry, I always wondered what that was about with the heads, now we know why

Awesome Jack, thanks. Now get LP into his overalls and tear one down for us! I always admired LP for sticking with the Holden V8 for as long as he possibly could, that is "until the powers mandated in the rules that he change engines". I run a modified Holden EFI engine in my salt lake commodore at Lake Gairdner and never contenplated running any other type of engine! Go the little aussie V8!

Love the way Group A gave us better stuff for the cars, but LP took it that one step further. Brilliant