Archive for January, 2010

CLAROS PERFORMANCE now has the 2bbl 350 & 500 metho carbys avaliable again
these are the famous well know GT (truscott carby)
for more information please contact sales@clarkosperformance.com

Clarko wins heat 3 at BIS on 23-1-10
Clarko was also trying out some new race car parts to add to the growing list, so yes these new parts have been tested under race conditions
so the 50mm bolt on wheel spacers will be avaliable soon
thanks Clarko

CLARKO raced at Brisbane speedway last  Saturday  (23.1.10)

Here are the updates:

1 st race – DNF dur to car to noisy
2nd race – 2nd (1st in A grade) with 1 flat tire
3rd race – 1st

Feature 1st had a pretty good night but clarkos car is just going over the noise limit (has been no change to car so figure that). Check out video above for more action!

Riding with a well know speedway name, Steve Conway with his 18 year old LJ torana, at BIS speedway where there is a great battle of holden v’s ford:

Mr Conway tests and puts clarkos performance parts to the test just about each week.

The throttle sponge is a unique product. I developed it as there has been a demand for a form of traction aid in the legal form. There are many ways to aid in traction. You can electronically control through msd or wheel sensors. Thees may be great means but, they sure hit the pocket book hard. The throttle sponge takes care of the problem right at the carb. It slow and softens the reaction to the gas pedal. It is very cheap for the gains. You can spend thousands for traction control or under 60 dollar you could knock a couple of tenth of a second off lap times. The nice part of the sponge is if you get to a track where you don’t want it on you can move a clip and turn it off as if you have a solid linkage. Not only can you turn it off you can change the amont of sponge you are getting. The most important part of the sponge is to adjust the proper amont of return spring strength. My spring that I put in there is designed for the standard 2 springs that are available at most auto parts stores. This will determine how fast it react.This product has been used on both east and west coast of Australia. It is also available been used all over the USA. At the present time www.clarkosperformance.com is making and selling the throttle sponges.

Clarkos Performance has exclusive access to After market holden red cylinder heads

Cast iron XU-1 heads have been fetching a premium on eBay and finally someone has been motivated enough to make new castings. Aussies are world renown for their resourcefulness and Ian “Moo” Moodie is one of our quiet acheivers who grew up under the influence of engine builder Ron Richards at the Brisbane Engine Centre. Just a couple of the customers who “Moo” has ported heads for while at BEC were the XU-1 heads that went onto the late Grenville Anderson’s XU-1 speedway torana as well as the Cleveland heads that went onto Dick Johnson’s blue and green falcons.

Rather than duplicating the XU-1 castings exactly with all their inherent design flaws, “Moo” has improved the head so there is 1/4″ of metal under the water jacket and beside the intake port. The intake ports are modelled after the best flowing red head Ian has ever done. Already there are currently 15 customers waiting (as per March 2009) to hand over $3500 (excl.GST) for the finished heads. Geoff Truscott, who is doing the machine work, is held in high regard by many for his quality workmanship. The heads are cast in Queensland with the factory part number and are indistinguishable from the original.

“Moo” was behind some killer Ultraflow Ford manifolds a few years ago. If you have got a Ford powered by a 250 six, a second-hand Ultraflow manifold is still a magic bit of gear. Locally Brett Mathews uses an Ultraflow manifold with a Steve Gay ported stock valved head in the Outlaw speedway class to lap $20’000 metho burning V8′s. Brett’s cast pistoned 250 bottom end comes from the wreckers and has done about 100’000kms. The Ford six with a Pipemax designed 6 into 1 set of extractors has one of the most unusual, distinctive and beautiful exhaust I have even heard.

To find out more CLICK HERE

For all of our performance racing enthusiasts friends; hear ye, hear ye!

Clarkos Performance aluminum holden V6 pulleys are now available. For prices and further details, check our pulley showcase here: http://www.clarkosperformance.com/index.php?cPath=22_31

It’s a good time to pamper your cars and or accessorize!

Steve Conway is an avid fan of Clarkos Performance race gears and parts. As you can see in this video the race gear is 100% tried and tested, much more pushed to the limits. Isn’t that amazing?!

In Steve’s race car are Clarkos Performance popular pulleys, bead locks, carby, machine works and much more. I hope you enjoy this video! I did!