Daniel Blok’s 1970 Valiant is one of the neatest cars we have seen in an Aussie “power skid” video because there’s no huffer, four guys in the car, and he completes a two minute long, insane revs smoker that blows both tires right off the back of the freaking car. If we had to guess, Block is the kind of guy who takes plenty of pride in not needing an iron lung coming through the hood to satisfactorily destroy tires at Aussie shows. The car sounds absolutely nasty at the soprano end of the RPM spectrum and it should. Those P7 headed NASCAR engines were designed to run at 8-9,000 RPM wide open for hours at a time. They were designed to do it at like 200 mph though so Blok must have a Herculean cooling system in this car to allow it the revs and abuse it gets for minutes on end without barfing all over itself. We cracked up because after he finishes killing both tires on the rear of the car he free revs the engine off the chip and it sounds like ALL of 9,000!
There are videos of this car on a couple of different chassis dynos making between 580-600hp at the tires. That is obviously enough to get the tire fire started even with a couple of pals loaded in the back seat. We’ve often wondered how much horsepower the blown combos are making at the tires in the burnout cars. Some guys are running screw blowers on their stuff which certainly looks impressive as all get out but are about as useful as teats on a bull. We dig that he’s getting it done naturally aspirated and making the same levels of smoke cloud that the other huffed dudes are making.
We’re going to make an assumption that the car is street legal down there in Oz as well. We know that their laws are pretty strict on what it legal and what isn’t when referring to modifications. Since this car seems to run a “sort of” stock sized tire on the rear (read: not tubbed) we think it is legit as a street machine. NASCAR engines that find themselves into street cars here in the USA are awesome and not very common so it must be a real rarity in Australia! Daniel Blok, we’ll be hoisting a beer in your honor…but not a Foster’s because every Aussie guy we have ever met hates the stuff.
PRESS PLAY BELOW FOR SOME GREAT VIDEO OF A DODGE NASCAR POWERED AUSSIE VALIANT FRYING TIRES FOR 2-MINUTES STRAIGHT AT MORE THAN 8,000 RPM!
Sorry, but as hard as I try, I just don’t get what’s so cool about shredding a couple of obviously too small tires with all that horsepower. I mean, this is the kind of stuff we did in high school. What am I missing?
I agree. What’s the point?
WHATS THE POINT? If you have to ask you don’t undetrstand! That was a high rpm N/A Mopar burn out. Hell I’m not even a mopar guy. Cool Shit!!!
Its one of those things that if you love it there really is nothing like shredding the hides but if you don’t love it you just wouldn’t understand. I guess the same could be said about anything automotive related.
As an aussie and a car nut i can say not a whole lot makes me happier than laying waste to a set of tyres.
Great – another use for a old 4 door valiant.
I thought 4 door cars are only good for picking people up from the airport. LOL
There are very few 2 door Aussie vehicles. Almost anything that has a back seat is a four door. Although most people find 2 doors to be better looking cars, a 4 door is more practical for those who regularly use the back seat.
it didnt overheat catch on fire or blow the lung off, as far as powerskids go this guys the champ! and its a n/a smallblock mopar nice!
Just a bunch of Hoons having some aussie fun. Bet a few slabs were drunk after that.
Sweet car!
Brian, that’s not a “powerskid”, it’s an Aussie burnout. A powerskid is a different event. Come to Powercruise and see….