F1-1955 MB W196 conversion.

[1959nikos]

First impressions:
The engine feels too aggresive at higher revs.
When on throttle the engine feels very low torqued until it reaches 5000-6000rpm when you suddenly get a sudden punch and get's rather difficult to control the rear.
When braking you get the same. Engine gets too much torque having the car waving fighting it.
I don't know how the cars drove in that era, so I can only tell how I've felt it in my test.

Also the steering felt too soft, compared at least to the BT44 I had just been driving. In this cars I expected the steering to feel a lot stiffer (no power steering in that era?).

Ive driven cars with no power steering, I bet some others here have too.

What happens is that steering is very heavy while parking but it gets quite light on the moove, and very light if wheel is large like this car.
Remember too that the Brabham has smaller wheel and thicker tyres, I bet thats why steering feels heavier because neither the BT44 has power steering.
Perhaps a bit heavier though would suit the car.

Engine is 8cyl so I bet it was peaky and free revving, what I object is, as I said to Wim, is oversteer when you lift gass pedal at speed, that should not happen in a front engined car.

Sure we dont know how these beasts drove, just guessing.