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No sorry guys it's going to be mandarin red the reason is when I was a first year apprentice I brought a

LX SS 253 hatch with flares. I had the car for about 7 year until a woman failed to give way

and T boned me.

I kept the motor and sold the rest off, I've always regretted selling it and not fixing it. 

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Put another coat over the shell and rubbed it back again, the shell is now rapped up and need to start on the doors.

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Also got the motor back from JPC and started fitting the manifold, sump etc.

The motor has, CP pistions 9.0:1, Spool I beam rods, Spool oil pump gears in N1 housing, APR head studs and main studs, Tomei cam gears, Nitto head gasket, Ross balancer.

The head has only had new valve spring, will be running the standard cams as I need to pass a full IMR240 emissions test.

Also had to finish off making the oil pick up.

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Welcome back! Good to see you're still chipping away at her!

Cant wait till she sees the light of day!

What are you doing re engineering?  Are you going the whole hog of getting it properly engineered? You know what cops can be like in Shepp.....  TOG seem to be here permanently now.

1 hour ago, turbo76lx said:

Getting it engineered, everything is done to the VSB14 standards.

Sweet, I might get you to let me know who you're speaking to (if you think he's good).  I'd like to talk to someone about the possibility of getting my RB30 engineered into my car.  Probably too hard but it's worth talking to someone to find out.

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Hold up, need to go back to page 1 and read that all again. 

Not from oz. So never heard of holden torana. 

Very interested, as I work on other GM cars, is the Torana based on Opel ascona. A? 

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Or Opel ascona B? 

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Reason. I ask as I need reversed stub axles for front on this opel manta b. Also rear axle with LSD. That will take 300bhp

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5 minutes ago, maddy400r33 said:

Hold up, need to go back to page 1 and read that all again. 

Not from oz. So never heard of holden torana. 

Very interested, as I work on other GM cars, is the Torana based on Opel ascona. A? 

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i think its closer to a Vauxhall Viva than an opel kadett

Lot 9 - 1969 Vauxhall Viva GT

Edit* nah its closer to a kadett

Opel Kadett C Coupe (1976) - YouTube

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On 06/01/2021 at 9:22 AM, maddy400r33 said:

Hold up, need to go back to page 1 and read that all again. 

Not from oz. So never heard of holden torana. 

Very interested, as I work on other GM cars, is the Torana based on Opel ascona. A? 

Opel_Ascona_A.jpg

Or Opel ascona B? 

123009.jpg

Reason. I ask as I need reversed stub axles for front on this opel manta b. Also rear axle with LSD. That will take 300bhp

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first was the HB Torana which was based on the Vauxhall Viva, then the LC which shared the same floorpan as the HB/Viva, but stretched a bit I think. the LC had all Australian styling and uprated suspension and stretched engine bay to fir in the Holden inline 6's. After the LC was the LJ which was more or less very similar to the LC. Then the TA Torana which was something that nearly no-one remembers, then the LH which was a sedan and scaled up in every dimension and introduced V8's to the Torana line. After this was LX which was styled very similar to the LH and introduced the hatchback variant to go along with the sedan. LX brought more than a new body style though as it went through massive suspension and engine upgrades, but from memory the upgrades were introduced later in the LX's life cycle. after that was the UC Torana, and the UC Sunbird that was based on the Torana (sunbird name was also around during LX I think, but that was the Holden Torana Sunbird, as opposed to the Holden Sunbird). The UC brought a much 'newer' appearance to the front nose of the Torana and the tail lights, and an updated interior as well. V8 option was killed in this model. UC is typically the least-liked of the models as it's kinda on the ugly side. People typically like the older 70's muscle look, rather than the UC's late 70's disco-image. the Torana ended after this, replaced by the Commodore - itself a fairly heavily modifed Opel from Germany (can't remember what it was called in Germany though). The Aus Commodore and the German Opel model look pretty much the same, but the Aus models body has significant strengthening. The Opel model was imported for testing and apparently shook itself to death on our shitty Australian roads

The Kadett was originally an Isuzu IIRC. in Australia we got it as the Holden Gemini.

The LX and UC hatch's look similar to the Opel Manta, and the Chev Monza, but aren't actually related

I'm pretty confident what I've said above is right - I'm a Torana nerd but it's also been a long long time, so my memory might be faulty on a few points

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