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[StephenSLR]

 

http://www.tradeuniq...1d4b788308eb25d

 

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Edited by StephenSLR, 23 March 2015 - 06:33 PM.

[davea79]

Looks like an ultra rare A9X 4x4

[Ice]

Photos dont do it justice its a great car up close

[StephenSLR]

Them cheese cutters don't do it justice.

 

lol, we used to call them razor blades.

 

I've always wondered why they were released from factory this way, there was no need to have flares when the wheels didn't fill them. Is homologation quota that strict to include flares but not fatter wheels?

 

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Edited by StephenSLR, 24 March 2015 - 06:06 AM.

[Bigfella237]

From what I've read, certain items were open for race teams to change and therefore didn't need to be homologated, for example, I believe exhaust manifolds/extractors had to be homologated down to the first joint, but the exhaust system from there on could be replaced and didn't have to be the factory system?

 

I assume wheels and tyres would be the same, so there was no need for Holden to homologate anything fancy?

[yel327]

There was probably no tyres available in Australia to fill the flares, especially when L34 and the flares were developed. When GMH developed the GT327 they had to get the local tyre makers to make them a high speed rated D70 tyre as there were none here that were rated to 130mph top speed and to suit a 6" rim. The tyres on the A9X (ER70H14 I think) were from what I understand the widest tyre made in Australia at the time and had no relevance to the car anyway as racing rubber was used on the race cars. The sole purpose of the A9X was to homologate the suspension and body kit, how it looked or went had no relevance.

[a9x868]

i know this car well

and the owner andy really understates his love of the

humble torana A9X haha not!

but aside from that there,s the usual bullshit in the unique cars mag article!

i suspect that the real reason this car never sold new was as stated in the article

IT CAME WITH DRUM BRAKES ON THE REAR

f^*k i hate stupid f^&($%g journalists that print shit and don,t get there facts right

the third owner chased the owner of it while it was in storage at w.a auto wholesalers

eventually tracked him down in darwin of all places and did the deal he had a total of 9

A9X,s over that period both sedan and hatch

as for the original tyres

they are well sort after by any A9X owner or restorer

DR70H14 not ER70H14

this car of andy,s had never had an owners name in the logbook

or had it,s first service stamped either

in my view you could never ever register it for the road

unless of course your completely nuts

[yel327]

They put a DR70H14 tyre on a 14x6 rim? Every other Holden with 14x6 rally rims had E size radial tyres, I wonder why they used narrower tyres on the A9X? What did the L34 use?

Edited by yel327, 25 March 2015 - 06:00 AM.

[a9x868]

They put a DR70H14 tyre on a 14x6 rim? Every other Holden with 14x6 rally rims had E size radial tyres, I wonder why they used narrower tyres on the A9X? What did the L34 use?

same size

[yel327]

I just checked it up and yes you are correct DR70H14. All I can think of is rolling diameter, maybe the small difference made a difference with the tall diffs? I have ER70H14 as equivalent to a 205/70/14 which is 2019mm circumference and the DR70H14 as 1940mm, Which is close to 4% difference.

[REDA9X]

The bloke who wrote that article should have been sacked on the spot. What a dipshit