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[Toranavista]

I should have known better Nice colour!

[ilovea9x]

$3700 but worth it

[ilovea9x]

Dont worry about the stroker crank it will reduce the blocks strength I dont see the point to one either as Joe from J Zed uses a standard red block crank and look at the times he gets
The J Zed head would be the first thing to get

[ilovea9x]

I have been trying to work out if I should paint my car a different colour
Since I have had my car I have only ever seen four other Torana's the same colour
He's a old picture of my car out in the sun and what I was thinking of painting it
give me your thoughts

[Neils LX]

Hi
I guess at the end of the day its what you want. Only reason im painting my car white is because its easy to clean and easy to match to touch up stone chips ect. I like the black and maroon torrie with the flares. It gets two thumbs up.
Chears Neil

[ilovea9x]

Try and imagine it without the body kit do you think you would still like the black and maroon

[Neils LX]

Hi
Maroon is great im not sure on lowerer blackouts on cars unflared, im using as cross between LH and LX slr blackouts to be different. Black bonnet and door frames yes and black outs around tailights should be ok. I would use the slr mirrors if you can get hold of them. The crome tailight rims i dont like (my car has them as well) but you might like them however the chrome around the roof and door handles look good unpainted just to brighten things up. I would also not paint the bumpers. Maybe another member could do up a pic to show how it looks with or without blackouts. Whats your idea on mags.
Chears Neil

[ilovea9x]

I have the SLR mirrors, I wasn�t going to black out the bottom because of the same reason, the car in the pic has the side blacked out so he could have SLR 5000 written on the side
As for the chrome around the taillights the car won�t be getting them back nor any other bit of chrome
The bars will be painted black to
And on the mags haven�t really decided yet, I will be using the Hopper's Stoppers brake up grade so nothing smaller than a fifteen inch rim will do and I was going to a commodore stud pattern and offset to match the commodore diff I am using
I had always liked Simmons B45 on a Torana but I think it has been done to many times, I might go with a set of dragways or weld wheels there going to be painted black to

[Neils LX]

Hi
fair call on the chrome, dragways or weld wheels look very nice on unflared toranas. Whos doing your commodore diff? I have a VS SS diff going in mine but ill sort the motor out first.
Chears Neil

[ilovea9x]

Havent got far as the diff yet just worked out what I want, there was a diff & gearbox guy at parramatta who I was going to see but he closed down or moved before I went to see him so now I will worry about it when I get there
The motor has a big price tag so its taking a long time to finish, then I will do the gearbox then finaly the diff

[ilovea9x]

I just noticed where your from wouldnt be many toranas up there and I might have seen your car before as my dad lives in bingara which is just an hour and half away so I drive though every now and then

[Neils LX]

Hi
You may have seen it as there is not many left here now, it does not get out much but i get plenty of thumbs up in it. Im in the same boat with the diff im bying a house so its the last of my problems at the moment.
Chear Neil

[ilovea9x]

[QUOTE]im bying a house so its the last of my problems at the moment.

You wait to your paying the mortgage your wife wont let you near the bank account

[Neils LX]

Hi
The wife to be (rachel) loves the torana. Im not allowed to sell it and buy another project when its finished and as long as the morgage is paid shes fine with it.
Chears Neil

[ilovea9x]

if your buying in tamworth mortgage wont be that high so your lucky
my wife keeps telling me to hurry up and finish just so I stop spending money on it

[Neils LX]

Hi
Yeah morgage isnt too bad up here, im trying to get my injected moter in and done before we move in. Im not worred about the bodywork as much because i have a family freind in the trade to help me with it. I think my morgage would be less than the rent on some peoples houses down south.
Chears Neil

[ilovea9x]

You might be able to see my intercooler at the moment, but it will be matt black when finished behind a black grill so you won�t see it and I have found a place that makes black hoses for the intercooler there nearly always blue took a bit to fine them
All you will see is mag wheels its lowered a fresh paint job it will have a little hornet scope on the passenger side to let cold air in but that�s about all you will see, a quiet exhaust, plum back BOV so you wont know its turboed until you hear it spool up
The intercool was a perfect fit to if you want to change you mine about having one

[ilovea9x]

I'm finaly getting my J Zed head this time next week it should be sitting on my block getting my manifolds made

[ilovea9x]

My J Zed head arived today thought I would put up some photos

[Heath]

*goes weak at the knees*

That looks awesome as. Are you getting custom manifolds for it?

[ilovea9x]

[QUOTE]Are you getting custom manifolds for it?


You dont get much of a choice you can have j zed throttle bodys or anything Weber flanged as for the exhaust you will have to make anyway