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UC TORANA HATCH

Started by _UNVSM8_ , Dec 06 2007 10:42 AM

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#251 _UNVSM8_

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Posted 30 June 2008 - 12:28 PM

well turns out the knock sensor was the problem! thats sorted now :spoton:

but....... lol

thermo fans are still coming on way to early! and when they do come on the engine warning light comes on and also there is a huge drain in power... when i have my lights on barely anything else works... when i put the indicators on they are very very slow... :<_<:

so im thinking i might have alternator problems cos when the cars going there should be no problem but still low..

car runs sooo good! took her for a drive last night and its great! plenty of power thats for sure!

also got my interior all together now! just need some carpet and the seats redone anyhow heres how it looks:
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#252 rodomo

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Posted 30 June 2008 - 06:38 PM

Have you got and earth cable from the body to the engine?

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#253 _UNVSM8_

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Posted 30 June 2008 - 08:21 PM

hey guys well today used luvtheUC's way of seeing whats wrong it spat out code 15 and that led to a faulty wiring job on the water temp sender... we wixed that and what do u know! my car works 100% haha
checked the engine light again code 12 which means all is ok! me and dad are over the moon! its finally finished!

i'd like the thank all the people who have put me in the right direction during this conversion! its amazing how much information u can get from these forums.

Thanks Guys! :spoton:

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#254 _ucongas_

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Posted 01 July 2008 - 12:18 AM

Excellent, Ive been following your progress and look forward to seeing the car at tfest 08..

Cheers.

PJ :rockon:

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#255 mitchg

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Posted 01 July 2008 - 12:41 AM

me and dad are over the moon! its finally finished!

Great to see its all good, but this quote got me thinking... is it really ever finished?

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#256 RIM-010

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Posted 01 July 2008 - 08:21 AM

Great work Ben.

I'm staying in Glenelg for the llast weekend of my holidays (from about the 18th to the 20th of July...) I'll let you know closer to then, but surely we catch up at some point then...

Really happy to hear that she's all good

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#257 _UNVSM8_

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Posted 01 July 2008 - 10:51 AM

Great to see its all good, but this quote got me thinking... is it really ever finished?

your right! when i was writing that i was thinking.. well its not really finished just the conversion is lol

Tim im sure we can arrange a time to catch up as i'll be on holidays then too! just send me a msg or something...

Ben

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#258 _Chriskoss-79uc_

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Posted 01 July 2008 - 06:27 PM

Mate congrats on fixing all the car's issues. Looks bloody awesome. How's the fuel consumption, have you had a chance to have a good whip around and see how much the v8 injection uses? I would guess probably more efficient than a 202 lol

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#259 _UNVSM8_

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Posted 01 July 2008 - 11:29 PM

hahaha cant say ive been driving normally! lol its to much fun atm but got to get a full take and see how i go! yeah im hoping it will be so then i can prove to all my friends that im not an idiot for going V8 with petrol this high

ucongas i wont be a t-fest as i live in a different state so makes it a little hard :(

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#260 _UNVSM8_

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Posted 22 July 2008 - 08:06 PM

a little update! been driving the car around heaps its so so much fun to drive! had an extractor gasket leak so had to take them off and found that i had them on the wrong way around so it was only allowing like 2/3's of the air through lol anyhow its now fixed and the car sounds sweet. still sort of got a problem with a very noisy throttle body if i put my finger over one of the little inlet holes on the inside of the throttle body the noise goes away.. and every now and again (mainly when the noise is present) the engine warning light comes on got error code 23 which is something to do with the MAT sensor probably a dodge connection will look into it..

Ever since i put the 8 in my cars been wildly low (scraping on the front sway bar every bump) so thought it was time to get new springs rated for the v8 and while were at it replace all the bushes and ballpoints etc..
a few of the goodies..
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the worst part of all this is the 30 years of grease and dirt build up which i want to clean up lol

another thing ive done is purchased a K&N pod filter and installed that the quality is so much better than the other one..
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so now the engine bay is pretty much finnished just wanna get some CHASSIS RAIL PLUGS if anyone can help me out there then im done and dusted for a while

Ben

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#261 _greenmachine215_

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Posted 23 July 2008 - 01:06 AM

Go to a metal fabrication place, Get some discs spun up on the lathe from alloy,
I had a set done for my hatch, from a mate i used to work with,
Or you could do the bad attempt and put 4 Holden badges in :tease:

the billet spun look is better.

Engine bay looks tops too by the way :spoton:

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#262 MRLXSS

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Posted 23 July 2008 - 08:55 AM

That looks fantastic mate! Kudos to ya!

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#263 _luv the uc_

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Posted 23 July 2008 - 09:10 PM

every now and again (mainly when the noise is present) the engine warning light comes on got error code 23 which is something to do with the MAT sensor probably a dodge connection will look into it..

Ben

Mat sensor is Mannafold air temp sensor I think, Could just be caused by your pod sucking hot air from your extractors if the wiring and sensor check out ok.

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#264 _UNVSM8_

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Posted 24 July 2008 - 08:38 PM

i saw a set on ebay the other week from Murray bridge wish i bought them now.. i think it will just finish it off and cover up the ugly bolts..

thanks for the kind comments guys makes it all worth it :spoton:

Luv the UC im pretty sure thats what it is but havent had time to look at it yet... i can see the heat issue being a problem esspecially in the summer am looking at either moving the battery to the boot or pluming up some other setup see how i go..

Update all the front end is finally ridden of the mounds of grease and grit and all painted and ready to be put back in with the new bushes.. Dad bought a new bench press today to make things alot easier

Cheers Guys

Ben

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#265 _greenmachine215_

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Posted 27 July 2008 - 05:23 PM

Have fun putting the frame back in the car, :tease:

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#266 _UNVSM8_

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Posted 27 July 2008 - 10:11 PM

alright got the front end done we only really did the easy bits and will save the rest until the engine comes out next... but was good to get it all cleaned so much grease under there it isn't funny got new heavy duty springs which were meant to make the car higher but well its now even lower haha ah well no speed bumps for me :<_<:

and my new press made getting those bushes and ball joints out a piece of piss
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will get some shots of how it sits soon

Ben

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#267 RIM-010

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Posted 27 July 2008 - 10:44 PM

New stuff looks good Ben.

I want a press...

Tim

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#268 MRLXSS

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Posted 28 July 2008 - 08:27 AM

Nice! Im with Tim, I want a press too! it would make doing balljoints and stuff, SO EASY! HAHA!

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#269 _UNVSM8_

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Posted 28 July 2008 - 12:12 PM

those presses are really cheap atm dad got it for $199 pretty good really even tho we will probably never use it again haha nah it will come in handy!

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washed the car today as i don't start uni until 1 on Mondays

thats how its sitting atm bloody scraped the shit out of the sway bar mounts trying to get it off the lawn :<_<:

Ben

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#270 RIM-010

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Posted 28 July 2008 - 12:15 PM

I'll probably build a press... Looks pretty straightforward.

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#271 MRLXSS

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Posted 28 July 2008 - 12:23 PM

That is looking NICE and low!! Just put some 15's on it, and you will be laughing! Some Convos, Welds would really set the car off!

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#272 RIM-010

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Posted 28 July 2008 - 12:39 PM

Go 17's Ben

Simmons' would look sweet, but pretty expensive. Maybe talk to smokem, he owns a wheel and tyre shop out at Tea Tree Gully, might be able to help you out

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#273 orangeLJ

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Posted 28 July 2008 - 01:23 PM

my LJ scrapes like crazy. Sway bar at the front protects anything else from touching.

Have had my exhaust (the hotdog resonator in the middle) touch once and once only. you just get used to it!

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#274 _UNVSM8_

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Posted 28 July 2008 - 05:19 PM

thanks for the replies guys its funny you say that i have been interested in getting some new wheels for some time the main reason ive been waiting is because im in need of a diff and have one lined up atm however its not torana stud pattern so it would be pointless buying a set right now.. however if posible im thinking about putting it to torana stud pattern or HQ and run some drag style wheels or stay with what it is and go 17's :<_<: