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EL JAY - The Prodigy

Started by el_jay_72 , Aug 06 2009 12:42 AM

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#1 el_jay_72

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Posted 06 August 2009 - 12:42 AM

Hey everyone, Coming to the licencing stage with El Jay and thought i'd share.

March 17th Lj Sedan
Mildly Worked 202 Blue Motor
5 Speed manual

This is my torrie that i've been building sice about 14. Now 18.
Finally almost at the stage of going over the pits as only needing a few things (sedan seats wanted btw, pm me) and then actually driving it... legally and out of first gear http://www.gmh-toran...DIR#/spoton.gif

El Jay when first bought for $900 bucks around the corner

And in Primer

Just After Paint

And... This arvo

Cheers for reading and any comments appreciated.

Edited by el_jay_72, 08 November 2017 - 09:46 AM.

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#2 _Barman_

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Posted 06 August 2009 - 04:04 AM

Looking good,
i would ebay the VK 5 speed and get a celica box,
I had a VH 5 speed and i was always replacing the cluster bearings,
any interior pics,and what mods are done to your engine.
Baz

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#3 Neils LX

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Posted 06 August 2009 - 07:43 AM

Hi
Nice LJ, id only worry about getting rid of the VK 5 speed if your going to be hard on it. I used to have a 186 and VK 5 speed in my LX and it never let me down.
Have you got any engine pics?
Chears Neil

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#4 orangeLJ

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Posted 06 August 2009 - 09:02 AM

I thrashed the balls of my VK calais with the borgy 5 speed, never missed a beat! (injected 202, with extractors and an exhaust was my daily)

Id say you will be fine.

Looks good mate, bet you cant wait to get it on the road.

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#5 _doogs_

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Posted 06 August 2009 - 09:59 AM

Great car mate, well done.
Any pics of the interior/engine bay ?

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#6 _gen3torrie_

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Posted 06 August 2009 - 11:03 AM

very nice mate.... i wish i got my torana when i was 14 it might be done now

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#7 WhaleOilBeefHooked

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Posted 06 August 2009 - 12:23 PM

Damn So it is True What They Say = LJ's come in 4 door version also :clap:

sweet ride M8, arse end is sitting a little high...

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Posted 06 August 2009 - 01:06 PM

Great job mate you will have to come on the w.a. forum members cruise with the torana of course.

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#9 _mello92_

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Posted 06 August 2009 - 04:25 PM

Sweeet! Another Torana with P's!

Looking good mate, also wish I was allowed to buy one at 14!
I wouldnt be too worried about the VK 5 speed aka M76, unless, like the fellas already said, you're big on burnouts. Ive got one in my LX behind a mild 202 and its been fine so far. Ive got 235 tyres on the back and have done a few hard burnouts with it. 2nd gear is a particular pain in the hole when its cold, but other than that, yeah she'll be alright. When it blows, you'll have some money saved to get yourself a W-series Supra box.

Well, atleast, thats what I plan on doin. LOL
Cheers.

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#10 el_jay_72

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Posted 06 August 2009 - 08:09 PM

I'm not gonna put pics up of the interior yet as i'm still looking for front seats (again if anyone has sedan front seats, please let me know) but I will put some pictures up of the engine although it doesnt look that flash

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I dont really have any idea about the engine to be honest. Bought it as a last resort recond motor. I no it has some work done just not sure what. Deffinately has a baby cam in it but cos u can here it a lil bit.

Cheers

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#11 _billywest_

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Posted 07 August 2009 - 08:10 AM

I'm not gonna put pics up of the interior yet as i'm still looking for front seats (again if anyone has sedan front seats, please let me know) but I will put some pictures up of the engine although it doesnt look that flash

I dont really have any idea about the engine to be honest. Bought it as a last resort recond motor. I no it has some work done just not sure what. Deffinately has a baby cam in it but cos u can here it a lil bit.

Cheers

welldone eljay 72 just gotta get it past the pits /rta for the road and go for glory.I cant wait until mine is at the stage you are at,but hey your only 18 welldone and i love the colour .All hail the prodigy 4 door not those old out of date 2 doors :clap:

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#12 el_jay_72

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Posted 27 April 2010 - 11:03 PM

Took the LJ over the pits today and after about 6 attempts it has finally passed. Went for the first legal drive tonight and it felt so good. Few more little things to fix now that its licenced and it'll be ready for cruising. Will put some more recent pictures up asap

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#13 _billywest_

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Posted 29 April 2010 - 07:43 AM

Took the LJ over the pits today and after about 6 attempts it has finally passed. Went for the first legal drive tonight and it felt so good. Few more little things to fix now that its licenced and it'll be ready for cruising. Will put some more recent pictures up asap

hey elj72 as i said in august well done ,now iam scared about the pits my cars looks a whole lot rugher than your,s cheers elj 72 well done again Posted Image

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#14 _wblje_

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Posted 01 May 2010 - 10:04 PM

great work mate. very neat looking machine.

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#15 el_jay_72

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Posted 17 July 2010 - 03:47 PM

OK I finally have some more progress although it isn't anything too great. I bought a set of show wheels and today i finally got them on the car so I thought i'd share the pictures. Also I have a set of triple 1 3/4" SU's getting kitted ready to go on, more pictures when that happens.

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#16 _billywest_

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Posted 17 July 2010 - 04:19 PM

OK I finally have some more progress although it isn't anything too great. I bought a set of show wheels and today i finally got them on the car so I thought i'd share the pictures. Also I have a set of triple 1 3/4" SU's getting kitted ready to go on, more pictures when that happens.

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#17 orangeLJ

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Posted 19 July 2010 - 02:51 PM

needs to be lower!

other than that, looks great.

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#18 _Bomber Watson_

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Posted 19 July 2010 - 02:56 PM

Will need to move the diff foward a bit to get it any lower....

Looks pretty good mate, up the four doors!!

Cheers.

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#19 _Gunmetal LH_

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Posted 19 July 2010 - 04:24 PM

Nice.

I'd cut just a little off that exhaust though. Just a couple of inches. Looks a little thin to be that 'droopy' maybe if it was a touch bigger...

I like those wheels too.

Oh, and the photo's in post #10 aren't showing up.

Edited by Gunmetal LH, 19 July 2010 - 04:25 PM.

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#20 Litre8

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Posted 19 July 2010 - 06:50 PM

^^Agree, it needs to be about 2.5/3" lower.

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#21 el_jay_72

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Posted 19 July 2010 - 09:15 PM

I couldn't agree more that it needs to be lower. Thats the next thing on the list. And I think the main thing that lets the car down (from a distance

) is that exhaust tip, plus the muffler is stuffed anyway so as soon as funds allow i want to go dual tips like the xu1's had. And the reason the pictures are gone is because they looked so bad that I had to delete them haha. How hard is it to move the diff forward?

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#22 Heath

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Posted 19 July 2010 - 10:43 PM

Get some eccentric bushes I guess...

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#23 _mick74lh_

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Posted 19 July 2010 - 10:51 PM

Thats a really mint LJ. Nice work. I agree with what some of the punters are saying; once its lowered a bit that'll just finish it off nicely.

It looks like the original car was a bargain. Was there much rust in it?

Also the VK five speed, is that the same gearbox fitted to the four cylinder Commodores? Does it have different ratio gearsets?

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#24 orangeLJ

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Posted 20 July 2010 - 04:11 PM

I reckon you could get it another inch or two lower without having to move the diff, have you rebushed the rear end at all?

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#25 el_jay_72

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Posted 20 July 2010 - 09:24 PM

The original car had a fair bit of rust but not in the window frames or boot so it wasn't to bad. It did get a new roof however because it was too far gone. In the process of building it it was in a rollover on the way back from a car show ( wrote off an xc falcon aswell all because of a poxy car trailer)so there is a few cracks in the paint etc but it's looking ok now.

The 5 speed is off a straiht six blue motor, not sure if they came out on 4 cyl aswell.

It should go down a bit without any problems with the diff but the only springs i can seem to find are king spring lows and they say they will only drop it 3 cm drop max where as i'd like about 5 -8cm so not sure what i'm going to do their, and no I haven't rebushed the rear end, would that help?

Thanks for all the positive comments