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UC torana daily driver

Started by Stinga , Jul 09 2010 02:37 AM

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#26 Heath

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Posted 21 December 2010 - 03:47 PM

They would be fine, you can go a long way in either direction with tyre fitment. A friend of mine has 185s on 10"s, and another car I did some work on had like 265s on 7" wheels

I just find that cars drive a lot nicer with a slightly wider wheel - a 235 on your 6.5" wheel would be sloppy as shit laterally and it would look crap but it would probably still be legal. It would also be fine for drag racing etc

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#27 _Lamo_

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Posted 25 December 2010 - 09:27 AM

You going to drive the UC back? Would make for an interesting (read:-long) trip.

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#28 Stinga

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Posted 25 December 2010 - 11:16 AM

yeah mate driving it back, the week after my wedding! ive done the return trip twice now in the mrs car, we do it in 4 days, but when we bring the torana up we are only driving about 4 hours a day and doing it over a week. should be good fun! shes not convinced....

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#29 76lxhatch

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Posted 26 December 2010 - 09:32 AM

Commodores with 15x6 factory wheels are usually fitted with 205/65s so width will be fine, just watch the overall diameter for clearance

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#30 Stinga

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Posted 07 January 2011 - 07:00 PM

so i had the uc blue slipped on the 30th dec, rego'd on the 31st, and its been trouble free cruising so far. thanks to nicko61 for sending me a hubcap in the mail, fitted the steering wheel today, gave it a quick polish the other day, still need to do the roof and bonnet but its been raining on and off, then i will take it somewhere for some better pictures
still needs a lot of little stuff tidied up, but i like it! apart from that very ill fitted fraud radio...

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#31 _threeblindmice_

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Posted 07 January 2011 - 08:44 PM

Nice UC , that steering wheel sets it off , it would look good with a set of globe mags and still not attract the cops.

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#32 _Bomber Watson_

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Posted 07 January 2011 - 09:05 PM

Na, the 'caps' are perfect.

I dislike UC's, but i'd own that.

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#33 Stinga

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Posted 07 January 2011 - 09:05 PM

yeah its much better than the odd shaped stock wheel!, you have a few uc's dont you threeblindmice?

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#34 _lx5008_

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Posted 07 January 2011 - 09:08 PM

very clean and nice looking uc you have mate.

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#35 _Lamo_

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Posted 08 January 2011 - 07:40 AM

Nice pick up. She doesn't look her age at all.

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#36 _threeblindmice_

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Posted 08 January 2011 - 07:43 AM

yeah its much better than the odd shaped stock wheel!, you have a few uc's dont you threeblindmice?

Only two , a good one and a daily driver ,its funny but I get plenty of attention in our rough daily , it seems , the UC thing stops when you leave the forum .

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#37 Stinga

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Posted 06 August 2011 - 04:04 PM

been a trouble free run until the week before last, carb shat itself, so i fitted some extractors and a 2barrel stromberg. getting the exhaust done on monday

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#38 _Leakey_

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Posted 07 August 2011 - 05:46 PM

Nice job Stinga, just what I need to do as well. My old gal either has a hole in the extractors, or gasket is toast. Or both!

Mind me asking what the extractors set you back?

Regards the 2 barrel strommy, I really like the thinking. Always believed that a holley 350 was too big for a 202 myself.
The twin strommy works better from my experience.

Nice car matey.

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#39 _Bomber Watson_

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Posted 07 August 2011 - 06:01 PM

I picked a couple of WW2's up on the weekend

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#40 Stinga

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Posted 07 August 2011 - 06:47 PM

extractors cost me 80bucks from the local wrecker, wire brush on the drill and some paint made them pretty. had the 2 barrel stromberg and manifold from the ute

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#41 Steve TPF

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Posted 14 August 2011 - 09:10 PM

Question for Stinga: what rims are those? I've got a UC hatch, and when I get new tyres I'd like to change to 15 in.

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#42 Stinga

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Posted 14 August 2011 - 09:16 PM

Question for Stinga: what rims are those? I've got a UC hatch, and when I get new tyres I'd like to change to 15 in.

i think they are volvo rims of some description, with reversed centres

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#43 Steve TPF

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Posted 15 August 2011 - 06:00 PM

Do you mean that there is a separate central hub that can be unbolted and turned around? It's hard to tell from those pics.

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#44 Stinga

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Posted 15 August 2011 - 07:18 PM

nah, they remove the centre from the outer band, and reverse it, and re weld it to outer band

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#45 Steve TPF

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Posted 16 August 2011 - 05:24 PM

I see. Done for offset reasons I presume?

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#46 Stinga

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Posted 16 August 2011 - 07:02 PM

yeah, just gives them the deep dish, they are only 6.5 inches wide but they fill out the guards nicely. i will get a pic of them on the car soon

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#47 _Lamo_

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Posted 20 August 2011 - 08:51 AM

extractors cost me 80bucks from the local wrecker, wire brush on the drill and some paint made them pretty. had the 2 barrel stromberg and manifold from the ute

What wrecker was that Stinga? Everyone I have tried doesn't keep anything over 10 years.

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#48 Stinga

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Posted 02 December 2011 - 12:16 AM

just a small update, have had a couple of delco dizzies sitting on the bench for a while, took it to work this week as i have been on night shift and cut it down to suit as per old johnno's tech guide. pretty straightforward, i put some pics in the how to thread rather than posting them twice. i will get a pic when i put it in the uc to try it out over the weekend.