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#301 Stinga

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Posted 21 July 2013 - 10:07 PM

Awesome!!


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Posted 20 August 2013 - 12:05 PM

Have a red UC SL 4 door but motor was replaced with a 161 b4 i found it.  From what I see here more than half were red!!


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Posted 20 August 2013 - 11:49 PM

Steel bumper cruise on the weekend <br />4A30EF98-BF54-45FC-8AD8-6002B0C60CB4-183<br />8EB41755-4CE7-49EF-B03D-4564A16872A5-183<br /><br />Vinci chrome has a bumper for it, finally :) just got to find time to get in there n pick it up

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Posted 21 August 2013 - 07:41 AM

Looks awesome Hayden, those are commodore pursuit steelies right? Did you convert to commo stud pattern or did you have the wheels modified?


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Posted 21 August 2013 - 08:04 AM

Yeah ve 16s Running commodore on back hq on front. The 16s have a 14mm stud hole tho so I can get away with it in the front. Wudnt do it the other way round or with mags

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Posted 21 August 2013 - 09:56 AM

One of the Best UC's out there. Congrads.


#307 _threeblindmice_

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Posted 22 August 2013 - 10:32 AM

Pretty as a picture, the UC on the way home from Eastern Creek

 

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Posted 16 December 2013 - 10:32 AM

Christine's UC , out for a dive yesterday,
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Posted 22 January 2014 - 04:41 PM

From reading some info i got a little while back. Holden announced in 1978 that the UC wouldnt be avalible with the V8 option due to the new front running holden VB commodre with all the engine variants starfire 1.9 ltr, red 173,202 & 253 and 308. Its a pitty coz the UC was at the time the best handling holden ever

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Posted 24 January 2014 - 09:00 AM

The 1.9 4-cyl wasn't seen in Commodore until mid-way thru the VC series in June 1980, so it wouldn't have been known about in early 1978 for the UC launch. There was no VB 4-cyl Commodore.

Also the Commodore itself was a closely guarded secret until its Oct 1978 release, so again it wouldn't have been mentioned at the UC launch.

To my knowledge GM-H didn't really give a reason why the Torana V8 was discontinued, other that the impending fuel crises of the era.

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Posted 24 January 2014 - 06:02 PM

Because they had planned to put the V8 Salisbury in it but when GM made them go with the Commodore they didn't see the point in setting it up for both maybe ?


Were there any prototype UC V8s ?

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Posted 24 January 2014 - 06:43 PM

Ooops, just realised they were already set-up for V8 Salisbury diffs for the UC with the A9X.

 

 

 

Carry on...


#313 _torana 427_

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Posted 05 March 2014 - 10:33 AM

Hey guys just joined the forum,want to share with you my uc torana i've had for 15 years, what do you guys think?.

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Posted 06 March 2014 - 10:39 AM

My new engine that will be going in the car, just setting it all up at the momentAttached File  DSC04088.JPG   206.57K   13 downloadsAttached File  DSC04090.JPG   216.77K   9 downloads


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Posted 07 March 2014 - 02:08 PM

Holy f'n wow! I love the Sunbird and the SL/E badges! Really looks cool man.

Can you tell me about your diff set up? looks nice, and is it a case of mini tubbed, or just shortened diff with coil overs?

 

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Posted 07 March 2014 - 04:31 PM

Wow. 


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Posted 07 March 2014 - 06:08 PM

thanks Ang,

                    It's a genuine sle and thats how i kept it for now.It is mini tubbed and the complete diff is for sale as im upgrading the diff for the new engine if anyone is interested with the rear wheels


Edited by torana 427, 07 March 2014 - 06:17 PM.

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Posted 07 March 2014 - 06:13 PM

Here is a couple more photo's with the new engine in the car,setting it up for the cooler pipesAttached File  IMAG0297.jpg   132.26K   10 downloadsAttached File  IMAG0298.jpg   171.05K   11 downloadsAttached File  IMAG0299.jpg   132.59K   11 downloadsAttached File  IMAG0300.jpg   115.22K   9 downloadsAttached File  IMAG0301.jpg   111.06K   8 downloads


Edited by torana 427, 07 March 2014 - 06:22 PM.

#319 Stinga

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Posted 07 March 2014 - 06:30 PM

yep, awesome!

 

how are you disguising the blower and engine poking its head out into the breeze?


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Posted 07 March 2014 - 06:46 PM

Bonnet is getting fabricated as we speak, it will only be a 3'' cowlAttached File  20140219_122105.jpeg   129.96K   9 downloadsAttached File  20140219_122133.jpeg   63.77K   8 downloadsAttached File  20140219_122138.jpeg   99.7K   7 downloads


#321 Stinga

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Posted 07 March 2014 - 07:17 PM

thats very cool, much like the standard bonnet bulge, only a tad larger :)


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Posted 07 March 2014 - 07:57 PM

That's it Stinga,glad you noticed that cos that's exactly what I'm trying to achieve


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Posted 07 March 2014 - 09:07 PM

Should be a great advertisement for UC taillights at the drags.


#324 _threeblindmice_

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Posted 08 March 2014 - 08:17 AM

Wow ,the perfect UC , that bonnet is a classic .

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Posted 08 March 2014 - 09:50 PM

This is my neighbours rig being pieced together, has a 185kw hsv injected motor t700 9" at the moment but in the making is an injected 355 force fed by a GT45 Turbo

I'm not big on the UC's but this thing will stand out, the FR19 rims and chamois interior really pop with the Ford Atomic blue.

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