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My old LJ 2 door

Started by _Mr Detroit_ , Mar 17 2011 08:48 PM

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#1 _Mr Detroit_

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Posted 17 March 2011 - 08:48 PM

I owned this car from about 1999 until 2004 and used it as a streeter and a drag car. In previous guises it had been a rally car and a daily transport for a church minister. The bloke I sold it to was planning to build it into an XU1 replica but whether he did or not is another story as we lost contact. Would have had a lot of work to do removing all the racing bits in the suspension and interior that I left on board.

It had a few different engine combo's in it when I owned it. An X2 spec 186 was fitted by the previous owner with an M20 behind it, I then fitted a stroked 186 (234ci) and triple 1 3/4in SUs, a 179 with race ported 12 port head, triple 2in SUs and massive solid and finally another 186/192 with TO4 Garret turbo, 650 Holley and big solid. Wish I had more pics, but back then I thought I'd own the car forever and didn't take many.

Anyway, here's some that I do have.

Very early days when she was still a streeter sometime in 2000
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Holden vs Ford ANDRA sanctioned meet at Calder, November 2001. I think this was the last ANDRA sanctioned meet at Calder.
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Holden vs Ford ANDRA sanctioned meet at Calder, November 2001. Sat on the rev limiter at 7000rpm ready to launch when the starter called me back. After re-staging and launching, the engine lunched a cam bearing and the flywheel bolts also worked themselves loose.
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Rubbing back for painting, January 2002.
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In primer, January 2002.
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Party Time Nationals, Heathcote Raceway, February 2002.
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#2 greens nice

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Posted 17 March 2011 - 08:52 PM

so what times did it pull? :dontknow:

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#3 _judgelj_

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Posted 17 March 2011 - 09:11 PM

i like the colour, what is it?

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#4 _Mr Detroit_

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Posted 18 March 2011 - 01:51 PM

so what times did it pull?

Best on the quarter was 11.27/124
Best on the eighth was (from memory) 7.22

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#5 _Mr Detroit_

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Posted 18 March 2011 - 01:53 PM

i like the colour, what is it?

Dunno what the factory colour was called, either way it was bloody ugly but having a brown car worked for the sleeper look. The purple was a custom mix we made up when my old man sprayed it. We were gunna do it red and blue two toned, but my girl friend of the time accidentally started mixing the two tins of paint and we went with it.

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#6 greens nice

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Posted 18 March 2011 - 07:34 PM

so what times did it pull?

Best on the quarter was 11.27/124
Best on the eighth was (from memory) 7.22

Very nice

what did it do aspirated?

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#7 Heath

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Posted 19 March 2011 - 12:02 PM

The purple was a custom mix we made up when my old man sprayed it. We were gunna do it red and blue two toned, but my girl friend of the time accidentally started mixing the two tins of paint and we went with it.

hahahahhahahhaha! Great story

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#8 _Mr Detroit_

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Posted 20 March 2011 - 06:55 PM

Very nice what did it do aspirated?

Not fast enough :Headbang2:

That's why we went with the turbo combo lol

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#9 _ljxu1torana_

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Posted 31 March 2011 - 12:09 AM

very impressive car there.i also own a turbo 186 lj torana with a lot of work done to the motor i would be really happy if my car ran those times.thanks jason.