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[r2160]

from the looks of that, you might as well have made your own engine mounts!!

cheers
Glenn

[eyepeeler]

from the looks of that, you might as well have made your own engine mounts!!

cheers
Glenn

I know, bit dissapointed i had to do that. Live and learn as they say.

[eyepeeler]

awesome build mate, looking tops, love the dry sump set-up.

I've fitted a 6 speed behind mine, but not sure how the jerico box compares dimensions wise, It's looks a bit longer from the pics than the 6 speed. I ended up cutting the whole tunnel out and starting from scratch, also had to cut into the crossbrace in the floor pan, so had to find another way to brace the tunnel to keep the engineer happy. Dirtbag has some good pics of how he did the one in his brothers UC in one of his threads.

As welby said andy has done it also and is a wealth of information.

Thanks for the comment, could say the same about your car as well. Have been keeping up with your build thread and I bet you can't wait to get it done. Looks awsome. My daughter loves the colour, big fan of purple.
Not sure how much of the trans tunnel will have to be removed. Litre8 may know as he has a Jerico in his car. Might send him a PM later in the week.
I am sort of flying half blind in some areas, I know what I want to do but which is the best way to go. Like with the engine mounts, knowing what I know now I would have been better off making my own!!

[mrlctorana]

haha yeh mate, I know exactly where your coming from, I've done a lot of things twice and if i done it again there'd be a lot of things i'd do differently but ya get that, live n learn. Gunna be a tuff car when your done, looking forward to seeing how it turns out

[eyepeeler]

Had the car sand blasted and primed today. It's good to see what swiss cheese is there to be cut out and fixed. All the usual places had it. It's good to have the car cleaned out. There was one very dodgy repair done on the left tail light area, will have to do a bit of work to fix it, will post pics of that one later!!

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When he did the roof it all worked not to bad. I was dreading how it would go. There is a slight bit of warping, didn't see it at first but did later, does anyone have suggestions as to how to fix this or do I just leave it and body fill it later?

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End result. I think it is a good base to start with.

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Edited by eyepeeler, 19 October 2011 - 11:36 PM.

[eyepeeler]

Have been away on a holiday with the family. Went up to Coral Bay just south of Exmouth. Had a great time up there. Back to work now and got to start putting back the Roll Cage after it was blasted some weeks ago. Much the same as you have seen before only I have tacked in the bar between the "A" pillars and started the diagonal bars in the Main Hoop.

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I have to cover up all holes in the cabin at some point and the rear parcel shelf will come out. It hasn't had the speaker holes cut out and looks in good nick. Anyone who wants an un-cut parcel shelf for a restoration let me know.

[eyepeeler]

Nothing to do with the Torana but my the wife and kids gave me a birthday present today......

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She has known from the outset that any present to do with anything Torana is well received!! The kids are well aware of this as well. By the looks of the puzzle Brocky is just in front!
Just as side note, she gave me the puzzle so I might spend less time on the computer which means this Forum!!! Well at least until the puzzle is finished.

[eyepeeler]

Same old sop story, have been to busy with work to spend time on the car. I have progressed a bit more with the roll cage. I have started to weld up what I am putting in. No more tacking in and looking at it. I cut a hole in the floor at the base of the main hoop so I can lower the cage to weld the top of it. I have only welded the underside of what is in so far. Will drop it next ime.  Roll Cage 09.jpg   145.49K   9 downloads
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Using the rottisserie for getting a good weld on what would be an upside down weld has been a good help. Wasn't the plan from the begining to do it this way, I was chatting with a mate about how in postion welding can be a prick and he just said "why not put it on the rottisserie". Damn good idea!

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This is where I got to.

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[mrlctorana]

Rotissery is definately the way to go, makes life so much easier, cage is coming up well mate, lookin good.

[eyepeeler]

Well since I have been back from holidays a few weeks now and having not done anything I thought I would continue. I must admit seeing 355LX's car at Big Al's today made me think that I need to get back on it!!!

Anyway since I had welded the underside of the roll cage it was time to weld up the top. As I had cut holes in the floor under the mount for the Main Hoop all I had to was break the tack's of the mount and drop the Cage down so I could get to the top. Worked a treat doing it this way.

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You can see the holes I cut in the floor to drop the Main Hoop down. I got the idea from the Miller welding website. Very informative read.

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Not a lot of room to move!!!!

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Even if I can spend a couple of hours getting something done it's getting me closer.

[eyepeeler]

Thanks for the post Pete. I have been a bit wary about whats legal and whats not with Roll Cages. I have spoken with Steve Thomas over here in the West as he used to be an EO. I know that with keeping the door trims, dash etc as unmodified as possible it is a challenge with the cage. I have read on the IP Forum about the bonnet scoop for A9X's, can of worms there!!!! To many opinions on weather its legal or not, that bloke "Twin Turbo" is good at quoting the rule book!!
I don't plan on changing the body shell other that fitting the flares, front and rear spoiler. Have you got a scoop fitted with hole in the bonnet?
Got any photo's of what you built. Would love to see how someone else went about doing it.

I have the same Forum name in the IP website as here.

Cheers,
Craig

Edited by eyepeeler, 15 February 2012 - 06:16 PM.

[eyepeeler]

Here is some pics of it

That pic is on the IPRA Forum!!! Tough looking car. Great to hear you had fun and won some races in it. Thats what my build is about, having some fun.

[Dasman56]

Both our ipra torana's have been running bonnet scoops for over 15 years now. Log booked as "Lx Torana" Then again we don't see Good old TT over our way that much.
Also good choice of engine I think those things make alot of the Turbo IPRA guys nervous "cos they're fast" good to see one in a tory.

Edited by Dasman56, 15 February 2012 - 09:47 PM.

[eyepeeler]

Both our ipra torana's have been running bonnet scoops for over 15 years now. Log booked as "Lx Torana" Then again we don't see Good old TT over our way that much.

That's great to hear. Do you get any problems from the EO about having the hole in the bonnet? Not sure how rigid the ruling is as it seems to be a can of worm's on the IP Forum as I said earlier. Which State do you run in?
Cheers

[Dasman56]

We haven't had any problems with ours. But there is another LX that originally had the hole cut square to suit his air box . From memory he had to put in a filler panel with a round hole and all was ok. We have 5 toranas in SA Racing now. Just never seem to be at the same race meetings
At the same time.

[Dasman56]

Yes my mistake , I think his hole may have been oversize. I'll check we're racing this weekend.

[enderwigginau]

I was up against RX7's and 2 Godzillas...not a hope in hell in winning any races...well not with what I spent.

That's why Les parked the A9X and took over an RX7!!

Grant..

[eyepeeler]

What is the depth of the ARE sump over the K-Frame/Steering rack?

Because the sump pump clashes with the Tuff Mounts in original form I had to modify them as seen in an earlier post. With modifying them came the problem of location of the mount on the K Frame. As you can see in the picture I am moving them back to get the same engine locaction over the K Frame. The obvious problem with doing this is the steering rack. Will sort out that dilemma later. As I am still working on this I plan to have between 5-10mm clearance between the K Frame and Sump.

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You can see where the steering rack will cause problems.

Cheers

[eyepeeler]

Thanks

I won my class...not any races...my best was 8th Outright.

Pete, Won your class won your race. Who cares about other cars in other classes. You raced other cars in your class and won. Bloody Rippa I reckon.