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[YELLAcakeu308]

Trans tunnel shapes & seal sealer density aside... if a race team or privateer ordered the a9x back in the day would the white LX pictured above be what they received?
Minus roll cage

[Max's SS]

I believe that torana was sold by Ecurie Bowden some time ago. They advertised it as a Group C GMP&A a9x.

There was a "blister patch" made available so the transmission tunnel could be cut and the patch welded in so a T10 gearbox could be fitted.

Dont know if this tunnel modification is one of these patches or someone has welded in one of their own.

[YELLAcakeu308]

Anyways if this car ever gets finished lol, I picture it as "what if" prototype kinda of car that could've been ordered from holden but with the 80s parts recaro / bbs / ap brakes etc.
& leave the race paints for the race cars , can leave that to the imagination
Mite see a couple of castrol stickers in the engine bay thats about it...

Edited by YELLAcakeu308, 31 July 2019 - 09:23 PM.

[YELLAcakeu308]

Caution this may cause triggering. ..

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[Rockoz]

I believe that torana was sold by Ecurie Bowden some time ago. They advertised it as a Group C GMP&A a9x.

There was a "blister patch" made available so the transmission tunnel could be cut and the patch welded in so a T10 gearbox could be fitted.

Dont know if this tunnel modification is one of these patches or someone has welded in one of their own.

 

 

Pretty sure the blister patch was to convert a "normal" shell for the rear end.

My memory seems to think that the tunnel mod was left up to the teams.

But they would have made as small a patch as possible.

 

The race shell I had started its life in ultra blue paint.

 

A lot of GMP&A stuff would have likely been primer only, as it was a spare parts shell.

Not all GMP&A shells would have been for race use either.

It was a spare parts/replacement shell. Something which happens in all models from memory for extensive collision repairs.

 

Cheers

 

Rob

[YELLAcakeu308]

Ultra blue is great color.
Rob did you order it that color or was it a luck of what holden had in stock at the time?

[LJ RB30]

Not the best pics but this is the tunnel of my mates ex Gary Rodgers car

 

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[YELLAcakeu308]

Must be hump day lol

[Rockoz]

Ultra blue is great color.
Rob did you order it that color or was it a luck of what holden had in stock at the time?

 

It was very second hand by the time I got it.

It is the car in my profile avatar thingy.

I bought it the week after that as a bare shell.

Sold it a few years later.

One of those mistake moments.

 

Cheers 

 

Rob

[YELLAcakeu308]

Installed a programmable temp sensor warning alarm the other day.

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[YELLAcakeu308]

Once the original unit was removed, could almost mount the 52mm mechanical temp gauge there as well.

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[YELLAcakeu308]

What temp are 308 owners setting their buzzers to go off?

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[YELLAcakeu308]

Made it to Gazzanats & did 3 cruise sessions.
What an awesome event, hopefully they come back to Darwin in 2020

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[YELLAcakeu308]

No oil leaks & a mate said its not blowing smoke,so I'm very happy.
Plan was to sit in the left lane & keep an eye on the water temp & oil pressure. Think the engine is run in now.
I hit the limiter a couple of times (5000rpm) the tacho needs to calibrated for v8.
Changed the plugs After the 1st session & went from a 5 to 6 in the heat range.
Timing is locked out @ 28
Can't wait to put the AP calipers on & get it tuned.

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[YELLAcakeu308]

Reckon i hadn't driven a manual car since gazzanats last year lol.
Finally put it in 5th in the 3rd session.

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[YELLAcakeu308]

Stumbled across this on youtube,
Grab a cold one & brace yourself for 24mins of high quality footage of a LC LS1 (or2) injected torana flying through the 3rd? Cruise session.
With cool tunes

https://youtu.be/yrG0mWaYiRo

https://youtu.be/yrG0mWaYiRo

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[rodomo]

[YELLAcakeu308]

Super clean green hatch.
Grab a coldy & turn it up...
https://youtu.be/_crzX5XHxnM

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[YELLAcakeu308]

VKCOOP

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[YELLAcakeu308]

VKCOOP

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[YELLAcakeu308]

These were the ngk bp5fs plugs .
Were in the gazzanats last for about 5 laps.
Multiple trailer loads.
& 1st gazzanats cruise session.

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[YELLAcakeu308]

Bp5fs

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[YELLAcakeu308]

Bp6fs.
(2)(4)(6)(8)
Running 45thou gap on both sets.
Thinking about putting fives back in until dyno tune...

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[ozyozyozy]

5’s are pretty hot🤔
If your doing high engine speed high loading, cylinder temps would be pretty hot.

I ran as cold as 8’s on mine(was doing alot of high lod high speed stuff), careful attention to mixtures at low and mid speeds(cruising speeds) helped with drivability.

[YELLAcakeu308]

Its pretty loud at the moment & wont see any track time for probably annother year.
Tune is overdue, but other things keep getting in the way