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LJ Torana A.B.S Cooling Fin
Differences between street and Race built XU-1's
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Posted 10 February 2012 - 01:00 PM
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Posted 10 February 2012 - 01:03 PM
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You can see the A.B.S Symbol and part number
You can see the A.B.S Symbol and part number
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Posted 10 February 2012 - 03:40 PM
Yes, but that was 1973, when it was an allowable mod.Dr Terry
if u get the Chevron Torana GTR XU-1 DVD and go to the menu and click on Bathurst 1973 and watch for a few mins, you will see the HDT LJ XU-1 pull up and thay take the driver side rear wheel off, get ready with the DVD remote and pause you will see the HDT Cooling Fin Brake Cover on the HDT LJ XU-1, Now a guy i spoke to that worked for A.B.S in Adelaide for years and years told me they made up 10 pairs for Harry Firths's HDT HQ for LJ Torana's
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Posted 10 February 2012 - 08:19 PM
Did any of the racing LJ's have there rear trailing arms braced ?????????? or even the Rally Racing LJ's etc, any one know of this
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Posted 11 February 2012 - 01:35 PM
Did any of the racing LJ's have there rear trailing arms braced ?????????? or even the Rally Racing LJ's etc, any one know of this
You would have to talk to people that raced in the day,
because every man and his dog did this modification when i was younger,and they still do these days on modified cars.
My rear drums have the same markings as your picture Al
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Posted 11 February 2012 - 01:50 PM
Did any of the racing LJ's have there rear trailing arms braced ?????????? or even the Rally Racing LJ's etc, any one know of this
Saggy Sarah had a different trailing arm system fitted at one stage, ask Larry
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Posted 11 February 2012 - 07:35 PM
Yeah that must be the part number on the LJ Cooling Fins from A.B.S, BD2 must be the number, they are off my car 73BATHXU1HTBATH350
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Posted 11 February 2012 - 09:18 PM
Hi Al,
They are the same as mine,but mine have holes like the shape of a tear drop on the face of the drum,i removed them 22 years ago because back in those days,i had no idea what they were for,and put on a set standard drums back on the rear.
Cheers John.
They are the same as mine,but mine have holes like the shape of a tear drop on the face of the drum,i removed them 22 years ago because back in those days,i had no idea what they were for,and put on a set standard drums back on the rear.
Cheers John.
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Posted 11 February 2012 - 09:31 PM
Frash does your car have braced trailing arms on it as well as the cooling fins ????????
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Posted 11 February 2012 - 09:43 PM
Hi Al,
No braced trailing arms,
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No braced trailing arms,
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Posted 11 February 2012 - 09:47 PM
mine has braced ones as well as the cooling fins
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Posted 11 February 2012 - 09:52 PM
Hi Al,
Never fitted on the car but the drums were,the drums are in storage in sydney.
John.
Never fitted on the car but the drums were,the drums are in storage in sydney.
John.
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Posted 08 September 2014 - 03:18 AM
Found this picture:-
http://www.gmh-toran...u1/#entry497564
^^^^^^^ Correct, Brock's car had 3 Webers with one venturi in each carb blocked off & Bond's car had SUs.
Harry was having an each way bet. Brock's car had more grunt while Bondy's car had better economy. Wait a minute didn't that cost Brock the race win, I think it did.
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and the Race:-
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Posted 08 September 2014 - 08:37 AM
Holden didn't produce race special shells during the XU1 model. The first race special shell was the second Bob Forbes L34. This was supplied as a shell to Bob after they put the car in the lake at Sandown. Bob knew the production manager Mike Prose very well so they ran a new shell down the line and added some extra bits where Bob wanted them after his experience in racing the L34. After that, they used that experience to produce the A9X race shells. Any differences in race XU1's would be purely in team preperation.
Are you sure about that?
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