My Torana Rebuild

[383 hatch]

Thanks. Hatchback Toranas will always be my porn, probably one of the best Holden shapes ever IMO.

Anyway, small update. Finished stripping the paint off the L/H door and epoxy primed it inside and out.

So that's it for this weekend. Big shed clean up this week now, the Chevelle i have to put a floor pan in arrives next weekend.

 

[383 hatch]

Just bought an SL/R cluster. Got it relatively cheap, only thing is it's only got the 160km/h speedo, not the 200km/h and it's LH not LX. I don't really care though, i only really wanted the extra gauges and tacho. I guess that's the good thing about it being a cut up UC, i can buy whatever i want...

 

[383 hatch]

Little update.

I'll just leave these here.

Mmmm, CNC ported straight out of the box.

 

[Dirbatua]

ooooooooooooooooh SHINY BITS!

 

[yZoH]

You being the man you are with the skills you have, I'm shocked you havent made an A9X scoop out of sheet metal...

 

[Jecs]

no one likes you or your CNC ported heads, or your beautiful ute.


no one.

 

[383 hatch]

You being the man you are with the skills you have, I'm shocked you havent made an A9X scoop out of sheet metal...

Yeh, i know, but honestly even though i've bought the scoop i'm still in 2 minds about using it. I think i might paint the bonnet with no hole in it and see what i think, if i'm happy with it i'll leave it. I can always fit the scoop at a later date. The motor will just squeeze under the bonnet if i try hard enough.

no one likes you or your CNC ported heads, or your beautiful ute.


no one.

You can't say no one when you do

Anyway, i got a new (well, second hand rebuilder) standard bore 4 bolt block. I've had it hot tanked and bored .040, i got it back last weekend and dummied it up to check deck height, it needs .010 off the decks to achieve 0 deck height. So, it's back at the machinists now getting decked and new cam bearings fitted then i'll get it back and start putting it together. I also cleaned up some daggy castings inside and out and clearanced the pan rails ever so slightly to allow for the 383 crank. The comp will end up around 10.8:1 with the AFR heads. It should go 500hp or very close to. Hopefully it goes ok

 

[ssvjones]

Awesome , great detail , big thumbs up m8

 

[Zeussy]

You know the only good thing about being away from a computer and J/C, is when I finally do come back and see this thread I can see all the updates and watch some real progress take shape..!

Awesome as always, BlownV6hatch, ahh I mean 383 hatch, lol, name change finally happened I see.

Don't be a skirt, go topless, no scoop, you know you wanna!

 

[383 hatch]

Haha, thanks mate. Long time no post?

You mean air filter out the bonnet? Na, not really a fan of that, it's either under the bonnet or covered by the A9X scoop for me. I'm also looking at putting this on club registration, and anything out the bonnet not covered by a reverse cowl type scoop is a big no-no.

Stay tuned for some engine related updates tonight.