HZ One Tonner

[ari666]

smallest bolt box ever.

 

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

Ball joint press? What's one of them? Piece of pipe, a socket and a hammer are the correct tools to remove and fit Holden lower ball joints.

Good find.

But must do this

 

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

This is a mates 1 tonner

 

[Pub247]

My old man had a HQ tonner with a worked 308. Was painted cobalt blue. I loved it when he took me out the road and showed me how to do burnouts . Ahh the good old days. I love tonners, old and new.

Cobalt blue is ####ing awesome... only problem for some is it's a ford colour but i'd have a cobalt blue ed xr6 any day of the week when its new paint it looks so ####ing awesome pictures dont do it justice

 

[383 hatch]

To be clear, I'm not really having a go at anyone in particular or saying anyone has a lack of imagination, because let's face it, just about anything you can think of has been done on a H series Holden, but personally I've just got really sick of seeing LS1's in just about every car lately, that's all.

I can see the benefits of using one, but I still like seeing more "traditional" engines being used from time to time. Also, more often than not, they just look like a dogs breakfast.

 

[Pub247]

I'm fully with you Tim every car from from early vh.vk.vl commo's right through the h series and even toranas are getting them. It's kind of boring. Even all the rx7's, skylines and silvias getting around with them are a bit too common.

The flip side is they're cheap 2000 for a full motor box and wiring and youre getting 225kw stock and theres plenty of off the shelf kits to fit them. It's easy it's cheap it a v8 and makes good power and economy. hard to say no too.

 

[Sabbath']

I totally agree Reaper, nyloc nuts on ball joints make me uneasy to be honest. A nyloc nut just isn't as fail safe as a split pin. I recently bought a front end kit for the Torana, castleated nuts on everything, only way to go.

Good to see it all sorted and back on 4 wheels. I would assume a full front end rebuild is on the cards though?

Why does every old Holden (actually, every car for that matter) have to have an LS1 in it now? It's getting really boring lifting the bonnet on everything and seeing another LS1 conversion. I actually find it refreshing some times to lift a bonnet and see a 308 or 350 sitting in the hole.

Yeap, car has been driven the 20m i needed to move it round the back and parked pending the rebuild.

Reason for LS1 = $/kw. LS1's are cheap power, you can pick one up for the same as the parts for a stroker kit would cost.

So, is the plan to completely strip it to pieces, and rebuild from ground up like a champ?

Correct. It wont be seeing the road for a long time. But when it does. It will be worth it.

Ball joint press? What's one of them? Piece of pipe, a socket and a hammer are the correct tools to remove and fit Holden lower ball joints.

Good find.

But must do this

Tried the hammer and pipe method, truuuust me, lol. Having the rotor in the way hindered the swing arc a bit. I did get it to moe about 1mm. Tool was sooo much easier though, just wind the nut in, pop.

Guy i bought it off had a WB 2 Tonner there aswell.

 

[Reaper]

Cobalt blue is ####ing awesome... only problem for some is it's a ford colour but i'd have a cobalt blue ed xr6 any day of the week when its new paint it looks so ####ing awesome pictures dont do it justice

Haha that was the colour I painted a LH Torana once. Fkn awesome colour when done right .

 

[Trayner]

to be clear, i'm not really having a go at anyone in particular or saying anyone has a lack of imagination, because let's face it, just about anything you can think of has been done on a h series holden, but personally i've just got really sick of seeing ls1's in just about every car lately, that's all.

I can see the benefits of using one, but i still like seeing more "traditional" engines being used from time to time. Also, more often than not, they just look like a dogs breakfast.

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[Reaper]

^^^ Either the left or the middle one. That is all.