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#1 LXdamo

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Posted 10 December 2012 - 06:50 PM

Well......
Seeing as things are happening finally on the old girl, i thought i'll update the progress here..
Then i realised i have never started a thread about it!! so here it is.
I bought the car back in 2000 as my daily driver.Was sick of having new cars messed with and went back to something i could play with.
Here it tis a year or so after i got it.
Pretty standard, tired 308 M21 muncie and 9"
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Was good fun to hack around in,gears jamming up and all but things happen when your playing cars.
So i broke the 9" by trying to stop too hard turning into the street which i think also hurt the gearbox.
The input bearing ended up in bits
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so i rebuilt that and drove it for a bit longer.
Had a few little bubbles of rust and decided it was time to take it off the road and fix 'er up a bit.
So i stripped it and cut the rust out and gave it a squirt of paint


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Any way that lasted about 6 months in pieces and thought it'd be clever to enter it in a show to get me motivated to finish it off.So i got the car back in pieces 3 days before Extreme HP show 2005 ( think it was then)
Got it all back together with a couple of all nighters and drove it down there
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After the show and driving it for a month or 2 i bought a set of convo pro's for it which changed it completely

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Not long after i decided it was getting really tired in the engine and it was time to do something about it......
What a mistake...
So thats where the car stopped its progress
After i pulled the engine out i started to tidy up the engine bay and got side tracked by the other 10 or so cars that came through my shed.
And thats where it sat until 2007 when i heard about some engine bits that i liked the sound of.
Couldnt resist and shelled out the cash for this thing
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Got a bargain,brand new never been used VN group A manifold,rocker covers,throttle bodies,fuel rail,lifters,cam and a brand new set of VN heads ( not the group A D ports unfortunately)

So managed to pick up an airbox and Y pipe as well.Mounted the airbox where the battery used to be and used a cut out next to the radiator for clean air.
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In that time it also got new bushes in the front end,bilstein shocks,king springs,selby's adjustable sway bay,UC rear sway bar and a leyland P76 brake conversion.

And it sat again.... Family stuff got in the way,house stuff and generally working too much didnt help either.

Until recently......

Seeing a few mates getting their cars going has got my interest back (Greenmachine,Chickenman)
So a few years ago i bought a COME racing 396 ci stroker kit.That'll fit nicely in there
Went out and bought a set of 600 series COME alloys as well.
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Then i went and had a bit of a spending spree. christmas came early for me!
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so i sat all the bits on my spare block in the shed to have a squiz as you do before taking it all off to the engine builders

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So most of the gear is now at the engine builders.Just have to drop the block off next time i'm home and it'll be underway.
The aim is for around the 575hp but with mountains of torque.
The Haltech is coming next week for the control,and after christmas i'll get an order a new TKO 600
Its finally happening and i'm getting a little excited!!!
Cheers
Damo

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Posted 10 December 2012 - 09:04 PM

Awesome.. this thing has been hiding for way to long! I remember seeing it in the flesh with crampton when I was a teen! I think there was a teal LX sedan and brown LJ in your drive then too!

Be tougher with the engine in there

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Posted 11 December 2012 - 04:58 PM

Awesome! I am hanging to get mine going.... although having just moved to Canada i might have to wait a bit longer....

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Posted 12 December 2012 - 08:50 AM

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Beautiful brake foot...

Why dont you tell everyone what you payed for the group a gear? Or are you afraid youll cop some abuse...

About time there was a thread about this.

Oh whens the independant front suspension arrive from waddingtons? Hangin to see that!

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Posted 12 December 2012 - 10:36 AM

Another awsome white and black hatch breeding like rabbits

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Posted 12 December 2012 - 10:41 AM

Hahaha what? do you think it was a bargain? $3000 is pretty good i thought.

Left foot braking in the torana was always PITA with size 13's so it is only a clutch foot!

ASR sump has turned up at home so i'm looking forward to checking that out.

Thanks UCANG,will be a heap tougher with the engine in. There were a few torana's around then :-).

Barney,been keeping an eye on your progress over there,looks like your having a ball!! but get home and fix your car!!

As for the front end boofhead, it might have to wait a while if i end up with another car, hint hint!

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Posted 12 December 2012 - 12:40 PM

Good to see you back!

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Posted 12 December 2012 - 03:37 PM

I smell an LJ.......

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Posted 12 December 2012 - 03:56 PM

Cool car, nice thread, will follow :)

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Posted 12 December 2012 - 08:02 PM

FATSLR- i have been watching all of these things appear and i rekon they are the best colour. I'm glad i didnt paint it green when i resprayed it like i was going too.Will keep an eye out for your car when i'm in perth! Was only in dunsborough two weeks ago.they make good icecream there!!

Baron - Feels better already working on the bloody thing.will keep an eye out for you around the traps.

Greeny - haha well you might know something about that hey? get out and fix your car!!

Emu - Cheers dude,hopefully i'll be able to regularly update this thread!

A little bit eager to get home at the moment.Getting withdrawls from the shed!!

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Posted 12 December 2012 - 08:25 PM

Yeah i know allllll about it!
My hatch can get stuffed!! Right now $40k would buy it fkn shit heap

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Posted 12 December 2012 - 10:13 PM

love the colour, is it stayin that way?

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Posted 12 December 2012 - 10:30 PM

love the colour, is it stayin that way?


I dont think its stayin that way, word out is damo is gonna get me aroud we will get pissed and spray paint some gay flames up the bonnet a d sides!



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Posted 12 December 2012 - 10:52 PM

Haha yeah Greg,she'll stay the same colour.
Not interested in winning any trophy's with my car so it wont have Marc's custom bourbon flames.....

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Posted 09 February 2013 - 05:18 PM

Damo good too see some action on the hatch!

Cheers

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Posted 14 February 2013 - 09:59 PM

sweet, black an white! wots not to love. keep it up

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Posted 19 February 2013 - 08:47 PM

Little bit of info.

The engine is all at the engine builder's and its under way!!!

Roller cam is ordered and has some nice bumps.

248/254 @.050 on 112 degree centres. .660/.614" lift should be sweet  as well.

Block is being clearanced early next week and the four bolt main conversion will be happening after that.

Unfortunately the manifold will be going.Have a torque power pro paw manifold and a 950 hp holley for it.

Heads have been ported and flow good numbers.(over 680hp with minimal work)

So its slowly moving....

Just paying for the engine now and then it'll be time to buy some more bits for it!!

Will keep ya's informed!!



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Posted 19 February 2013 - 08:56 PM

Roller cam is ordered and has some nice bumps.
248/254 @.050 on 112 degree centres. .660/.614" lift should be sweet  as well.


Shame it's a HYDRAULIC CAM you poof!
Go buy an XR6 and wear lipstick

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Posted 01 May 2013 - 10:18 PM

Okay, so i thought i'd better update this finally.

Good news about my engine finally!!!

After going through drama's with the stroker kit as well as the heads(sh#t quality control by the manufacturer) it is finally screwed together.

Ended up going back to a carby and put the injection manifold under the bench for a rainy day.

So i'll let the photo's do the talking

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So its just waiting on the sheet metal rocker covers i have at home and a few little bits.

It'll end up going home and put in the car for the extractors to get made up,then back to go on the engine dyno to be run in and tuned.

till next time....



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Posted 02 May 2013 - 06:42 AM

No more twin throttle body injection? :-(

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Posted 02 May 2013 - 09:31 PM

No more twin throttle body injection? :-(

What a blouse hey! Ask him again about the cam, I hear its got a vagina

Other than that it looks the job!!

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Posted 02 May 2013 - 09:39 PM

seen this on aussie v8 looks great just needs the manifold smoothed and coated 

 

seems to be a common thing with come ive heard heaps of stories 



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Posted 03 May 2013 - 12:32 AM

I was tempted to get the manifold coated,but in the end,its no show car.As long as it looks good from 20 feet away,i should be able to hide in tyre smoke!!

 

I was pretty dissappointed with the COME stuff.You get raped for it and then have to go through and check it all out again.

 

 

As for the injection manifold,it might end up on another project later on.

 

 

Green/bluepressurecookermachine- GET STUFFED!! hahaha



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Posted 03 May 2013 - 01:45 PM

Do the ASR sumps come with the box shaped pickup?

Whats the oiling system mod in the valley?



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Posted 05 May 2013 - 03:50 PM

I got my manifold hydroblasted and looks clean as and it cost $80
Also alternator bracket what brand?
Good work keep it up




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