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[Ice]

Mental but love it

[Doubledip]

running VE GTS front seats with 8 way electric/memory position and VE Clubsport rear modified to fit

 

 

 

[Doubledip]

Hey SmartE... yes they are comfortable.. my daily is a VE SSV so I like all the mod cons... like your seats.. would look good in a hatch

[Doubledip]

Few current pictures of where my car is upto..

 

 

Front wheels on 18x8 with the 355mm discs and 4spot calipers

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hidden wiper motor all mounted and working fine. Is a VE commodore wiper motor which i will be operating the same as a VE commodore having both adjustable intermittent wiping and also the rain sense on windscreen feature

 

 

 

 

Lastly the LSA engine back in place getting fittment right for the next stage - Brake booster, exhaust, modifying RH engine mount etc..

 

[Doubledip]

a few more pics of parts going into it and work done on car

 

 

Rear coil overs

 

 

 

Front coil overs

 

 

 

Rear discs - 320mm and 4 piston calipers (compliment the 355mm fronts and 4 piston)

 

 

 

VE Caprice seat bases mounted in

 

[SmacT]

W.E.A.P.O.N. :-) I'm enjoying this - what's next? 

[Doubledip]

Getting new front springs made for the coilovers so I can get it to where I want in height

Also have ordered new booster , just waiting for it to be made up so I can start on the pedal switch

Also waiting on a mate Soi can get the tunnel covered so can finish trying to see if the HVAC unit from the VE will fit in, along with then getting him to start sorting out with me the rear cool over mounts

[Bigfella237]

It just keeps getting better!

 

Wow, those are some complicated looking seat bases...

[Doubledip]

It just keeps getting better!
 
Wow, those are some complicated looking seat bases...

Yeh there is a bit in them. But it has the 8 way adjuster with electric lumbar along with the seat position memory module All of this works of which key you are using as well

[TerrA LX]

Thank you I am not looking at just another Torana in undercoat.
Well done.

[IMORAL]

_{Top job. Following this one for sure. Cant wait to see the finished product.}

[Bigfella237]

~ But it has the 8 way adjuster with electric lumbar along with the seat position memory module All of this works of which key you are using as well

 

Sorry to get just a little off topic Justin but for the benefit of us hatch owners, those Caprice seats being from a sedan would not fold forward to allow rear access like coupe and ute seats do would they?

 

Do you happen to know if any of the VE utes (even in the HSV range) have full electric memory seats like yours?

 

I wonder if the legal requirement for rear seat access could be satisfied by one of the memory positions being set for full forward / full tilt (although I imagine it would be slow)?

[Doubledip]

the only Tilt forward for hatch back use is what the utes have which is mechanical ......   and yes the seat movement is slow but when I am taller than my wife I like the idea of having presets so I don't have to keep moving it to get it back into position

[Doubledip]

Progress & car looks excellent
Love the old n new combination
Well done

 

What spindles / stubs are you using to mount the front monster rotors?

 

Cheers

DB

 

at the moment they are HQ sutbs , been modified to suit the brakes...   if i dont get it low enough i will be buying the 2" Drop Stubs from Stubtech

wow this is going to be a impressive build!!

 

im planning on putting ve interior in my hatch so when the time comes ill no doubt be asking you a few questions haha

 

what of the interior are you planning on running?

[Ice]

Holy shit this is going to be a wicked Torana

[Doubledip]

it has been a while since my dad and i have had a chance to work on the car (3 weeks in fact) - had a bit of spare time over the last few days though so have ordered some parts and modified a few things... one that is finished is the brake pedal.

 

started out as a Torana auto pedal and now has a VE manual pedal pad and sports cover... to go with the sports pedal theme 

 

 

 

 

Ordered a custom made boost from Terry at Hydroboost

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then to match my brake setup and also fit the custom booster ordered the wilwood 1 1/8" master cylinder and proportioning valve from Castlemaine Rod Shop / Waddingtons

 

 

 

 

 

 

in the middle of another VE part meet Torana part at the moment and once finished will post up some pics... this one is a little tricky but a necessity to make sure all the electrical was going to be a easy integration

 

[neglectedtorana]

Hi Justin,

Great work and fantastic to see your progress.
Looks like it will be ridiculously good!

Do you have 3 generations working on this car?
Enjoy and success

Cheers, Tom

[Doubledip]

Hey Tom...

 

yeh at times there are 3... theres my Dad and I and every now and then my son comes and helps... he helped strip the car down  but at the moment there has been a lot of heavy lifting stuff or welding so he hasn't done much.. 

[Bigfella237]

G'day Justin,

 

What were the details on the custom booster?

 

Did it only have to be custom to fit the Wilwood master or was there something else done?

[Doubledip]

wanted -

 

1. dual diaphragm

2. suit wilwood 1 1/8"

3. fit in with the LSA..   

 

may be others that will work but considering i had nothing .. the price i payed was a supply , does the job, plus fully reconditioned/new parts