Holden Torana (1970)

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• Date Added: 25 February 2009 - 04:31 PM
• Date Updated: 07 October 2009 - 10:17 PM
• Color: Red
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• Price: $ 1,200
• Odometer: --
• Body Style: sedan

202/3.3 powered budget built car
The engine is pretty strong and I have now run a [email protected]
I paid $600 for an injected engine with a Yella Terra and 5 speed supra box plus wiring etc then transplanted it and slowly tuned it from mid 16's to mid 14's without adding anything to it. The airbox was the key and it had a standard computer.

I decided to recon another block and add a new cam and secondhand webers, the later were a gamble but apart from my mate changing the idle jets they run pretty well and supposedly came of a 320hp engine.
It owes me around A$5500 as I have I used standard parts and modified them at a fraction of buying aftermarket stuff.

I have a few more items I want to try over the next year and hope I can manage a 12 second quarter eventually. Its not the prettiest and will never win any shows but I just love taking it to the drags and creating a wow factor with some of the people there and pissing off some of the ford drivers in 5.8 and 6.0 litre beasts.

VK carby motor bored
3 x 45DCOE Webers with 38mm chokes
Redline Inlet manifold and linkages
Kelford camshaft (Hot street cam)
Comp Roller Rockers (Adjustable)
Guide plates and stud kit
Solid lifters
186 pushrods
Crankshaft, modded myself and balanced
12-port cast iron head that was cleaned up recently and .020 taken off
Stock electronic ignition
Stock Flywheel thats been lightened
Stock clutch plate
Stock pressure plate with 1 x 4 extra straps
Stock M20 gearbox
Hilux Diff - 4.3 gears upgrading to 3.9 Supra soon
Front brakes are HQ vented, Rear are Hilux Drums(Big)
VL Calais Mags with 235x50x15 rear & 195x50x15 front

As I sold off the original parts to help fund the mods, the total cost of the build including car is approx. A$5500 (NZ$7000)