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FORD POWERED TORANA

Started by _scottya!_ , Mar 09 2007 06:47 PM

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#26 Tiny

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Posted 12 March 2007 - 05:16 PM

scottya: That's an icon that isnt able to be used very often, So alot of people like to use it when they see a thread that could go with piccies! Dont stress mate, theyre not having a go at ya!

Everyone is keen to see this thing!

Cheers

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#27 _scottya!_

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Posted 12 March 2007 - 05:26 PM

Thanx Tiny, didn't take it the wrong way mate, just new at this site. Still learning what everything means.Got to dummy assemble everything into car again so new extractors can be made. Not looking forward to doing it , but its goota be done. Soon as it is done i will put pics up. Cheers!

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#28 _jake_

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Posted 12 March 2007 - 05:52 PM

that sign means people REALLY REALLY REALLY wanna see some pics and r interested. :spoton:

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#29 _QIKSLR_

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Posted 12 March 2007 - 06:12 PM

Wow awsome stuff! Good onya mate, can't to wait to see pics. Most of the best toranas usually have little to no GMH parts in them anyway.

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#30 lxsstorana

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Posted 12 March 2007 - 06:23 PM

Got me interested. Looking forward to seeing the photo's.

Mick.

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#31 _Monkey_

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Posted 12 March 2007 - 06:35 PM

Sounds good.
got any pics??

Edited by tuf73, 12 March 2007 - 06:38 PM.

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#32 _scottya!_

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Posted 12 March 2007 - 06:40 PM

There was a green hatchback torana convertible on , i think ebay, some time ago it had a 302 cleveland in it. Dont know if anybody remembers.

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#33 _scottya!_

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Posted 12 March 2007 - 06:43 PM

Too try QIKSLR

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#34 _scottya!_

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Posted 12 March 2007 - 06:43 PM

Too true QIKSLR

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#35 _Keithy's_UC_

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Posted 12 March 2007 - 06:53 PM

I respect someone who knows what they want in a car. Fair enough some peeps will have bad words to say about it, but if it drives and stops like a normal car and even still looks like a Torry - who's gonna know! And for that matter, who is gonna say "that ford motor is tuff" when you have just toasted them down the 1/4 - they wont know! Thats not to say that ford make crap motors, quite the contrary.

I say you are a true car nut, and daring to be different is what sets the enthusiasts from the bogans. Well done mate!

Keith

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#36 _scottya!_

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Posted 12 March 2007 - 07:32 PM

Thanx keithy, always loved the shape of the toranas, especially the LX. Don't go much for the LH headlight set up. As you probably can tell, don't go much for anything that has a dizzy at the back of the engine.

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#37 _Keithy's_UC_

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Posted 13 March 2007 - 06:36 PM

Fair enough! I much prefer the dizzy at the back - its out of the way then and looks much neater in the engine bay!

Good on ya mate! Put your pics up when you get them!

Cheers
Keith

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#38 _1QUICK LJ_

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Posted 13 March 2007 - 09:14 PM

sounds interesting i like the idea. :spoton:

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#39 _gtr161s_

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Posted 25 March 2007 - 02:13 PM

*** q for you scottya,

with the ford block is the weight distribution over the front better than the gmh or chev engines?

also any ideas on weight comparisions to gmh chev/ ford blocks?

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#40 _scottya!_

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Posted 26 March 2007 - 06:47 PM

Hi gtr161s, Dont know the weight differences between the ford, gmh and the chev blocks. But what i can tell you is that with the dizzy at the front of the ford block and the sump i used, i could customise the engine mounts and put the engine closer to the fire wall. With the angel of the exhaust ports on the cleveland heads, the custom extractors clears the side of the chasis rails alot easier than chev and holden do.

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#41 lxsstorana

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Posted 26 March 2007 - 06:59 PM

Does this car really exist or is it something you would like to build.

Been nearly three weeks and no photo's. What's going on?

Mick

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#42 _scottya!_

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Posted 26 March 2007 - 08:15 PM

Lxsstorana, Wouldnt waste my time or anybody elses time if this project didnt exist. As earlier replies have stated that i have to do a complete dummy assemble again to have a new bigger custom extractors made. The original set didnt perform on the dyno wich i wasnt happy about. For some reason they lost hp and torque at around 540hp. My engine builder done a back to back test with another set on the same engine and made 580 hp. As you may appreciate, these projects take alot of time money a patients, as do wife , kids and work. But have to buy new digital camera to post pics faster, but working on it.

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#43 lxsstorana

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Posted 26 March 2007 - 08:19 PM

Thanks for the reply. A few of us are keen to seen your machine.

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#44 _scottya!_

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Posted 26 March 2007 - 08:28 PM

Me too ! original dummy assembly was done in a rusted out bare shell which has since been dumped. Now have very straight complete car which i have to start all over again(engine out, gearbox out, diff out, fuel tank out) then 9inch in , hang exhaust gearbox ,engine block in then send it away to get new extractors made. Very time consuming. But thanx to those who watch and read with genuine interest.

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#45 _Azza_

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Posted 26 March 2007 - 08:34 PM

Enough with the chit chat we want some god damn pictures!!

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#46 _Azza_

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Posted 26 March 2007 - 08:44 PM

please

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#47 _scottya!_

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Posted 26 March 2007 - 08:52 PM

Be patient azza, I'm building this car by myself with help from no others. If i had pics they would be posted. Anyhow! Rome wasnt built in a day.

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#48 _Azza_

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Posted 26 March 2007 - 08:55 PM

Mate we're all ripping our hair out here! lol

Just a few snaps, comon

Good to hear your doing all the work yaself, same as me :spoton:

Gotta have a crack

Edited by Azza, 26 March 2007 - 08:56 PM.

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#49 _scottya!_

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Posted 26 March 2007 - 09:05 PM

Just checked your project, looks all good. I do have a brother that is a spray painter/panel beater currently doing ground up mock A9X hatch himself. I think i am going to win the lotto befor he offers me a hand with mine.