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[76lxhatch]

I think it looks pretty cool too and it might even be practical but... what about the tail lights?

[ls2lxhatch]

I have read that many LX race shells were modified to accept the A9X diff using a patch available from Holden. I did see a patch for sale on eBay once.

[Heath]

Hmm ok.

Note the swaybar mounting points, not seen on regular LXs either.

[Heath]

and heath you cant just tell by looking at a A9X at a show to see how the floor plate is bolted in.

I was responding to the question about spare wheel location is pretty bloody easy to see at a carshow "ohh hey mate, nice car, I've been trying to study this and that on A9Xs, would you mind opening up the boot so that I could have a quick look at the standard setup...", that's what the point that sparked the discussion was anyway.

Could someone who's willing to contribute something meaningful to a discussion explain what the actual geometry difference with the UC top arms is, I know that they use the same arms as any other box, but I've never seen a UC Sals out of a car let alone compared one to a Banjo. Are the triangulation angles different? Are the pivot points on the floorpan higher up? Because that would make the geometry a lot better. How about the height of the top arm pivot points on the diff, in relation to the axle axis.

Edited by Heath, 04 May 2010 - 03:50 PM.

[76lxhatch]

Are the triangulation angles different?

Yes to that one, they are the same as HQ to suit the cast ears on the Salisbury diff

[TerrA LX]

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What I would be interested in knowing is did the race teams upgrade to UC RTS front ends after 1978? I might have to Ask Sheppo this the next time I am speaking to him.

cheers
Mick

Hey Mick, just remember that the A9X used different stub axles etc so there would be no direct complete bolt in upgrade altho there would have been fine tuning by swapping top arms and location to suit driving style...

[slr5640]

I did see a patch for sale on eBay once.

In Andy's defence , I saw this come up as well and it was listed as an A9X rear half that was saved from a wrecked out hatch
He didnt get the rest of it unfortunately it went to the scrap yard
I dont intend putting up the sellers name but rest assured he was a genuine A9X owner.
Here is another pic that Andy didnt show.

[StephenSLR]

Just because an LH/LX flare makes an LH/LX look "tough" doesn't mean it is going to do the same thing to every other vehicle. If it did you would see people putting them onto VN Commodores.

People did try putting them on vehicles of that era back in the day, I recall many Cortinas had them.

You have to match up the right set of flares to the era/stylings of the car and some cars just look wrong with them as it doesn't fit the original 'look'.

It seems to me the UC gets a bum wrap because of two things... the tail lights and no V8.

Proof the General had never intended the UC to be a 'muscle' car. That's not to say you can't have fun modding one for the drags, racing, etc.

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Edited by StephenSLR, 06 May 2010 - 01:48 PM.

[orangeLJ]

Both wrong.

Comments like this give me the shits !

You can't just say "you're wrong" - anybody can say that, actually reminds me of 2 primary school kids arguing with "yes it is - no its not".

TELL ME WHY ITS WRONG

people like you and others dont need to know why its wrong. if you want to know go and buy a A9X. some things on our cars need to be made not public.

Thats a pretty nasty attack on a fellow forum member, mr numbers.

"people like you"

What are people like niterida actually like?? are they just like niterida or is it something they are like that is definitely unlike what everyone is actually like? or is he similarly like what we are like, but different enough to not be like what we are like?

Im genuinely interested to hear your thoughts on this issue.


The market for knock offs seems to have definitely died down in parallel with the prices of the "rare" cars. As for the A9X floorpan thing, I have an absolute shipload of random HDT, GMH and other internal releases, drawings, pricings etc etc in a suitcase that belongs to Karlies pa, I really need to get around to going through it and see whats there, it might have something completely top secret....