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[yel327]

Hopefully he gets to run it at Bathurst - let's see if he can break his own Touring Car Masters lap record set late last year in the Mustang (was previously held by a HQ). 

[GMH-01X]

Two Torana's in the top 5 race one at Hidden Valley - John Bowe in 2nd & Jason Gomersall 5th....Awesome to see the Torana's at the pointy end.

[yel327]

I just had a read of the governing rules. Would be interesting to see a HQ sedan up against an LH-LX. A HQ sedan with 308 is set with the same minimum weight of 1450kg, same max revs of 8000rpm and same tyres allowed. Suspension setup is very adjustable so both cars can be made to handle. Would be a cool comparison how the slightly wider and longer car with the same weight and engine would go. You can also run a HQ with a 350 but your minimum weight increases to 1580kg and max rpm drops to 7500rpm. Until John Bowe set a new Bathurst lap record recently in Mustang Sally, a HQ held the Touring car Masters lap record at Bathurst.

You can also run an XA Falcon with a 302W at the same weight, rpm and tyres as the HQ and the LH/LX.

[hawk]

Unique cars mag has a write up on the car got it today. Havnt had a read yet though.

[LXCHEV]

Yeah picked it up the other day too.

How did this car go at Darwin?

[LXCHEV]

Haha yeah sorry I did watch a tiny bit of that, but I meant overall results from the whole weekend. Apparently the Torana was perfectly suited to Winton, hence the great results on debut. Darwin was much more of a real test.

[Shiney005]

I would love to see the tacho on some of his downshifts.

[lakeside]

Everytime it comes back I'm expecting a new paint job but no I have to keep looking at a mustang, A Torana would look good for a change.

[Shiney005]

Stick a couple of Holden badges on it!

[LJGTR6]

I love watching that thing race.

I saw it today in the Garage with the bonnet up and it had the coolest looking intake arrangement below the bonnet scoop.

 

should have got a photo.

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[RallyRed]

these look tough with the -ve camber they run....dont look quite as drunk as the LC/LJs though

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[RallyRed]

that is one clean race car....nice pic Steve

[LJGTR6]

That's it. How cool does that look.

Can I ask anyone what is it doing?

It seems to sit down against the radiator?

 

how does all that work?

 

steve.

[Dasman56]

Cold Air intake. Looks like they are making good use of the high air pressure build up you get in from of the radiator. Air gets pushed up into the air cleaner area before it goes thru the radiator so its nice n cold.

[RallyRed]

just an old skool OTR intake...well not really old skool, but old car.

[Dodgey]

The car is an absolute cracker! Some photos after race 1 on Friday at Bathurst

 

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[Racehatch]

Awesome car!