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After destroying the gear vendor’s overdrive at Gunnedah in December I decided to put on 33 inch tyres (were 29″) with no overdrive, which is the same top end speed. Sounded easy in 3 months but the amount of cutting required was more than expected. Take out Christmas and being busy at work then before Read More …
The Torana’s final tune up was completed last Wednesday for the Snowy Mountains 1000. The Methanol injection was gone and we were back to petrol with a carburetor and street tyres fitted, ready to head up to Cooma on Friday the 21st November. After not being ready last year and having to run the old Read More …
The Torana got more attention than ever over the weekend at Sydney Dragway with its new look, see below post from Drag News Australia, and have a read of the comments. It was designed to be aerodynamic by our fiberglass guy for the ‘Snowy Mountains 1000’, and it’s now here to stay… Definitely an eye-catching Read More …
After being pulled down to be set up for ‘Snowy Mountains 1000’ last November – new fiberglass front, suspension/diff upgrades, rear wing, engine and seat – we got carried away with what we were doing and having a number of things just not fitting out of the box as expected we were finally ready to Read More …
The Torana is getting a unique spoiler added, what do you think so far? Leave us a comment below.
Finally all the problems we have had assembling the engine are sorted and we now need the Gear Box back so it can go in this week hopefully. Then the drive train is finished but we still need to get front suspension and steering sorted. Looks like Day of the Drags in March will be Read More …
Unfortunately the race to get the Torana ready was over on the weekend when some of the engine components that should have been a simple fit required machining and time we just don’t have, so I have decided to instead bring my 1966 Impala Cruiser and see what speed it can do. Not the ride Read More …
The Torana’s new front end is now on and the suspension is complete. It should be painted by Tuesday, thanks to the guys at Blue Gum Smash Repairs – Tuggerah NSW. Then it has to be re-assembled and the new engine also assembled, dyno tested etc. Hopefully all ready to go by Thursday 7/11/13. Time Read More …
