Welcome to HotUC!

In case you didnt know... I've got a LX Torana now too. V8, 5speed, so on and so forth... It's added to my car list, so you may have to take a step back to visit my LX's pages...

Check it out if you get the chance - it's known as Project SLR5000i...

This page contains current specs, i've actually made a rather large investment in a completely brand new drivetrain. EVERYTHING is brand new, and should be fitted and running within the next month or two... See it on page 12!

I acquired my UC in 1998, it has been in the family since brand new (I am the second owner).

When I got it, it had a Starfire 4cyl and MC6 4speed manual gearbox. I’ve since spent a fair amount of time and money on it as you will soon see. I’ve done everything on this car myself, from the building of the 179HP motor right through to bushing and brakes. Its one of the essential parts of owning a car of the Torana era, and I’m proud to show it to you.

It gets it share of attention when I go cruising, I even managed to make it on the channel 9 news when I was a part of the ‘Peter Brock Memorial Cruise’ in Townsville on September 17 2006. It’s definitely worth looking twice at!

Current specs are:

VISUAL & INTERIOR:
PPG Galaxy Blue Pearl paint
16" X 7" Simmons B45 rims with 225/50 on the rear, and 205/50 on the front Yokohama AR01's
Darkest legal tint
Woodgrain steering wheel
Superplush Pebble Brown carpet (brand new)
3 gauges
- 5" Autometer Cobalt shift light tacho
- 2 1/8" Speco Oil Pressure (mechanical)
- 2 1/8" Speco Water Temp (mechanical)
Custom Blue dash lights
Cyclops Alarm/Immobiliser system
Pioneer 200watt head deck (mp3) with Kenwood 6" (door mounted) fronts and Kenwood 6" by 9" rears in custom parcel shelf

ENGINE & DRIVELINE:
179 Red Motor (HP Block)
Bored to 186
Precision Hypatec Pistons
Starfire Rods
Steel Crank (factory fitment)
Lightened Flywheel
JP High Performance timing gears
JP High Volume oil pump
XU-1 Camshaft (big lift and long duration)
Brand new Electronic Ignition and NGK Iridium IX spark plugs
Top gun 10mm Leads
ACL Race Series bearings (all)
Rubber rear main seal
All parts were acid dipped and/or linished
Head - Shaved
- Ported
- Oversize Valves
- Double High Performance Valve Springs
- Grub Screwed (brand new) rocker studs
- ULP/LPG Valve seats
- Yella Terra Roller Rockers
202 Black pushrods
Standard lifters
Larry Perkins edition ACL Race Series Head Gasket
Compression is 10.0:1
KC Alloy 'Black' Rocker Cover
Chrome side covers and oil pump cover
Pacemaker primaries into single hi-flow 2 1/2" stainless steel exhaust system
Toggle switch activated Davies Craig thermo fans
Painted Engine enamel 'Aluminium'
Runs 350 Holley (rebuilt) on polished CAIN manifold
10mm flexi fuel line
HV fuel pump
4 Speed manual with same custom LX tailshaft
3.08:1 Salisbury diff
Vented and Slotted Disc Brakes (Front)
Standard Drums (Rear)

CAM SPECS:
Duration - In & Ex 280
0.050 Duration - In & Ex 217
Cam lift - In & Ex 286
Valve lift - In & Ex 456
Lobe spread - 111

The Power and The Speed...

The power there is average of 3 runs - 96.3rwkW. I recorded a best of 101.3rwkW (135rwhp). The first slip is 14.852 @ 95.94mph, the other two were done on my skidders to see how they would go... They are both mid 16's...