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How to fit a Torana frontend (LH, LX, UC)
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 12:19 pm
by V8EK4us
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 12:25 pm
by Devilrod
Sticky time!!!!
Sure will help.
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 1:00 pm
by NoMAD
yeah nice...
good article V8EK4US, definetly come in handy to somebody at some point...
cheers
NoMAD
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 1:55 pm
by FB MAD
Excellent how to there
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Definately has to be a sticky on this one.
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 7:03 pm
by Thommo
Great work Gary
Thanks for taking the time to post this up
Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 12:56 am
by vintageholden
anymore detail please
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 10:12 pm
by leadsled_van
does the car sit lower with the torana front in it?
Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 11:54 am
by V8EK4us
leadsled_van wrote:does the car sit lower with the torana front in it?
Yes it does. The finished ride height on the EK is the Torana frontend with standard height SLR5000 springs and HZ stubs. The EK now has 1750km on the clock so the springs have settle abit more since the Nationals...... Here are some pics of the final ride height:
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 10:39 pm
by leadsled_van
very tough sedan,
what size are your rims, are the HZ stubs a straight swap for the torana ones and do they give it a 1" drop?
do you find your steering pretty heavy with the torana rack?
sorry for the questions, i have a LH front in my van and find the steering really heavy compared to an FJ i had fitted with Rod Shop rack. I plan to fit HQ stubs, my van already has HQ disks but won't take 14" rims because they hit on the top wishbone.
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 4:02 am
by mrs ratbox
if it has HQ discs it should have HQ stubs or H/KTG unless it has some sort of adapter, strange that the steering is heavy is it definately a torana front or a torana rack adapted to a HR front
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 8:40 am
by V8EK4us
leadsled_van wrote:very tough sedan,
what size are your rims, are the HZ stubs a straight swap for the torana ones and do they give it a 1" drop?
do you find your steering pretty heavy with the torana rack?
sorry for the questions, i have a LH front in my van and find the steering really heavy compared to an FJ i had fitted with Rod Shop rack. I plan to fit HQ stubs, my van already has HQ disks but won't take 14" rims because they hit on the top wishbone.
Thanks leadsled_van,
Rims: 15x6 front with 205/60/15 tyres, 15x10 rear with 295/50/15 tyres.
HJ-HZ stubs drop the front 1" (that is why I used them).
Steering is great, no complaints at all and no bump steer.
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 8:15 pm
by leadsled_van
hey ratbox, its a LH torana front with same rack, i had a shortened (hadfield) torana rack fitted to a HR front in my FJ ute and it was really light. I'm not 100% sure on the stub axles, i was told they were Torana, they won't take a 14" rim because it will hit the top control arm, if it had a stub axle 1" lower it looks like a 14" HQ rim would fit
thanks for the info V8EK4us,
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 8:50 pm
by V8EK4us
leadsled_van wrote:hey ratbox, its a LH torana front with same rack, i had a shortened (hadfield) torana rack fitted to a HR front in my FJ ute and it was really light. I'm not 100% sure on the stub axles, i was told they were Torana, they won't take a 14" rim because it will hit the top control arm, if it had a stub axle 1" lower it looks like a 14" HQ rim would fit
thanks for the info V8EK4us,
I can get a 14" HQ rim off a mate and test it if you want
BTW: it has P76 Discs (modified) not HQ discs.
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 9:19 pm
by leadsled_van
yeah that would be great, otherwise can you see how close the rims you have are to the top wishbone? mine has 15" chasers with only about 1/2" in height between the rim and top ball joint. that was looking at it on a hoist so maybe hard to tell otherwise. would appreciate if you could let me know, it could save me buying the HQ stubs.
thanks
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 9:50 pm
by V8EK4us
leadsled_van wrote:yeah that would be great, otherwise can you see how close the rims you have are to the top wishbone? mine has 15" chasers with only about 1/2" in height between the rim and top ball joint. that was looking at it on a hoist so maybe hard to tell otherwise. would appreciate if you could let me know, it could save me buying the HQ stubs.
thanks
Will get a stock 14" HQ rim and check it for you....... will have it done by the end of the weekend.