Doing the runner

**Blakamin** · 11th January 2005, 15:38

Originally Posted by dangerous

But they did the XU2...... what was the story with that ?

that was a commodore a few years ago... wankers....
The torana version never made it into production..... (which is why an engineers cert is required to put the 8 into LC-LJ toranas in aus... otherwise if it was an option from the factory, you can do it no wukkas)

**James Deuce** · 11th January 2005, 15:41

Originally Posted by dangerous

Ohhhh yeah man... the 3.3 victor remember the fancy model the Ventura with duel exhausts

think I showed ya the pic of mine dident I scum

And so it bloody should. That's a 202 in there, innit!

Nice cars those. A mate of mine had one. Inheirited it from his Grandad.

**dangerous** · 11th January 2005, 15:49

Originally Posted by MSTRS

see photo - I don't think the Triumph could wheeze it's way out of a wet paper bag

naaa man, this puppy could kick SLR5000 ass till bout 100k... then it was all over rover.
seen here before I lowered the rear (think the frount is already) and the 3 twin throat webbers went on.... dident last long they would empty a tank in bout 1/2 an hr..... so it was back to crappy Leyland injection (after the twinSU's) The moter was done up to TR6 spec 150hp was the stock dont know what this ended up as.

**pete376403** · 11th January 2005, 15:53

Along with the Ventora there was an earlier upmarket version of the Cresta, the Viscount, had quad headlamps and woodgrain interior trim, etc. The 3.3 Crestas and later Victors were the car to beat at the B&H 500 and remained so until the Valiant Chargers came along.
While on the topic of oddball 6 cylinders, anyone ever see a Chrysler 180? It was a french Simca, bigger than a Hunter but smaller than a Valiant, and it had the 215 or 245 Hemi motor.
About the time the V8 Torana (XU2) got canned in the supercar scare, Chrysler were rumoured to be building their own hot rod Hunter with a Valiant 6 - An E49 Hunter kinda boggles the mind...

**MSTRS:Me** · 11th January 2005, 15:53

Dangerous....Hmmmmm, then it wasn't a 2.5i was it?

Still, didn't have any legs

**scumdog** · 11th January 2005, 15:59

Originally Posted by dangerous

Ohhhh yeah man... the 3.3 victor remember the fancy model the Ventura with duel exhausts

think I showed ya the pic of mine dident I scum

Never saw the pic D., still got one or two of the ones I had (and me with overgrown mullet and Fu Manchu moustache - still got THAT!!).

That 3.3 stood every torture I threw at it (out of ignorance) and only blew a front universal.

Wish the old man had let me by a motorbike as well though~! :disapint:

**dangerous** · 11th January 2005, 16:04

Originally Posted by MSTRS

Dangerous....Hmmmmm, then it wasn't a 2.5i was it?

Still, didn't have any legs

naa not much top end.... but reved very hard the TR6 had high compression pistons etc in it but the std PI still had 140 HP and they wernt a very big car.

**dangerous** · 11th January 2005, 16:10

Originally Posted by scumdog

Never saw the pic D

here ya are then.... had more pimples, than hair on my leg back then tho

**Blakamin** · 11th January 2005, 16:19

Originally Posted by dangerous

here ya are then.... had more pimples, than hair on my leg back then tho

you guys seriously needed some aussie cars in the 70's.... thats the reason there are so many boy racers over here now... in Oz, you still have people doin gup HQ's, XY's etc coz they are still around and easy to get parts for!

**onearmedbandit** · 11th January 2005, 17:30

Yup, even though I'm a '75 child, my brothers ('67 and '69) helped me cut my teeth on everything from Vauxhall PB's (3.3 Victor engine, 3 on the tree) to SLR's, XU1's, XW GT (alas, never a genuine XY GTHO Phase III) etc etc. Grew up on the sounds of thirsty rumbling V8's (I have owned a Charger 770 with a 440 Magnum, Statesman 308 HZ, and Sunbird 308 with over $25,000 in receipts on mods), screaming sixes. My brother had an anglia (sp?) with a ford V6 for a while, farkin cool. Oh the memories. Now days its all phhhaaarrpppp wooosh, phaaaarppp, woosh. The times they are a changin'.

**Mongoose** · 11th January 2005, 17:35

Originally Posted by onearmedbandit

Yup, even though I'm a '75 child, my brothers ('67 and '69) helped me cut my teeth on everything from Vauxhall PB's (3.3 Victor engine, 3 on the tree) to SLR's, XU1's, XW GT (alas, never a genuine XY GTHO Phase III) etc etc. Grew up on the sounds of thirsty rumbling V8's (I have owned a Charger 770 with a 440 Magnum, Statesman 308 HZ, and Sunbird 308 with over $25,000 in receipts on mods), screaming sixes. My brother had an anglia (sp?) with a ford V6 for a while, farkin cool. Oh the memories. Now days its all phhhaaarrpppp wooosh, phaaaarppp, woosh. The times they are a changin'.

Hell, thats still only the same age as some of the cars being talked about and younger than some of the cars

**gav** · 11th January 2005, 17:38

$25K on a frikkin' Sunbird? I've had two, one cost $200, the other was given to me as the owner didnt want it leaking oil on his drive, sadly they werent 308's, were dodgy old 1900 Opels

**James Deuce** · 11th January 2005, 17:43

Originally Posted by gav

$25K on a frikkin' Sunbird? I've had two, one cost $200, the other was given to me as the owner didnt want it leaking oil on his drive, sadly they werent 308's, were dodgy old 1900 Opels

Ooooo the "Starfire" engine!

**Blakamin** · 11th January 2005, 17:51

Originally Posted by gav

$25K on a frikkin' Sunbird? I've had two, one cost $200, the other was given to me as the owner didnt want it leaking oil on his drive, sadly they werent 308's, were dodgy old 1900 Opels

in Oz they laugh at sunbirds......and seeing as they never came out wif an 8 (IIRC), they all run around wiv sixes in them.... so torana owners tell em to buy a real car.... like a VB commodore with a starfire 4....