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What a great motor these were

Friggin love the covict, glad to see her back out 💪💪💪

That convict holden is awesome you should start drag racing it again

love the update! sounds awesome in car particularly. what diff ratio does the volvo diff use, it seems pretty ideal with the current setup

Is a cool car man. I dig itl

Goodaye good to see it running again how does the new cam compare to the old cam power wise, does it affect your brakes etc

Sounds great mate!

Looks like they made a Jeep renegade pickup version.

Quadrajet hands down the best carby for the 308 Holden engine.

So good to see you out putting some miles on it, definitely sounds healthier with quad on it. Looks like a great little camper you made too, should do a video on that too when you get a sec

such a cool car, sounds awsome !!! its a real driver !!!!!

I drilled out the oil returns in the head in my 355 vk,smoothed out the block internals,,I just said stuff it and went scat stroker and 5.7" rods and Probe high silicon forged chev pistons,I went with a crane cc 272 solid with LS 3 beehive springs 90# seat,295# on the nose,for long cam life,the ideal would be 120# seat and 295-300# nose,a bit tricky to set up.I dont rev it past 5000,no need lol,,with a ported head and ported and radiused torker single plane,with twin LPG throttle bodies,11:1 comp,the thing just revs up much quicker than when it was a 308,1st gear is a blast lol,, ignition timing is 20 initial 32 max with no vac,,,biggest problem today with flat tappet are the lifter crowns not being ground even or incorrect taper to match the lobe taper,always check lobe taper,,so if you buy new lifters,check them out on a Vee block and dial indicator for consistency,lifter face centre should be a cpl thou higher than circumference,also,no big chamfers on face edges.Powel engineering on ytube reground a new lifter and showed how bad it was and not evenly ground,,cheers and happy Toranaring

Thanks for reminding me of own quad carb Kingwood back in the day👍

Q-Jet any day, and they aew available in a number of cfm sizes from the 253 Holden fitments to Chevy big blocks. They are very tunable with adjustable power jets,different needles, and jet sizes for the secondary side and, of course, spring tension adjustment on the secondary air-valve butterflys

Used Quadrajet's for years on 253 and 308's and they were good. Parts and wear is catching up with them now however. A DP is a stupid choice unless you have a signifigant cam and are buying fuel at 60 cents a liter. 600 Edelbrook/Carter for the 308. Its a spread bore , has 3 stage metering like the Qad and doesnt have 30 years of wear in it. Parts are easy to get hold of. You will still get the big kick from the spread bore and part throttle is nice. A DP needs a lot of messing around to get close. Holley DP= Great at WOT and not much else. You will find it will work sweetly out of the box. When I replaced a Carter Thermo quad on my 302 with the Edelbrook it was almost perfect out of the box. Alternatively the Spread bore Holley's are ok as well but dont run as nicely and use a little more fuel But are far simpler to get close to a decent tune.

The small primaries means instant strong signal off the get go then the secondaries kick in Remember it's only a small capacity and mild overall set-up

Did the same in my 72 HQ premier. Changed to a Holley 650 vac-sec and hated it. Blueprinted the q-jet and put it back on. Better response, smoother operating, same power but way more economical on petrol. Q-jet for the win

I’ve got a mild 318 in my Chrysler, and I’m running an edelbrock 500cfm 4 barrel carb. To small? Dunno but it’s been tuned and runs great. Over the years I’ve had holleys as well but I’ve had issues in the past with Holley as in going out of tune and so on! This edelbrock has been on my car since 2019 and I’ve not felt the need to tamper with it as it just stays perfect! No shit. I will always run edelbrocks from now on and they are easy to tune and no messy fuel going everywhere if you should need to change jets as the top of the carb comes off,not a front fuel bowl. I’ve often wondered how mine would perform with a bigger carb but I was advised that the 500 was ample for my application.

Remember, the quad is a vacuum secondary type carb. It groverns how much air the motor sees. So it suits low rpm pulls (typical street use) The double pumper opens all the butterflies at once and is hard to beat at high rpm race type flat to the floor use.

Quadrajet for street drivability and reasonable economy. Had the Holley on a WB Kingswood with the 5.0 4 speed and she was a thirsty bitch and nothing outstanding. Swapped out to the qjet and it was a different car. Snappy accelleration and when those secondaries opened it really lifted it's game. But you need a good qjet guy to set it up.

Quady on my HZ tonner daily for my business for sure.

The answer is both. Both the Quadra Jet or a Holley. They can both be used depending on combination you choose what the Engine wants, tuning ability all comes into it. Use what the Engine wants. I have Even run As Big as 950 double pumper on mine no issues what so ever. Not for everyone though.

She sounds sweet with the quadrajet

holley would be the go for ease of use

Make them threw the body and get all the ground clearance

How would you go registering it as a ride share ? Like uber or didi but more so something private like a private car service? they might have a public liability insurance to cover you as part of the ride share system , I'm not sure how it works, I've never looked into it, but i use a private pick up/drop off service to get to the airport, and I know legally they are under the ride share regulations. As for the memories growing up, both mum and dad had Toranas, dad had a yellow LH 4 door SL that he optioned up with a LSD, 4 speed manual and 253, but he worked for a Holden dealership so he brought all the parts from his work to make it look like a SL/R, unfortunately tough times in the 80's and low wages ment dad had to sell it to support us kids. Mum also had a LX Torana 4 door SL, it was just a 202 with column shift, once again tough times in the 90's forced mum to sell her car and buy a more economical car with more seats , i remember my parents owning these cars, but i don't ever remember what it was like to ride in them, and unfortunately I've never been in another Torana since, I've tried to find mum's car but i think it's gone, and dad knows his car was destroyed in a crash after he sold it. One day i hope to own a LH/LX 4 door, just need to build my shed so i have somewhere to store it and work on it along with all my other projects that have been put on hold, If i ever get out to wagga again I'd love to come for a run in your Torana, would be more than happy to pay, i think what you are doing will be great for anyone to experience or relive old memories.

Awesome idea giving people rides in the torana.She sounds very healthy 🤙

sign me up aha would love to go for a ride in one of these beauties love the idea of the old fellas going for a ride in something they once owned maybe get some of those see through window stickers to advertise just ask and il take ya for a spin

what's your advice on how i could best make this happen and get connected with the right passengers?

Are they a interference fit motor? Hopefully the pistons and valves didn't have a get together 🤞🏻

I’ve since discovered I lost the pin out of the end of the camshaft that locates the pulley…. Hopefully nothing is bent, the front of the engine is coming off again 🤦🏼‍♂️

Class💪💪💪👍

Great to see her back on the road again,sounds healthy as

Well done. great work.

Run a Hyd rolla

Glad you got out and had a go in the MX5, I'll look forward to steering something with power one day. Hope the LX is back in action soon!

Bummer mate,she's testing you out a fair bit.Nice car by the way.

You done well in that little beast

put an LS in it, 308 getting old to much money to just keep up with a stock ls, in my younger days I had an LX SS hatch had a 327 stroker in it heads, piston, sj chev rods, cran 288 solid could get passed 12.2 I pulled out the engine put in a vk changed nothing ran 11.6

Cars always keep ya busy.

the other block can be sleeved i wouldnt throw it away 308 blocks are getting hard to find theses days might of bent the valves in that cylinder too

Carby bolt from base plate??? more info please as you have us all worried, Use to own a 5.0 ss papaya Orange back in the day cost second hand $4800.00 lol OH the good ol days

Cant go wrong owning a LX 2 door🤑

Hate to say mate! but your pistons are in ass about face!😂

i was gunna say that engine and box came out too easy speaking from experience .

Very unlucky mate for one bolt beautiful car 👌👌

Yeah wow not ideal mate but awesome to see you found a block👍. Keen to see the next video

Where's the fuel tank?

Thats good my truck with a cammed ls in it doesn't do 11s its a ford ranger 😂

Is that galvanized?