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Heath's Torana for Street Machine Of The Year 2024
My home-built, extensively modified and driven Holden Torana has been nominated for Street Machine Of The Year 2024, and we figured it would be a good time to talk about the story behind this build and some of the reasons it's in contention for this coveted award.
The competition is always ridiculously tough and it's a huge honour to be part of the field. But I want to fly the flag as high as I can for a dedicated hobbyist owner-builder, who has built a high-impact vehicle presented in some of the best car display halls in Australia, while being properly functional, and having proved that with over 10 days of competition motorsport, plus versatile road use including many interstate trips with 28,000km on the clock, and many more to go.
(Voting for this competition has now closed)
Thanks to Street Statik ( streetstatik) for another awesome job of making this video with me.
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Torana SS A9X (rep) Dry Motorkhana Course
มุมมอง 3643 หลายเดือนก่อน
Torana SS A9X (rep) Dry Motorkhana Course
The trip every Aussie muscle car should do - Bathurst Hillclimb
มุมมอง 20K4 หลายเดือนก่อน
For years some friends and I have been wanting to do a camping roadtrip to Bathurst in our muscle cars to compete in the BLCC's Speed Weekend. In late 2023, we finally made this happen! This video co-incides with an article covering the whole trip in the September 2024 edition of "Street Machine" magazine - my first piece of writing for the horsepower bible. Thanks to Ross Perry ( ...
Taming the Torana on the Tarmac - Cheap Motorkhana Action
มุมมอง 7K5 หลายเดือนก่อน
This was my first time entering my Torana in a skidpan type event. This was a 'Group 5 Motorkhana' hosted at Geelong Motorsports Park (Avalon VIC). Very affordable and accessible, grass-roots motorsport. I've posted a few short clips of the car in action at this event last year and it has been great to see people enjoying those, but a proper video (showing warts and all) of me practising and tr...
Building the perfect SLR dash - Holden Torana Digital SpeedHut gauges
มุมมอง 15Kปีที่แล้ว
In this video I run through the features of the SpeedHut gauges for old cars and show how I integrate them into an LH/LX Torana dash, mimicking the look of the desirable "SLR" Sport Dash, but with modern back-lit gauges that are accurate, reliable, and full of features (trip meter, settable warning lights, GPS or electronic input speedo, lots of tach input options) that old gauges don't provide...
Heath's Torana Hatchback drift on Skidpan/Motorkhana
มุมมอง 1.7Kปีที่แล้ว
Short video that a fellow entrant took of me on my first day of racing my Torana hatchback around cones at the Group 5 Bitumen Motorkhana at Avalon (Geelong Motorsports Club) in Victoria. Not all of the runs were this smooth.
Camping in a Torana!? - Tour of the "Hatch Hutch" Rear Tent
มุมมอง 8Kปีที่แล้ว
Video showing my simple little sleeping setup in the Holden Torana hatchback that I've built. The "Hatch Hutch" is an original GM-Holden option for the Torana hatchbacks that were sold in Australia during the 1970's. It was marketed with the line "First Class Accomodation, No Reservations".
Flared Torana REAR Quarter Cut and Tub Mods
มุมมอง 10K2 ปีที่แล้ว
Following up my earlier video on the same topic regarding the front end of a flared Torana, this video covers what I consider "best practice" for modifying the REAR of an LH/LX Holden Torana that is going to have fat wheels and flares. Some of the details are not specific to a flared Torana, and some of the details aren't specific to a Torana at all.
Fixing what's wrong with the Torana pedal box
มุมมอง 2.9K2 ปีที่แล้ว
Short video covering the modification of the Torana accellerator pedal for comfortable heel-toe downshifting, and the installation of a "dead pedal" for your left foot when you're not changing gears. I forgot to mention that the 6cyl pedal uses the top "slot" in the firewall bracket, and the V8 pedal uses the lower "slot" on the firewall bracket. Both of these slots provide some further pedal a...
500hp LPG-Injected Holden V8 on Tunnel Vision dyno
มุมมอง 2.6K2 ปีที่แล้ว
Quick video of my car doing a dyno pull during a tuning session at Tunnel Vision Turbocharging in Melbourne, Australia. The car runs dedicated LPG with a vapour injection system I've put together. The peak power was 325kW at the hubs, through a TKO 600 manual gearbox and a negative camber 31-Spline full-floater Borg Warner diff. Motor and fuel system details are included towards the end of the ...
Flared Torana FRONT Guard Cut and Wheel Clearance Mods
มุมมอง 9K2 ปีที่แล้ว
This video covers what I consider "best practice" for modifying the front of a flared LH/LX Holden Torana that is going to have fat wheels and flares.
Heavily Modified Holden LX Torana Hoist Tour
มุมมอง 15K2 ปีที่แล้ว
In this video I took the opportunity of my heavily modified Holden Torana being on the hoist, to showcase and discuss various changes to the structure of the car, the floorpan and suspension changes, exhaust design, etc.
Fibreglass Bonnet Hinge Spring-Delete for Torana / 1970's GM
มุมมอง 6K2 ปีที่แล้ว
This video was done to explain what I did when I found out my fibreglass bonnet (fiberglass hood for the seppos out there) couldn't deal with the loads from using factory GM bonnet hinges with steel springs, like a standard Torana/HQ-WB Holden Kingswood, Statesman, Monaro, or a lot of old American G.M. cars rely on (Chevrolet Impala, Camaro, Nova, etc. are all identical). The part I used is adv...
Torana Hidden Wiper Motor Linkage Video
มุมมอง 6K3 ปีที่แล้ว
A little video I thought was a good idea to communicate some issues when making a hidden wiper motor setup, specifically on an LH/LX/UC Torana. The wiper switch I've used is a Cole Hersee 75600-02, it has a home position (off), first click is an infinitely variable intermittent mode with the electronics being built into the switch, second click is low speed, third click is high speed, with mome...
Datsun 260C Motorkhana Drift
มุมมอง 1.4K7 ปีที่แล้ว
Video shot by Gil of my 1973 Nissan 230 (Datsun 260C) Wagon at a wet day motorkhana event. This was hosted by TCCAV at Toyota Altona the weekend of 'Classic Japan' 2017 in Melbourne, Australia I never thought I'd do a motorsport event in this car! But couldn't refuse a wet day invitation to test out the 2-way LSD. Zoom in and have a look at the steering wheel action in the last section of the v...
Turbo L28 Nissan Cedric (260C) Wagon on Dyno
มุมมอง 3.7K7 ปีที่แล้ว
Turbo L28 Nissan Cedric (260C) Wagon on Dyno
Two consecutive runs at Haunted Hills (Bryant Park) in a '75 Porsche 911S Targa
มุมมอง 39712 ปีที่แล้ว
Two consecutive runs at Haunted Hills (Bryant Park) in a '75 Porsche 911S Targa
Lap at Haunted Hills (Bryant Park) in a '75 Porsche 911S Targa
มุมมอง 51112 ปีที่แล้ว
Lap at Haunted Hills (Bryant Park) in a '75 Porsche 911S Targa