The Holden Torana was an absolute pure breed muscle car. The torana was known as one of the most significant cars in Australian automotive history. The torana was driven by many great racing car drivers in it's past including racing car legend Peter Brock who raced the torana around Bathurst many times in a flight of victory and always knew it was down to the incredible machines that could take the thrashing of speed and handling.
Specs:
HB Torana
The Holden Torana was first released was the LC Torana and the SL Sedan that were made from 1969 - 1972 and were recognised right from the start that the car would be a favourite amongst millions of muscle car maniacs. The real Toranas though weren't brought out as the LC or the SL as the 'First Generation' of Torana's was known as the HB Torana, that although it's small appearance, was quite a nippy little car. The HB came with a 1.2L OHV I4 (4 cylinder) engine, that put out 64BHP and had a top speed of 60Mph (65km/h) made it very reliable.
The HB Torana.
LC/LJ Torana
The LC (1969-1972) and the LJ (1972-1974) Torana were the 'Second Generation' of Torana's and were known as the first Torana's to come out with 6 cylinder (I6) engines. The LC and the LJ were practically the same accept for the engine choice. The LC only came with a choice of two engines, a 1.2L I4 (4 cylinder) engine that produced 50BHP. A sporty version was also available as a 1.4L I6 (6 cylinder) engine that produced 65BHP. Though the LC had two choices the LJ had seven choices. You could choose from:
1.2L OHV I4
1.6L OHC I4
130 / 2.1L OHV I6 (Export motor)
138 / 2.25L OHV I6
161 / 2.6L OHV I6
173 / 2.85L OHV I6
186 / 3.0L OHV I6
1.6L OHC I4
130 / 2.1L OHV I6 (Export motor)
138 / 2.25L OHV I6
161 / 2.6L OHV I6
173 / 2.85L OHV I6
186 / 3.0L OHV I6
These choices were what made the Torana such a luxury muscle car of the day as of it's wide range of customisable features available.
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| The LJ Torana |
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| The LC Torana |
TA Torana
The TA Torana was also amongst the 'Second Generation' of Torana's and was recognised by many as one of the ugliest Torana's ever made and wasn't very customizable with only two engine choices of 1.3L OHV I4 (4 cylinder), and a 1.8L OHC I4 (4 cylinder) engines. The brakes weren't customisable as in the previous Torana's but it was a very good family car as of its long distance abilities, big storage areas, and cormftability.
TA Torana
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The TA Torana despite it's small engine's, the most powerful which was the 1.8L put out a wopping 70BHP which for it's time was a lot of power.
LH Torana
The LH Torana was the most recognised and most famous Torana of the era. The LH was so popular in fact that they made more than 5 versions of the LH including a race spec version named 'SLR 5000' that was fitted with a mighty V8. The first LH however was first made from 1974-1976 which was the stock standard LH's that came with a choice of engines including:
1.9L OHV I4 (Opel unit)
173 / 2.85L OHV I6
202 / 3.3L OHV I6
253 / 4.2L OHV V8
308 / 5.0L OHV V8
173 / 2.85L OHV I6
202 / 3.3L OHV I6
253 / 4.2L OHV V8
308 / 5.0L OHV V8
The Largest of the motors which was the 5.0L 308 Hemi V8 put out an enourmos 330BHP that could push it to a top speed of 120Mph (193Km/h).
LH Torana
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SLR 5000
The SLR 5000 was the sports racing Torana that the world fell in love with. The Torana only came with two engines of choice which were a small but mighty 4.2L 253cui V8 that produced 360BHP, or a 5.0L 308cui V8 that produced a huge 520BHP and was used in the lemans two consecutive years and came within reach of the podeum. The SLR with it's biggest engine, could do a to speed of 140Mph (225Km/h) which was once recorded at Bathurst in 1987 when Peter Brock went down Commodore Strait with the foot down and at 100m to go hit 224.98km/h.
SLR 5000 Torana
All up the Torana was a perfect Muscle car!!!
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