Well it has been a long long long time since we last had a Feature car up so thought we’d start off with a very stout streeter from up the coast (sorry YLD073 we needed to get your ugly mug off the front page). This is Lee’s 1973 LJ aka YLD-073!

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Lee’s LJ is powered by a 355 stroker and pumps out 385rwhp. The block is taken from a VT, VN heads are ported with crane rockers, SRP forged pistons and Scat H beam rods fill up the block with a Harrop crank filling out the bottom end.

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Toyota Aurion silver paint looks right at home on the LJ.

“I bought the car in 2004 and it was very tidy but did have a little rust and was running a healthy 202 with celica 5 speed and 9″ diff. The motor and box were pulled out and sold to make way for the vn headed 355 and th350. I got it engineered and drove it for a few months before the engine grenaded itself and decided to completely strip the car down. It was sent ot Mark Dallaqua (MD Conversions) for mini tubbing and brake upgrades. From there it was sent off to bathurst custom paint for rust removal and a new paint job. In that time, a new motor was screwed together by Pete at Intune Performance”.

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The interior is for the most part standard trim bar the full cage and Autometer gauges recessed in the factory console along with a Wilwood pedal box.

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Old school muscle is always that much better to look at if all the chrome and stainless bits are shiny. Lee has had both bumpers rechromed and all stainless trim reconditioned.

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Weld prstar rims finish off the tough stance of Lee’s LJ nicely.

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Thanks for your time Lee, that’s one hell of an LJ!

Quick Specs

Lee - YLD-073

1973 LJ Holden Torana

Colour : Toyota Aurion Silver Paint

ENGINE

Make : VT Block

Induction: Torque Power Single Plane Manifold

Heads : VN Ported Heads

Ignition :

Exhaust : 1″7/8 primaries - 3″ all the way

Power : ~385rwhp

Performance : 10.90 @ 125mph

TRANSMISSION

Gearbox : TH350, kevlar clutches and manualised

Diff : 9″ full spool with 4:11’s

SUSPENSION & BRAKES

Shocks & Springs : Front : pedders heavy duty springs 90/10 shocks, Rear : spax coil overs

Brakes : Outlaw 4 spot calipers front and back, HQ rotors front and VN commodore rear rotors.

INTERIOR

Seats : XU1 spec

Instruments : Autometer gauges in the standard cluster.

Cage :Andra spec full cage

Dash : customised standard dash

RUBBER & RIMS

Wheels : Weld prostar rims. Rear : 15 x 9 (275/50/15). Front : 15×4 front runners

Tyres : Rear : Mickey Thompson street slicks. Front : Michelin

THANKS

Mark Dallaqua - MD Conversions

Pete, Intune Performance

Andrew Yeo, Bathurst Custom Paint

Adam Cope - ACM Bathurst

John - Erina Ultra Tune

JA Auto Trim

Rob - Kirrawee Mufflers

Sideshows Performance Wiring

My Girlfriend Nikki

Full Gallery of YLD073

Video Compilation of YLD073

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Gazza Nationals 2009 Official DVD

Haven’t been on MCF much recently as i’ve been working to get this DVD out before chrissy!!

What’s on the DVD :

- Burnouts (incar cams)

- Superskids

- Go To Whoa

- Jet cars (incar cams)

- Dash 4 Cash

- Interviews with Brent Smith - (CRAKAFAT Capri), Jamie Dahl (absolutely AWESOME blown XR Falcon) and Carli Dale (55 Buick Super)

- Burnout legends, Gary Myers, George Separovich, Fred Watson & Clint Ogilvie

BONUS FEATURES

Full burnout footage of ITS253, ONBOC, NUTTR, GM176

Trailer

GazzaNationals 2009 Official DVD Trailer

Available at :

Kaos Unleashed

&

Sprint Auto Parts Stores

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SUPERNATS Farewelling ORAN PARK RACEWAY with a BIG BANG !!!

This will be the BIGGEST & the BEST SUPERNATS EVER !!!

This event is now ALL JAMMED PACKED with Australias leading BEST SHOW & GO St MACHINES, HOT RODS, MUSCLE CARS,BLINGS,FOURS, etc.

Kids rides,simulators & much much much more.

The worlds Fastest ROTARY will be there on display also. One SUPERNATS not to be missed.

BE THERE !!!

Discuss This Post HERE or check out the Supernats Site for more info.

It has been nearly 4 years since MCF was started (17th Dec 2005) and since then alot has changed and it’s about time we made a few big changes to the place.

So give me some feedback on what you would like to see either added or changed around here. Any criticism is welcomed, however it would be even more helpful if you could add in ideas as to how you would improve things around here.

For me personally, i’d like to move to a more magazine type of site. ie add in a bunch of tech articles, interviews etc… however I personally do not have the time to do this so would appreciate anyone who has anything to offer to put their hand up to write articles for MCF from time to time.

Keep in mind that whilst all input is welcomed, what actually gets changed will come down to a combination of time and $.

MCF - Creation date: 17 Dec 2005 22:42:07 -

cheers,

AJ

Ok so we were going to give away 4 Powercruise #17 DVDs but after reading the replies, bumped the number to 7! Too many great replies, would love to give away more too!!

Winners (shoot me a pm with your address and i’ll send them out tomorrow morning).

- dan_dog for QLD rail and racecar spelt backwards (absolutely hilarious)!

- IVA-302 for husband and wife - potentially and realistically

- FLI20Y - better thank Oscar for this one mate - images NSFW

- 355 VK - KFC and uncomfortable women

- V8capri8 - pickup lines and ugly bloke and train

- Struggler - simple yet effective…

- Chucky - although I love holden, this one was nice and simple! Holden Joke

Sorry to those who missed out, thanks everyone for the laughs, there are some fantastic jokes in the thread.

Don’t forget to shoot me your details so I can get those DVDs sent out to you ASAP!

cheers,

AJ

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This Friday 25th of September we’re having a BBQ at Gerrys Automotive, bangas and slurpys will be provided. Bring your car along or just yourself to have a bit of a shit talk. The dyno will be open, so if you want to zing your car up on the Dyno you can (for $50) however we’re mainly looking at having a bit of a get together.

Gerrys Automotive Address :

Unit 4 / 16 Bearing Road, Seven Hills

Bring along some nibblys / drinks a good sense of humour and a few good stories.

Any questions fire away, great to meet up with everyone and hopefully see some new faces there too!

cheers,

AJ

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We have 4 Powercruise #17 (Sydney Powercruise 2009) DVDs to give away!!

How do you win?

Give us a reason in a few words or images why you should get one of the DVDs. The mods and myself will decide on who had the best (read we want to laugh) answer, simple as that. We’ll announce the winners at the end of September.

Couldn’t be any easier really.

Your answer doesn’t even need to be related to the DVD itself, simply make us laugh and you’re in with a chance!

Thanks to Gup and www.powercruise.com for the DVDs to give away!

cheers,

AJ

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Car Wars has give MCF 5 double passes to give away for this weekends Car Wars which will be held at the Drift Nationals at Oran Park this Sunday the 20th of September.

So what is Car Wars?

“The Australasian Customs and Modifiers challenge (ACMC) proudly presents the next level of entertainment in the automotive industry: Car Wars. The intention behind Car Wars is to provide an Australia-wide platform for professional builders and enthusiasts alike to come together and exhibit not only their passion for custom building, but also the talent and creativity needed to produce an award winning custom vehicle. Participants will be vying for state and national championships – driven to be the best of the best in Australia.”

To win is easy as pie!

Post #2, #7, #11, #15 and #21 will win a double pass to attend this weekend.

RULES

**** you can post as many times in this thread as you like HOWEVER you cannot post multiple times in a row, there must be some meat inbetween you and your previous post!

If you are any of those posts - shoot me a pm with your name and address so I can send the passes off straight away.

For more Information on both Car Wars and Drift Australia check out their sites :

http://www.acmc.com.au/

http://www.driftaustralia.com.au

Big thanks to Car Wars for sending out the passes.

Also note, this is a NSW based event on this weekend, so if you can’t attend and are one of the above posts - let me know and i’ll give it to the next person in line.

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Lee and I had quite a long discussion and I really do hope that this will explain to a few people why what happened did happen and that it was pretty much taken out of the hands of the organisers.

The main focus of the discussion has centred around the burnouts / driving events being cut short.

The reason the burnouts had to be stopped is because there was a very strict EPA Notice (Environment Protection Authority) put on the event. The Notice specifics were that the burnouts were only allowed to continue if there was a minimum of a 5k wind blowing between South and West. Anything else meant the burnouts had to be stopped.

Lee had a weather station setup all weekend as they had to monitor the wind speed and direction every minute and document all of this for the EPA.

If the EPA Notice were ignored then Lee himself would have faced a $120,000 fine plus upto another $60,000 fine per day. The reason Lee himself would have face the fine is because he had to place the event under his name for the event to go ahead.

The next highly contested part was the mention of a golf buggy being able to run yet unregistered vehicles not? The reason for this is the insurance only covered registered and permit vehicles to be at the event. To get a permit to operate an unregistered vehicle all you have to do is visit the RTA pay $20 and you get a permit to use an unregistered vehicle. This permit however doesn’t enable you to use the car on the road. Lee and organisers did contact everyone who had already entered to let them know of these rules. HOWEVER they were unable to forewarn those who simply turned up on the day to use their car.

Why all of a sudden did the insurance only cover permit or registered vehicles only? The new committee at the speedway decided to pull the insurance they had from under Southcoast Nats at the very last minute so a new insurer was needed and the only insurer they could find at such late notice only allows for permit and registered vehicles to be at an event.

When it comes to the problem with the toilets, this is a bit of a non issue. The toilets were hired as a unit that is maintained by the driver all weekend. None of the event staff were made aware of the flooding toilets and none of them saw it to get on top of things. It’s most definitely not a passing of the buck, the toilets were to be kept clean and maintained by the driver.

Now some of you may ask why then would the event go ahead at this venue if all this was occurring? Well the new committee at the speedway didn’t communicate with Lee about the EPA Notice until the very last minute and withdrew their insurance at the last moment too. This left Lee and the Southcoast Cruisers car club in a shit of a position.

The good news is a new venue is being secured as we speak, Lee has pretty much got one in the bag which is a far better location with better amenities. Full grass areas, large bitchumen areas and closer to a much large town on the Southcoast. Lee will be announcing the new venue once it is all sorted out. The new event will not have any more driving events as the EPA Notice will still be a huge cloud above the event, so Southcoast Nationals will return to being a static car show with Dyno runs, Audio comp and more at a far far better venue.

Hope this clears a few things up.

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MCF on Youtube, the channel has been around for quite some time now but we haven’t really done all that much with it until recently / now.

So jump on ( MCF Youtube Channel here ) and make sure you SUBSCRIBE! All the vids we take will now be uploaded there and if you subscribe you will be notified when new videos are added.

Currently there are over 1300 videos from different events on there and that is going to more than likely double in the coming months with all the events coming up this year.

Couple of popular vids :

BIGV8 Feature Car Compilation Video

Dennis Maloney’s RatRod Burnout From REVFEST 2006

BLWN68 Burnout at Vic Gazza nationals

CYCOV8 Powerskid at Sydney Powercruise

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Cheers,
AJ!