SIX OF THE BEST

RYAN HOLZ'S LC TORANA IS ON A MISSION FOR MID-SIXES THANKS TO 2000HP OF TURBOCHARGED TOYOTA SIX-POT

- STORY MARK ARBLASTER

IN A motorsport discipline dominated by ground-pounding bent-eights, there's nothing like a 10,500rpm 2JZ six-pot jammed with 70psi of boost to rattle the cages of the drag racing establishment! And for Gold Coast local Ryan Holz, choosing to power his LC Torana hatch with Toyota's legendary six was a no-brainer.

"I got into racing a few years back and have always loved the 2J engine; they make insane power and are probably one of the best engines ever built," Ryan says. "I'd seen a number of Toranas with six-pots doing some cool stuff, and I had a two-door Torana shell that I was keen to do something with, but I didn't want to go down the path of a Holden six. The Nissan RB30 was pretty cool, but if I was going six-pot, it had to be a 2J."

Ryan approached Danny Lansdowne and his Spot On Performance team about turning the LC into a killer turbocharged, 2J-powered street car that could also take on Powercruise. True to form, what Danny and the team came up with was really too wild for anything other than track duties!

From there, it didn't take long to get the boosted, Toyota-powered Torry hauling. The boys campaigned it in that guise for a number of years, running a best of 6.90 at a whopping 206mph.

The cranky 2J up front wasn't super-exotic. Based around a factory cast block that was mostly filled, the combo featured an offset-ground factory crank, quality rods and pistons, dry-sump oiling and a reworked factory head. The team were not shy with the tuneup, wedging a massive 68psi of boost into the little 3.0-litre six to crank out 2000hp!