1986 Subaru Leone RX TURBO STi

[DrawingWaves]

Holy mother of all car build! Very nice!

[Nico TURBO]

Originally Posted by yatesy27

Wow, this has got to be one of the best and most thorough builds i’ve ever read. You have obviously spent a lot of time and money on her, and you’ve done an awesome job.

I have never really taken notice of the Leone here in Australia, but they seem to be remarkably well equipped.

Thank you for sharing your passion.
Chris

thank you and your very lucky in australia, they have lots of leones and old subarus there..... people have built my car lots of times down there but not as crazy as me I like to think lol.... but there is some very sweet old subarus that came out of australia for sure with some crazy swaps in them for sure.

Originally Posted by ZionsWrath

Sick car man but something about it looks so fragile. Maybe it is the thin pillars or something?

Good luck, maybe get a full cage?

thank you, its a very small car for sure but its actually built really strong these where real group B rally cars in the day so I'm not to worried but a cage would be the safe thing to do in such a light and powerful car for sure.

Originally Posted by DrawingWaves

Holy mother of all car build! Very nice!

lol thanks man















very excited about this radiator ! its a brand spanking new OEM Subaru 1988 Subaru XT6 2.7L H6 Radiator, its 2 core and also has the proper port size for inlet also outlet as a new EJ motors use.

it's also a perfect match to my EA82T turbo radiator, same size same width same cap location same mount points and also XT6 rad hoses to complete the job.


I wish I new all this from the start of the build, but it sure is going to be sweet next summer on the race track to do more laps in the heat, also the spal fans will bolt up in the same position as the gl-10 turbo mt rad. with the bigger radiator and my oil cooler this should complement the motor very well now.









and my new trunk seal which took a long time maybe it was made for me in japan but it came in also oem subaru for that perfect fit, i had a small rip in mine that i didnt like.

[AznKirby]

This build... I don't even ... Oh my God this is epic.

DAT build.

[Nico TURBO]

Originally Posted by AznKirby

This build... I don't even ... Oh my God this is epic.

DAT build.

LOL thanks man that was funny haha






















I been slacking on my updates, but most my parts are in for the spare EJ22T motor. i decide to get all new case bolts washers caps pretty much everything lol.






also got a new weather stripping for the hood, the original one had a small tear in it.






also picked up the original stickers for my rear doors, i have turbo on the door from factory but my car was a FWD not AWD... so i have to give it the subaru justice of the AWD.

[Nico TURBO]

and here we have 2 EJ22T blocks out of 9 cleaned and ready for the shelf for when the time comes, lets hope no more broken motors for 2014 season..

[Nico TURBO]

here is the spare EJ22T ill be using and its V9 JDM heads rods pistons all on a wheelie cart lol... this motor will get all the new plugs and JDM oil cooler.

[VesperLynn]

I've been looking for this build again! Finally its back on the front page!

Definitely sub'd...

[Nico TURBO]

Originally Posted by VesperLynn

I've been looking for this build again! Finally its back on the front page!

Definitely sub'd...

Ya been slacking on the post was busy working on other stuff























here is my water pump set up, this pump is for a non turbo Subaru "1990 Subaru Legacy 2.2L NA". There is a couple things special to this water pump which works perfect in my build. The black pipe is coolant heater core pipe single, and the hose adapter is H6 ez30




little back ground on the design




The EJ257 and EJ255 engines are using a low cost stamped impeller water pump that is inferior to this JDM spec closed back cast impeller water pump. The stamped impeller pump is less efficient and more susceptable to cavitation. We suggest installing a closed-impeller pump on any performance or motorsport Subaru engine build





so besides the cast impeller, the inlet port is huge which should help a bit more with coolant flow. on a turbo water pump there is 3 nipple ports... 1 oil cooler... 2 swirl pot... 3 heater core... now because I'm not using a swirl pot and have a rad cap on the rad I can delete that nipple port & the pipe all together.

also my oil cooler has no coolant going into it any more so that port can be deleted also, because of the use of the JDM spec-C S204 adapter.

[samisons]

you've gone too far sir.

[Nico TURBO]

Originally Posted by samisons

you've gone too far sir.

lol lol lol i'm trying my best



















is it summer yet ??

[Nico TURBO]

my new momo prototipo steering wheel, its got that old vintage look





more boost with race fuel and a tune fore some real power.

[AznKirby]

I've said it, and I'll say it again - this build is amazing!!

[USMC]

It looks great. WOW !!!!!!!!!!

[Snake]

^^+1,000,000

Love it.