Leone

yesterday i read the whole thread, good to see it still being looked after all these years

Interestingly enough, I have a similar issue to this with the red wagon... thought a big old dump pipe putting the fumes (99% oil fumes) to the road might have been the solution... (rear door seal and corrective action on rust is probably the correct answer though)

@Rookie to give some context, Its a weekend car but still don't want it to overheat...i have extremely limited space with the factory radiator (approx. less than 25mm), yes I could custom radiator or repurpose something but I'm trying to keep as much stock items as possible, due to all the racing content I see I thought cyclic idle might be a solution...as adding it when tuning appears easier than customizing something.. (and not easily replaceable if something breaks) Looks like I'm still at the drawing board.

Thanks, i thought it would be a no go, space is at a premium and although it looks like there is a bit there.... there isn't haha. and I'll take all the bonus points i can get.... will certainly help when the time comes for inspection.

Thanks Clink, easy if i can get it thru jsut that front panel, but im concerned i may need to go into the lower radiator support panel where its stitched to the front panel... have done a better job at trying to show where the cut might go...

Copy pasta’ing here for visibility/know how

Rules out that option haha

Question regarding cyclic idle, have read that it’s to keep the car cool but is it enough without a fan or is it to be used in conjunction with a fan?

This is where I might need to go thru the seam to fit fmic… can just see the radiator in the lower right.. cant go much higher due to light mounting brackets on the other side so question is, am I allowed to simply get the hole saw out here? if there might be a bit of a gray area, the what’s the best approach? Leave a bit there and run a bead over it?

This is the smallest fan I have it’s around 25mm wide and no clearance, I’d like to keep the original radiator for ease of replacement an it’s quite a chonky boi so would have thought of it would be enough to keep it cool assuming I can find a fan… then there is the intercooler piping. There is a seam which I wonder if I can cut though or if it’s too structural? I’ll add a pic of where it is for commentary Fan with bees dick for clearances

Also done a full “test fit” of the FMIC, grill, radiator and lights, had to do some minor trimming and the fmic will need to be modified to get the pipework thru the front panel… outlets are quite small which I was originally against but where I’m going to put the pipework is very tight if I use the original radiator. Might have to rethink that tho

Driveshaft is back, over built the f out of this, just to future proof any project creep or HP aspirations….it’s wayyyy heavier than the factory one and apparently good for 500hp (hopes and dreams to even get half that haha)

@Nominal thanks, will go for a nosy when im on break. @cletus yea rusty Subaru thoughts are right, the more we get into it the worse it gets, there was a wrecked wrx in the shop and the boys said be less work to effectively put the top part of the Leone on the bottom part of a WRX than fix the rust... which lead to a conversation... which lead to bad ideas over beers and now I'm here contemplating life and probably poor decisions (made doubly worse by being addicted to rusty Subarus)

This question is one probably better suited for Facebook as an anonymous post.... Is it possible to body swap on a monocoque chassis and be legal in NZ? Understand there is a fair bit of structural pitfalls there, would adding a roll cage and jumping thru those hoops make it work/easier?

I was too hungover to attend, seen some late model jappas there via Instagram, did anyone take any pics of the old schoolers?