Hey all,

 

I have a set of these on my rally car, just got them a month ago. They are ex-factory rims used so I am told by Possum Bourne many years ago. The ones in the pic have the wrong stud pattern, but are th esame as the ones on my car (I don't have a pic of mine). They are Enkei WRC Spirits...14 x 6in. They are awesome!!!

THAT'S A COOL WHEEL!!!!!!!!!!!

 

That beats the crap out of all those 22's, 24's 26's, and "spinners" that all those new "ridz" are "sportin"

yeah, and they look even better mounted on the rally tires, on the car, better than the 14's I run at present

 

My other 14" tarmac rims

ive almost thought of liftin a subaru and puttin 24's on.. it CAN be done... would look siiiick on the right subie.

where can I get a set of those?

there are about 15 in New Zealand, of which I have 4.

 

8 are on two leone wagon here in Auckland, and I am sure there are some more floating about.

 

There are some for sale

here

 

I have sent them an email, but not heard a peep from them.

I looked at your build page and I was left with a few questions. What mods if any were made to the car? how does the suspension hold up to jumps (ie does it bottom out/are you bending stuff?)

 

how competitive is the car?

where do I start...

 

engine:

standard block, oversized mains and std big ends, std crank, std head gaskets, forged pistons and special rings, std gen III heads, std injectors, front mount intercooler

 

turbo:

rebuilt, running 14psi, adjustable boost

 

exhuast:

matched front pipe with legacy flexi-joint, 3in pipe from the turbo with waste gate pipe, and 2 3/4in straight pipe with one red devil muffler at the rear

 

cooling:

legacy radiator

 

gearbox:

leone casing with impreza close ratio gear kit (top speed 180km/hr on the redline) , 12kg viscous centre diff, 4.11 front diff, shortened drive shart and 4.11 impreza rear plate diff

 

front suspension:

Bilstein adj platform struts, with dyno'd springs (not sure of the rate, adjustable bottom arms and the 2in of castor. Strut brace between the towers

 

rear suspension

koni adj platform struts

 

rims:

15 x 13" / 15 x 14"

 

interior:

2 kevlar Autosport seats, 6 point cage with side intrusion and bracing, klippan 3in 6 point belts, sprco intercom, brantz trip meter.

 

It goes real well, but have had a problem with the head gasket going twice thisyear, once as a result of overheating, and the other the result of the mechanic that rebuilt the engine not re-tightening the heads...which only lasted 14km of stage distance.

 

We run pre-92 4WD, which as the name suggests is for 4wd cars build befire Jan 1st 2002. we are up against the legacy's / 323's / Lancers / Galants etc. so it is quite hard to beat them as they have a lot more HP than us, but we can knock a few off usually and get a top twn in the class.

 

As for bending things, no, it is really strong, but our rallies aren't all that rough, although they do have some rough bits in the them.

 

The car is a fun car, easy to drive, easy to run and cheap to fix.

 

If you want to know more, then drop me a line.

 

cheers

simon

Thats very informative! I wonder if copper head gaskets might help with your overheating problems. Just a thought, but anyway, do you have any more pics of the car, other than what is on the site's season photos? Id also be interested in some video if you can swing it!

 

PS do you know how many sets of those WRC wheels that japanese company has?

just got an email from them, they don't have any with the correct PCD.

 

sorry, haven't got any video, and most of the images I have are online already.

 

simon

dang it! do you know if you could hook me up with a set from NZ?

I see in 1 pic. on your'e site that U are towing a car trailer with the race car on it, and U are doing it with an EA82 WAGON!! How hard of a time do U have with that? What type of hitch are U using to do it, and how is it mounted to the car? Ever break/bend any thing with that set up?

I ended up selling the wagon (a car you all would have loved, owned sinced new, done 88,000km) as it used to overheat a bit on the big hills. The Jeep is much better to tow with.

 

carfreak, sorry, they are as rare as hens teeth, it has taken me 12months to track thse ones down, andmore people here are building rally Leones, so they demand is higher, and they are even harder to find now...like you say..blast, cause they are great looking alloys.

But the wagon WOULD tow the car AND trailer OK? How was the hitch bolted up to the car? Bumper or body mounted?

yeah, it towed with no real problem, until you had a big hill, then it would only overheat just at the to (we are tlaking about 6-7km and quite steep). FYI, it was a 3 speed auto, with no overdive.

 

the hitch was body mounted...and a factory item that came with the car when we bought it.

WOW!! over here they tell us not to tow with our old subes

I do it any way, and I made my oun hitch, but that's cool! That set up has to be at least 3000lbs

I wouldn't recommend that weight, and I only towed it with the car for 1.5yrs, so the long tern effects I am not sure...and the car had been owned since new, and done 88k, so the mileage was really low. The car had air suspension, which didn't like the weight too much and blew an airbag.

Hey - looks AWESOME.

 

We need to talk - about how you got 4.11 gears into that EA82 transmission - can I email you directly? This is all but unknown territory here in the states, but I would sure love to have those higer gears on my off-roader....

 

GD

I still might be interseted in hen's teeth!!! do you think you could get me a set?

I bought the box built, so not sure how it is done. As it is runnig the WRX RA close ratio kit, it will make your gearing a lot lower, i.e. top speed is now 180km/hr, whereas with the std gearbox and 3.9 dif I had seen over 200 on some of the longer straights on tarmac rally's, but now I just get o 180km/hr in half the time.

carfreak, if I come accross some that I don't need, then I am happy to do a deal.

 

you could try this link, they have some in 14" for sale, it is in Japan, but worth the try.

 

http://www.ishigami.co.jp/garage/web/a.html

didnt you say they had the wrong PCD? What is PCD anyway?

sorry, that was from another place (got myself mixed up a bit), these have the right stud pattern (4x140), you could try emailing them, I have tried but not heard anything back from them.

 

PCD is the stud pattern if I am correct.

 

PS, see you have a Merc, if you need Merc parts, then try my sponsors parts. probably cheaper to buy from Nz and ship than from the US

I still need to download a language converter so I know what that website says!!! how much do you think it would cost to ship wheels to the US?

not sure, probably wouldn't be too bad. you could always find someone importing car parts in your area, and jack it up so they com in a car, saving you the freight..