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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 8:22 am
by mr_sp33
steptoe wrote:you've got a good two seconds over the Wheels reported 400m for the AWD turbo Vortex.
Nice looking stance :)
Haha cool. Do you have the article? Could you take a scan/pic?

Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 9:20 pm
by Chris_Rogers
there is more in it. that said it is a $4500 box if you kill it.

swap the turbos out and its good to go. they area accessed from the bottom.

Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 6:46 pm
by mr_sp33
I have some sad news.

My grandma is selling her old civic because she can't drive manual anymore, and it's been in the family since new. Unfortunately noone else is in a position where they can buy it so i'm buying it to replace my Leone as my daily.

Which means i'm selling my much loved Leone :( If there's any interest on these boards feel free to PM me Its 6months rego on it and 2 new tyres. I'm pretty open to prices at the moment, so if you're genuinely interested, talk to me :)

P.S i'm going to detail it up nice, and take it for one last photoshoot before it goes to a new owner.

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Going to miss you buddy!

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 8:24 pm
by Chris_Rogers
bugger! wish I was in a position to buy it back... (I am not.)

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 7:04 am
by steptoe
You unthoughtful little grandson ! Why on earth don't you just do a swap with grandma? The leone wagon is an auto aint it ?

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 11:14 am
by mr_sp33
Chris_Rogers wrote:bugger!
I know! I had planned to have this as a long term companion, such a shame... Wish I had the space!

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 11:15 am
by mr_sp33
steptoe wrote:You unthoughtful little grandson ! Why on earth don't you just do a swap with grandma? The leone wagon is an auto aint it ?


Haha, whats even more amusing is that she bought a brand new auto subaru wagon. It's almost poetic.

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 11:24 am
by steptoe
time to move to qld for the stuff that is for sale up there and complianced :)

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 6:54 pm
by El_Freddo
steptoe wrote:You unthoughtful little grandson ! Why on earth don't you just do a swap with grandma? The leone wagon is an auto aint it ?
Because he doesn't want grandma to snap her neck!

Cheers

Bennie

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 10:10 pm
by mr_sp33
El_Freddo wrote:Because he doesn't want grandma to snap her neck!

Cheers

Bennie
Exactly! The reason she sold her manual civic was because she's getting old and brittle... She would fall apart in this powerhouse. :o

Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 7:30 pm
by mr_sp33
Cleaned the Leo today, even though it's raining for the next week lol...

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Found this too while cleaning, anyone know what it's for?

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Looks like it could be for some optional accessory or something.

Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 10:20 am
by AlpineRaven
mr_sp33 wrote:Cleaned the Leo today, even though it's raining for the next week lol...

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Found this too while cleaning, anyone know what it's for?

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Looks like it could be for some optional accessory or something.
Can you show us different angle of photo - I'm thinking due different angle that its from another car - not Subaru?.
Cheers
AP

Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 9:15 am
by mr_sp33
Hmm maybe. Only the front section is textured, so i'm assuming the back section of the L shape is just for an attachment point. I tried holding it up against the interior and it didn't seem to 'fit' anywhere... Plus it's black.

I might try googling the part number

Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 11:18 pm
by Chris_Rogers
show it from another angle. I may remember what it is.

Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 7:59 am
by steptoe
share the part number ?

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 8:22 pm
by Chris_Rogers
that will work as well. I can look it up on the subaru database then.

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 9:20 pm
by steptoe
Chris - gotta ask your secret in shrinking the Vortex bonnet vent - 3 minutes on high in the microwave?

Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2013 6:13 am
by Chris_Rogers
somewhat. from memory the L series body line on that hood is 58" wide the XT is 63-64" wide. on both cars that had that insert done it was a case of reskinning the L series frame with the XT piece, welding,filling, painting and job done. $1200 or so for a local shop to do it.

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 12:23 pm
by mr_sp33
steptoe wrote:share the part number ?
Hmm, will google it next time i've got my hands on it.

I got the condenser fitted last weekend, getting the AC system gassed tomorrow.. Hopefully it holds pressure!

Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 8:50 am
by RSR 555
Sorry for being slack but don't have time to go through 20 pages of this thread, but do you have any under bonnet pics?