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Back in the beginning of November I bought this little sedan from Subareck



Obviously 2wd just wouldn't cut it



Welded rear diff and 4wd torsion bars installed


I had a S/R 3.9 5sp that was brand new (from a crash test car import from Japan). And a D/R 3.7 that was shagged.
Result:

Fresh EA82 D/R 5sp 3.9 ratio.

But as I found out, Manual EA81 sedan with no lift does not fit a 5sp D/R even closely.


So along came a hole. And a plate to fill it (oh and a fair bit of silicone).

EA82 crossmember to fit MY body, no problem


Then I put the package in, a Dual Carb EA81 and the 5sp 3.9.


Shifter hole wasn't quite right.. never mind, angle grinder at head


Clutch pedal need replacing with an EA82 one. Easy just a couple of bolts.


You have to have music

But I do need speakers to go with it now! ha

An exhaust wouldn't go astray, although it needs more work. Muffler has a weird rattle and its still a tad loud.

The rear camber and toe was completely screwed up and wrong on the 4wd sub frame I picked up from Subareck.
So some adjustments were made as it had toe out by 6mm on the right, toe in by 3mm on the left and about 3mm of positive camber each side.



Now I have about 2mm toe in on each side and zero camber after it settled in.

My new adjustable radius rods at work making room for the 27" kumho's to follow


Above is the standard fender.
This is the standard fender getting its first trim


This is the next trimming that I calculated I needed if I got 4WD shockers and taller springs. But this would still be a problem because the travel would still go as high as the 2wd shock it would just sit higher when on flat. You can see a line on the fender that follows on from the cut on the left there. That's where I cut it off.


And this is our final trim. Because I decided to stick with 2wd springs (soft and flexy). And no sturt lift due to issues of joints and driveshafts bottoming out.


It now lightly rubs on the battery tray/jack holder part of the inner guard when turned. But my brother says only by 5mm or so, nothing to worry about.
It also lightly rubs on the front of the rear tyres, needs a bit of hammering but won't be noticeable.

I'm going to get 60mm flares from Fitch Rubber.
Although I am not sure if I should do the rears in 30mm flares as it doesn't need as much on the rear.

And it is finally out of the garage and road ready, ish...


And one of what it was made for




All work was DIY, total cost so far, not including already had engine and gearboxes or rego, $880.

looking good, my i ask why no lift?

May I ask why lift?




Nah, sorry.
I didn't want to buy a lift kit, didn't feel like making one and figured if I could fit the tyres without lift why lift?

There are a couple of other reasons too, but no biggies

looks sweet, the leone's look uber tough when done up. I miss mine heaps.

tough man.. i love these old MYs who are toughed up... Have fun mate
Cheers
AP

this is frigin sweet

Nice car ! Hey, what year YZ in the garage? '86 ? I used to moto and flat track an '87 YZ250 all over the state here. Love the Sube...miss my bike
Mark

[ATTACH]1360[/ATTACH]I really love these build threads, keep them coming . Question though....realizing you guys are on the other side of the world and that installing the steerwheel and gas pedal on the wrong side is required...I did not realize the signage issues this global phenomenon would create.
Cheers all

^
hehe. Wondering when someone would pick that up.
I did not have a picture of this part of the process on the right side of the car, so I just flipped it.

The red Yam is a 91 TT350. The Yellow Yam is a 98 YZ250. I miss riding my TT, it needs a rear shocker and I have no where to ride atm.

yellow yz?

subuaroodude wrote:yellow yz?

You can see it in the photo with the engine crane. Its not completely yellow, its just got yellow guards and a black'n'yellow tank protection sticker thing over the blue tank.

My bad Phiz..dark photo and dimmer laptop display. Now in jealous, 2 Yami's and a nice Leone build.

Yeah, the leone took longer then I thought it would, but I did do almost everything I wanted to do on it over the period of a year in one and a half months.
But really at that price anyone can own one!

Phizinza wrote:All work was DIY, total cost so far, not including already had engine and gearboxes or rego, $880.

Make that $970 and also not including the tyres I already had. Extra $90 is for the wheels, 3 at $5ea and one at $75.

not every one can own one queensland laws rae a little tufer

for you

Nice Phiz, Good to see that someone else around here as access to a pit - ours is a little short in lenght as it was the first we built and learnt our lesson after we finished it...

Also love the thread on the leone... Looks good mate!

Cheers

Bennie

Does look good. I tend to agree that a toughed up MY 4 door sedan can look good, maybe coz there have not been a lot around. Really only seen a rotary powered one and a sly EA82T auto, something I considered when I bought FWD MY. Your work and photos blows away what I was told before. The four wheel drive gear just bolts in !! Interesting to see what you had to do to fit 5 speed at the tunnel opening compared to 5 speed in my already 4WD Brumby. Well done in getting it up and running in a relitively short time frame