That is one badass sleeper man. i love it. wish the camera guy could of showed the other guys time at the end of the video

+1 i'd love to see this if you can find it

GSX_TC1 said:

That is one badass sleeper man. i love it. wish the camera guy could of showed the other guys time at the end of the video

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Thanks! The turbo Integra ran mid 13's and the ElComino ran 11.9. The race looked closer because I must have beat him off the tree.

Leon, nice job. Sleepers rock. Reminds me of the turbo Caravans from back in the day.

ArcticTsi said:

Leon, nice job. Sleepers rock. Reminds me of the turbo Caravans from back in the day.

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As I mentioned earlier, those vans were my insparation for this project. It just took me almost ten years to find a proper van

Lots of changes of the Summit for this spring:
Ported 7cm^2 exhaust housing, ported EVO3 manifold and re-circulated external WG (still 14b for now...)
Volk TE37 wheels
Big/light weight brakes.
EVO8 Tein coilovers with camber plates
Diet (car will be around 200lbs lighter, without looking like it is )

Getting really excited for the race season!

So, brakes and suspension are done on the PS! Next, I have to complete DS, which should be easier.

Last item in suspension upgrade are stiffer/shorter rear springs. I am starting out with 7 passenger wagon seats and cutting 1.5 coils from them.

Some latest photos:



New stance, about 1" lower than before.



Newly cut front bumper cover showing the only hint something is going here .



EVO8 Tein camber plates.



Engine bay. Pretty standard DSM "go fast goodies".

Some more 14b fun:

First two runs had fuel starvation in 1st and 2nd gears. On third run, fuel problem went away (I have added 2 more gallons of race fuel), but I missed 2-3 and 3-4...

4g63 Eagle Summit AWD turbo 12 second drag race, Leon Reitman 12.6 @ 107mph IFO NED - YouTube

I guess announcer kept having fun with the van .

"guy in the civic is ###### not too happy about rolling up next to that thing."

At 24 seconds you hear some guy say "Are you serious?"

Priceless.

GRNDSM said:

Some more 14b fun:

First two runs had fuel starvation in 1st and 2nd gears. On third run, fuel problem went away (I have added 2 more gallons of race fuel), but I missed 2-3 and 3-4

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Wow, that suspension barely lets the vehicle rock when you take off. That thing's really cool! Very inspiring

at the commentary. Go Leon!

Thanks, Kris! Thanks to these videos, I get to enjoy the commentary, otherwise I just keep hearing about it .

That suspension feels very good, much stiffer than las year.

I love the Civic's attempt at the badass burnout in the water box, and he then runs a 17.26

Cool van Leon!

Thanks, Craig!

I finally upgraded my van to a 16G turbo. I didn't expect such a small increase in turbo size to have such profound difference on the tune, but it did! I really had to tweak the fuel tables. But the biggest difference happens when I keep the exhaust cutout closed! The restrictive stock van exhaust really chokes the engine at high rpms!

Fist pass was 12.08 @113. I lost to a bracket 11.8xx muscle car, but that was a great, close race!

Second pass was: 12.2 @108 (missed 3/4 shift)

http://i973.photobucket.com/albums/ae215/grndsm/7493c042.mp4

This would have been an awesome kill, if I didn't miss 1-2 shift. But still fun to watch

http://i973.photobucket.com/albums/ae215/grndsm/c60992e8.mp4

Next challenge: oval racetrack drags at Seekonk Speedway (Sunday at 5pm).

I love the race against the Corvette. I can just see the owner of the Vette in there like.... Come on! Come on!... How can this be? I can't lose to that van! Nooooooooo!

I love sleepers also. There is a guy in the area that races an old beat up turbo diesel van on spray. He was running 7.2's last time I went to the diesel competition at the north start 8th mile track.

There is one for sale locally in the DFW area. I would love to pick it up but I would have to get a divorce first . He was asking $1999 before he just threw up OBO.

http://www.dallasdsm.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=8765

Your van is awesome by the way.

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Sorry. You probably have to be a member to view the classifieds?

I took the Summit to the biggest event I can do as an armature driver, 4th of July show at Seekonk Speedway (10,000 spectators). This has been an overwhelming experience! The support that I have received from just about EVERYONE has been truly unbelievable!

I ended up going 4 rounds and finishing 6th out of 72 cars. Not bad, considering this car's original performance . But it needs more work, it was pushing too much in the corners...

Here is a video that a buddy posted on the Youtube:

Leon's Summit @ Seekonk 7/8/12 - YouTube

And this is what it looked like from a modified Fiero:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwFUCqBwb5Q

Hahah Thats awesome.

Ive been looking for a van to convert too. Just such a sleeper.

Awesome...straight up awesome

I had a great time at 20th DSM Shootout at Norwalk, OH! I chose to race in Max Effort class, because I have had some luck in this class before (taking 2nd place Dennis G., back in ’02 or ’03). I really wasn’t sure how this van would react to the AutoX, there isn’t any off the shelf modifications for this vehicle, everything I did to it, was adapted from other cars (mostly EVO8/9). But it did OK, good enough for 5th place among the autox cars and 3rd place overall in Max Effort (after drag racing times were added to the autox times).

This is one of my earlier autox passes (around 1:10)

DSMShootout AutoX Event - YouTube

And this is was one of my ¼ mile passes:

Eagle Summit and Mitsubishi Eclipse Racing - YouTube

I would like to thank David Buschur for an awesome event (best shootout to date!). And ECM Tuning for sponsoring the Max Effort class!

I would also like to encourage more cars to race in the Max Effort! If a 12.0 minivan can take a trophy, so can many others! Give this class a chance it a TON of fun!

Another nice video of the van from the shootout (thanks to Chad)

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9eJ4n5F75I]4g63 AWD Summit - Autocross and Drag Race, DSM Shootout 2012 - Max Effort - YouTube[/ame]

Leon, projects like this is what makes tinkering with cars so much fun. Doesnt get any more grassroots than this. A big thumbs up my friend.