My completed engine swap: Eagle Summit Minivan
I mentioned it in my introduction thread, but since that is my current project, I thought I would start a thread it of its own. I wanted to do this project since the late 90's. But at first, these vans were too expensive. Then, as the price came down, all the local vans became very rusty, certainly not worth the effort. I have been looking for one for a while, when I got lucky. I found a van that spent most of its life in Arizona, but was recently brought up to Northeast.
I drove it for a couple of years, making it more and more fun to drive (upgrading wheels, tires and suspension). And eventually, when my clutch went bad, I did the motor swap to a build 4G63 Mitsu engine from 90-92 Eclipse/Talon. The actual swap project took about a year (including building a race motor), but the results were pretty awesome!
Going from a rated 145hp to ~400hhp (actually measured 350hp on AWD dyno), transformed this minivan into a real beast! :)
Here is me having some fun last summer, at DSM Shootout in Ohio:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9eJ4n5F75I
Plans for this year is to upgrade the turbo and make around 450hp at the wheels.
