So..who likes sleepers? [pics inside]

[Fully_Sick]

Well I've been browsing around and I decided this forum would be the best place to put this in..

http://www.fullboost.com.au/cars/fea...an_andrew.html

“It’s all just budget tightarse” is how Andrew Bartlett describes his Mitsubishi L300 series van. Andrew’s van has certainly raised a few eyebrows up at Heathcote Raceway. “It just started off as a joke, I wanted to put a V8 in it so I could pull my ‘digger’ for work and before I knew it I was up here running 10s in it” chuckles Andrew. It took Andrew a few times to dummy up the engine using an LH Torana sump to sit right in the short wheelbase work van. When looking under the bonnet, or should I say seat!, the 350 certainly fills the undercarriage compared to the original four banger. Andrew adds “The engine and trans are from a previous car I owned, its a 350ci chev, we pulled it down for a freshen up and fitted some cleaned up Bow Tie cylinder heads that I already had as well as a solid lift camshaft. The bottom end however is totally standard and that’s without a word of a lie. "Andrew Blackwell of Blackwell Engines is a brilliant machinist and he’s showed us a few tricks to get it all up and running”.

Up top, the Chev is supplied unleaded fuel from the Holley 800dp carburetor with ignition taken care of via the factory distributor with a beefed up spark from a Crane Fireball ignition system. Giving the van a kick in the arse is a 150hp home made Nitrous system from spare parts.

A turbo 350 3 speed auto transmission with a 3000rpm stall converter with upgraded shift kit to 2nd gear was needed to cope with the increase in torque. Amazingly the standard diff is holding up just fine. “We pulled it out and welded it up, as it’s already a 4 : 1 : 1 centre its just perfect for the track”. Walking around the Van, Andrew shows us some of its finer points. “I bought that truck air filer at a wrecker for $35, which was a bit of a bargain. I made the extractors myself as you obviously can’t buy them off the shelf for this application; they owe me around $200".






All I can say is, DAYM!..

[-The Stig-]

Nice.

Any car that can pull the wheels off the ground, get's a from me.

[YogsVR4]

That thing certainly qualifies as a sleeper

[94preludeSI]

Originally Posted by RedNeck383

Nice.

Any car that can pull the wheels off the ground, get's a from me.

Any car that can curl the tires off a launch does it for me!

[drag1320neon]

jesus christ. can i get an amen

[landyacht]

NOW THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKIN ABOUT!!!

[cndctrdj]

wow

um ya wow

[2000LS1Z28]

That's tight. I dunno if I believe that it runs 10's. I mean the drag coefficient must be insane. Still i'm sure he has surprised a few Z06 and Viper owners.

[SiGNAL748]

Holy Sh*t! Look At Those Rear Tires!

[Polygon]

Originally Posted by SiGNAL748

Holy Sh*t! Look At Those Rear Tires!

That's no big deal. They're full on drag slicks which have pretty much no sidewall. They're pretty easy to get to wrinkle like that. You should see a top fuel dragster launch in slow motion.

[Ace$nyper]

my god thats mean!

people amaze me wwith cool shit like that!
he gets props from me!

[SiGNAL748]

Originally Posted by Polygon

You should see a top fuel dragster launch in slow motion.

Please find me a video like that. PLEEAASSEE!!! I wanna see!!!!

[Fully_Sick]

Yeah gotta love a sleeper

That's tight. I dunno if I believe that it runs 10's. I mean the drag coefficient must be insane. Still i'm sure he has surprised a few Z06 and Viper owners.

Surprise a few skylines or monaros you mean, the cars from Aussie..

Please find me a video like that. PLEEAASSEE!!! I wanna see!!!!

sorry mate, dont know if there is one. It would be sick though, eg a plumber van line up against a gtr and smoke it.

And just to continue with the whole "sleeper theme", read up on this mazda 323 running 9's!!

http://www.fullboost.com.au/cars/fea...23_andrew.html


cheers.

[98gtstang]

Dude, that's sick on tho's tires. and i'd love to see a slow motion vid of a top fuel dragsters tires!

[losingxposer]

Dood...wow...just amazing...haha....now all he needs is a bodykit and a wing
jk