www.youtube.com/@sonicboommr2

One of my biggest regrets in life was selling my AWD Safari. It was such a great vehicle. I still want to buy another astro van, especially knowing you can V8 swap them

Windowtrim can only be put in when the glas is out. Clean the glas put the rubber on it and slide the trim in it glasside firsr and massage the outer side rubber over the trim, then....Reistall the window with the trim in it.

about to do my second one...first was on my 2007 Acra rdx..I own a 2008 crv and it just started leaking. I had to get the pipe off ebay I guess honda is back ordered/ discontinued. I have to do the trans line to.

Nice van... any updates?

What other midengine car is a natural drifter?

I'm about to put in a 5.3 LS (LC9 I think?) in mine. I was just driving over the mountain pass in Washington State (Snoqualmie Pass) and my engine started knocking. I limped it to an auto parts store, then realized there was nothing I could do. Had it towed home and missed my Red Hot Chili Peppers concert. 😢 Anyways, mine is all wheel drive I lifted it 3 1/2 inches put some 30-in all-terrains on it. Was planning to drive it to my condo in Cabo San Lucas in the fall and leave it there for when I'm down there. I need power and I need reliability! Any help you can offer would be great. I would love to pick your brain if that's possible?

Now turbo it

Is the v8 possible for an awd model?

Did the stock A/C compressor fit? can see the bracket is installed but no compressor...

Throttle control needs improvement

I had an SW20 for 12 years. You were too slow with the 2nd correction and a little too heavy with the throttle. The throttle in the MR2 needs to be more modulated than most other cars. The chassis and suspension are naturally more precise but less forgiving.

Thats exactly what I’m doing to my 96 astro thats bagged and 4 linked

It's a mid engined so pendulum effects apply here. The throttle control is more sensitive, so it is to be guided and not shoved through. I noticed you were a lot more gentle in the final lap. Front engine cars have to be thrown into the curve to move the mass to the rear and maintain the swing. Why the older porsche 911's were widow makers. Inexperienced drivers. Imagine mastering the skills to drift a 70's 911

Love those glass t-tops

That is freaking awesome! I have a 96 Safari and I always imagine what that sound and look like 🤷🏿‍♂️👀💯💯💯🫵🏿👍🏿👍🏿

Wheel base

Thank you

If you can drift this, you then can drift anything. The booty swing on MR2 has it's weird inertia and you have to counter a lot earlyer. If you get in to a situation that it snaps on you, you then have only about 0.5s time to react (without swinging it the oposite way) and cach it. If you are late on that half a second window, then full opposite lock will not save it.

Looks great

Looks awesome! Glad to see it again

What shocks are you running on the van? Sick swap

I want one!

MR2's reward the skilled and punish the unworthy. Just remember Dan Gurney helped develop the suspension tuning. Dan who? That no talent bum.

This is the coolest thing ive seen this year

Mine will bark 2nd gear. Ls1 2001 Astro

The problem is in the dry you can't add power, losing momentum

With the 91 and 92 its harder, but on 93+ you can cure it pretty well by lowering rear suspension about 1 inch, ideally without dropping the front too much and changing to stiffer front springs relative to rear (staggering tire diameter a bit to level car if desired.) Theres some good info about these setups on old mr2 forums that is still relevant if you search autocross sections, was originally designed and works fantastic for raw speed but side benefit is the car becomes incredibly more driftable. If you are trying to find it searching no swaybar or swaybarless setups may help finding it, but swaybars work with it the rest of the setup is the important part, the info just came from a guy who was very good at tuning cars for national without sway bars so most threads are partly discussing that. Old X1/9 guy that moved to aw11s but helped the sw20 community immensely and turned it into extremely competitive car for certain classes. I think learning to drive around its issues, although far from ideal for lap times or safety, can be really beneficial for learning better driving skills, so keep at it! You get a much better picture of weight transfer dynamics driving cars that are so challenging.

It’s time to tune that transmission. It’s on its way out. Poor 4l60

Nice Job HEY Can I get access to the diagrams?

I'm also in Ontarrible! Love the build. I've been thinking about getting one and doing a 5.3 or 6.0

That was awesome

Thank you for making the video.Where did you find the replacement coolant pipe? They are backordered with no eta from the dealer and I can not find an aftermarket supplier.

Sounds beautiful, what muffler you got on that thing got me thinking about ditching the long tubes

Can you do mine

Fantastic story I miss my dad too I feel your pain keep up the great work

that's why I went with the zzw

That not how my safari runs

I want this!

Number one thing to remember drifting/driving an MR2 is to never fully lift off, prevents the rear weight from swinging around

What muffler did you use. It sounds great!! And are those speed engineering headers?

What people don't get about mid engine cars like this, is that the whole point of mid engine is to give it agility at the cost of stability. Where other car needs scandinavian flick to turn, m,id engine car will just turn. A few cars like MGF has countered snap oversteer with too large Ackerman angle making them understeer so hard the problem doesn't exist, but the end result is mid engine car with most cons and no pros of this layout. Lastly, wanna experience snap oversteer, try going sideways in small, front wheel drive terribly balanced car, like Fiat Seicento. Even rally drivers who race for many seasons are unable to control it when it goes sideways.

The front has no engine too light to drift also the roof top not T top is too soft

I want it

Lads out my way used to throw Bag of cement into the front of them things to get weight on the front😂😂👌

Im not a pro but the first time it looked like a little too much throttle

This isn't exactly the situation than an MR2 owner has to train in. What really needs to be trained is long high speed corners. Or even maybe a decreasing radius turn. Because there is where it will sneak up on you and test your reflexes.

He really sucks i have seen people from the netherlands get it sooner ok it was on gravel not tarmac

Admittedly difficult to execute but buttery smooth when you eventually mastered it 👏 🏆... In fact you made it looked easy after you mastered it 🥂

It still drift better than classic 911 turbo.