Wheel to wheel racing in a Suzuki Swift - ChumpCar Mosport Edition

[@jasonbeazley1986]

I'm not usually a fan of commentary, but this was actually suited very well to the video. great work on getting racing by the way, this car looks like it was a blast to drive.

[@richardhylands7035]

I was driving that Aggressive Civic! From my point of view I was extremely patient through 8, 9 and 10 and simply drove past you two on the front straight...hardly aggressive!! :)

[@18iser]

Richard Hylands I agree

[@speedacademy]

Richard Hylands Haha, it was only aggressive in the sense that we went three wide into Turn 1. It was a totally fair move and you were well past before turn-in, my commentary was really just me making excuses for trading a bit of paint with the Contour.

[@1990HondaEFHatch]

that spec v in the opening scene though! modify one of those hunks! there are literally no videos on youtube involving them whatsoever. this car certainly embodies some of my own ideals when it comes to cars/racing. simple, clean, with effective mods. function>form. you guys are getting me really pumped up to finish my car. seriously. excellent video. KEEP EM COMING!

[@hunterhartley583]

would be a great video to do a "how to get into chumpracing" or something along those lines

[@speedacademy]

hunterhartley583 There's a bit of decent info here: speed.academy/chumpcar-canada-mosport-suzuki-swift/

[@gharibali48]

you guys are doing a good job i do enjoy it ... keep it up

[@JuniPapas]

looked very fun guys, keep up the superb work, love from Texas!

[@lejink]

This looks crazy fun!! Get a group of 3 friends together, split the costs and driving time and you're a partial owner of a racing team. I wish there were more race tracks around.. I figure this would be a really popular sport

[@CrossWindsPat]

Wow pretty exciting racing! Looks like loads of fun.

[@RomanZelvenschi]

Daamn this is amazing driving by Andrew

[@doctorlobsteroctopus]

I thought I'd watched every car you guys had in the archive, but somehow I hadn't seen this one. This looks like a hell of a lot of fun!

[@speedacademy]

+doctorlobsteroctopus it really was a shit-ton of fun. Hopefully we'll do another ChumpCar race in the Swift this year, with a few upgrades to the car to make it a bit faster and more reliable :D

[@BlackArtBMX]

Great video, looked like so much fun. You know, before the car exploded.

[@matgee8892]

+JMM I think the best fun you can ever have is the kind of fun that occurs just before your engine explodes.

[@__Leon__]

usually because of over boost

[@martispuhl3216]

Thoose swifts are awesome! you guys should build one...

[@atraxr603]

Awesome stuff guys, I missed your videos. I also see you had heaps and heaps fun there :D Great stuff! Thanks for sharing!

[@Nightss10]

This looks like an amazing time my goodness

[@doctorlobsteroctopus]

And Dave, you really know how to man handle the car out there!

[@speedacademy]

+doctorlobsteroctopus haha, Dave's theory of driving is, if you need to go faster, just whip it a bit harder!

[@doctorlobsteroctopus]

+Speed Academy now that's a theory I can get behind! But not the whipping, from behind..oh I have a way with words

[@DanielTojcic]

Looks like a ton of fun

[@atraxr603]

This was great. I watched this like three times by now. :D

[@MrBrian17172002]

Those Weds look so nice :)

[@666litium]

what's the red car we see at 1:57 ??

[@speedacademy]

DC2 Acura Integra

[@romansky3296]

BOOM!!!!Nice Race.

[@z-trip5457]

Could someone tell me what that tube in the passenger footwell does?

[@Bunchofhelmets]

I wish there were more race series like this in the UK. Everything bar drifting (still isn't cheap) is silly money. :/

[@Cogito1978]

Wow guys. Very impressive - all of you. Enjoyable vid.

[@juanc5149]

My sr made that same exact sound when the rod went. Haven't taken apart yet to find out why it went, but I'm suspecting it just got tired of pushing almost three times the stock power, for so long.

[@speedacademy]

That can usually do it!

[@keithbrettell2058]

I was at a chumpcar race in 2015 but I don't remember seeing your car so I guess there was more than one race. They don't look like $500 cars to me.

[@speedacademy]

+Keith Brettell Neither do they to us. Our car legitimately was a $500 beater but there were so many that didn't look the part at all.

[@bigcliffe]

At 1:50 looks like you forgot to turn on the Accusump......other than that...great when the little cars fight the big boys so well....wish mine could do that.

[@speedacademy]

+bigcliffe We did that a couple times :(

[@TARIKlovesyou]

Great video!

[@ReeceRamsey]

Swifts are great candidates for a 4g63 swap.

[@speedacademy]

Reece Ramsey Now that's an awesome idea! A turbo 4G63 engine would be killer and its a low buck item that can be purchased on the cheap.

[@unlisted9494]

+Reece Ramsey Why not just use a mitsubishi colt? It directly bolts in...

[@r.a.p.k.models4160]

Reece Ramsey nah I just swap a j20

[@jordanprice9285]

@@speedacademy either that or some sort of pick-up some sort of 4G18 turbo from the old Colts from Japan!

[@jordanprice9285]

@@speedacademy or a 4G64 since it is a 2.4L block and Evo/Kia head swap it to make a 2.3L stroker engine!

[@bryantmatthews93]

you have glass or plexy glass in yours

[@speedacademy]

front windscreen is OE glass, side and rear is plexi

[@pFbSpecV]

dang blew the motor!! thats crazy lol but yea that civic guy is WILD!!

[@slep5039]

What's the green car in 4:36?

[@Luke-yw7um]

nissan 180 sx or nissan 240 sx or nissan silvia

[@ryanstrong2525]

Ceazar Carr Toyota mr2

[@thathondadude5974]

were did you source the sequential shifter for your gti????

[@salimkhanjm1457]

Its traditional h pattern

[@aefwaefwe5737]

5:30 - 5:40 Wow, that's haulin ass !

[@Skwisgar2322]

I thought it seemed you guys were wringing that thing out a bit more then might be advisable. it held up pretty well though.

[@speedacademy]

+Skwisgar2322 we definitely wrang its neck pretty hard. Had we monitored the oil level better, I would have made it to the end. Or at least the engine would have, we think. The gearbox, maybe not so much. Haha

[@Rollingdutch]

so cool, this was my firts car...

[@RacsQT]

hey speed academy. how much is entrace fee to a chump car race. me and some buddies are thinking running chump car instead of timeattack

[@jandmwheeler]

Do you guys plan on any more chump races? Any in 2016? DP, I think we talked briefly that weekend, but I didn't know who you guys were at the time. Started following Speed Academy on youtube now, love the vids, keep it up. If you are at any of the 2016 races, come by and say hi at the Wheelhouse Racing pit.

[@speedacademy]

+jandmwheeler cool, we'll definitely come say hi. Thinking about making it to one of the Calabogie ChumpCar races this year. We were only at the Mosport race in April last year. After that we got busy with FR-S and S2000 stuff for the summer and then blowing up the S14 in the fall, haha.

[@bryantmatthews93]

so what you do if you have a sunroof

[@bas133]

How does this car sound so aggresive? The engine is all stock right? So this is caused by just an exhaust?

[@StevesDIYProjects7]

5:40 was a good one in the s :)

[@r.i.peperoniiiiroh9625]

wait that thing had just 100Hp? and yet so quick....

[@cakeofthepan2233]

This my trip to work every morning..but I still have my cup holders...haha...EDIT..with out the breakdown!..so far

[@realmoner]

No way in heck you can find a $500 P.O.S and have this kind of endurance.

[@joshjlmgproductions3313]

Well Swifts aren't exactly POS...

[@markanthonyhurston]

Cool very cool !!!

[@tw06le1]

Aww... the little engine that could...

[@ethownzbh]

How had I not watched this till now? What IS wrong with me?

[@speedacademy]

+Ethanmeister it's a question for the ages!

[@atsernov]

A wide bodied 2nd gen MR2 with a massive spoiler and watching that haul uphill, turbo... as a 500 dollar chump car? Seems legit.

[@speedacademy]

+atsernov that car would have started life as a non-turbo MR2, but ya still seems like a stretch as a legit $500 car. The way ChumpCar does it, if you can buy that car anywhere in the States (where the rules are set) then it's permissible by the rules. Then you have a point system for the mods and engine swaps that determine what class you run in. More mods, more power, and you run in a higher/faster class. But the truth is no competitive ChumpCar is a $500 car. It may have started out as a one, but once you add all the safety gear and mods it's worth $5k minimum

[@atsernov]

Speed Academy Safety gear and often brakes and tires are usually not counted in events like this. But the base car, good luck finding a second gen MR2 for 500. Well, OK, maybe a rust bucket that needs an engine for 500US. XD

[@marcmigneault8364]

I know the feelings all too well.

[@0foxgiven]

I'm sure you guys know that's not how you're supposed to mount an accusump. Hope it still works.

[@DrInsane76]

Not the best car when it comes to fast cornering speed but awesome to see a Swift racing on the track. A broken rod???? :-S A GTi engine is unbreakable so how this happend? Didnt you change the oil before the race and for the next day? 2bad the 1,3 doesnt have that torque to get it uphill fast but the high rpm range can make that tiny difference to shift out an opponent. :-D

[@hbsupermage]

i knew what was coming from the second i listened to that engine, it was too slow for a G13B it was clearly a poorly mantained and tired engine

[@stephenbeaver5405]

Ah the engine. She could takes so much and she can takes no more.

[@bryantmatthews93]

ok

[@rodolfopineda9471]

You guys are kidding when you say a crap can car is $500 bucks, i never seen a swift like yours under $1000 bucks, never!!

[@speedacademy]

+rodolfo pineda that's meant to be the starting value of the car, but after all the race prep its value is certainly higher than that. Kevin the owner might sell it for $3k or thereabouts.

[@MrGoneja]

Cars worth more than $500 stock, the engine by its self if worth more than $500 even if it's knocking

[@sanchoMDB]

Is that an auto brake pedal 😂😂

[@wbn-qc3gj]

💪💪💪👍👍👍✌✌💗

[@davinclem3394]

Shift!!!!

[@LukaZloglea]

Reset the engine and move on!

[@tinertiner4579]

Ese no es tan artista llevando el Suzuki es un matado

[@tinertiner4579]

Le awanta mucho el cambio tsssss

[@captnjaygreybeard6394]

At least $1500 car, but whatever

[@悟空-h1g]

もはや・俺、タチ……の知ってるカルタスじゃない⤴

[@oberseppuntersepp4859]

this driver is very bad

[@speedacademy]

+obersepp untersepp There were multiple drivers haha

[@Luke-yw7um]

It's quite damn hard to handle a 150km/p car with no Power Steering.