making my van fast 91 e150
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making my van fast 91 e150
what more can i do to make it faster ive put dual flowmasters on it the [font=verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif][font=verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif]hypertech[/font][/font] chip im now waiting for my tranny to come out of the shop .im having the wide ratio gear set put in it and a 1800 stall converter.i want to be able to spin my tires at take off.also my buddy has a 2000 camero v6 3.8ltr i want to be able to beat him in a race he says once i beat him in a van he will give me his [font=verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif][font=verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif]car[/font][/font] .lol .any way i have a 302 with efi .thANKS GUYS
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Fisrt off that kind of speed is very dangerous in a van. Not only to youself but to others on the road. With a 302, if you want to hear your tires spin tie the rear end to a telephone pole........ j/k It's not gonna happen.
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Weight his car, weigh your van. Take his weigh and divide by CI. Do the same to yours. All things being equal, whoever has the lower number wins. Though it is not equal, you have a shed on wheels, not exactly aerodynamic.
Have a better contest such as who can have the most beautiful girls in their vehicles at a drive-in. Rather be in a van then a Camaro at a drive-in.
Have a better contest such as who can have the most beautiful girls in their vehicles at a drive-in. Rather be in a van then a Camaro at a drive-in.
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Speed kills, go in the junkyard and look around, count the sports cars that the driver had to be pealed out of, then look at the wrecked vans, the cars will outnumber the vans. The vans with roof damage by roll over will likely be because of high speed turns, drivers unaware that it's not a car.
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Robert
Listen don't ever ever race with a van I,m telling you it,s DANGEROUS even in the straight line. The weight isn't balanced and the aerodynamic isn't present. At a speed over 120 km the van become unstable, imagine at 160km you are going to kill yourself, if you want to kill yourself is't you problem but PLEASE do it on a race track with no KIDS around.
GOD BLESS YOU PAL
Listen don't ever ever race with a van I,m telling you it,s DANGEROUS even in the straight line. The weight isn't balanced and the aerodynamic isn't present. At a speed over 120 km the van become unstable, imagine at 160km you are going to kill yourself, if you want to kill yourself is't you problem but PLEASE do it on a race track with no KIDS around.
GOD BLESS YOU PAL
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There is a guy on vannin who built one for the drag strip, you gotta strip out the non necessities and go with a bigger engine, keep it off the streets.
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I've pegged the 85 mph speedo in my '90... once... Had an open stretch of road in front of me... and wanted to see what it could do. I don't need to ever do that again. 
For one, you can watch the gas gauge drop at those speeds...
For one, you can watch the gas gauge drop at those speeds...
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My '82 E350 (w/ 6.6L, C6, 3.73 diff and stock 31.5" tires) does over 100mph relatively easily. I've replaced the instrument cluster with that from a '79 F-truck for the 100 mph speedo. Of course I had to test it... I've upgraded my brakes and suspension and it actually feels relatively stable at that speed. Of course, it's noisy as all get-out (headers, no interior) and I've only done it on open flat stretches of highway. and yeah, you can pretty much see the gas gauge dropping. But i'm pretty sure i could never beat even a V6 camaro at anything but sheer hauling capacity...
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I'd love to have a 400 in a E-150 lwb to lower and make a sleeper, that I mean, bed in it and customized interior for vannin's.
I'm wanting to lift my 99 E-350 for 33's once I can get it regeared from 3.50 to 4.10, maybe look into dually the rear.
Full size van is a lot of weight and bulk to push into the wind, that's why the GM guys are grabbing Astro vans and slamming 350's in them.
I'm wanting to lift my 99 E-350 for 33's once I can get it regeared from 3.50 to 4.10, maybe look into dually the rear.
Full size van is a lot of weight and bulk to push into the wind, that's why the GM guys are grabbing Astro vans and slamming 350's in them.