LOL, yes i tow with it. Its actually not bad at all! I can cruise right along at 65-70 in 5th. NOW, getting up to speed is a bit of a challenge! And long hills i usually drop to 4th. Im towing to SDAC on saturday with it!
LOL, yes i tow with it. Its actually not bad at all! I can cruise right along at 65-70 in 5th. NOW, getting up to speed is a bit of a challenge! And long hills i usually drop to 4th. Im towing to SDAC on saturday with it!
Oh man, that's so awesome! I look forward to seeing that.
Towing with a tbi/5spd should be fine. Might have to floor it and downshift to get up hills but it would do it. As for power.. my 2.5/5spd tbi was as fast as a 3.0/3spd at low speeds, if not faster. I dont think a 3.0/3spd would have a real advantage until maybe ~55 mph. Mine ran 18.2@73 bone stock. Probably could have gotten into 17s if i cared to try, but now its turbo, too late!
Also, mine avg'd 27mpg and would get 33 if you did 55mph. I dont know why so many people are stuck in the low 20s with these things.
Dont push the red button.You hear me?
My problem with milage is that i live 1 mile from work, so i have a ton of idle time. But it gets better than my 528i did for MPG's. Im sure youll see me. Blue van with a Bright blue omni in tow. Im sure ill be the only one!
Man I get 17-18 out of mine short trippin' the city when it's -10 out, there's 6ins of snow and slush and I start it for 5 mins before I drive it to clear the windows.... and that's the 3.0 V6 with a 3 spd auto.
DD1: '02 T&C Ltd, 3.8 AWD. DD2: '15 Versa Note SV, replacing.. DDx: '14 Versa Note SV << freshly killded :( ....... Projects: '88 Voyager 3.0, Auto with shift kit, timing advance, walker sound FX muffler on 15" pumpers wrapped in 215/65/R15 H rated Nexens.... and a '95 phord escort wagon PnP head << Both may need to go :( ..... I like 3.0s ... so??? ... stop looking at me like I've got two heads!
I can say the TBI 5 speed beats the 3.0 3 speed from a 0-60 run. Been there done that LOL
Mine does 60 in about 10 flat.... well I guess I should say did last year, it's sickly at the moment.
DD1: '02 T&C Ltd, 3.8 AWD. DD2: '15 Versa Note SV, replacing.. DDx: '14 Versa Note SV << freshly killded :( ....... Projects: '88 Voyager 3.0, Auto with shift kit, timing advance, walker sound FX muffler on 15" pumpers wrapped in 215/65/R15 H rated Nexens.... and a '95 phord escort wagon PnP head << Both may need to go :( ..... I like 3.0s ... so??? ... stop looking at me like I've got two heads!
Maybe ill have to park the GLHT and run the VAN on tuesdays drags!
If you do better than 18s I'll be impressed
DD1: '02 T&C Ltd, 3.8 AWD. DD2: '15 Versa Note SV, replacing.. DDx: '14 Versa Note SV << freshly killded :( ....... Projects: '88 Voyager 3.0, Auto with shift kit, timing advance, walker sound FX muffler on 15" pumpers wrapped in 215/65/R15 H rated Nexens.... and a '95 phord escort wagon PnP head << Both may need to go :( ..... I like 3.0s ... so??? ... stop looking at me like I've got two heads!
if i do better than 18s id crap myself! The van is by far the SLOWEST vehicle i have ever owned! Its pretty depressing. Thats why im doing the swap + AWD. SWAP=no depression. Im doing it for my health!
Man that makes me wonder. I was always amazed how good my van felt for having 100hp in a minivan. I raced a lot of normal 16 second cars on the street and hung til ~50. I raced a ~160hp avenger that weighed about the same on the highway and ran about even. I raced a turbo/auto van i bought that was intercooled on 13 psi and hung with that too. I know that van wasnt running right, but still.. The tbi/5spd van was FAR from the slowest thing ive ever owned.. but then again my daily driver does have 63hp. Funny thing, the Insight is faster than the van was from about 80-105.
Dont push the red button.You hear me?
TBIs with the auto were a bit like that too, maybe not as high as 50, but torquey off the line, in the city, couldn't feel much diff between the TBI and the 6 until it got some weight in it.
DD1: '02 T&C Ltd, 3.8 AWD. DD2: '15 Versa Note SV, replacing.. DDx: '14 Versa Note SV << freshly killded :( ....... Projects: '88 Voyager 3.0, Auto with shift kit, timing advance, walker sound FX muffler on 15" pumpers wrapped in 215/65/R15 H rated Nexens.... and a '95 phord escort wagon PnP head << Both may need to go :( ..... I like 3.0s ... so??? ... stop looking at me like I've got two heads!
Tbi/auto caravans are horrendous. I remember rebuilding a trans in one and on the test drive i couldnt get it over 55 on city streets, flooring it non-stop. I usually avoided highways on the very first test drive. Im sure it would do highway speeds just fine after about a half-mile straight, but i personally would NEVER EVER recommend that anyone buy a tbi/auto van.
Dont push the red button.You hear me?
I had one for a very short period of time... it had too many issues so it got scrapped... but it was able to squeal the tires taking off from a stop LOL.
I can do a decent clutch drop/tire spin from a stop. here it is from the last trip to the track
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Well, yesterday we took mine past Milwaukee and back and with lots of 75 MPH highway, a huge storm blowing the poor van all over the place, and quite a bit of sitting idling with the a/c on the whole time it worked out to get about 26 MPG.
The pictures look great. I like the lowering. Which leaf did you take out?
Dont push the red button.You hear me?
I took the one that is about 22 inches long out. I wanted it lower but did want to loose all my load carring abilities. So until i get helper bags thats how it will be.
Well, ive been driving the crap out of this thing daily. Ive towed the omni all over with it. But the time has come. The headgasket went, pouring smoke out and running like crap. So i started building a 2.5 turbo motor for it. I should have the block back from the machine shop wed or thurs. Its .020 over with hyper pistons. I picked 7:8:1 pistons, Decked the block, and ill shave the head.
Depending on finances i will go ahead and build a +1 +1 head for it, port clean up and a little bowl work. basically mimic what i did with the head for my GLH. I will use stock valve train for now (easy to upgrade later).
Im going with a stock t2 garrett for now, but when i pull the super 60 off the GLH i will put it on the Van.
Ill pick up a FMIC and throw that on after getting the engine broken in.
In an odd way the fact that it's getting boosted makes me sad. They were great for how simple they are.
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