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That HEUI system is a PITA. If you could eventually also keep a fully-mechanical setup to eventually replace it after the EMP it would be a good move. Anyway, what's the transmission fitted to your van? Check if you can find a non-electronic valve body for it too.
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Find a fully mechanical engine and fuel system?
Also, IDK what transmission the FORD van has. The successor van is a 2001 FORD E350 with 7.3L diesel engine & 18 MPG. Odds are good it's the most common transmission that is connected to that engine.
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Sorry all, didn't read the entire thread but FYI, the 80s and early 90s Dakota used a 3.9 liter v6 with equal dimensions to the 318/360...even same mounts, just chopped off two cylinders. It came with a granny gear 5 speed and nice OD. I'd spend your 2k sourcing and swapping that drivetrain. Keep your 318 brackets and accessories, etc. Just my thoughts on economical and reliable path to 20+ mpg.
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Not required now. Thanks for the info though!
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What a thread. Inevitable EMP. Under/over unity. No money for mods, but money for a Diesel Ford van? Nice. The sub $1000 investment is now what?
I don't believe we've been expertly trolled, but have had a glimpse at a "true believer" and that type is far more dangerous.
I used to have a '72 Dodge B300 with a 318 and 4.10 gears. Bad carb, 6 MPG. Rebuilt carb, 11 MPG highway. That $120 investment was recouped in driving Portland to LA and back.
That the OP can't afford to travel the country in the style he wants bothers me not at all. If he really wanted to see the country. I mean really, really had to be on the road he'd fill a pack and start hitching. Shoe leather is highly EMP resistant.
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I didn't have money for the diesel FORD, It is financed thanks to parents.
"True Believer"? I don't believe in overunity, I KNOW overunity is possible.
Great for you.
I recommend everybody running on gas to look into vaporizing gasoline. People have reported it as an MPG Multiplier, and I can't see how it can't work using Mainstream Science. Think a 15MPG truck becoming a 50 MPG truck running on fumes through vaporization of the gasoline.
The fuel cost is swallowable now with the 2001 FORD with 18 Highway MPG. I shoudn't have to sip gas on a sore ass or be on somebody elses schedule.
Shoe leather might be EMP-resistant but the cars, trucks and buses that carry hitchhikers aren't!
Think beyond the false limitations imposed through the automakers car design & oil monopoly business-security.