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Originally Posted by hayden55
I skimmed the article but I hope someone stated the fact of how easy it is to swap gears in the Ford axles! Stock the E350 I wanna say runs 3.73s? And you can go to 2.73s and drop how rpm's a ton!
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Okay. This van has overdrive, which means the wheels are spinning faster than the engine at freeway speeds right? Wouldn't lowering the RPMs further cause more strain on the engine & transmission, strain that they weren't really designed for?
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Originally Posted by Natalya
The white stuff is called coroplast, it's a corrugated plastic material used primarily for temporary signs -- political signs usually, but also sale signs and stuff. It's smooth and more rigid than shade cloth so it probably has better aerodynamic perfomance. A big election is coming up in November, there should be plenty of free coroplast signs all over the place once the election is over. But in the mean time maybe call a local sign store and ask if you can come get any scraps, or you can buy a whole sheet (4' x 8') at home depot or probably lowe's has it too.
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Coroplast is only free after election seasons, which luckily were in right now; keep that in mind.
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People mentioned lose the roof rack and running boards, have you removed any of that yet? Running boards def. need to go, almost as badly as the roof rack, you'll save lots of weight too. Are your tires at max PSI?
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I have to let everyone know that I don't own the van and I am not allowed to make major modifications to it, including removing running boards and roof rack. I can probably get away with moon caps and a inconspicuous air-dam but I am not counting on it. Since I plan to have this van for at least the next 10 years, these mods are great to know when the van is transferred to my name after paying it off.
I just ordered
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01A6EABJE/ and will set it up with a spare ANDROID phone I have, so it stays in the van full-time like the ScanGauge. This should pay for itself really quick.
I am concerned since the data is streamed over bluetooth that I am making myself susceptible to car thieves who can hack into the van via this OBD dongle, or the government who will take control of the van through the device and have me crash and die like Micheal Hastings.