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Originally Posted by DifferentPointofView
Time to buy a van eh? make sure to get a squishy one! (those family vacations are hell after a 7 hour drive. imagine one of those 18 hour vacations *shudders*)  |
Dude, I drove my Civic 8 hours north to Niagara Falls, picked up an engine, put it in the trunk of my Civic, then drove 8 hours home, with my wife, and a pair of racing seats. THAT'S hell.
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Originally Posted by DifferentPointofView
Too bad vans don't come in a manual tranny option these days. Hard to come by. Gonna do anything to the van for efficiency?
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Efficiency.. Hm.. yep, I'll swap a manual into it :P
In all honesty, I'll probably lower it, add a small kamm, under-body tuck and partial pan, open up the exhaust (not loud, just free-flowing-ish).
I'll see what I can do as far as drivetrain/engine mods, etc. Lighter rims/tires, replacing fixed windows with Lexan (where legality isn't an issue), removing excess weight, (no more spare tire, FAF/AAA instead.)
I'll do all the basics, for sure. But at the same time, I'm not going to go all out on it. If I keep getting close to 40MPG, I'll be pretty happy, especially for a V6 Caravan.