Hey bro, you on here? Nice van
 

https://i.ibb.co/hRDDw0Y/Resized-20221207-093809.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/FzryzmH/Resized-20221207-093807-0.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/Y7TJ5z8/20221207-093619.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/GnJY4MM/20221207-093617.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/JKC2kKD/20221207-093616.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/FDtTN2S/20221207-093615.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/cbHgv19/20221207-093613.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/bbJfRCd/20221207-093610.jpg

Vans are great tow rigs. Tow with a GM van myself. I built a high compression 383 with aluminum heads, have it backed to a 4L85E and 3.73 gears. Van itself gets 20-21 mpg on long trips running 70-80 mph and about 12-14 towing my 26' travel trailer at 65 mph. Adding displacement via a stroker crank and airflow via higher flowing aluminum heads both increased torque and horsepower. More power actually helped my fuel economy compared to the weaker 350. The only aero I plan to add is a taller air dam under the front bumper. Beyond that my efficiency and power improvements are the engine, tri-y 4-2-1 headers, free flowing exhaust, upgraded intake, tuning, under drive crank pulley, and synthetics.

Definitely still some low-hanging fruit on that setup, but clearly a fair amount of effort was made.

One day I will live to see the day when side mirrors are not legally required.

Let's hope, we rely on airbags to always work, ABS ro always work, tell me we can't design an imaging system to always work.
And if it breaks, a user has the option to install a mirror instead.

Or look over their shoulder, as I always do even with mirrors.

AT time of posting the front page says:

Currently Active Users: 366 (6 members and 360 guests)
Total members that have visited the forum in the last 24 hours: 46
Threads: 36,428, Posts: 659,535, Members: 31,801, Active Members: 230

Odds are we will never know the answer to that.

The Canadian flag sticker reduces the drag by four counts.

Some vehicles are already fitted with cameras instead of mirrors in my country, but I'm not sure about the legal status of a retrofit.

To not take this too far OT, here is a dust covered thread:
Side view mirror - magnifying lens?

But only in metric air!

No idea what it's like in Brazil, but in Mexico (and Peru) the only thing illegal is to be white and driving. They take payment immediately.

You see, we have racist cops in the US, but in Mexico they target the true offenders.

Most of the times I have seen cops doing something objectionable, they happened to be non-white. When it comes to being white while driving in some Boliviguay kind of country such as Peru, corrupt cops might think any white guy is a rich American with enough Dollars to pay lots of bribes.

Word of the day?

Peru's got some explaining to do: The Strangest Structures of Ancient Peru

I can't get this van out of my mind. I want that for my jeep
https://i.ibb.co/WntGhZL/20221207-201743.jpg

That's a quite common portmanteau in Argentina, to make fun of Bolivians and Paraguayans. On a sidenote, a few days ago I spotted a 1st-generation Toyota Sienta with Paraguayan plates, and even though it's not much of a brick at all I'm sure the aero geeks would want to give it some tweaks.