My buddys old man has a longer wheelbase cargo van with a magnum 360 and a
3.91 suregrip rear. Thinks bone stock. It freaking moved for a van, would
smoke the piss outa the tires too. Back in the 70's you could get a 250 ram
van equiped with a 440...that would be a very interesting street racer.
-greg conner
>From: "Mark Kuzia" <flyboy01@mediaone.net>
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
>Subject: DML: Re: Hot-rod Ram van
>Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 00:35:20 -0500
>
>I have seen a couple of these in the past. Last year there was a Chevy van
>running at Milan that I believe was in the 12's. This van was a parts
>chaser
>for a local speed shop. Pretty good advertising if you ask me. Vans are
>usually pretty light empty, with usually the biggest engines around. Hate
>to
>say it but I'd bet that a 360 short van could take an R/T in a street race,
>until the aerodynamics caught up with it.
>
>Mark Kuzia
>flyboy01@mediaone.net
>http://people.mw.mediaone.net/flyboy01/home.html
>1995 Dakota 13.79 @ 102.45 mph "Fastdak"
>~360ci, 5-spd, 8 3/4 rear / 3.90-SG
>1994 Dakota 15.36 @ 91.56 mph
>~318ci, 5-spd, 3.90 LS (bone stock, no mods)
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Will Coughlin" <willcoughlin2@hotmail.com>
>To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
>Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 1:54 AM
>Subject: DML: Hot-rod Ram van
>
>
> > Guy came by the store where I work today in a '00 1-ton Ram cargo van(no
> > rear windows) and he had some pretty good mods on it! 50MM Billet TB,
>MSD
> > 8.5mm supercondutor wires, Borg-warner brass cap/rotor, Autolite
>plugs(he
> > came in and asked specifically for the right P/N#'s and plugs, that's
>how
>I
> > knew he was serious), Homemade cold-air setup, Mopar roller rockers,
>Mopar
> > Valve covers, Hand-made headers w/ true duals, no cats, dumped
>flowmasters,
> > Transgo shift kit, Viper torque converter(3000 stall). The Van has a
>stock
> > 3.92 geared sure-grip rearend under it, and it will bark a straight-up
> > second on dry pavement!! That things screams! The Cargo van makes for a
>real
> > sleeper, but the Flowmasters dumped under the van body make for some
>pretty
> > good rumble! He's planning some more mods after we talked today :->,
> > including R/T heads, I'm going to help him *TRY* an M1 intake(Don't know
> > about that because of clearance issues), and he wants to cam it. I
>thought
> > it was really neat, Just thought I'd share with ya'll!
> >
> > Will Coughlin willcoughlin@hotmail.com
> > '00 Reg. cab 2wd, 4.7L/NV3500HD/9.25" 3.92 sure-grip
> >
> >
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