Wifey's ride

[Chris Faulk]

'94 Town & Country with low miles and in really good shape. Picked this thing up for $2300. :thumbs up

Full power...rear A/C...full leather with (4) captains' and (1) bench.

3.8 V6 with 165hp and will fry the tires from a dead idle NO PROBLEM! Comfy as heck too!

[4sfed4]

Seems like a pretty decent ride for 2300 bucks!

[Chris Faulk]

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Originally Posted by 4sfed4 Seems like a pretty decent ride for 2300 bucks!

Hey thanks Larry...wifey couldn't fit the 4 kids into the T-I Caravan anymore. Man, that reminds me...give me an e-mail at yoprod@bellsouth.net as I believe congrats are in order! :thumbs up

[Vigo]

cant wait to put a 3.8 in my dynasty. nice van.

[Chris Faulk]

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Originally Posted by Vigo cant wait to put a 3.8 in my dynasty. nice van.

It's a great power-plant for sure.

GREAT low-end response...a turbo would do wonders for the top-end. :thumbs up

[Chris Faulk]

poo...can't delete messed up posts...

[Vigo]

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a turbo would do wonders for the top-end.

im way ahead of you :thumbs up :thumbs up

[Chris Faulk]

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Originally Posted by Vigo im way ahead of you :thumbs up :thumbs up

You adding a turbo to a 3.8?

That 3.8 has a gob of bottom-end torque, but lacks on the top-end. I just put a bunch of replacement parts into the van. Sems as though the previous owner maintained it well...but not to my standards.

Things such as OE came-on-the-van spark plug wires! No wonder it sputtered like it did with 2 burnt/broken plug wires (replaced with mopar new dealer pieces). Replaced the serpentine belt with Goodyear belt (no more squeeking). Idiot had Bosch Platinum plugs in the van...boy the electrodes were nearly *completely* burnt off!

Rear wheel bearing started to get real loud...that's next.

I'd love to slap a turbo in this thing and run it with about 5-7psi un-intercooled. There's a ton of room to mount a turbo on the cross-over pipe right near the battery. Real sturdy too.

Oh bad bad thoughts....

[Casper]

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Originally Posted by Chris Faulk 3.8 V6 with 165hp

Better still, the later 3.8's have 215hp and 245ft/lb. Granted the later van's are a bit heavier...

My wife's van has traction control. If I disengage it, even half-throttle starts will break the 215/65/16's loose. :thumbs up