My dad had a chevy conversion van when I was in middle school. It was meant hauling all of our stuff for football, lacrosse, etc and for road trips to colorado for ski vacations. When mom wasn't around, he'd do powerslides and burnouts in the thing, totally awesome.
A Sprinter is not really a pedo van, is it? When I think of pedo vans, I think of older Ford Econolines or Dodge Ram vans (not the newer ones). I see Sprinters more as either work vans or luxurious motor homes.
Kekistan Supreme a Mercedes, even a Freightliner sprinter is VERY FAR AWAY, from a pedo van. You're thinking of a 89-94 Chevy or Ford sqaure body with dents scrapes n no windows
I've also been a van guy for forty years. Up until 2000 I had a 20 year old Ford E-350 cargo van (purchased used nearly that long ago). When I decided to move from the San Francisco Bay Area to Northwestern New Mexico in that year I purchased a new Ford E-350 Supervan in cargo van configuration, i.e. bulkhead with locking door behind the front seats, e-track rails along both sides, no rear windows, heavy duty tow hitch. I also purchased a 20 foot van trailer/car hauler. It took me four 2,000 mile round trips to move all my earthly belongings, including my '94 Lexus SC300 on the final trip. Sometimes I would be pulling up a grade over a pass with the V8 near redline and the trans in second gear for ten minutes at a time. More recently I tried to rent a car trailer from the local U-Haul dealer to pickup a Jeep Wrangler 150 miles away and the bozos refused to rent it to me, claiming that the van was not rated for pulling that much weight! I have fabricated a removable bed platform that hangs on the e-tracks and also have a Blue Ox towing setup on the Jeep. I can tow the Jeep to a trailhead or campground, sleep in the van and then use the Jeep for day trips on local trails (mountain and desert). The thing I like about the cargo config is that someone would need to cut metal to gain access to the cargo area. It also means that the rear is good for sleeping in regardless of exterior light levels (e.g., in a lighted mall parking lot overnight). The only feature I had wished was available would have been 4WD, but was not. I did find a company at the time that did 4WD conversions on the E-350, for about $30K over the cost of the vehicle. I was considering it but when I contacted them I found out they only converted new vans that they had purchased and not a vehicle that had already been on the road for any amount of time. In spite of that I have driven the vehicle on many trails, prior to purchasing the Jeep, that were advised for "short wheelbase 4WD drive vehicles only". A good example would be taking the van over the "Alpine Loop Trail" from west to east, starting from Hwy. 550 just south of Ouray, CO and over Engineer Pass and down to Lake City, CO. I only got stuck once on another occasion in some deep mud on a County Road. It took a fully chained-up 10-wheel water truck to pull me out after a 4WD drive pickup failed at the task.
That Chevy Van was a BEAST. Kitt bought it after AMS had dialed it in, and man, words do the acceleration NO justice! Fun to revisit the memories of no launches below 1/2 tank, and having a hard time getting a race without the exhaust open. Once a bunch of us took it down to Atlanta to watch the Supercross race and on the way down it ran flawlessly. About an hour into the trip back north she was spitting and sputtering any time we'd start building boost. Shortly after noticing that problem we noticed the odor of overheated electronics. A quick stop and some investigation revealed one of the Autometer gauges he installed had decided to give up. We simply disconnected the gauge and the van didn't miss a beat the rest of the way home.
It’s always nice to see someone doing cool builds like this. Sometimes I get fatigued of seeing the same GTR this, LS swap that, Supra this, Evo that; it’s always great seeing something different into the mix. Thanks for the inspiration! Now I want to build some kind of sleeper and hurt feelings and destroy egos. 😂
My 82 year old mom drives a Chevy 2500 van with a 6.2 L big block. About 25 cows gave their lives for all the leather in it. She hits the on ramp with her foot to the floor and gets the most wicked grin on her face! She drives the thing in traffic like she's in a sports car. I doubt she'll ever get rid of it.
It has been a fun week of unexpectedly entertaining cars - hearses, black F150s, and Vans with a little urine sprinkled in. I hope you guys enjoy this one.
if this isn't you guys trying to get entertaining Content then boy I cannot wait for the next ones lol the content has been amazing since the day I subscribed.
Something I did not imagine myself searching when I woke up this morning? "Turbo 5.3 Vans". Thanks a bunch for that little nudge into the rabbit hole of giddy doom. The AMS video with Iron Maiden is cool, but we need a good "Takedown" video. One of the best rides I ever took was as a passenger in my '87 Turbo Regal right after I got it to mid 12's. My girl at the time was driving it normal in traffic when a guy pulled up in a Hemi Dodge with stickers all over it, revved the engine and took off like a ricer flyby. We ended up being the first cars at the next redlight. I told her, "Take him down, but pedal it once the boost comes in". She treed the hell out of him and just stayed about 7 cars out on and off the gas until the next light. He pulls up and rolls down his window to say something smart and see's he just got walloped by this cute little girl in a V6 Buick. The window rolled right back up, he looked straight ahead, and there was no re-match to speak of. I still get excited when I hear an LC2 doing it's thing.
Woooo for vans and another Vanman!!! In High School my buddy and I would drive around his father's Chevy conversion van that had a mild V10 and AWD. Nothing like smoking a set, the whole set, of tires from the comfort of what is basically a Lay-Z-Boy recliner! The looks on the faces of pretty much every car you launched against, after they came straggling in, worth any potential speeding ticket!
Ha! I learned to drive in my parents' E-350 and last year they traded up to a 2016 Chevy Express so they could haul bigger stuff around. I can't imagine those being massively boosted. The thought never even crossed my mind.
Reminds me of my maxed out gmc vandura in Forza horizon 3...I love trolling hyper/supercars in "infected" events. The rage is real when I tag people. It's even realer when I evade them for 5 minutes lol
As an apprentice plumber i drive an extended E350 super duty, and i wouldn't call it fast but for such a heavy vehicle its pretty quick. Knowing how much stuff is in back i bet if it was empty it world be fun to tool around in!! As it is i dust cars on the onramp for the interstate never hitting 4000 rpm.
I’m friends with the original builder of the van from Las Vegas. It surprised a lot of people back then! The build quality comment was not surprising, knowing the builder.
I never thought anything of full-size vans for the longest time. Then my truck shelled the transmission out, and I had to get the boat out of the water ASAP before it froze over. I knew I wasn’t going to get parts to rebuild my transmission in time let alone build it and put it back in. So I called my buddy, he had just purchased a Chevy express 3500 with the 6.6 gasser that had hail damage on it so he got it for a steal brand new off the lot. Told me I could use it if I picked it up from the dealership and brought it to his shop 2 hours from home after I got the boat to storage. This van pulled my boat at 80 mph and held tough with the fast paced south dakota interstates (my boat weighs 6100lbs dry plus a tandem 32’ trailer so I’d wager 7100-7500lbs behind this thing) i have been searching for a deal on a van with the 6.6 gasser ever since. The transmission temps never going past 198° even in stop and go traffic alone was epic. My old Tahoe tow pig doesn’t hold a candle to it!
I have a 1999 Ford e250 extended van and i love it! 289k miles still runs perfect took it to over 20 States and Canada! Been on the beach, in the Nevada desert, and even buried it in some mud once lol
arethouready ive been a van guy from way back but normally stayed with short panels. I bought a brand new 75 dodge 200 shorty with a 360 and with less then 100 miles had cam installed intake & 750 holley with headers. Funny thing was doing all that it was still cheaper then my firebird AND FASTER, not to mention it was a mobile motel room w/out the bathroom...
Arne down played these vans SO MUCH and what they did for AMS or maybe he doesn't realize! this was 10+ years ago, forums were your source of pictures and whatever was going on. Heres AMS (an upcoming and then a force to be reckoned with) chasing records, breaking them, and then there's the evo being towed by a van!? you're expecting a rig/toter home/beautiful truck, something other than a van! It built a sense of connection, well these just seem like normal guys not some crazy race team. Then there was rumors or it was article i cant recall, of the van running in the 12's which was running faster than a lot of the guys on evom at the time. that was the moment for most when it was, oh, they're just good at going fast. i'm sure someone else will watch this and have the same reaction i did.
The Express/savana is more for the US market, as GM does another body style for Europe, which is ugly. Ford still does the F and E series Cutaway chassis, but they won't put a van body on them anymore. Everyone else switched to European style transits, which are ugly and uncomfortable to drive for long distances. Having driven a Ram Promaster, an older Dodge sprinter, a newer freightliner sprinter(mercedes), a chevy express/GMC savana, and a Ford transit, the Chevy was the most comfortable. The ram's seat is an abomination for long distance, and the sprinters both had the same issue of bad views because of big a-pillars and really front pushed seats(promaster has this issue too). How long before GM kills the Express/Savana because of international influence of fugly body styles?
The Transit is also front wheel drive garbage.... I miss the days when my family had an E-150, hall the classic to shows or when it breaks down, fill the van with enough luggage for a month and still have it only 30% filled, vacation without missing anything.
Fast van club. Back in 1999 my dad, brother, and I swapped an all-aluminum 454 big block into a 1983 Chevrolet conversion van. It had a huge cam with longtubes, but completely unassuming if you didn't hear it camming. I distinctly remember smashing LS1's at the street races while hearing the blinds bang around in the back of the van. It was pretty hilarious.
My 1997 F150 with 4.6 is absolutely the finest vehicle I have ever owned for my needs. I'm 6'6" and the seating position is perfect. At 68 years I'm not going flat out anymore, but a long wheelbase V8 is simply the way to go. Camper shell on or off depending on need.
My buddy built that turbo van here in Vegas, always wondered what happened to it. Was a riot listening to all the kill stories. Surprised a lot of people lol
I finally had to sell my 1997 Chevy Astro van last month for a 2015 Rav4 LE. The maintenance and upkeep costs were becoming too much, and I needed a more reliable vehicle for long distance travel. Being part of the van club was interesting, as you get pulled over a ton for stupid reasons, and there are a ton of jokes that you hear from your friends. I'm going to miss you, Lucille.
I had a 1987 chevy g20 cargo van..... with a 350 racing engine! I took it drifting on the dragon's tail and had a bunch of people thinking I had built it mid engine due to the way I could drive it. So much fun having a super fast van, mine was red with no windows in the back, loved it until gas jumped to 4.75 a gallon!
My 99 E-350 Power stroke was good at taking out deer and BMW's!! It took out 4deer and one 700 series Beamer with minimal body damage (BMW was totaled)!! I ended up scrapping it at 458,000miles,every thing was pretty much worn out but it still drove!!
I recently purchased a 1963 Chevrolet P30 Step Van with a 137” WB. My plan is to hot rod it with either a 500+HP 383 Stroker or an L96. The overall plan is 70’s muscle van: ⭕️ or teardrop windows in the rear on the sides and side pipes! I’m even considering making it a 4x4 for towing absolutely whatever and launch. It’s going to be a long project; I’ll make sure you see it when it’s done
Great story. love to hear the diversity in passion for cars, Also received my stickers today and i’m excited to throw them on my cars. Thanks a lot Ed!
if you've got the money enjoy it! I don't know if I'll ever own a full-size van short wheelbase or long wheelbase. Frankly always wanted one since I was a kid came pretty close a few times. Neighbor had a really nice one where this guy would change vehicles like you change your underwear he bought the thing for $300 and I told him that day. If you sell it, don't go under 1000 where it was a particularly hard to get Van for these parts and one of the more sought-after models for its era. He ended up selling the thing a couple hours later for around five or 600 and thought that was great literally told him if he wanted to hang onto it for while. I'd see about digging up 800. Don't get me started about the two clowns that ended up with it all the stupid crap they did. He ended up getting the van back a couple months later for around two or 300 and hung onto it for a few months i tried to pick up a couple times but this time he wouldn't part with it. At this point it was painted with white house paint and lots of other horrible things had been done. He ended up trying the transmission and once again I didn't get the opportunity to get my hands on it guy. I know that deals scrap bought the van for 500 to use the motor in one of his trucks. There aren't that many short wheelbase 1980s . GM vans around these parts with the body in that good a condition underneath rot here is a real problem. A lot of people think I'm slightly disturbed because I keep using minivans and more specifically what I do with them.i bought a 96 Voyager that I ended up getting my father because I didn't want to destroy it. It's one of a very few on the road in Nova Scotia that at that point had zero rust and was like working on a two-year-old vehicle. Most of what was wrong with it was Solaris Lee small things that resulted in the vehicle not running. Literally used a van for parts from the neighbors yard that was rotted in half and got it going. That man. By the way, is still running and I destroyed 2 Dodge caravans over about a five year span because of the work I do. They actually hold up pretty good. I use the term destroyed loosely. First one I had a whole bunch of parts lined up to fix it, only to find out that it was rotten in a really weird spot underneath that you can't fix Van had dead doors and other things like that I had rust free doors for on it and a bunch of other parts drove that Van for little over two years. Second one had been beaten like a redheaded stepchild. There wasn't anything I could do that had Artie been done.it was a 98 previous one was a 2004 or 2005. Problem I ran into with the 98 is getting parts around here is difficult. I got to the point that there are so many things wrong with it. It's not worth spending six or seven months tracking the parts down or buying them new last going off the final nail in the coffin was part of the computer went bed. Up till that point I was threatening to track down another one for parts. I'd been trying to track one down. That was worth using for parts and wasn't outrageously priced. Every time I find one they'd want 1000 or more for a piece of complete trash. I paid 800 for that Van. When I bought it and the only reason I paid that much was I couldn't get anything else everything I was looking at was significantly more rot and a much higher price 800 in my opinion was too much. i a couple of months ago bought a 2009 grand Caravan utility model for 1000 normally in that condition. They will run you about 5000 i bought it from a scrap metal dealer who was quite literally going to scrap it. He gets the leftovers from the local auctions paying 200 each puts them up for a couple weeks and if nobody buys them. He scraps them. It's one of two pretty decent vehicles I picked up from him. In both cases getting ready to Scrap them the car I tried to get from him. I'm still pretty sore about you don't want to know the condition of that car and he was so ticked off that he scrapped it just out of principle was a single owner Ford, low mileage grand Marquis damn car should've been in a glass case in a museum.. Way too nice for me but i tried to buy the car rather than see it go to scrap. Didn't care about the money. He basically was just pissed off like the car was possessed or something.the car I bought from him about a week ago. I'm frankly surprised he wasn't smashing the windshield with a baseball bat, where he was just as ticked off lol. He told me he had gotten rid of everything for scrap. The last time I asked about that car and it still turned up a couple weeks later.its not in great shape by any means and ugly, but it's a fun car for somebody like me and I don't have to worry about damaging or scratching it.i hall scrap and Dodge caravans are about the only thing I know of that will take the punishment I dish out where I can afford the gas of a large van and I just can't stand trucks worst vehicle I ever owned was a half ton truck and I constantly felt trapped and confined whenever driving it. I figured it would be the same as the 1972, Jimmy. I had previously and let me tell you, there's no comparison between a full-size Jimmy and a half ton truck!the Jimmy was just way more comparable and hilariously fun. Damn near impossible to get a full-size Jimmy in Nova Scotia and there's the issue of gas mileage so I got into minivans.i love the changes that they've done to the newer caravans. There are much more like a full-size van from a driving perspective just wish they were rearwheel drive is my only real complaint. That car I bought the other day I should point as is a huge rearwheel drive ;) ooo no way I'm going to shoehorn myself into a micro subcompact nightmare after all these years of driving nice comfortable, spacious vans. Gas mileage is probably going to suck, but it's not like I'm going to be driving it seven days a week.i originally bought a Mercedes, but it just turned out to be way nicer than I was expecting and i keep getting paranoid that when I drive it. I'm going to racket so been letting my father use it on and off. Only driven it a few times myself and like I said, I got that cheap rearwheel drive monster that's know where's near the condition of the Mercedes so I don't have to worry about if something happens I destroyed something of actual value. 2006 Dodge charger special edition are asked he or something like that. Maybe it's s XT. I can't remember.thing looks like something a teenager would be driving but i love big rids and it reminds me of the first couple cars. I had when I was young.i have to admit that Van you had was really nice, especially for a multipurpose vehicle/daily Hollar.
We have the same problems. We can’t keep anything stock and love vans as tow vehicles. Only think I did is performance sticker mods for more HP on the van to haul around my bmws
I’ve got a 06 Chevy express 3500 6.0L extended 15 passenger with 280xxx miles and it’s a beast.. just put a new transmission in because of a P0894 but plenty life left with regular maintenance
I’m a van lover myself. I want a duramax extended for a camper project. The other day I passed a church and turned around so I could go look at there van they had.
Good story, I'm a 30+yr floor covering installer and gearhead I've always had modified vans.from 80's usually Ford's my latest is an not a van but a cube ambulance with van front 1980 classic rescue/E350 514 stroker, full roller motor gear vendors under overdrive for my C6 3inch exhaust with X-pipe,4 stainless steel tips cut perfect along bottom of the truck spark plugs in each tip that runs on 4 cylinder cap & coils, tahgo switch for each side after my Dana 70B with lockers 488's or 456's gears,firestone air bags under leaf springs,so I can carry heavy material welded steel push plate in front, when we did the work I didn't like the sound of diesel motors as a result I keep a list of gas stations on trips she's still alot of fun and a head Turner, with suggested ear plugs for ill-evaded or light hearted especially with a line lock. Burn rubber on all 4 rear tires while siren and lights and flames out of exhaust tips are all going at once. eventually after paint or now a days vinyl wrap I'll plan on a hotrod power tour and win the (BURN OUT CONTEST)😎👍👍
Bruh, my 26 ton work truck (about 60k pounds) only has a 2.5 liter engine that throws rods at 2400 and the gearbox looks like it's been forged in mordor. Idk how that thing didn't melt with over twice the capacity.
I had a fantastic stealth van when I had an antique business. Mechanically and inside it was fantastic. Outside it looked like hell. I could easily have 20k-50k in cash and or very valuable antiques. Way i figired people would never have guessed there was anything valuable in it. Also had a secret lock box put in to hide money.
I love vans, but Class C campers are REALLY where it's at. Throw a turbo'd 6.0 LS GM truck motor in a 23 foot class C camper if you're serious about making something awesome go fast. You can run 13s while someones taking a hot shower with the propane on, and another person cooking on the stove.
My love for vans started with my dad's '78 Econoline with 3 on the tree. I doubt they even make a van with a manual transmission any more which is tragic. Since I'm in that "kid hauling" stage in life my current dream car is the 1029hp Bizimoto Odyssey, the only Odyssey worth owning and completely theft proof as it seems that no one learns to drive a stick these days!
I have a serious question for ya , if you needed a work van that can pull a 6x10 trailer with tools that's as reliable as a van can be what would you buy ? Thanks
You had me at “54 lbs of boost on a stock motor”
and then I fell asleep shortly after
Same.
This guy is full of it. Compression tested the motor and had 400psi on each cylinder 😂
You realize this is a diesel right? 350-400 is normal for a 7.3L
Aren't most of the engines in these cast iron?
"I only like them when they're over 6,000 lbs," I guess this man is the first BBW car enthusiast😂
Mike Halve maybe he just like BBW and needs room to haul them.
Lmao
More like BBV
Tammy Forbes that’s what a roof rack is for
I hope he wasn't a talking about is girl friend?
My dad had a chevy conversion van when I was in middle school. It was meant hauling all of our stuff for football, lacrosse, etc and for road trips to colorado for ski vacations. When mom wasn't around, he'd do powerslides and burnouts in the thing, totally awesome.
A sleeper you can sleep in!
Lol
Savage
A story to put you to sleep!
A Sprinter is not really a pedo van, is it? When I think of pedo vans, I think of older Ford Econolines or Dodge Ram vans (not the newer ones). I see Sprinters more as either work vans or luxurious motor homes.
Kekistan Supreme a Mercedes, even a Freightliner sprinter is VERY FAR AWAY, from a pedo van. You're thinking of a 89-94 Chevy or Ford sqaure body with dents scrapes n no windows
“At first it was a tune and a couple things” - cut to the the body of the van completely separated from the chassis.
Yea, seems about right.
Jonathan Martin the engine practically sits between the front seats on those E350's
That's how you work on these pigs lol
tyler56ford hahah yeah most older diesels you remove the cab off of the body to do major engine work
Also because we all know understatements are the bread and butter of car culture.
its an econoline, any motor work pretty much requires that you lift the body.
I've also been a van guy for forty years. Up until 2000 I had a 20 year old Ford E-350 cargo van (purchased used nearly that long ago). When I decided to move from the San Francisco Bay Area to Northwestern New Mexico in that year I purchased a new Ford E-350 Supervan in cargo van configuration, i.e. bulkhead with locking door behind the front seats, e-track rails along both sides, no rear windows, heavy duty tow hitch. I also purchased a 20 foot van trailer/car hauler. It took me four 2,000 mile round trips to move all my earthly belongings, including my '94 Lexus SC300 on the final trip. Sometimes I would be pulling up a grade over a pass with the V8 near redline and the trans in second gear for ten minutes at a time. More recently I tried to rent a car trailer from the local U-Haul dealer to pickup a Jeep Wrangler 150 miles away and the bozos refused to rent it to me, claiming that the van was not rated for pulling that much weight! I have fabricated a removable bed platform that hangs on the e-tracks and also have a Blue Ox towing setup on the Jeep. I can tow the Jeep to a trailhead or campground, sleep in the van and then use the Jeep for day trips on local trails (mountain and desert). The thing I like about the cargo config is that someone would need to cut metal to gain access to the cargo area. It also means that the rear is good for sleeping in regardless of exterior light levels (e.g., in a lighted mall parking lot overnight). The only feature I had wished was available would have been 4WD, but was not. I did find a company at the time that did 4WD conversions on the E-350, for about $30K over the cost of the vehicle. I was considering it but when I contacted them I found out they only converted new vans that they had purchased and not a vehicle that had already been on the road for any amount of time. In spite of that I have driven the vehicle on many trails, prior to purchasing the Jeep, that were advised for "short wheelbase 4WD drive vehicles only". A good example would be taking the van over the "Alpine Loop Trail" from west to east, starting from Hwy. 550 just south of Ouray, CO and over Engineer Pass and down to Lake City, CO. I only got stuck once on another occasion in some deep mud on a County Road. It took a fully chained-up 10-wheel water truck to pull me out after a 4WD drive pickup failed at the task.
That Chevy Van was a BEAST. Kitt bought it after AMS had dialed it in, and man, words do the acceleration NO justice! Fun to revisit the memories of no launches below 1/2 tank, and having a hard time getting a race without the exhaust open.
Once a bunch of us took it down to Atlanta to watch the Supercross race and on the way down it ran flawlessly. About an hour into the trip back north she was spitting and sputtering any time we'd start building boost. Shortly after noticing that problem we noticed the odor of overheated electronics. A quick stop and some investigation revealed one of the Autometer gauges he installed had decided to give up. We simply disconnected the gauge and the van didn't miss a beat the rest of the way home.
Last time I was this early, the top sales guy only did 9 cars a month.
Clint Gliford too funny bruh you nailed it
Bruh you totally nailed it
Michael G JINX
Hahah good one lol
this is the best comment
It’s always nice to see someone doing cool builds like this. Sometimes I get fatigued of seeing the same GTR this, LS swap that, Supra this, Evo that; it’s always great seeing something different into the mix. Thanks for the inspiration! Now I want to build some kind of sleeper and hurt feelings and destroy egos. 😂
My 82 year old mom drives a Chevy 2500 van with a 6.2 L big block. About 25 cows gave their lives for all the leather in it. She hits the on ramp with her foot to the floor and gets the most wicked grin on her face! She drives the thing in traffic like she's in a sports car. I doubt she'll ever get rid of it.
I hope he drives faster than he blinks.
haha
he got the stage 1 blink setup hitting 13s
John Ryan you’re*
@@yummyjasmine7015 lmao
Hahaha! I think he’s proved that now!
It has been a fun week of unexpectedly entertaining cars - hearses, black F150s, and Vans with a little urine sprinkled in. I hope you guys enjoy this one.
Sorry you feel that way. We will try to keep entertaining content coming.
FIRE why make a negative comment just for some attention?
Awesome stories this week Ed! Thanks
My friend its always entertaining. even if its a vehicle i dont care for, its still entertaining. PLUS i learn something. keep it up :)
if this isn't you guys trying to get entertaining Content then boy I cannot wait for the next ones lol the content has been amazing since the day I subscribed.
Something I did not imagine myself searching when I woke up this morning? "Turbo 5.3 Vans". Thanks a bunch for that little nudge into the rabbit hole of giddy doom. The AMS video with Iron Maiden is cool, but we need a good "Takedown" video. One of the best rides I ever took was as a passenger in my '87 Turbo Regal right after I got it to mid 12's. My girl at the time was driving it normal in traffic when a guy pulled up in a Hemi Dodge with stickers all over it, revved the engine and took off like a ricer flyby. We ended up being the first cars at the next redlight. I told her, "Take him down, but pedal it once the boost comes in". She treed the hell out of him and just stayed about 7 cars out on and off the gas until the next light. He pulls up and rolls down his window to say something smart and see's he just got walloped by this cute little girl in a V6 Buick. The window rolled right back up, he looked straight ahead, and there was no re-match to speak of. I still get excited when I hear an LC2 doing it's thing.
"because the 4l60 isn't hardley worthy of the stock engine."
10/10
This guy with his vans and hearses, fucking legend
This is just the next evolution for all of the passionate wagon fans, myself included. Arne is a visionary.
this weeks videos have been the best yet! the stories are so good!
Woooo for vans and another Vanman!!!
In High School my buddy and I would drive around his father's Chevy conversion van that had a mild V10 and AWD. Nothing like smoking a set, the whole set, of tires from the comfort of what is basically a Lay-Z-Boy recliner!
The looks on the faces of pretty much every car you launched against, after they came straggling in, worth any potential speeding ticket!
I'm an electrician so my company has a yard full of vans. Gotta forward this vid to my Boss. We wil be the first guys on site every morning. 🤣🤣
If Arne's van is rocking don't come knocking!
I would open the door and proceed to run :)
Unless it’s Rod Knock...... fml
Ha! I learned to drive in my parents' E-350 and last year they traded up to a 2016 Chevy Express so they could haul bigger stuff around. I can't imagine those being massively boosted. The thought never even crossed my mind.
I'm a carpet installer. I've always loved upgrading my Van's. Had a nice Chevy g20 that would light em up. Awesome video man.
Reminds me of my maxed out gmc vandura in Forza horizon 3...I love trolling hyper/supercars in "infected" events. The rage is real when I tag people. It's even realer when I evade them for 5 minutes lol
Wise choice. you can never go wrong with a GM/Chevy product!
Can you imagine getting beat by a 10,000lb van? Great story, once again.
Michael Bales 5:44 "mind you, this is a sixty-three hundred pound van"
Michael Bales dumbass. 6300pound
8000lb van, sorry.
I'd be more terrified of that van getting sideways and rolling, rolling and rolling.
Barry Vegas I've takin a van like this to track days, you'd be surprised
I'm a station wagon kinda guy. Love wagons for some reason.
I had a Volvo 850 5T, got it up to 250 km/h.... how I miss it.
As an apprentice plumber i drive an extended E350 super duty, and i wouldn't call it fast but for such a heavy vehicle its pretty quick. Knowing how much stuff is in back i bet if it was empty it world be fun to tool around in!! As it is i dust cars on the onramp for the interstate never hitting 4000 rpm.
I’m friends with the original builder of the van from Las Vegas.
It surprised a lot of people back then!
The build quality comment was not surprising, knowing the builder.
Gotta love a sweet van. I have a 94 ford conversion van and would love to convert it to the power stroke. Right now she has the 351 which runs great.
I never thought anything of full-size vans for the longest time. Then my truck shelled the transmission out, and I had to get the boat out of the water ASAP before it froze over. I knew I wasn’t going to get parts to rebuild my transmission in time let alone build it and put it back in. So I called my buddy, he had just purchased a Chevy express 3500 with the 6.6 gasser that had hail damage on it so he got it for a steal brand new off the lot. Told me I could use it if I picked it up from the dealership and brought it to his shop 2 hours from home after I got the boat to storage. This van pulled my boat at 80 mph and held tough with the fast paced south dakota interstates (my boat weighs 6100lbs dry plus a tandem 32’ trailer so I’d wager 7100-7500lbs behind this thing) i have been searching for a deal on a van with the 6.6 gasser ever since. The transmission temps never going past 198° even in stop and go traffic alone was epic. My old Tahoe tow pig doesn’t hold a candle to it!
I had a 1990 ford econoline conversion van for a few years in my late teens. Hauled lots of friends every weekend. I loved my van!
I have a 1999 Ford e250 extended van and i love it! 289k miles still runs perfect took it to over 20 States and Canada! Been on the beach, in the Nevada desert, and even buried it in some mud once lol
arethouready ive been a van guy from way back but normally stayed with short panels. I bought a brand new 75 dodge 200 shorty with a 360 and with less then 100 miles had cam installed intake & 750 holley with headers.
Funny thing was doing all that it was still cheaper then my firebird AND FASTER, not to mention it was a mobile motel room w/out the bathroom...
Check your brake lines they're known to rust out
Arne down played these vans SO MUCH and what they did for AMS or maybe he doesn't realize! this was 10+ years ago, forums were your source of pictures and whatever was going on. Heres AMS (an upcoming and then a force to be reckoned with) chasing records, breaking them, and then there's the evo being towed by a van!? you're expecting a rig/toter home/beautiful truck, something other than a van! It built a sense of connection, well these just seem like normal guys not some crazy race team. Then there was rumors or it was article i cant recall, of the van running in the 12's which was running faster than a lot of the guys on evom at the time. that was the moment for most when it was, oh, they're just good at going fast.
i'm sure someone else will watch this and have the same reaction i did.
It's sad they don't do the Econoline anymore. GM still builds the Express/Savanna but these new Ford Transit vans are just not the same
yeah fuck europe
The Express/savana is more for the US market, as GM does another body style for Europe, which is ugly. Ford still does the F and E series Cutaway chassis, but they won't put a van body on them anymore. Everyone else switched to European style transits, which are ugly and uncomfortable to drive for long distances. Having driven a Ram Promaster, an older Dodge sprinter, a newer freightliner sprinter(mercedes), a chevy express/GMC savana, and a Ford transit, the Chevy was the most comfortable. The ram's seat is an abomination for long distance, and the sprinters both had the same issue of bad views because of big a-pillars and really front pushed seats(promaster has this issue too). How long before GM kills the Express/Savana because of international influence of fugly body styles?
The Transit is also front wheel drive garbage.... I miss the days when my family had an E-150, hall the classic to shows or when it breaks down, fill the van with enough luggage for a month and still have it only 30% filled, vacation without missing anything.
@@scottjs5207 Transit is RWD
Fast van club. Back in 1999 my dad, brother, and I swapped an all-aluminum 454 big block into a 1983 Chevrolet conversion van. It had a huge cam with longtubes, but completely unassuming if you didn't hear it camming. I distinctly remember smashing LS1's at the street races while hearing the blinds bang around in the back of the van. It was pretty hilarious.
"looking around like whats about to happen?" getting your shit rocked, that's whats about to happen.
My 1997 F150 with 4.6 is absolutely the finest vehicle I have ever owned for my needs. I'm 6'6" and the seating position is perfect. At 68 years I'm not going flat out anymore, but a long wheelbase V8 is simply the way to go. Camper shell on or off depending on need.
My buddy built that turbo van here in Vegas, always wondered what happened to it. Was a riot listening to all the kill stories. Surprised a lot of people lol
James , I know him, his name is Jon , he's doing another one again
Miguel, glad to hear Jon is still around.
I haven’t seen him in a few years since I left Vegas.
I LIVE IN A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER
Gliese 380 shit these days thats living the dream. i miss chris farley
Well, la-de-frickin'-da!
Good for you, you are off the grid.
Young man what do you wanna do with your life!!!!
When i want
Yes Arne is back I love his stories
"Cause you know, guys in Mustangs aren't normally looking for a 1/2 ton van to race"
I finally had to sell my 1997 Chevy Astro van last month for a 2015 Rav4 LE. The maintenance and upkeep costs were becoming too much, and I needed a more reliable vehicle for long distance travel. Being part of the van club was interesting, as you get pulled over a ton for stupid reasons, and there are a ton of jokes that you hear from your friends. I'm going to miss you, Lucille.
I had a 1987 chevy g20 cargo van..... with a 350 racing engine! I took it drifting on the dragon's tail and had a bunch of people thinking I had built it mid engine due to the way I could drive it. So much fun having a super fast van, mine was red with no windows in the back, loved it until gas jumped to 4.75 a gallon!
i will never forget the time grandma drove me in a 4 - speed V W van , cool
Glad someone else has the van bug. I’ve been trying to determine if I want a beater truck or a salvaged van. You can find them so cheap!
My 99 E-350 Power stroke was good at taking out deer and BMW's!! It took out 4deer and one 700 series Beamer with minimal body damage (BMW was totaled)!! I ended up scrapping it at 458,000miles,every thing was pretty much worn out but it still drove!!
This guy has the coolest collection of cars ever.
I recently purchased a 1963 Chevrolet P30 Step Van with a 137” WB. My plan is to hot rod it with either a 500+HP 383 Stroker or an L96. The overall plan is 70’s muscle van: ⭕️ or teardrop windows in the rear on the sides and side pipes! I’m even considering making it a 4x4 for towing absolutely whatever and launch. It’s going to be a long project; I’ll make sure you see it when it’s done
I love vans, I hope they become popular again like the 60s which I wasn't even born for
Great story. love to hear the diversity in passion for cars, Also received my stickers today and i’m excited to throw them on my cars. Thanks a lot Ed!
if you've got the money enjoy it! I don't know if I'll ever own a full-size van short wheelbase or long wheelbase. Frankly always wanted one since I was a kid came pretty close a few times. Neighbor had a really nice one where this guy would change vehicles like you change your underwear he bought the thing for $300 and I told him that day. If you sell it, don't go under 1000 where it was a particularly hard to get Van for these parts and one of the more sought-after models for its era. He ended up selling the thing a couple hours later for around five or 600 and thought that was great literally told him if he wanted to hang onto it for while. I'd see about digging up 800. Don't get me started about the two clowns that ended up with it all the stupid crap they did. He ended up getting the van back a couple months later for around two or 300 and hung onto it for a few months i tried to pick up a couple times but this time he wouldn't part with it. At this point it was painted with white house paint and lots of other horrible things had been done. He ended up trying the transmission and once again I didn't get the opportunity to get my hands on it guy. I know that deals scrap bought the van for 500 to use the motor in one of his trucks. There aren't that many short wheelbase 1980s . GM vans around these parts with the body in that good a condition underneath rot here is a real problem.
A lot of people think I'm slightly disturbed because I keep using minivans and more specifically what I do with them.i bought a 96 Voyager that I ended up getting my father because I didn't want to destroy it. It's one of a very few on the road in Nova Scotia that at that point had zero rust and was like working on a two-year-old vehicle. Most of what was wrong with it was Solaris Lee small things that resulted in the vehicle not running. Literally used a van for parts from the neighbors yard that was rotted in half and got it going. That man. By the way, is still running and I destroyed 2 Dodge caravans over about a five year span because of the work I do. They actually hold up pretty good. I use the term destroyed loosely. First one I had a whole bunch of parts lined up to fix it, only to find out that it was rotten in a really weird spot underneath that you can't fix Van had dead doors and other things like that I had rust free doors for on it and a bunch of other parts drove that Van for little over two years. Second one had been beaten like a redheaded stepchild. There wasn't anything I could do that had Artie been done.it was a 98 previous one was a 2004 or 2005. Problem I ran into with the 98 is getting parts around here is difficult. I got to the point that there are so many things wrong with it. It's not worth spending six or seven months tracking the parts down or buying them new last going off the final nail in the coffin was part of the computer went bed. Up till that point I was threatening to track down another one for parts. I'd been trying to track one down. That was worth using for parts and wasn't outrageously priced. Every time I find one they'd want 1000 or more for a piece of complete trash. I paid 800 for that Van. When I bought it and the only reason I paid that much was I couldn't get anything else everything I was looking at was significantly more rot and a much higher price 800 in my opinion was too much. i a couple of months ago bought a 2009 grand Caravan utility model for 1000 normally in that condition. They will run you about 5000 i bought it from a scrap metal dealer who was quite literally going to scrap it. He gets the leftovers from the local auctions paying 200 each puts them up for a couple weeks and if nobody buys them. He scraps them. It's one of two pretty decent vehicles I picked up from him. In both cases getting ready to Scrap them the car I tried to get from him. I'm still pretty sore about you don't want to know the condition of that car and he was so ticked off that he scrapped it just out of principle was a single owner Ford, low mileage grand Marquis damn car should've been in a glass case in a museum.. Way too nice for me but i tried to buy the car rather than see it go to scrap. Didn't care about the money. He basically was just pissed off like the car was possessed or something.the car I bought from him about a week ago. I'm frankly surprised he wasn't smashing the windshield with a baseball bat, where he was just as ticked off lol. He told me he had gotten rid of everything for scrap. The last time I asked about that car and it still turned up a couple weeks later.its not in great shape by any means and ugly, but it's a fun car for somebody like me and I don't have to worry about damaging or scratching it.i hall scrap and Dodge caravans are about the only thing I know of that will take the punishment I dish out where I can afford the gas of a large van and I just can't stand trucks worst vehicle I ever owned was a half ton truck and I constantly felt trapped and confined whenever driving it. I figured it would be the same as the 1972, Jimmy. I had previously and let me tell you, there's no comparison between a full-size Jimmy and a half ton truck!the Jimmy was just way more comparable and hilariously fun. Damn near impossible to get a full-size Jimmy in Nova Scotia and there's the issue of gas mileage so I got into minivans.i love the changes that they've done to the newer caravans. There are much more like a full-size van from a driving perspective just wish they were rearwheel drive is my only real complaint. That car I bought the other day I should point as is a huge rearwheel drive ;) ooo no way I'm going to shoehorn myself into a micro subcompact nightmare after all these years of driving nice comfortable, spacious vans. Gas mileage is probably going to suck, but it's not like I'm going to be driving it seven days a week.i originally bought a Mercedes, but it just turned out to be way nicer than I was expecting and i keep getting paranoid that when I drive it. I'm going to racket so been letting my father use it on and off. Only driven it a few times myself and like I said, I got that cheap rearwheel drive monster that's know where's near the condition of the Mercedes so I don't have to worry about if something happens I destroyed something of actual value. 2006 Dodge charger special edition are asked he or something like that. Maybe it's s XT. I can't remember.thing looks like something a teenager would be driving but i love big rids and it reminds me of the first couple cars. I had when I was young.i have to admit that Van you had was really nice, especially for a multipurpose vehicle/daily Hollar.
Love my 01 e250. 300k and the old 2v 5.4 still running me across the country.
Vans are cool, I’ve had 3 or 4 myself, my favourite being an ‘89 E250 cargo with a 351W & built C6, it was peppy.
We have the same problems. We can’t keep anything stock and love vans as tow vehicles. Only think I did is performance sticker mods for more HP on the van to haul around my bmws
Fast vans are SO awesome!
JCR Garage Fast anything that shouldn’t be is awesome.
True. Imagine a 9 second monstertruck!
@@JCRGarage pretty sure they are close to that nowadays aren't they?
I’ve got a 06 Chevy express 3500 6.0L extended 15 passenger with 280xxx miles and it’s a beast.. just put a new transmission in because of a P0894 but plenty life left with regular maintenance
lol I love how mustangs are always the easiest targets to pick on.
Just picked up an 87 G20 in blue with 361000 miles on it and it's running strong
Slam it on tarmacs and daily it, oh wait a min...
OGKFabrication wrong channel lol
I’d like a van just because there’s so much cool stuff you can put in the interior, carpet, wood, shelves, It would be so cool
the van does a quarter mile faster than he blinks lol
I’m a van lover myself. I want a duramax extended for a camper project. The other day I passed a church and turned around so I could go look at there van they had.
Love the title, _Baby Got Back,_ reference!
Definitely made me chuckle.
Good story, I'm a 30+yr floor covering installer and gearhead I've always had modified vans.from 80's usually Ford's my latest is an not a van but a cube ambulance with van front 1980 classic rescue/E350 514 stroker, full roller motor gear vendors under overdrive for my C6 3inch exhaust with X-pipe,4 stainless steel tips cut perfect along bottom of the truck spark plugs in each tip that runs on 4 cylinder cap & coils, tahgo switch for each side after my Dana 70B with lockers 488's or 456's gears,firestone air bags under leaf springs,so I can carry heavy material welded steel push plate in front, when we did the work I didn't like the sound of diesel motors as a result I keep a list of gas stations on trips she's still alot of fun and a head Turner, with suggested ear plugs for ill-evaded or light hearted especially with a line lock. Burn rubber on all 4 rear tires while siren and lights and flames out of exhaust tips are all going at once. eventually after paint or now a days vinyl wrap I'll plan on a hotrod power tour and win the (BURN OUT CONTEST)😎👍👍
Anything that comes from AMS is pure gold. Great story!
Any stories about that 1st Gen DSM drag car he was towing around? I had a 2nd Gen Eclipse. Always partial to the DSM/4G63 family.
Dear god. Brake-revving a boosted diesel van until the boost maxed-out. He's lucky the transmission didn't literally twist into a pretzel.
Bruh, my 26 ton work truck (about 60k pounds) only has a 2.5 liter engine that throws rods at 2400 and the gearbox looks like it's been forged in mordor. Idk how that thing didn't melt with over twice the capacity.
@@SoulTouchMusic93 forged in mordor lmao. One gear box to rule them all.
Haha the guys looking around like what's about to happen!! Fuck yes
"I cannot leave things stock."... *shows still image of whole body lifted off the bare frame and engine*✌️😂😂
I had a fantastic stealth van when I had an antique business. Mechanically and inside it was fantastic. Outside it looked like hell. I could easily have 20k-50k in cash and or very valuable antiques. Way i figired people would never have guessed there was anything valuable in it. Also had a secret lock box put in to hide money.
I'm obsessed with sleepers,especially wagons.lol.
Did he just say 54 lbs of boost?!?
Are you deaf?
Keep in mind it is a diesel Truck, stock those things can handle more than 30, and race engines can push north of 100 psi
lol that should be no shock if the compression test is giving out 400 psi
I love vans, but Class C campers are REALLY where it's at. Throw a turbo'd 6.0 LS GM truck motor in a 23 foot class C camper if you're serious about making something awesome go fast. You can run 13s while someones taking a hot shower with the propane on, and another person cooking on the stove.
Enthused
Go look up the Ring Brothers Winnebago. Supercharged 7.0L
I will absolutely do that.
Except the law says you can't use the camper when in motion.
😂😂😂
not always. but for safetys sake then yes. hell they cant see in, theyd never know.
You were talking about the 5.3 in the GMC van. Was it a vortec?
Shoulda used the duramax express van
The AMS Blue Demon started my love of the Lancer Evolution platform. Their shenanigans started my love of AMS.
Another fantastic video...can't wait to watch this channel grow and grow. Keep them coming Ed!
I am! Im loving this dude, he needs his own TV show
My love for vans started with my dad's '78 Econoline with 3 on the tree. I doubt they even make a van with a manual transmission any more which is tragic. Since I'm in that "kid hauling" stage in life my current dream car is the 1029hp Bizimoto Odyssey, the only Odyssey worth owning and completely theft proof as it seems that no one learns to drive a stick these days!
Golfjunkey 1 they have old Dodge vans with 4-5 speed manual. they drift them
Except the car thief
Gm should hire you to sell all their vans lol. After watching this I almost want one now.
Arnes stories and cars are awesome!
1:43 is that an eagle talon I see? Hard to tell on a phone
This sounds like someone who was an addict now preaching to an AA meeting about being sober
I bought a 12 Chevy 2500 Cargo Van 4.8 ..... It's awesome I love it ..... The only thing it won't do is get me a date probably....
yess... LBZ full size van. can't wait to see that video
I got a chevy express 2500 with a 6.0 ls7 is 400hp with 400ft tq it has front and rear ac i love it
8600lbs without the gixxers
What turner would you buy for an everyday driven 6.0 2012 chevy van ? I tow with it on occasion also.
Arne must be able to take in so much oxygen
Any updates on the Duramax? I have an 06 as well
Watches video.... immediately starts looking for vans on Craigslist haha
I have a serious question for ya , if you needed a work van that can pull a 6x10 trailer with tools that's as reliable as a van can be what would you buy ? Thanks
Nice 👍 you went GM LS power 🍻 12s no problem with 5.3! Love it.
You can tell by how he bought another GM product
Nothing wrong with a big girl. I dig you went with a GMC, I just like the grill.
I love to watch these and they are so interesting. I love they way he says oh I can’t leave anything stock
I literally thought 100% that this was a rabbit story.
Arne, I have a 2006 E350 6.0 turbo diesel. what would be a good chip for it? don't want to hurt reliability.
I seen the first 5.4 Ford E-150 van. My eyes said. Oh yeah.. This can be the best I gotcha ass van ever....I still have it! High Top of course...
THEM OTHER *enthusiast* CANT DENY
Like all the 4K videos. 01:20 that rear tire.
back at it again with those white vans
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The Fault in Our Cutie Marks Daaamn Daniel!