Twin Turbo in a GMC Van! | Faster with Finnegan | MotorTrend
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
- Cotten, Newbern, and Finnegan try their hand at taking on the high-perf GMCs by creating an AWD twin-turbo-powered ultimate soccer mom sleeper Safari van, the Momsoon.
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This brings back memories. My dad was one of the head engineers on this program, was called the "M-Van". He brought home many prototypes of this vehicle. Stick shift, a Camaro engine in one, oh man those things ripped for a van. All done by GM techs at the tech center, so neat. On a side note, these things were awesome with the 4.3 in them, bigger than a minivan but not full size, great family vehicles.
Its not a mini van they was midsized vans. These things is popular in China. These are the last of the good vehicles that gm made.
I daily an awd and they are sweet. most are 30 years old so they need work, but so much fun for a van
I've had a couple of these Astro Vans they will do a burnout for days
Right after high school I started laying tile. I bought an '85 with a 4.3l, 4 barrel quadrajet, and headers from the factory. That thing was the only Chevrolet I've ever owned that wasn't absolute garbage. Thing was actually pretty fast and didn't suck to drive. My buddy who also did tile ended up buying one with a Four cylinder iron duke motor with a 5 speed stick shift. It was a dog but it was passed around our group for a solid 15 years. Great little vans
This old van still has more style than the modern crossover things of today!
Finnegans out loud thoughts are always hilarious
2:25 "We need another ... 300 horsepower" 🤣
MOMSOON has got to be one of the best project car names ever.
Momsoon is the perfect name for this van
I just watched this episode again on MTOD and this build had great intentions and good backing, but they didn't have the correct tool to remove the cap from the wastegates to change the springs from 2.5 psi to 10 psi springs and they jacked up the second external wastegate, so they removed it and replace it with a piece of a license plate. This is hot rodding at it's finest, and the tuning was on the spot and these dudes were really rushed to complete this build in two days. It's a miracle it was running at all at that pace. They gave it a good run, but unless they were millionaires and extremely experienced in building twin turbo V6s, they were cursed from the get. I still really enjoy watching them try their best!
Oil pump PWM by use of the indicators may have been one of the greatest engineering feats I've ever seen on the internet.
These guys should be working on the space shuttle!
I've been thinking about a turbo 4.3 AWD Astro for years. So much potential there. I would've mounted the turbos underneath to keep the interior space, though.
We did that year's ago we put a typhoon engine set up 4.3 turbo in our Astro van rear wheel drive only since the van was only rear wheel drive what a blast we had winning races 🏁 It was a sleeper for sure...I could imagine 4.3 turbo Awd Astro van 🧑🔧🧰🛠🔩🪛
I feel like half the build footage is missing.
Because they want you to head over to the app and pay to watch
It is head to motor trend cause they want more money
Yes.
Since no subscription magazine market. Thats how they pay the bills.
Lol, expedited bolt on builds lol
Momsoon,, best minivan name EVER!!!!!
By far one of the best vids. Keep that van build going.
I daily drive a 95 Safari van with a 96 5.7 vortec swap and GT45 turbo.
TURBO THE WORLD!!!
We need more of this content!!
Love how he knocks out the project in one video instead of uploading multiple parts
Bloody crazy, bloody awesome guys!
My 93 Astro had a re-call that almost killed me & my family..bought it used in 97 & had it for 1week .. we're cruising 65mph on US 281 south Texas & all brakes locked up..on their own..my foot was on throttle..van swirved left then right..almost hitting 2 other cars...dealership took it back..refunded ALL $$..we are glad to be alive.. dealership said it was a computer- anti-lock brake system re-call. Don't know other years affected.
Possibly a tad harder for them pre internet, but it should have been checked for recalls.
I was at one of the big four factory backed dealers for $4k in go fast stuff. I was at home, this was '04, I was bored and started looking up how to find recalls. Turns out it had a swing arm recall because it would basically just fall apart. They said "it's a 10yr old bike; we assumed it had been done". I was like, "you're a factory backed dealership if you don't look it up, who would? And, it's free money work for you."
They were dumb af. Or intentionally trying to kill me, they let that bike out with obvious oil dumping all over the rear tire and swing arm.
Leo's South, Lakeville MN, scumbags are still in business.
I like gold truck you guys did great job couldn't stop looking at it 👏 💯🔥😎
gold did with the su doors
GREAT VIDEO MIKE!!! TOTALLY AWSOME UPGRADES!!!! I LOVE IT!!!! THANKS FOR SHARING!!!
I just refurbished a 2002 cant wait for van life summer
Best day at work ever )
I always wanted to put a 5.7 in one of those
Hilarious! Very well done. Dad had one same 15 years ago. Thanks
I really really like watching your stuff
My uncle has 95 gmc safari with a 5.7 v8, a trans to keep up with v8 and rear posy
The “Momsoon”😂
awesome van
Pimp my ride,the way it should've been.
Did you you off the shelf Astro awd drivetrain we’re used in the syclone and typhoons
And the Rowdessey for the win!!! I mean come on man!!! 🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨
Needed one of those turbos
S10 swap + (383 + mild cam) + (700R4 shift kit + corvette servo) = 13 seconds and smooth idle
I would hope it goes faster than 13s with a 383.
This man fin is talking about giving soccer mom's their package 🤣
He really wants to give the soccer moms his package.
Soccer mom in the front, party in the back!
WHY they went with a rear mounted twin turbo setup, when the better solution would be vortech supercharger kit for the 96-99 s10/blazer
My homie that races his typhoon uses transfer cases out of those awd drive vans and bravadas as replacements.
And with the a/c on it's the ultimate cold air!
I'm waiting for my cousin to give up on her 89 Astro conversion van. 27,000 miles. And was garage kept until she got ahold of it. Unfortunately only 2wd. But I have s10 drop spindles and a set of 90s bullet wheels to make it a radwood killer
Racing this at sickweek👍
"Soccer Moms Need Our Package" Good tag line.
PUT THE FULL EPISODES UP!!!!!
Astros and Safaris are the best.
As a kid 16 in 2002 i wanted a astro with a 502c.i swap. What a killer looking unit. Amd if yall remember astros has a sweet aftermarket back then.
What made you not get one?
Had a 94. Got a 89 G30 now. Get that heavy Chevy bro.
that would have been cool if it was done correctly.
These vaans aare almost starting to look cool to me ,can the awd handle power?
I guess already tried the leaf blowers.
With Ford doing the super vans, Chevy really missed out with a "monsoon" variant of one of their vans. Especially in the era of cyclone and typhoon
Chevy Monsoon, Cyclone and Typhoon. Turbo 4.3 + AWD + water injection as a bonus...
They need your package for a quickie!
I want this for my family
That's a Typhool!
The turbov6 youtube channel helped with this one
Finnegan with glasses looks like Adam Savage 🤣
I grew up with my parents dtiving an identical van and recently I've been wanting to get one and twin turbo it 🤣🤣🤣
19sec. What gears were in it tho ? Cause 3:73 has a meh hole shot instead of the absolute death .
...Did I miss where they talk about how to fuel that thing properly with its tiny 19 lb/hr injectors mounted within the intake manifold?
It's a bit funny how they mention their "cheap" steel intake plumbing after mounting TWO expensive turbos, each by themselves probably perfect mounted ALONE with that 4.3. (I know... sponsorship!)
Edit: I saw "install intake manifold" written on the side window. Was it a Holley 2114 with injector bosses welded in? There's no aftermarket EFI intake available for the 96+ Vortec heads (the only heads worth using IMO, though the Rotsun's engine did well with those hogged out TBI heads)
Ive seriously been contemplating building up a late 90s Nissan quest. They use the same motor that comes in the xterra and frontier supercharged and another engine option is its distant cousin from the 300zx
I'm currently building a first gen Pathfinder. A quest would be fun if you want to stick with vans, but a stick shift turbo 4.0 aerostar would be amazing and probably far cheaper. I had a stick 3 litter in the 90's and it was a blast to drive
Those vans are pretty sweet too bad most of these things got car cancer and never got treated or they got junked
Still quite a few living on down south in painter/construction trades. Most probably we'll over 200k. My 08 uplander 3.9 has surprisingly been great and has 253,000 miles with stock engine and no oil burning. Tranny is another story but it's a fwd gm so no surprise there...
@@jeremyb4493 well fwd just isn't as strong as rwd!
Why can't we get a high trim Z71 Express Van?
Tiny turbos, lame welds. Really pushing the limits on the content 😂
Purple nurple Yeehaww now yall
It's funny because i had a Chevy astro van with the 4.3 wouldn't spin in gravel but i cut both cats off put a cool air intake one it and splitfire spark plugs that's it. It would do doughnuts on dry pavement and give any v8 a good run for it's money! A 4.3 is just a 350 with 2 pistons cut off of it and they can actually be built to be faster then something with a stock 350 in it.
When my engine dies (hoping it lasts a lot longer) I'll likely cram a V8 in there....
still faster quarter mile time than a honda grom with that van stock, so theres that LOL
Finnegan's Roadkill short bus crew hauler, take the boy's to town for "cold snack's".....✌
This could have been something really cool if you didn't do something stupid like put the turbos inside.
Was going to buy an awd astro to make the soccer mom syclone but broke my hand at work and it got bought when I got hand surgery Friday love the video but it's salt in the wound
Found this searching how to add a turbo to my Astro and I don’t think I’m going to do it this way
Don hink ive eve seen one of these used as "moms van" mostly construction use.
Now that was just plain silly 😜
I wonder how many times I've heard Mike say: "this is the coolest.thing we've ever done"?
If you let Finn pick out the builds they wanted to do without crazy schedules he wouldn't have left.
Get over yourself and him! Better without him!
Rust is a lock washer! I like that. Pretty sad performance for a twin turbo addition to the van. I was expecting at least low 12’s @ 120 m.p.h. 🫢🤔😬
Ive told so many people these awd vans have such a similar drivetrain. I wanna throw my 2000 Jimmy on a similar platform bein it's 4wd it should be pretty easy off the rip 🙏
SUGGESTION: GMC PLEASE CONSIDER RESSUECTIING YOUR MOTORSPORTS PROGRAM AGAIN.
I wanna see it ls swapped lol
This is cool
Ok how much turbo lag do you want.. yes
Probably stating the obvious but the exhaust gas is gonna have b-all energy by the time its got to those turbos.
Build Boostey at the line 10 psi e brake launcher !Most people would let the computer first 3times
I put a 383 stroker in my 95 Astro van.
A restrictor would of been a better choice over the hazards relay
Finnegan had a facelift?
Does this mean I can just toss two turbos in my back seat.
Could've got those results with a couple of 150 shots of nitrous
Time slip… you mean calendar date
You know, there are kids in poor countries that can only afford one small turbo on their vans. It is this kind of conspicuous consumption that has led to our being called ugly Americans in lots of places. Mostly by people who are rapidly fading in our rear view mirrors as we launch.
Im not a fan of the editing half the build is missing, tbh its super cool build and fun but would of been better putting turbos under the trunk floor
If you want to blow up an engine drive full speed in top gear drop into second and drop clutch much cheaper than twin turbos!
Without a doubt that is the slowest vehicle with 2 turbochargers.
They are slow. But as somebody that mistreat vehicles on the regular they're tough as nails. Thank God they're not strong enough to break the transmission but the frame is pretty stout.
SUGGESTION: MOTOR TREND MAGAZINE: MINI VAN SPECIAL ISSUE!!!!
My stock astro runs 0-60 8.5 seconds
And then we LS swap it...9's...🤠
Dumb mounting location, makes no sense
Full episode!
This is like Monster Garage but with talent.
There's no way that vortec was that slow stock
When he said twin turbos and then I saw sts turbos I was so sad.