Turbo minivan build...
 

Yeah,it's a rusty old minivan,but it's quick!
Block modified to suit a neon/stratus dohc16v head,hy35 holset turbo,home made intercooler.Lots of HMT style fabrication,it's reliable @15psi,no broken axles or clutch (it's converted to 5speed also)
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2137502

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------- awesome :y You are on the right site.You from BC Canada?There is a guy who runs a Caravan at Mission that is pretty quick.

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Nope,Canmore just west of Calgary.

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YEAH!!! WELL DONE!!
It adds a little touch of irony to the false-wood panels!!

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Very cool, my Pop uses one of these as a parts hauler and it's a stick van factory....i keep trying to con him into letting me up the boost and jam a jrc cooler in teh nose but he likes his stroker small block hot rod.....ah well...

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That kicks all kinds of ass. Welcome :)

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wow, that is pretty sweet, what does it run in the quarter mile?

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i'd be pissed if i lost to that haha take it to the track :y that would be such a fun project. thumbs up

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Awesome ride, I saw a guy on the HotRod Power Tour with a Turbo'd Minivan, the thing was badass and really clean to boot. Props on a well executed project! He even uses JBweld!! :D

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That is totally awesome. Totally HMT.
Any track times out of that badboy yet?
Nice Job!
Erich

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Thanks guys!
I've never run at the track,or a dyno,but would like to a little later this year.I'm using stratus 2.4ltr cams,std timing,which are nice and torquey,but have some 2.0 cams to try.I read they are alot stronger up top.These dodge engines seem to make loads of torque,when making reasonable power.The vans pretty heavy (never had mine on scales,but most guy's are around 3700lbs or so stock...) so I don't how well it would go at the track,would swap it back to auto for that I think.I am running the stock electronics,and only running it up to the factory cut-out of just under 15psi boost,but I have plenty of fuel and intercooler for more boost.I am going to try and learn to burn alternate chips for it,and I have a 3bar map to go with it.
It's real hard to get guys to run you on the street out where I am,mostly cause it's a woody minivan,but I have played with a couple Acura's and Honda's,fairly stock I think but I never spoke to them.I have a BIG advantage over the N/A guy's as I'm at about 4300ft above sea level...
There was tons of extra stuff needed built to do this conversion that I didn't go into on that cardomain page.Like .....well you guys know how it is,LOTS of little projects that form one bigger project at the end!!! ;)

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thats a true ------- sleeper....did u take it down the 1/4 mile yet????

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Welcome to HMT.

Keep us posted 8)

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mad props on the HMT style setup
holset and 16v and Dodge = pimp
:)