Resident Cummins Swap Dork. I have a lot of experience with the 3.9L, and lemme tell you my experience after 3 swaps with it: It’s the wrong engine for the job. Turn it up and it makes plenty of power, yes. But it is LOUD, it idles like CRAP, and parts are getting less and less common. The more power you get from it,…

Ehhh.. I would recommend against the equus if you want it because it’s easy to work on.

The F-22 is a better comparison, if we are talking strictly about intended roles (Air Superiority vs a Multi-Role Craft.)

I’ve done the same swap into a ford econoline van.

Max towing on the transit is 3100-7600 lbs, depending on config. And, counter-intuitively, the towing capacity goes DOWN as you go UP in capacity. The smallest, shortest van with the little diesel has the highest capacity. most commonly optioned vans will be in the 4k range.

Surprising in only that most people don’t think about it, but a turbo diesel 3500 series chevrolet 12 passenger express van can tow. It can tow a LOT. 10.000lbs, only 3000lbs less than a diesel dually pickup truck can without using a gooseneck or 5th wheel.

Full powertrain conversion of a 1995 E350 van.

Its about 3-4 inches/10cm in diameter (judging from the 5 port RJ45 connector in the internal images.) American torpedo tubes are around 21 inches/53cm.

Nah, he actually has built an ‘air distributor’ and made a 2 cycle air motor. The pistons are actually working.

That would require people to drive their Ferrari...

The previous gen was about 60,000, and it was built on a 20,000 dollar cheaper base. i would suspect 80k range...

'Lancia Thema'

GM already rolled out their first foray into the 'euro' van, it's just that no one cares.

Whoa whoa whoa. What's all that crap about? In this day and age I cant go 60 seconds without a form of video entertainment or a cellphone in my hands! Outside is BOOORING!

My modified 3500 Express has 2 fold down 19 inch 1080p LCDs, and some small PCs (intel NUC) that i built up for media center/emulator use. Best way to keep a group of people quiet and entertained on long road trips.

Yet as recently as 2006 CBS Radio, Citadel, Clear Channel, and Entercom paid 12 million in fines for... accepting paid placement via third parties. So now, instead, clearchannel/iheartradio has 'on the verge' which REQUIRES 150 plays per station of the selected song.

I would argue half are already gone. There are hardly ever any live DJs, it's just computers playing from a prebuilt list. These days many radio stations are just a pair of PCs, some people in a cube farm selecting playlists based on paid placement, a guy in a booth making recordings for commercials and 'blurbs'…

I have a friend who runs a we-tote lot that uses these things. the state here actually doesnt even require ONE DAY since his cars are technically leases, with a 1 dollar buyout.

Spare tire well, pull the spare out. no one ever bothers to clean there.

It disables the starter, when wired correctly. I have seen dozens of them on cars i buy at auction. They are simple, effective, and do not make the car stop running suddenly.