Turbo Minivans

[SuperSleeper]

We need the Hall-effect Pickup. It's a couple of wires w/ a harness that goes into the distributor.

[95tsi]

The tranny could be worth while. I dont' think they are worth too much, but if it is a 523 or 568 it is a good tranny. There is a little round plaque that sits on-top of it that says what it is.

As for anything else, I think most of the stuff is fairly easy to come by.

[SuperSleeper]

Turbo minivans never came with 523's. The automatics came with 413s, the 89 manual came with a 555, and the 90 came with a 568. Both the 555 and 568 are solid, and sell pretty well in the right circles. The torque converters on the auto minis are popular as they have a higher stall and are stronger than the Daytona/Shadow/etc...

[BoostedGSX]

Didnt one model come AWD?

[SuperSleeper]

Not the turbos. The later T&Cs did. And the AWD system sucked balls.

[SuperSleeper]

And boosted, since you were providing a bunch of links, here's a link to my old webpage for my van:
www.geocities.com/turbo89mini

[sleepydsm]

As a matter of fact, I saw an 89 turbo van (5 spd) woman owned, new engine, glossy black for $800

[SuperSleeper]

As a matter of fact, I saw an 89 turbo van (5 spd) woman owned, new engine, glossy black for $800

WHERE?!

[BoostedGSX]

Good God u were on top of things, lol.

Imma turn my GSX into a sleeper, hehe, I am gonna replace the GSX decal on the hatch with a GS one, and for my exhaust, well, top secret, but it will look like the GS muffler, with 1 2" chrome tip. And being its a '95, I got that GS spoiler too. LOL.

But when I had my Astro I wanted to run the cyclone/typhoon engine setup, and call my Astro the Hurricane. I also had the idea of smacking a small block 350 inside it, just engine mount swaps, and delete the belt drive fan, and water pump. Change that to electric, and you free up 4" of space, and about 20 horses, and not to mention how much faster it will rev.

Right now, I am having another idea. I heard of, and think they make a bell housing adapter for the mitsubishi mighty max 2.6 liter. I remember reading about they have a kit to bolt a chevy 350 TO the mitsubishi tranny. Now, I am sure you can imagine where I'm going with this. LOL. 4G63s bolt to the 2.6 liter mighty max tranny. SO. Same bell housing pattern?

[sleepydsm]

hmmm V8 powered DSMs...kinky. I forgot where I saw the minivan. LOL. A kid that went to my school put a Corvette LS1 in an Astro van.