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1989 Dodge Caravan SE Turbo.A mini van that will beat almost all the cars on the road. http://www.turbovan.net/van.html

I would sell my car if I ever got beat by a woodgrained Caravan. LoL I dont see how he got 12.65 seconds from his mods. Maybe we should ask him to hook up a Vibe GT. LoL

I've seen them before. Gus Mahon's was the first and probably the most famous.http://pages.cthome.net/gus/mini.htmlht ... old.htmlHe also had a 12-sec Plymouth Acclaim:http://home.earthlink.net/~tmahon281/slugmobile.html

boost at 24psi! that is how he did it,but.... all the stuff about the high mileage on a four banger, .. he forgot to mention all the work on the internals...

Ya he's running 24 PSI!!!! He smoked that Z28. If I hadn't seen the video I wouldn't have believed it. That's got to be the ultimate sleeper!

But still. That quick from a Dodge 4 banger is impressive. Now, if it would be a Honda or Toyota, it would be different. But from a Dodge?? LOL Very impressive.

'89 huh . . . . ?Good chance that 4 cylinder was a Mitsubishi.

quote:Good chance that 4 cylinder was a MitsubishiYou are correct, it was a Mitsu engine.

quote:Chrylser uses or has used a lot of Mistu engines, and I really do not know why?For the same reason a Pontiac has a Toyota engine: joint ventures. The Talon from the Eagle division of Chrysler was nothing but an Eclipse.

I'm almost sure it was the standard 2.5l Turbo 1 engine.Gus did alot of amazing things with the 2.2 and 2.5 based cars.He was a great guy. Always willing to help and share what he knew. Didn't discriminate others based on what car they drove. A true car enthusiast, and a family man.RIP Gus.

quote:I would sell my car if I ever got beat by a woodgrained Caravan. Ooooo. Any car with wood-grained sides is the ultimate smack in the face. It looks so ghetto that I would never expect it to beat me.