h a l f b a k e r y"It would work, if you can find alternatives to each of the steps involved in this process."
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Your basic family minivan, but with Z rated wide tires, stiffened chasis and suspension, and a 300HP V8.
(?) 12 Second Minivan
http://www.udnet.net/~pauls/89turbo.htm There is also a club for turbo minivans somewhere. Why I don't know. [dag, Mar 18 2002]
Scoffs at Mercedes . . .
http://www.motorcit...99HHL483217052.html Not a mini-van, but then, either is a MB ML series . . . [bristolz, Mar 19 2002, last modified Oct 21 2004]
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Baked. [link] but I still wonder WHY! |
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center of gravity. it wil never handle like a sports car. the Mercedes ML series is, for all intents, as close to a sports-mini-van as you will find. |
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Thanks for the great link, dag!
Phoenix, SUVs are not my dream sports-mini-van, they are off-road oriented. I'm thinking of a powerful street-oriented machine. And, yeah rbl, there is no way it will ever be a sports car, but it could be better than the snail barge that are most mini vans. And, as for why, it seems like a completely undeveloped niche. Some SUVs are pretty much sporty minivans, and they sell like crazy, but they squander their abilities on the street. A sporty street-oriented machine seems to make more sense. |
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Well then I have to question the judgement of someone who wants to drag race with the soccer team in the back seat(s). |
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Well, if the whole team stuck their hands out the window they would induce drag. |
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Gosh, don't some sailboats use lead-weighted keels to lower their center of gravity? Could one not minimize topside minivan weight by making the body of styrofoam and then adding a lead plate under the floor? Voila! Center of gravity right between the wheels! Handles like a kart! |
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They do use lead keels...but the last one I heard mentioned was twenty two tons. A bit much for a four cylinder engine... |
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Not everyone thinks this is a bad idea. Porsche made one for me, the Porsche Cayenne! 450 HP sport minivan at last! |
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