Chevy AWD

[sasaholic]

good lookin van and bighit u got there. i ride a bighit 2 and like it pretty well.

[dwalt]

Here's mine with 33's. Two inch blocks in the rear, and torsion keys bottomed out. It rubbed the fenders a little at full lock, but you could live with it.






I took those tires off. They were some used I bought off of a wrecked truck, load range E. It rode like a buckboard, even with 24psi. I'm looking for some 33"C's, but have not had any luck finding any. May have to go with D's.

[kntr]

good lookin van and bighit u got there. i ride a bighit 2 and like it pretty well.

Its my daughters Gromhit. It has 24" wheels and 5" of travel. The other Specialized bike is my wife's SX TRail.

I took those tires off. They were some used I bought off of a wrecked truck, load range E. It rode like a buckboard, even with 24psi. I'm looking for some 33"C's, but have not had any luck finding any. May have to go with D's.

It rides like a buckboard because the torsion keys are bottomed out. Get some Rough Country keys for a Chevy pickup and it will ride almost like stock.

[dwalt]

Its my daughters Gromhit. It has 24" wheels and 5" of travel. The other Specialized bike is my wife's SX TRail.




I rides like a buckboard because the torsion keys are bottomed out. Get some Rough Country keys for a Chevy pickup and it will ride almost like stock.

Nope....

It rides so much better with the new (31C's) tires. I Left the torsion bars like they were.

BTW, new torsion bar keys just twist the bar further than possible with the stock keys, they don't do beans to improve the ride.

[kntr]

Nope....

It rides so much better with the new (31C's) tires. I Left the torsion bars like they were.

BTW, new torsion bar keys just twist the bar further than possible with the stock keys, they don't do beans to improve the ride.

I just noticed changing the keys helped a ton on my Chevy pickup. I had the stock keys cranked and it rode like crap. I put the different keys on and cranked the truck to the same height and it rode waaay better.

[zuren]

I did a 500 mile road trip today and I got 19 mpg on the first tank and 20 mpg on the second tank. I sure am going to miss this great gas mileage when I go to 33s.

Have you still been getting mileage in the 19=20 mpg range? These vans are interesting but fueleconomy.gov has them listed at 17 mpg on the highway. I have been encouraged by reports that diesel GM vans get 20+ mpg on the highway but they are hard to find.

Does anyone know if you can do a junkyard low range 4WD conversion like you can on an AWD Chevy Astro?

Thanks!

[ihatemybike]

Just another transfer case, I'm sure something can be done.

[kntr]

Have you still been getting mileage in the 19=20 mpg range? These vans are interesting but fueleconomy.gov has them listed at 17 mpg on the highway. I have been encouraged by reports that diesel GM vans get 20+ mpg on the highway but they are hard to find.

Does anyone know if you can do a junkyard low range 4WD conversion like you can on an AWD Chevy Astro?

Thanks!

I did another trip. We did about 1800 miles to Vancouver and back. I got 20mpg on one tank, 19.5mpg on one tank, 19 mpg on one tank and 18.7mpg on another. This was ALL hwy. I used my GPS as the odometer is off about 2-3mph. It doesnt get any more accurate. I did drive 65-75mph most of the way.

[zuren]

Just another transfer case, I'm sure something can be done.

That is what I was wondering. I would prefer a manual shift transfer case but was curious if anyone has ever looked into doing something similar to what T.Low did to his AWD Chevy Astro (swapped in an electronic shift NP233C transfer case and associated parts from a S10).

I need to do a lot more reading but thought I would ask the question. If the TC and controls could be swapped from a Chevy 1500 pickup, that could be an interesting project!

Does dwalt still visit these forums? He has a nice van!

[Loopie]

Sorry to see you didn't do a lift.
I love body lifts. While you may not find an off-the-shelf purchase for this application...it shouldn't be that hard to piece together. So there's 1-2". 3-4" if you went with a weld on 'pipe-lift' body lift and were careful with the details.
Plus torsion bar tweaks. Lift the rear as needed(blocks and/or springs)

35's???