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With today's technology, almost every fantasy build is possible, with enough funding to make it happen. Transit Connect surely could benefit from a little more HP & Torque, knowing that commercial users are loading the van down with ladders, lumber, piper, wiring, and tools. Not to mention whatever they are delivering......it's not always cakes & flowers.

It would be against my better judgement. I would not want to be the guinea pig, or white lab rat. I already know that $100 would be wasted. That's a given. Transit Connect 2.5L inline 4 cylinder just doesn't have much there. No hope in changing the shift points for more aggressive shift pattern. Common sense would tell most of us, that real performance gains on any car, can't be purchased for as little as $100. My primary concern is that something like that would actually do damage to your car. How would you like to plug that in, and smell smoke? Or all the lights on your dash illuminate, and your car doesn't start?

They didn't quietly cancel cars. They made sure everyone knew. That's why the press was informed.

You started with a cargo van, and you're now adding passenger wagon parts. Makes me think that you would have been better off buy a passenger wagon, then stripping out what you don't want. I still want to 5 people riding to camp, then 5 people sleeping in the back. By the way, after you fold down the middle row seats, you are not going to have a flat level surface for sleeping. The passenger wagon 3rd row folds flat, then supports a flip out "board" which gives you a flat surface.

You may want to think about insulation. Whatever you install, you need to insulate so that energy isn't wasted. I want to see how 5 of you are all going to sleep in the back.

Compared to other minivans, Transit Connect comes in last and I get that. If you could choose, Honda & Toyota are the best choices. Compared to other City Van commercial vehicles, Transit Connect is way better than the options from Chevy, Dodge, & Nissan. Transit Connect has a market segment. Commercial mostly. Guys like me who would never dream of a $40K Honda hauling debris to the dump. Guys like me who only want to spend $20K, and keep the balance in my pocket.

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There is no replacement for displacement. Go to a performance shop with a dynamometer. Ask them to dyno tune your Transit Connect. When they get done laughing, and you still have a straight look on your face, with 10 $100 bills clutched in your fist......and they're done explaining to you that you will see no significant gains.......and they take your money anyway......you may be able to squeeze another 3 HP & 1 ft lb of torque. In the real world, without free wheelspin under the dyno, with the weight of your van and the grip of your Continental tires, you wouldn't even shave a 1/10th of a second off the 1/4 mile time. This 2.5L inline 4 cylinder motor leaves very little on the table. Tuners just aren't going to be able to adjust the fuel trim enough to make much of a difference. You'll know in your mind, that you have custom tuning, and that your Transit Connect is superior by 3 HP. But you will not be racing the minivan, or towing like a superduty truck.

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Is that while you're facing uphill or downhill? It's all that power that you have under the hood. Ever notice the torque steer? Just kidding. Wheelspin on a wet hill, depending on the grade of the hill and the amount of water, is common for a lot of front wheel drive cars. Doesn't happen the same way with a rear wheel drive. But most rear wheel drive cars have larger engines, more horsepower, and torque. Laws of physics? You have a heavy foot? Common strategy with a stick shift on hills, is to use the parking brake until you feel the car starting to move, then slowly release the hand brake as you throttle and release the clutch. With good timing, car eases into motion smoothly. You can try setting the handbrake, then throttle lightly until the vehicle starts to move,, and releasing the handbrake and throttling at the same time. Or left foot braking works. Your brake pedal is wide enough. Next time you're on a hill, shift your left foot over to hold the brake. Then trottle until you feel the car going forward, and release the brake as you continue to throttle.

Even in Seattle, I would expect wipers to be good for 1 year.

It also depends on who is doing the reporting, and their driving styles. I doubt if any fleet users have an employee posting their numbers for the entire fleet. So anyone who drives 8 - 10 hours a day, low speed, engine idling, stop & go....is for the most part, not reported. Guys like me who get very poor mileage, are not represented in those statistics. I see that someone reported 10 MPG.

Rick drove a convertible.

Those pellets are excellent for control of temperature. Since they are uniform in production, they are superior to uneven pieces of wood. I know why people like them. Old guys like me tend to stay with old technology. Like an abacus vs a calculator.

I'm not sold on those pellets. I prefer real wood over lump charcoal. I prefer real wood over pellets.

You will want the Long Wheel Base. Unless you are very short. You need to be able to lay down without curling into a ball. And you will have a very difficult, if not impossible, task of finding padded mats to fit. With the long wheel base, you could just about tuck a twin or full mattress pad (the kind without the springs).

Here is a view of my wire going into the void next to the door hinge. I am using 3 wires because my lighting is set up that way. You should be using 2 wires, for power and ground. Your wire should exit right behind the wheel well. From there, pop off the plastic fastener to peel back your sill plate which runs along the unibody pinch seam. Insert the wire and run it to the next plastic fastener. Replace the first fastener, pop off the next fastener, keep running wire. Here is a view of the sill plate as it begins behind the wheel well, and the very first plastic fastener to remove.

Of course it's possible. It's possible to do whatever you want. You just have to be willing to do the work, to make it work. I doubt if it will be a simple bolt-on swap. First, remove the seats you already have. Then get the seats you want, plus all of the mounting hardware for those seats. Now you may need to remove the hardware for your seats, and install the hardware for the seats you want. You may have to cut away what you don't want, and weld in a new piece of flooring to mount the seats you want.

Right down the block from me, is Lazzari Fuel. We use Mesquite, Apple Wood, Cherry Wood......for different types of meat. Here where I live, with so many different cultures, there are restaurants and caterers that offer whole roast pig....head, feet......tail to snout. Nothing is wasted. And every part taste so good.

You're not taking corners fast enough.

How did you can cook that thing?

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