By the way, this was not supposed to look like a real Ferrari, it was supposed to look like a kid's toy car, or kinda like a cheap copy of a Ferrari. It just came out lookin' better than we were aiming for.
Ferrari on the outside, but Safari on the inside! See page 2.
headliner mockup, pre-installation:
Hot Wheels stickers:
Other stickers & emblems:
March 1st 2009: Just had some tune up work done on the engine, rotor button, distributor cap & a chemical cleaning of the fuel injectors. Incredible difference; may need wheelie bars...just kidding. & now when I stomp down on it, instead of the standard sulfur type smell common to GMC catalytic converters, it smells like burnt gunpowder; I thought it was my imagination or wishful thinking. But other people have noticed it too. May have something to do with the fact that when the catalytic converter was changed I didn't use a OEM parts.
To answer a few questions; The grill - the Wolfeman & I made it out of stainless steel mesh & 3/8" stainless steel rod. Behind the grill are a couple of horns off of a Porsche, not quite the right sound, but it is still is not what people expecting to hear coming from a van.
The Ferrari prancing horse emblem is from Ferrari, bought it on eBay!
The body kit is from Stillen.
Thanks for looking!!!
In the begining,...
and LET THERE BE ROCK !
I drive it almost every day, even to church! The van is All Wheel Drive, it has over 280,000 miles on it, original engine & original transmission. No major repairs other than to replace the head gasket. The air conditioning compressor has been replaced twice, the water pump twice, altenator once. A rear half shaft has been replaced. That's about it other than routine maintainence.
Update: at 275,000 miles a front wheel bearing was replaced.
Under the hood it has a K&N air filter, and I added dual exhausts, I had to move the spare tire from under the van to make room for the extra pipes, the resonators make it sound like a GT racecar, it absolutley GROWLS when I get on the gas.
The wing has a diffuser on it and it really pushes the rearend down, you can feel it start to push down at about 40-45 mph. You can actually see it 'hunker' down to the road as I get up to speed. I have also added a rear anti-sway bar, between it & the spoiler, the handling in the curves has improved tremendously.
please, take a minute to check out "the Scorpion" by going to 'My Garage":
Page One: Exterior
Page Two: Interior & Sound System
Page Three: Mods, Odds & Ends
Page Four: Thanks! & Suppliers (check out some of the comments from other CarDomainers 'bout my van!)
Page Five: Ice Storm & Winter
Page Six: Unorganized, and people have asked about this stuff.
Page Seven: Ode to my Shure FP-22
