Thread: 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan is quick

Originally Posted by tod1d

1. maybe your shorter then me and can have the seat closer to the steering wheel, I'm 6'2"
2. maybe more room in the back seat of a coupe then sedan
3. maybe my baby seat is larger then the one your using

I'm 6'3" and i have no problem getting 3 kids in the back of my gtp sedan.

when does a gtp pull 15.6? when they just floor it and hope its grips lol, high 14's a stock gtp should pull with all seasons and a good launch i would think.
most sites that record 1/4 miles cant be trusted, as you see it varies by almost a second form one site to another. but still sucks stock vans are slowly outpowering us.
reminds me of my buddy racing his gradmas ford aerostar minivan, my other buddy laughed when he cruised up in his lowered s-10 with a 5-speed, so gradma van and s-10 went at it from a dig and aerostar pulled a full car+ by 120km/h lmao, needles to say buddy with the s-10(rusted away long ago) gets reminded about it everytime i see him pretty much, even though it was like 7 years ago lol.

Originally Posted by Grimsin

when does a gtp pull 15.6.

when your forced to use 91 oct and 7k feet above sea level

Originally Posted by boostedcompg

when your forced to use 91 oct and 7k feet above sea level

then the caravan is pulling 16.0-16.6 at the same sea lvls.

i was going to say a 15.6 get that car a drivers mod lol

Unable to sustain interest in thread.

Originally Posted by tod1d

1. maybe your shorter then me and can have the seat closer to the steering wheel, I'm 6'2"
2. maybe more room in the back seat of a coupe then sedan
3. maybe my baby seat is larger then the one your using

#1. I am 6'1"
#2. maybe more room in back of a coupe.(seems silly but possible)
#3. I have no idea the different sizes of baby seats. Mine is the one with the side impact Cushions on it.

the sedan and coupe use the same floor pans with the same seat mounting locations. leg room should be the exact same

I thought the GP would make a good family car but I'm having second thoughts on that now. Mini vans are faster and have more room.

Originally Posted by tod1d

I thought the GP would make a good family car but I'm having second thoughts on that now. Mini vans are faster and have more room.

You've said the Caravan is faster several times now even though it's been pointed out to you that you're wrong several times. A SLOW stock GTP might run low 15s in the 1/4 mile (which is STILL faster than the new Caravan), but the majority run in the upper-14s, while quite a few pull mid-14s bone stock. Mid-to-high 15s is NA territory. Yes, it's decently fast for a minivan, but it is NOT anywhere near in contention with even a stock GTP. And considering the GP IS a "sporty" FAMILY car (thus why S/C 3.8 owners who think they have race cars annoy me), if you're having trouble using it for it's intended purpose, the fault may not be the cars...

How about you just make one of these?

Supercharged Minivan - YouTube

Best of both sides.

i am biased but i think a 2.2/2,5 turbo caravan would be pretty sweet



or this

there is a caravan like that that runs 13.3 at my home track

4g63 caravans are legit

huh? that's the chrysler 2.2/2.5 not the mitsu 4 that was in the earlier ones

The three I've seen in person were all swaps. Didn't know people kept the chrysler power plants

I was basing my response on one source that had 1/4mile times for the three vehicles in question.

My experience with the baby seat was not positive, it just barely fit.

I ran 14.514 @ 93.something in my bone stock GTP at Pontiac Nationals in 2007 on all seasons, first time ever racing, 90*+ day. 15.7 is not stock GTP territory.

Depends if your 6000 feet above sea level or not :\

yup altitude kills speed