I've found out something astonishing 

"G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3" (gbodyman) 09/09/2015 at 14:48 • Filed to: None

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V8 swap motor mounts for an S-10 have the same mount pattern as the engine mounts on an Astro van. This gives me amazing ideas.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 09/09/2015 at 14:54

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Or with a bit of fab work, you can have a mid engined van!

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 09/09/2015 at 14:54

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http://www.astrosafari.com/viewtopic.php?…

Looks to be a thing.

and 100 more > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 09/09/2015 at 15:01

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Isn’t a Safari/Astro basically just an S-10 with a more cab-over design? I was under the impression that they were largely identical underneath.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > and 100 more 09/09/2015 at 15:03

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It appears so.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 09/09/2015 at 15:03

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Too much work, not enough practicality.

HammerheadFistpunch > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 09/09/2015 at 15:07

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The 4.3 is literally just the 5.7 minus 2 cylinders. Engine swaps are pretty easy I hear.

HammerheadFistpunch > and 100 more 09/09/2015 at 15:07

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yes and no, but engine swap wise, they are close enough.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 09/09/2015 at 15:07

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It wasn’t too much work for the French.

and 100 more > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 09/09/2015 at 15:13

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Here’s what I wanna see:

Safari/Astro chassis-cab with said V8 swap, 4WD, body & suspension lift.

Go forth, young man.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > and 100 more 09/09/2015 at 16:12

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No. An Astro is a unique unibody+front subframe.

Übel > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 09/09/2015 at 16:20

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Saw this guy a few years back. Didn’t talk to the owner, but it did actually have the wheels to fill those tubs so I don’t imagine it was slow. No idea why I didn’t take better under-hood pictures, either.