Ford Needs to Make a Supervan 4

"i86hotdogs" (i86hotdogs) 01/18/2019 at 10:52 • Filed to: None

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It’s rare to hear the word “performance” and “van” without adding “lack of” somewhere with it. Ford used the bodies of their vans to test chassis and engine component for years. Here’s a quick history lesson:

Supervan

The first generation used a Mark 1 Transit shell over the chassis and engine of the GT40. With 400 bhp, its top speed was claimed at 150 mph.

Supervan 2

With a Mark 2 Transit shell as the exterior, Ford added front and rear air dams, a spoiler, and huge side air inlets. They used the chassis of the Ford C100 class C racing car. The engine was a Cosworth CFL engine making about 590 bhp. It was clocked at 176 mph on the Silverstone circuit.

Supervan 3

Supervan 3 used a 7/8 reduced scale Mark 5 Transit shell to design Supervan 3. It first used a Cosworth HB V8 with power estimates at 650 bhp. Top speeds were estimated at 150 mph. It later updated its engine to the Cosworth 3000 V6 to make the van more drive-able. This smaller engine put out 300 bhp.

Supervan 4?

Here’s what I would build for Supervan 4. The latest gen Transit shell will be used (I’ll use U.S. spec for my own leisure). Add all the spoilers and air dams one can do.

Take either the race spec engine from the GT LM GTE, or the factory Ecoboost from the production GT.

I wish I had good Photoshop skills to design what I am picturing.

Note: I don’t count the one off Transit Super Sport Van as the next gen Supervan. Although cool, not wild enough to make it a Supervan

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > i86hotdogs 01/18/2019 at 11:09

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I wish we got this in the States.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > i86hotdogs 01/18/2019 at 11:10

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They need to make a retail version. Ford Transit ST.

But for real, if Ford made a Transit Raptor, I would sell every possession I own to get one. Offroad vans are best vans.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > i86hotdogs 01/18/2019 at 11:14

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Today it would have to use the GT’s EcoBoost

Maxima Speed > i86hotdogs 01/18/2019 at 11:17

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They need to make a transit connect st or rs. I would pay serious many for one of those.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > i86hotdogs 01/18/2019 at 11:27

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One with Fords flat plane crank V8 would be cool too.

RallyWrench > i86hotdogs 01/18/2019 at 11:43

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This hero made an unofficial Supervan out of a Jaguar XJ220, it’s hilarious. Ford needs to do another, absolutely. The Ecoboost GT engine makes sense, but goddamn do they sound bad. The question is: do they use the full size Transit, or the Connect? 

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > i86hotdogs 01/18/2019 at 12:13

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I think a Transit Connect Passenger with the 2.7L EB would be a perfect family hauler.

Azrek > i86hotdogs 01/18/2019 at 12:15

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Superman 4 was the quest for peace? The most 80s thing ever? 

i86hotdogs > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 01/18/2019 at 12:18

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I wish I could have a van for every purpose: cargo, passenger, off -road, drag, drift, race, tow, cruise, the list goes on ....

i86hotdogs > RallyWrench 01/18/2019 at 12:19

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Why not both? Put the high output Eco in the Transit, and the RS engine in the TC.

i86hotdogs > RallyWrench 01/18/2019 at 12:20

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I did see this pop up during my research. I wante d to stick exclusively to the Supervan projects when writing. This thing rocks.

i86hotdogs > Maxima Speed 01/18/2019 at 12:21

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I have read several forums on people doing swaps. Most of the swaps occur in Europe, since the Euro TC and the focus hatchback share the same platform. 

i86hotdogs > winterlegacy, here 'till the end 01/18/2019 at 12:21

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I plan on doing this to my TC within the year; except white with blue stripes. 

i86hotdogs > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness 01/18/2019 at 12:23

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Just wish it was RWD to satisfy my Aerostar craving.

i86hotdogs > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 01/18/2019 at 12:23

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Could you imagine a van revving to 8,500 RPM?! Although the racing engines in these Supervans screamed over 10,000

i86hotdogs > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 01/18/2019 at 12:27

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I wish I was good at Photoshop to create a Raptor-spec Transit. The flared fenders on lifted A/T tires would look mean. Also very tippy I’m sure.

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > i86hotdogs 01/18/2019 at 12:27

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I’d prefer lifted........and 4 WD......

i86hotdogs > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness 01/18/2019 at 12:28

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See mine and Mr. Langley’s thread about that.

i86hotdogs > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 01/18/2019 at 12:30

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RallyWrench > i86hotdogs 01/18/2019 at 12:41

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Why not both, indeed. Although now I’m thinking of the GT LM car under the Connect because it’d fit better and perhaps make better use of aero (not so easy to just take the body off the car , as the Supervans 1 & 2 did) , and tuned Raptor underpinnings for the Transit. Make it a badass Baja support van that could be raced, like the Dakar support trucks.

i86hotdogs > RallyWrench 01/18/2019 at 13:02

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I’m on board with those. I would like to see the TC be more of a street tuned car. Maybe AWD. Theres a market for that in Europe already. For a S upervan, they’ll most likely engineer a shell that looks like the latest gen like what they did with the 3rd one. 

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > i86hotdogs 01/18/2019 at 13:26

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Well in keeping with tradition perhaps they could get a Voodoo engine up to that kind of RPM if they blueprinted it (that’s a thing right?) and did some upgrades here and there.

Svend > i86hotdogs 01/18/2019 at 17:48

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They could do it on the Transit Courier

Transit Connect

Transit Custo m