mdshaw
mdshaw HalfDork
5/21/23 11:08 p.m.

It's been a great tow beast & blank slate for many Powerstroke upgrades. Just don't have anything to tow now. It's surprisingly fast for it's size, I guess since there is a lot of fiberglass & aluminum. We tested it 0-90 with a new STI twice & it's faster on tune #7 & there is 1 more hotter tune & that was with the o.d. engaged so it was effectively a 3.07 rear. Without the o.d. it's 4.10. Mechanically is nearly perfect. Interior wise the headliner is sagging so I need to fix that. 

The upgrades: 
All work done 2/2019-4/2019 @ 255,000 miles currently 271,000 miles 
Forged rods & pistons stock 
Fluidamper Harmonic balancer 
Jeli-Built PHP - 8 custom tunes, stock & no start 
4 Gauge A Pillar Pod cluster with PHP Tuner, EGT, Trans Temp & Boost 
Rosewood 180/80 injectors 
New crossover oil lines & fittings. 
New Melling LPOP  
Stage 2 HPOP  
New water pump 
New power steering pump 
6637 air filter with pre-screen 
4” intake 
4” exhaust  
Bosch Electric fuel pump  
Custom made pump/filter/water separator assembly  
Custom made adjustable water/methanol injection - currently set to: 1gph @ 4psi & 5gph @ 19psi -8 gallon tank w/low level warning. (Since there is no room in an e350 for an intercooler.)  
ECU Boost blocker
Rebuilt E4OD with extreme duty parts & new solenoid bank, Trans-Go Tugger shift kit
Revmax Stage 4 Triple disc Torque converter Deep extra cooling transmission pan 
New glow plugs
New engine block heater
Rebuilt Doug Nash Dual Range/25% overdrive-Switchable
4.10 rear w/o o.d. engaged - 3.07 w/o.d. engaged 
New a/c compressor & receiver drier 5/23 Cold A/C 
Fully lighted tool boxes 
Setup for 5th wheel, just add the hitch. Hitch was sold with the trailer 
Air helper springs 
On-board air compressor & small air tank  Bilstein shocks 
Batteries re-located to side front tool box Chevy Suburban rear seat 
Custom side tables - can sleep there because it’s been done. 

 

SV reX
SV reX MegaDork
5/22/23 12:38 a.m.

I have no idea what it is worth, but I like this truck.  I could be interested (but I suspect it is worth more than I could pay)

yupididit
yupididit UltimaDork
5/22/23 7:04 a.m.

Does it seat 4?

Do you have any actual interior pics?

Bed/tool box pics?

Is it considered an e350 cutaway van?

What year? 

It looks pretty cool but hard to throw out a value without better pics and a bit more information other than mods.

Rough guess $20k given the mods and how people are asking for so much money for 7.3 vans.

mdshaw
mdshaw HalfDork
5/22/23 7:48 a.m.

In reply to yupididit :

It could actually seat 5 but not a lot of leg room, except for the middle person.

The interior is the weak link. The extended cab is bare fiberglass & needs some finishing. Then the headliner & a couple tears on the dash vinyl. I need to find a way to fix those. It was a work, transport machine so we never addressed the interior except for replacing the power outlets, cold a/c, good stereo, adding the back seat & side tables with cup holders. 

It is considered a cutaway/back cut.  On the vin tag it says "Unfinished Vehicle".  It was intended to be an ambulance. It still even has some of the rear a/c lines in the frame. I intended to remove but never did.

It's a late '97. The computer is actually a '98 code - LJP1 

It was bought by a jet helicopter repair company in California. They built the toolboxes & the curved bed. Due to it being relatively lightweight, they could haul a jet engine & be under the weight limit without using a trailer.   I wasn't happy about cutting a hole in the nice curved aluminum bed for the 5th wheel but had to be done.  I also intended to make a cover but that didn't happen either.  I was surprised that the holes were in the frame when I installed the F350 5th wheel hitch & air helper springs.  
It's a blast to drive, besides the power,  everywhere we go it gets a lot of attention & people want to know what it is. 

A 401 CJ
A 401 CJ GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
5/27/23 10:04 a.m.

$20K reserve.  Write it up, take 150+ HD photos and send it to BAT.

Cool story about the 0-90.  My '99 4X2 dually with just an exhaust, intake and tune runs surprisingly strong.  It's 7300# empty.  The 4.10 ratio just seems to match the 7.3 very well.  That OD piece you have is a pricey unit.  Did the math on it once and figured it'd take over a million miles to pay for itself so I passed smiley

mdshaw
mdshaw HalfDork
5/29/23 1:25 p.m.

In reply to A 401 CJ : 

Ya I think I will at least submit it to BAT & see what they say. I ordered some headliner cloth w/foam & will redo it.
The o.d. unit was a weird timing thing. I read about them so just kept searching. Found this one with new seals but a bad motor. Found that a Four seasons 35521 -2 speed rearend motor is the same & the overtravel switch is the same also that is used in the 2 speeds. Use that boat trim switch to & some relays to switch it. I'll really miss it.
 

 

Ben4244
Ben4244
5/29/23 3:38 p.m.

If BAT is a no go, I'd reach out to the guys at Ujoint Off-road over in NC.

 

They have a really strong market for unique vans, they could probably hook you up with a buyer pretty quickly.  

mdshaw
mdshaw HalfDork
5/31/23 1:37 a.m.

In reply to Ben4244 :

Ok will do. 

mdshaw
mdshaw HalfDork
6/9/23 8:02 p.m.

Sold for $13,000

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