Best Vans to use for carpet cleaning?

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Best Vans for CC- Chevy, ford or dodge?
Posted By Kenneth Harris on 6/18/2001 at 10:55 PM
Now i know everyone has their own favorite brand, so this question may not be purely objective. Tell why you like your make of vehicle more than the others.


For myself, i have always preferred Chevy vans. In my teens i learned how to take the Chevy small blocks apart and rebuild them into even more powerful motors that would idle like stockers yet produce 400+ HP.I learned cylinder head porting tecniques that led me to understanding air flow and the way it enters and exits a structure and what shapes speed it along and which hinder the flow and cause restriction . Things that i would use 10 years latter when i got into carpet cleaning and started building electric TM's, and 30 years latter when i would build the worlds fastest air turbine powered rotary air duct tools! Anyway, the small block became my favorite perfomance engine and the camaro made it's power and reliability seem like magic. From that time forward, i have always boaght chevy vans because when they broke ,i knew how to fix them.My advice; when given a choice, always buy the 350 engined models with 1 ton suspensions!I still think their the best to this day.


Ken Harris
Turboteck Supplies Int

Yep. I am still amazed when I talk to the younger guys and they do not have a clue what a 350 is, never mind who makes it.