V8 Astro van with ZZ3 Crate motor high speed pass

This video is from quite a few years ago of an Astro van V8 conversion I did. This was my daily driver for three years until gas reached $1.50 per gallon. At that time it was costing me over $300/month for gas! Imagine how bad it would be at today's $3.30 a gallon.

Anyway the van was a 1987 Astro with a modified ZZ3 Crate Motor. AFR195 heads, full roller setup. At the time of this video I think it still had a 700R4.

Ignore the URL on the video.. that site is long gone, as is the van. It was parted out and the engine went back into a Camaro I had (also long since gone due to insane gas prices).

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• v8
• astro
• fast
• zz3
• afr
• high
• speed
• van
• conversion
• 350
• roller

[ScottieDTV]

LOL..Mexico?

[zz3astro]

@ScottieDTV Nope this one was in the states... too long ago to matter lol

[plexreticle]

That's bad ass but doesn't look like 130 mph.

[zz3astro]

could be 125 I guess :-) just keep in mind the 3.08 gears and wind noise

[BigSlimm29]

that's bad ass an the guy who says it ain't no good for the turns probably drives a ricer.

[crashviper]

hell of a van

[jason123456789210]

that's retarded... putting a V8 in a big minivan

[yazied00100]

i would belive it , i've done 134 with my 4.3 astro but it took 3 miles till i reached that and when i arrived that 3 miles stretch i was doing 73 mph, way to go astro

[ShoeManShoe68]

Haulin asstro. I love it!!

[firechicken76]

like pushing a sheet of plywood down the road lol.

[skins70]

I can't wait to built a LT1 for my Astro, then with a built 4L80 and 3.73 posi I think it will be pretty quick. Very nice van man! Mine is a gen 1 too! 1994 EXT two-tone blue right now with the 4.3L CPI Vortec V6. It ain't the fastest thing, but I shut up a few Hondas and Nissans with that thing. I can't wait to build the LT1 though so I can take on some more compotition like my friends in their Mustang, Camaro, El Camino, and especially my friends 87' Cutlass with a 403.

[midgetmayo]

What exhaust? Like no joke sounded like nascar. Please excuse my poor grammer, I'm half asleep on the keyboard lol

[daytonpaul]

I just had a 3rd gen Camaro with the 305 h.o. sure it was fast in a sporty way but I just traded it for a 87 Astro with a mild 350.Faster,more comfort,way more room and its a sleeper except soon I'll be changing the duel turbo mufflers to flowmaster 44s or maybe the dynomax turbos. In Jegs theres a brand called Pypes that sound decent. I really like the 44 series sound but its getting a little to common but even with that sound people will be like,"is there a hotrod riding next to that van"

[fogcat1]

DAYUM!!! sweet!