richardg40 wrote:
We also have a Dodge RT 190 P with the 318 . Right now we are on a trip from our home province of NB to BC or Alberta . Because of our van being underpowered we decided to turn around ( this time ) at Lake Louise . Locals described the mountains and passes and i am pretty sure our RT would not make it up theses steep mountains .
Just going up from a dead stop to Lake Louise we had to crawl up very slow and that wasn't that bad of a hill .
On a positive note this 318 gives us avg 19 mpg and so far on this trip we drove 7000 km and still no need to add oil ( Mobil 1 )
My uncle has the same van just 6 years older and he has over 400,000 km on his van .
I also got my van checked by the local Dodge dealer before leaving and they said van was in terrific shape .
We still wish we could make it to BC and will look into other routes for next time in a few years .
Had fun on this trip . Happy camping ...
That's too bad you had to turn around there, things were just starting to get beautiful. I think you would probably make it but it would have been in 1st gear and taken quite some time hehe. We will be upgrading to a 360 with a stroker kit and few other performance upgrades before we leave to BC next spring. You guys may want to look at a similar upgrade in the future so you are free to go where you want with your van.
