pont montana/chev venture as TV for a 177

Welcome.

As mentioned in my email earlier, I had a Venture.  There was a massive problem with the lower coolant gasket (I forget the exact technical name) on that engine, where they always failed under 100,000 miles.  I read of tons of examples online and talked to others who had that engine in their car or minivan.  When it fails it dumps the entire contents of your coolant system into the oil.  If you are lucky you catch it right away - the oil will look like chocolate milk - and pay a ton to get the gasket fixed, only to have the engine fail soon after because the damage was done.  If you aren't lucky the engine detonates right away.  Ours failed somewhere over 90,000 miles, we had it repaired, and then it threw a rod around 97,000 while towing our popup home from the beach.  Happily we were fairly close to home.

The Venture/Montana is good for controlling sway since the ball is close to the rear axle.  It had enough power to pull our popup which was heavier than the pod, but the Sienna we used to pull our pod was underpowered under certain conditions - air resistance trumps weight - so there is no way I would pull a pod with a Venture/Montana.  You might get away with it on back roads where you stay below 55, but on big hills I would be worried.