hey guys help me out here

[k120189]

...hows this look for my first bite into modding the van?

[LiftedAWDAstro]

Looks like a good bunch of work for you! The only thing I would recommend changing is the tranny cooler. The stacked plate style are about 30% more efficient. I recommend a Long True cool LPD4590. This will drop tranny temps around 40 degrees.

[astrozam]

Project time! and like Dean previously mentioned the stacked plate style works more efficiently and stands up to road debris better, hope you have a digicam, cause I smell some PICS.

I've had mine on now for 4-5 yrs and it still looks in great shape

[skippy]

Theres a set of 2" drop spindles on ebay for $180.00

[k120189]

well its gonna take a few weeks to get the cash i just started senior year of high school and im starting a new job soon...but as i get the money the van will get parts...i think the drop is the last thing to go in...after all that i save for a shift kit and a v8.

[SafariRob]

I'm going to break ranks with my brethren here and give a thumbs up to your transmission cooler selection. The one listed above is very similar to the one I have installed in my 89 and it does a very good job for the money. I rarely see trans temperatures above 175F even in the hottest weather we've had (but I also have a deep transmission pan installed that adds 3 extra quarts of ATF. I'm sure that also helps to keep the temps down).
One suggestion: I'd recommend that you look into a way of adding the transmission cooler without attaching the cooler directly to the van's radiator core via the supplied plastic ties. I can see where road vibration could cause the cooler to rub against the radiator fins and cause damage. I built a frame out of aluminum angle that the cooler attaches to; there is no contact between the cooler and the radiator. But I don't have the A/C condenser on the van anymore, so there's room for the cooler frame that wouldn't be there otherwise.

Now, concerning the tach. I see that its scale goes up to 11,000 RPM and that it reads in odd increments. I'd suggest getting a tach that reads no higher than 8000 RPM--this type of scale spaces out the lower RPM markings and makes it easier to read at a glance. It's the lower RPM readings that your van's engine will be at. My van also has the 3.23 ratio rear and the engine turns 1700 RPM at 60 MPH; it's rare to see a tach reading of 4000 or higher unless I'm really beating on it. Even then I've never had the engine turning at 6000 or higher; things just sound way too busy for me at an RPM like that.
But finding a 2 1/16" tach with these specs isn't easy. I ended up with an Autometer 2 1/16" Artic White tach--it reads 0-7000 RPM, but it cost about 3 times what the tach you listed does.
Don't get me wrong, the Summit tach will work fine for you, I'm sure. But there will be a lot of unused gauge that'll restrict the space of the used area.

[PharmAstrocist]

Good prices on the DJM stuff. Same ones I have I think I paid a little bit more at godfathercustoms.com .

Where is that site you're buying from?

[k120189]

thats summit racing....the kit is in two parts the flip kit and then the 2 in drop spindles....they have the drop springs too, and yea its cheaper there in two peices then it is in most places together