Chevy & GMC Vans

Hey guys! Haven't been on in forever! But that's doesn't mean I've lost the Astro bug. I got a wild hair and stumbled on a 1988 v6 5 speed Astro and had to have it. Then proceeded to install a V8. Hope these pictures load properly.





The donor van for the V8






Still have some buttoning up to do like the air conditioning and entire exhaust system. Just thought I'd share. :-) Take care!!

Long time, no see.

Welcome back!

Nice find.

Another one saved from the crusher and given some TLC. What a great christmas. ;)

Yep, you still got the bug...
Makin' the poor kid work w/ a busted flipper, shame on you!
Nice find.

Great to see all the pics together! Now on to an AWD subframe to slip under it....

Sorry to bump an old thread, but I've info for @Logan on other candidate gears. Richmond Gear/Beloit once produced a ROD six-speed, which I reckon would have made the best installation, as all forks use a Long Machine & Tool external shifter; I'd have advised the 22:37 input/fifth gears, 41:17 first (4.06:1), 35:24 second (2.75:1), 28:30 third (1.57:1), 25:34 fourth (1.24:1), and 25:52 sixth (0.81:1 / 19% overdrive).

Since Richmond discontinued the ROD, TREMEC came up with new light-truck gears in the form of the TR-3160; I've earmarked the B gearset with its 4.06:1 low and staged overdrives as upgrade candidate for my own V6-4300-powered 1997 SLE, and the C gearset has a 3.76:1 low and 0.60:1 overdrive for better enduring today's torquey overhard cam small-blocks in addition to the Vortec 5300 and 6000 and refurb Chevrolet Turbo-Fires. The Borg-Warner shifter offset unit used in 1st-gen Astro/Safari production on the World Class T-5 should also work on the TR-3160.