HEY JACK A REAL EASY TRANS UPGRADE ON THESE DSL PUPS IS TO LOCATE A 2.3 GAS TRANS 88-95 AND JUST SWAP THE FRONT TRANS CASE FROM THE DSL, AND IT BOLTS RIGHT IN THEN YOU WILL NEED THE LARGER OUTPUT SLIP YOKE FROM AN AUTOMATIC TRNS 2.3 PICKUP AND IT WILL FIT THE TRANS AND THE SMALL U JOINT DRIVE SHAFT, THE LATER TRANS IS MUCH STRONGER THAN THE THE EARLY MSG AN DPARTS ARE STILL AVAILABLE FOR THEMM SOME OF THE EARLIER GEARS AND SHAFTS ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE ... JERRY