thanks for the replys and it has helped I have worked out a few of the issues also got my pirate login straightened out as well that helped some.

I got sky's rear hangers and the rear axle is taken care of

the other real questions I have are these:
1. with the rears up front I have 89 model rears which are longer than the front springs but the eye to spring perch is the same distance as my downey front 3" springs.
I have 3" downey rears but they aren't any longer than the fronts and are shorter eye to perch than the front all this will acomplish is to move the axle forward.
I could use the 89 rears and redrill my perches and have longer springs and move the axel forward a little at the same time. I have to power steering box as far forward as posssible. even cut the radiator wall out and the body mount a little to get even more forward.

I just want to do it right the first time.

2. is the bolt pattern and axel mods the same on the high pinion e-locker as it is on the low pinion e-locker thirds?

3. concerning the high steer set up. I have a buick v6 it doesn't look like it will cause clearance issues but I guess I will find out soon
also the high steer and spring contact issues was a concern but that is another "I'll find out when I get there thing" I guess.

have you ever heard the phrase biting off more than you can chew well my mouth is full and and I'm having a hard time chewing ha ha.

anyway my truck already has a body lift and the steering has been modified already and with the box where it is now it is too short to modify any more so I guess I will have to build a totally new shaft or just extend mine with some pipe or something.