Finding a good 360 candidate

Auctions are typically a crappy place to buy, lots of people there buying for wrecking yards and will suck up anything resembling a deal. Much better off on CL private party. We do avoid vans due to poor engine cooling, both from rad and engine bay. The van engines typically dont get tuned up as much either because its more expensive and a PITA to swap plugs, wires etc. People also buy vans and fill them up with people or stuff. You will find most van harnesses have wires melted together, plastic cooked etc...this is of course just my opinion from the experience of taking a few apart. We learned to avoid them, except for PS/AC bracket!