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Well.. You certainly know how to have a good time..... Damn.... Good to hear you're on the mend... Hopefully you recover quickly..

The stock crossmember with all the folded metal & layers is certainly stronger than the Hurst offering & probably stronger than the ToddRon offering... At least the E body one is, Inside the part you see is a couple other reinforcements welded in that aren't apparent till you start cutting the...

And yet in post 45 Duster360LA says otherwise.... All I'm saying is try putting the trans in the car before cutting....

Before hacking up your Dart to install that patch I would try installing the TKX and see if it's really needed.... The torsion bar crossmember is a major structural member of your car... If you don't need to cut it I absolutely wouldn't... If you're doing the T56 you'll certainly have to cut...

FWIW My combo is a 70 340, 10.2 C/R 230@ .050 Edelbrock heads... Probably 325ish HP flat torque curve from 1700-5000, spins happily to 6500... 3.55 gear, 3.27 1st .68 5th.... 28" tire.... 2000rpm in 5th = 70 MPH...

I would say that right there is the info that was missing from this thread...

See what happens when you trust a parts listing.... I've dealt with a apparently early 73 that had the small ball joints...

Yup, small until 73 And in 73-76 if it has 9" drum brakes it still uses the small joint.. Basically if it use the 5x4 lug pattern it uses the small ball joint... if it use the 5x4.5 lug pattern it uses the larger ball joint...

E body four speed hump.... This is an A body hump..

I installed a TKO.... A buddy with a Cuda bought the TKO twenty plus years ago for a project... The car went through a lot of upgrades before it ever hit the road the first time... It only got driven about 500 miles... He built a much hotter engine than was the plan when the trans was chosen...

Everyone does fabrication differently, use what tools materials & skills you have... End of the day whether you choose a five speed or a six speed you're gonna love it... The fun it brings to driving is a game changer... In years past both my Challengers were automatics...I swapped out...

So, more gears keeps your engine in a tighter operating range... Great... Why did I build an engine with a wide torque curve? I like winding out the gears, Every time you shift your loosing acceleration between the shifts... The reason modern cars have six/seven/eight & even ten speeds is fuel...

5 speeds = really good acceleration from a dead stop to over 90+ MPH 6 speeds = really good acceleration from a dead stop to over 140+ MPH 6 speed is considerably bulkier requiring more tunnel modification.... Both are extremely fun....

I don't know if somehow everything changed but in the past camber remained consistent side to side.... Caster is used to compensate for pull caused by road crown....

You probably have a small block so this one won't work... Big Block... Pardon Our Interruption... But if you keep an eye on Ebay they pop up... Obsolete but old stock is still around... Search Prestolite Vacuum Advance..