Keisler 5-speed conversion on Early A-body: Install has begun

fstfish66 said
dave; from the pics i have seen,,that tranny cross member is not over engineered,,and wil not make up for what you have cut out,,he is handing you a lot of crap,,its good that you didnt cut that top hoop out completly,, from seeing what you have done,,when i get that far i wil reinforce the hoop some how,, either put a piece of flat stock back in,,or remove it completly and reshape some thing,,,even tho i do not have torsion bars any longer,,

the part that didnt clear that top hoop part,,,is it a spot on the trany that can be milled off like the other spot milled and covered ???

glad you got your car back,and your under construction,,cant wait to se if finished,,,,

if you can i would put a piece in there,,,just my 2 cents no harm intended,,,

That is what I was told but he did say that many people have gone ahead and reinforced that area or built a new brace there. He did say it was not a bad idea to do so but that it would be fine either way according to their engineers. :violent1: I still have the chance to do it this weekend. I just need to figure something out.

I don't think that spot can be milled off enough. If it could be done I'm not sure they are going to do it at this point in time. You would be better off making your own hoop before you fabricate your floor tunnel sheet metal. Otherwise you will be my position and not able to get in there with a welder. It's going to work out though.