Lightening your K frame

Wow, lot of opposing views here. Did you all actually read what I said?

Essentially, the K frame holds everything in place: steering components, motor mounts etc. True, the torsion bars apply a good deal of force to it. Is it a stressed member? Not sure, I am not a chassis engineer.

Cutting and boxing the thing for oil pan clearance is standard issue stuff that's been happening since forever. I'm not even going that far.