Tremec

JoesEdge said

I've been considering this swap and just getting everything from Silver Sport Transmissions. Just not sure if they still use the ToddRon crossmember brace or if they built something different. The only thing that makes me hesitate is that I'm not good with sheet metal fabrication.

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Unless they changed it their kit doesn't have the top part of the crossmember, and that's a terrible idea. The upper part is a huge part of the structure of the car. When I had the hole cut out the floor was extremely floppy. Had the torsion bars backed off also.

In my thread you can see I got the piece for a Chevelle with a T56 swap. Generally there wasn't much fab, it would just be if you can butt weld sheet metal or not. I was literally just screwing the two pieces over each other with self drilling screws and then cutting through both with a cut-off wheel and welding together with the help of some harbor freight butt welding clamps. Turns out fine if you can weld it. Otherwise I was forming by hand or with a ball peen and doing relief cuts so I could bend it. The only last tip I would have is use some cardboard if you have to fill in some spots to make a template.