LOL! You called it Gene. This is BIG fun! Sort of. :-)

Let's face it, you haven't lived until you take a look at the inside of an F-body "frame". All kinds of stuff in there I'll tell you. It's actually a bit stiffer than I thought it was. Anyway, I'll correct you on why I had to lower the crossmember. It was because the Dakota setup places the power rack and pinion slightly higher than the base of the crossmember. If you look at the pic I took, you'll see the truck rear sump oil pan has to clear the rack and lines. So, that's what threw me off in my first set of measurements. I'd originally done it without the rack. Glad I caught that. Man... this is work....

Greg