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Originally Posted by SVOboy
It may still be slightly crooked, but hopefully not by much. Evidently what I need to do is smash a huge dent into my rear crossmember with a sledgehammer to shimmy the transmission back up behind there  |
NO! I can't advise against this enough... despite what many people do online, I just can't see a valid reason for making dents in the only structural part your car has.
Now, if you wanted to grind out a nice piece of the upper plate (it's a hollow 2-piece design) and weld in reinforcement and/or gussets, I could agree with that.
Have you tried re-clocking the engine slightly to see if you can get the clearance? Or maybe lifting/lowering it slightly.
The axles don't have to be perfect, but remember that if they're too far off, they'll fail prematurely, and cause torque steer issues and weird feelings under acceleration, as well as odd vibrations.
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