Well there was no way I could shim the trans. There's less that 1/4" between the housing and the tunnel. That 80e is a beast. I guess I'm back to being okay with 4°.

I did get the perches cut off the tubes. I'll get them all cleaned up tomorrow and maybe tacked back on in a day or two. While the welder is out, I'm going to have to back fill the gouges I made cutting them off. Them Ford welds went DEEP.