Well been a while but we have made a tiny bit of progress
Here is the ground clearance we will have to the oil pan. This would be the actual ground if the front crossmember was laying on it.
Here is were it comes out in the front.
Clearance to the firewall. We could have slid it back maybe an inch but this is where it came out with the stock crossmember in the stock location.
All kinds of room there(sarc), main reason for the offset.
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We got a stock manual transmission cross member. I used one of the stock holes and then drilled another for the wider spacing of the ford transmission mount. We wanted it offset a little for clearance.
Got all the factory mounts off and frame ground smooth.