[blykins]

Terry, I think all they're trying to accomplish is to get a little stir from the universal joints. They mentioned getting the "carb" parallel to the frame...some intake manifolds have a little angle built into them...

I'm using a SBF and a Toploader, and I tried to put mine as parallel as I could....like you, it stuck above the frame a little. I just put the top of the tranny x-member even with the top of the frame and drilled the holes. If the engine and tranny angle down just a hair, it's not gonna hurt anything at all. If it does, it would be simple to fix with a couple washer shims between the tranny mount and the x-member.