After going on a bit of a tangent with designing ahead of myself I pulled the drive assembly and sent the driveshaft out to be shortened 2 inches as well as dropped the trans off to be overhauled. I am pleased to say that the carryout pipes came out with the assembly without touching anything. This is good because it is one thing that I won't have to crawl under the car to install when the new unit is put back in. I mounted the alternator and powersteering pump and am still waiting for the crank pulley. Work in progress.