The "ears" I was referring to are on the remenants of the factor crossbrace.....there was a crossbrace that contoured the floor and went up into the tunnel. With the first tunnel, that section was cut out but still had some pieces left that impinge on the tunnel area "space"....so the trans is just too wide to pass by them as it sits right now....I'm waiting on the trans crossmember before I cut any of those pieces off.....
There are 1-2 "projections" off the actual trans that may come off too
I want to have it all set up so I can pull the trans without pulling the motor if in the future I need to do that.....just less work.