My Chevelle is low, but not un-driveable low. I had the family in the car a couple years ago, my 16 yr old son in the back…now 18…and we hit a bump coming off a bridge here in N. Ga. The driveshaft kissed, and I mean just barely smooched the rear tunnel/floor crossmember. It left a faint mark on the driveshaft that only went about half a revolution, so it was sure enough just a faint smooch.
Got it on the lift that evening and expected it to be a re-paint of the driveshaft. It wasn’t bad at all. I put two turns in my adjustable rear coil overs, and we never had that happen again. It’s close back there at ride height…very close. I wish I had cut that all out Jody and fabbed it all the way back, by re-doing all the crossmembers, but I did like your doing yours and only opened it up enough to get my T56 mag in. My front u-joint sits directly under the front crossmember and to get my angles right, the 1350 joint misses the crossmember by maybe 1/8”. It’s all very close. I run a custom HW 3” driveshaft because I’d have to raise the car up some with a bigger but stronger 3.5” driveshaft.
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