Hey Dat,

I live in Young just up the road and i had my 1200 engineered by Xeros Kendall Engineering. He is based in Wagga and Griffith. Give me a yell if you want to know anything about him.

I was lucky enough that mine did have an auto gearbox in it from factory so i had enough room for an R30 gearbox. But like it was just said, everyone does things differently whether is because they are doing it by themselves, or they are on a budget or its what the shop wants to do. Either way there is no "wrong" way in doing anything, as long as it does what you want, than its fine. :)

In regards to Maddat kits, ALL there products are designed/tested then built and tested fitted again. Scotty knows his stuff, especially when it comes to the dattos. A 10mm offset is NOT going to hurt the alignment/geometry and integrity of the car and its components. I think you will find the MOST if not all vehicle engines are already on a slight slope to begin with.

Each to their own... :)