even with the maddat tunnel i seriously doubt you would be able to get the gearbox out with the engine in the car, engine needs to be able to tilt a bit for the box to come out. and CAs dont really tilt when they are up against the firewall to begin with

not really a fan of the maddat tunnels as they dont even remotely look stock, unlike a larger tunnel from another car

and bailz, why do you have to be a profetional welder or boiler maker to be able to do decent welds on panel steel. not like its that hard to learn how to weld
sure an engineer would rather hear you say that someone with there welding ticket did it, but doesnt mean that it will be #OOPS# if it wasnt