for sure yeah sheet metal blows. Im curious to see what you do on the top I was going to build mine similiar but I am most deffinetly stealing the idea of the thicker stuff by the u joint.
Well for the top I'm planning on cutting out a cover plate that will cover the access hole for the shifters. This plate wil have holes cut in it that are just large enough to use the shifters full range of motion without hitting it. That top plate will also have the rubber shift boots attached to it. I am just going to use self tapping screws to hold the top cover plate on, so if I ever need to pull my shifters and their top plates out, I can just un screw the top plate and I will have plenty of room to get at everything. Yeah I would deffinately reccomend puting in the 1/4" plate up over the driveline. For me it will serve two purposes- if the driveline fails at high rpm's, the thicker material will keep it from ripping through the floor- and it also adds the necessary strength to the main brace that the seatbelts and seats bolt to.
