Yup ... I am slowly working on it (waiting for warmer weather). I really hated the exhaust crossover. Here is my exhaust and crossmember thread. I made a thinner crossmember out of 1/4" steel, the factory one is about 1.5" thick. I have thoughts of spacing up the back end of the transmission. It may require an new one piece driveshaft with a double cardigan, not sure. And yes you can lift the tranny without lifting the engine Pirate 4x4 thread.

And raising the back end of the trannny/t-case 1" is not raise the COG one tenth that going from 33" to 35" tires. AFAIK the only other way to gain 1 more inch ground clearance, short of major surgery SAS style. Talk about raising the COG <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />