Thanks for all the replies. I'm not sure if I'm going to have drive shaft problems or not with a 4L60E automatic trans and Dana 300 T-case. I am, however, worried about clearance to the trans pan, it's extremely tight. I pulled the shaft from an old Full Sized Jeep (Same donor as the D44) and it seems to be just about the right length. The drive shaft uses a double cardion but from the angles I'm getting I don't think the U-joints will be a problem. I won't be able to use a double cardion up front but may VERY well need one in back since I'm currently planning on angling the drivetrain with the engine lower than the T-case so the T-case will tuck up as far as possible.

Chad... You were certainly right at least with our rig there is NO room under there for a triangulated 4 link. With as close as the steering linkage is looking, I don't think I'm going to manage a pan hard bar either. Or if I did, it would be pretzilized (I made up a word!) and I'd have to fight/design everything kind of on the fly since the clearances would be so tight.

So it looks like I'm going to go with leaf springs, SOA style. Embedding the leaves in the frame. The fun part is the springs ends/bushings are about 3" and the frame is about 2.7 OD. I haven't started hacking up the frame yet but suspect tomorrow or the next day I'll start. Doing it this way should lower the front about 2" and it's still going to be pretty tall.

I've known I wanted to add a winch, so the extra length to mount the springs isn't a big deal, and I'll embed the shackles in the front up inside the frame extension as well.