Tranny Cover

[asifnyc]

Anyone have any advice about fabing a tranny cover for a TKO trans? I've had to carve out a substantial bit of my tranny tunnel and now need to cover it. I'm working on a paper template but could use advice and photos of any similar project...

1) what gauge steel should I use?
2) should I weld or is riveting fine?
3) is it better to make a rounded cover or flat on top? (I want to adapt some type of console as well... so is flat or round better?

any help appreciated. thanks.
-a

[Camaro Zach]

i'd use something around 18 ga. sheet metal. And i would Def. weld it but thats just my opinion... Also i'd make it look as close as stock as possible because it'l look more origional, stock console might fit