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Originally Posted by walfreyydo
Like GregAmy said, its a rear chassis brace to the torque tube tunnel. Sits just forward of the torsion bar tube. Its important to keep the chassis from flexing so I would absolutely recommend you keep it. I think its also a safety device in that there are ears on the later model torque tubes which will hit this brace and keep the entire trans/torque tube/engine assembly from being pushed out the front of the car in a major rear end collision.
When working on the clutch, it also supports the torque tube allowing you to slide it backwards while letting it sit on this brace, when the trans is removed.
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Thanks for that info. Appreciate it.