I plan on producing a transmission crossmember for for swapping the Chrysler 727 transmission in the '97-03 Dakota soon. I just installed a 727 transmission in my R/T for mock-up. It will utilize the heavy duty 727 poly mount. It will be similar to the crossmember used for the ’97-03 Dakota with the A518, 46RE, although the transmission adapter plate won’t be necessary. I will make it available with or without the HiPoTek X-Brace mounting tabs.
Again, it will be similar to this unit for the A518, 46RE as shown in the following pic:
http://www.dakotart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=20916
Edit:
Here's a pic of the 727 transmission Crossmember W/O the X-Brace mounting tabs for guys with something like a 6-point roll bar set up that may not require the extra strength of an x-brace.
Note: The stock transmission crossmember weighs 13# and the stock mount and adapter plate weighs 5#. This tubular crossmember weighs 7.5#, and the heavy duty 727 mount weighs 2#. So that’s 9.5# compared to the stock weight of 18#.
http://stores.hi-potek.com/-strse-31...ber/Detail.bok