I'm going to be sending my converter out soon to have it gone through also. My plan is to drop the transmission with my low profile trans. jack and leave it under the car and just remove the converter , since the trans is working great and not needing anything done to it. If you are going to take the transmission out from under the car do it from the drivers side that way you won't have the exhaust in your way and won't have to raise the car higher than needed for clearance.