ok thanks guys. I hadn't even thought of this being an issue until everything was bolted up. I will see about running a couple pieces of square tubing back to the cowl/firewall area. I want to figure out a way to allow it to detach from the dash so I can still take it out. Maybe weld the rest in..

IC2 - I think I am looking at the picture right, but the top of the picture is the dash area and the bottom is the firewall with the top of the cowl off?