Thats correct CJ6..... That will be low enough. As it stands, when you go to climb a flat face thats as big as the 42" rubber, it struggles a bit. Yes the auto gets hot, not too hot though, running twin coolers and going to get into cooling in more in this 2nd rebuild of the vehicle.
Thats a stazworks adapter, connecting a NP203 front to a NP205 full case.
Or this kit from Northwest Fab, more expensive but more complete.