Quick question that you may not have thought of....
It can be done, I've done it, I also refuse to put a trans dipstick in without the tab being bolted in place so I've removed that and welded back before.
Whats really nice is if you have access to a gear driven refrigerant tubing bender for that size pipe.
Now I've never done this on a fourth gen camaro, I can see it could be more difficult on these cars.

