I ended up making a couple of the bolt holes in the cradle about 1/64" or 1/32" larger to make up for the distortion. I haven't noticed any negative effects from this so far. I even had the cradle bolted to the pan it was going on when I welded it. It has a lot to do with the direction of your first weld on each side and I screwed up when I did mine. The first welds need to be made in a direction that won't pull the parts out of alignment.
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