Vegas finally got to the other potential short coming. Of course the way to deal with that is an oil pressure cutoff switch...........lose pressure, lose ignition, hopefully save engine.

Also, it's not just the pan to be concerned about if your goal is to lower the engine in the chassis. You also have the bottom clearance of the scattershield, bellhousing, trans pan, bottom, whatever. Then there's the issue of driveline angle after that.