[cobrajeff]

I didn't have any stud girdle problems with my Canton "road race" pan, but I DID run into two other issues. First, the pan would not fit in the car as it was - the right front corner would have hit the "K" bracing in the front crossmember of my ERA. I had the right front corner truncated, welded up, and then replated the cad gold plating.

Then, I put it on the engine, and tried to insert the factory dipstick. Kerplink! Huhhh? it won't go all theway in! The dipstick was hitting the flange on the inside of the pan. Poked it in a few more times so I could get a good witness mark, then pulled the pan again and drilled a 7/16" clearance hole for the dipstick to pass through.


regards,

cobrajeff