[cycleguy55]

Originally Posted by SBSerpent

What the Ford Racing website makes sense to me. The reinforcing rails work best on a pan with flat rails. This way, the clamping force of the bolts or nuts is unilaterally distributed along the length of the rail. If you use these reinforcing rails on a pan that is NOT flat and has those 'protrusions' between each fastener hole, then the rail is never going to sit flat against the pan rail at those fastener locations - it is going to contact the pan only at the raised 'protrusions'. For this reason, I hesitate to use the reinforcing rails on a pan with rails that are not flat.

I do however, plan on using studs with nuts. Did you Loctite every stud where it threaded into the block?

Yes, blue Loctite on every stud before threading it into the block.