V8Rumble

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Hey guys, I know that it's been freakin' FOREVER since I've been around (and I'm really hoping to change that soon), but I'm seriously hoping that a few of the people who have done 3rd-gen F-body swaps can post pictures of the clearance around their oil pans - primarily the left & right sides, rather than the tight clearance at the front. (I have a picture of the tight clearance at the front in my own build thread, post #100, but it just doesn't show much of the side clearance.)

AND, it would be VERY MUCH appreciated if it's possible to get the pics up no later than mid-day Thursday - since I'm meeting with someone on Thursday evening, & that clearance is going to be important for that meeting.

Finally I want to say 'thank you!' in advance - I really do appreciate it.

TEDSgrad

What system are you going to use?
I have the hawks SW system: 2" primaries, 3" collector, 3.5/4" single outlet.



Bad fitment before I took to a shop:


Pass side fitment it terrible: here you can barely see the collector under the car. But again, these are 3" pipes around the 4L65e.

TEDSgrad

Not my car here, just using the pic to show what I did for fitment - same system.
Black lines I sectioned to get better fit/placement, red lines is where I scalloped the frame rail in order to pull up the pipe better, green dot is where I welded on strong stud collars to bolt the trans cross-member side-to-side instead of bottom up (modded cross-member attach point, too).

TEDSgrad

My car again with the pipe fitted properly. Don't have any pics of the scalloped rail or trans cross-member attach point. It's under a blanket.