[DeTomaso] How they made a Boss 302 fit in a Goose!

[michael@michaelshortt.com]

I replaced at least three oil pans on my 1970 Mustang Mach One while in High
school, they were so, low, low, low.
Michael in Savannah

On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Sean Korb <spkorb at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 2:10 PM, <asajay at asajay.com> wrote:
>
> > This begs the question... why?
> >
> > Why were those spacers installed?  Was it for clearance on the bottom
> > end?  Was it for higher weight distribution?
> >
> > What would you speculate?
> >
>
> I was talking to an ex-Mangusta owner the other day, and he said during one
> of his "adventures" in the '70s, he bottomed out at 130MPH.  His oil pan
> got
> squashed a bit and started leaking.  Maybe it is a ground clearance issue?
>
> sean
>
> --
> Sean Korb spkorb at spkorb.org http://www.spkorb.org
> '65, '68 Mustangs, '68 Cougar, '78 R100/7, '60 Metro, '59 A35, '71 Pantera
> #1382
> "The more you drive, the less intelligent you get" --Miller
> "Computers are useless.  They can only give you answers." -P. Picasso
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