the thread reminds me of a buddy who built a very impressive looking T-bucket with a 392 hemi engine, but he failed to take every factor
in the build really seriously , and think things through carefully,
and once it was completed, in original configuration, if he and a buddy sat in the seats,
he had only about 2"=to 2.3" of ground to oil pan clearance
he had to do some rather serious mods to the suspension and brakes etc, to get a reasonable 4" of ground clearance,
that allowed the car to exit the gated community he lived in even driving only 5-7 mph due to the insane speed bumps ,
at every intersection and about every 1/8th mile in the development.
he had a custom road race oil pan that was as shallow as the engine rotating assembly and oil pump allowed so he had to swap to larger wheels & tires and change the suspension.
related threads
http://garage.grumpysperformance.com/index.php?threads/oil-pan-damage.16722/#post-102261
http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...ng-speed-bumps-and-driveway-enterances.10516/
http://garage.grumpysperformance.com/index.php?threads/building-a-custom-wet-sump-oil-pan.65/