I've been running an engine diaper and I hate it. It's a giant PITA to install, it's melted, come loose, flapped in the air under the car and I'm truly not sure if my motor windowed the block of how effective it might be. Before DW this year my wife caught me hand sewing new straps on it and gave me a look of 'wtf are you talkin' 'bout' when I told here what I was doing. But after the 1st day of DW delays for windowed blocks and track oil downs, she sent me a message explaining how she now understands what I was doing. For those of you that missed it, day one of DW could've been named the Oil Down Nationals.
So I'm planning to add a spill pan/catch pan that is frame mounted to keep my debris in when the JY LS goes kaflooey (and I'm not living a pipe dream - it's going to go kaflooey at some point). I already have a plan to cut out the front crossmember and build my own so that I can drop the oil pan without pulling the motor. This should give me extra clearance for the spill pan. I intend to make it out of 16 gauge or maybe 12 gauge aluminum.
Also, I'm hoping for the fabricated front crossmember to resolve the clearance issue with the SUV/Tahoe pan that hangs down an extra 1" below the factory crossmember presently - I'm hoping to kill two birds with one stone haha.
I would like to see some pics of other pans or mods of this type so that I don't have to re-invent the wheel, so to speak. Open to all suggestions.
So I'm planning to add a spill pan/catch pan that is frame mounted to keep my debris in when the JY LS goes kaflooey (and I'm not living a pipe dream - it's going to go kaflooey at some point). I already have a plan to cut out the front crossmember and build my own so that I can drop the oil pan without pulling the motor. This should give me extra clearance for the spill pan. I intend to make it out of 16 gauge or maybe 12 gauge aluminum.
Also, I'm hoping for the fabricated front crossmember to resolve the clearance issue with the SUV/Tahoe pan that hangs down an extra 1" below the factory crossmember presently - I'm hoping to kill two birds with one stone haha.
I would like to see some pics of other pans or mods of this type so that I don't have to re-invent the wheel, so to speak. Open to all suggestions.