Quote Originally Posted by gn7 View Post
Put this under a FE or B/RB and you'll know why.
Consider the distance from the centerline of the crank to the bottom of this pan. Remember, the pan rail on a Chevy is the centerline of the crank. On a B/RB the pan rail about 3" below. So with the same pan depth, the B/RB is going to have about an additional 3" you have to deal with if you use a pan that deep. Its a nice pan and the bottom is slanted to account for the tilt of the engine in a V drive, but damn its deep.
I understand the limitations of a deep pan under a RB block. But lets ponder what he has said already. If he has a 10* drive and a 7* strut, that puts the engine at 3* angle. Does his engine really look like it's at a 3* rise? I know how tight it would be to fit that pan under the 456 B block in the B boat with those angles. I'm thinking dry sump if I go that route just to get the block to fit.