360 stroker oil pan leak, pan out ready to re-seal couple of Q's

JonathanI said
Unfortunately I'm not sure what 360 :( It's been professionally built (whatever that means) and when I bought the car he did mention the company but I have since forgotten. The pan had so many road rashes on it I figured maybe thats what caused leaking but when I dropped it, it had some spots of gasket sealer in various spots around the pan which I think that may have contributed. It was a one piece gasket looked like it should have worked. The motor has very low miles and ran awesome, just had lots of leaks, I bought the cork gaskets, and lots of RTV Black. Just not sure which way I should go :) lots seem to say no gasket will work but I've never done that before...

I've never gone sans-gasket/ all silicone on an engine oil pan, either. There are several reasons why. One; I doubt it would work. It will work on a rear axle cover, but I don't think it will work on an engine. Two; I'm leery of introducing silicone boogers into the critical lubrication system of an engine. A loose booger of silicone could find its way into a narrow pressurized passage and block it, causing all kinds of havoc. I'm sure some new engines are manufactured that way, but they have programmed robots doing the application in a heavily controlled situation, like precision CNC machined mating parts. The average guy can't replicate it consistently.