Have you ever bottomed out or destroyed an oil pan on the smooth roads of california with a stock height car?I smashed an oil pan on a stock vw jetta just pulling into a parking lot.
I haven't bottomed out an oil pan enough to put a hole in it, but I have probably scraped a few. That's one of the arguments for stiffer springs and lighter sway bars for a street car. I can tell you that my son's '67 Barracuda with all iron 383 (except intake) had 1.14" torsion bars and KYB shocks. I did not find that ride objectionable and it was very hard to bottom the car out, even on rough back roads. Some day that car may hit the roads again with a lighter, stroked 400...
