Skid Plate pics? Anyone have them?

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I have a QA1 k-member and a 7 quart oil pan. It sits about 2 inches below the k-member. I have bumped the pan and luckily have not broken it. It is about 3-4 inches off the ground. The k-member has some mounts on the sides of it that are not being used. I figured that the mounts would be a great place to locate a skid plate. Has anyone done that? Pics?
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I remember looking for a skid plate, a couple years ago. Somebody made a factory looking stamped steel, which looled like the factory b-body Hemi skid plate, not that angular reverse-hood-scoop looking thing. It looks way better, but I don't know if it is "deep enough" to protect your pan situation.
 
I'm going to weld one to my cross member once I install the 416 in my bracket car, just in case it gets hard on the bars & comes down. My Milodon 8 qt pan hangs a bit low & I don't want to take a chance of caving it into the crankshaft.
 
I welded one up out of 5/16" steel. The steel was about $20 and they plasma cut the pieces for free at the fab shop.
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that will either shove whatever you hit out of the way, or launch you over it :thumbsup:
 
kursplat said:
that will either shove whatever you hit out of the way, or launch you over it :thumbsup:
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Oh, it's beefy. I wanted 1/4" but they already had 5/16" set up on the table. I've touched a couple of dips at 30mph and it banged me over them lol.
 
Ouch!!! I hope to have mine put together this week. I will post pics. The reason I started this thread was that while doing some work on my car I loosened the motor mount and jacked up one side to remove the header. It did not go back into place and I used a long bar to pop it back in. When I did it landed on the pan on a jack and ended up denting the pan and cracking the oil pickup tube. NO OIL PRESSURE. I had to pull the pan to replace the pickup. I figured that if I could do that to the pick up with the car not moving, what could happen at 30, 40, 50 mph or more?
 
My pickup tube hit a rod bolt and was knocking so i took a screwdriver and tapped around the outside to relieve the center to get it home. The tube had a little nic in it nothing to be worried about.
 
I finally got around to finishing my skid plate. Now I only have 4 inches of ground clearance, 1/2 inch less.



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