Rather bend up a crossmember (which would require me to buy a die for the bender) I decided to use some 1/2" x 2" bar stock I dug out of the dumpster at my old job to get more clearance and save some money. The drop tubes required a compound angle cut too since I angled the bar stock back 8* to follow the oil pan and the tubes kick out at 45* angles to meet the motor mount tubes. There is 1/2" of clearance between the oilpan and the barstock.
I cut some 8* wooden shims with the miter saw and stuck them under the tube in the bandsaw vise to get the angle I needed.
It's the angle of the picture, but that tube is straight up and down.
I'm working on flanges to make the oilpan removable, I'll cut the 45* tubes, I just don't know where to cut them at yet. Once I figure that part out I'll drill them for 3/8th's bolts and shape them on the grinder.
I'm also running braces from the old suspension crossmember bolt holes to the bar stock so I made some angled tube mount thingies to keep it all removable (I'm not sure what they are called, I've seen them on alot of builds).
I ground down the drops from cutting the large flange holes, enlarged the hole to 9/16th, and then welded them into some tube.
I've just got to make 3 more of the angled pieces and then figure out the 4 tube braces.
