I’m no welder, but that seems like a tough job. Did you end up using the factory pan as a donor?
Was it a used pan? If so, how did you go about cleaning all the oil off?
It’s a ways off till my car is ready, but I’m hoping to get out on the road course myself. I picked up a Canton road race pan to use, it’s a bit disheartening to see that it might not be enough to keep my engine happy. My plans are to make a jack of all trades street car, balanced, but with an emphasis on handling. Main thing is I don’t wanna spin a bearing on a long sweeper
On a similar note, I decided to drop the coin on a Luhn Performance oil pump. They fab their own pickups, seem like a much better design than stock, from a flow perspective. Figured you might wanna check em out if your pickup doesn’t end up how you want it.