Header and oil pan clearance?
 

I have an 80 Camaro that i'm putting a 454 in. It's a drag race set up and i'll need a 7 qt oil pan because i have a high volume high pressure pump. I also have hooker super comp headers with 2 1/8 tubes. Will the headers fit with a kick out style oil pan or do i have to get a pan without kick outs that is deeper? And will i have ground clearance issues with the deeper one? I don't want to smash the pan when the car comes back down. Thanks.

Looking at Milodon's site as an example, they list their stock pan at ~8" deep at the lowest point vs the 8 qt "kicked out" at 8.5" deep.

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It actually doesn't look very "kicked out" and it's not that much deeper than the stock pan.

The street 7 qt pan is 9.5" deep with no kick out; I think that might be dicey.

I've got that pan on my 67 and believe it or not I can't remove the oil filter without taking the header off. That got old so I relocated the filter on the rad support. So, I guess my point is expect some unexpected stuff with a 7qt.