Hallett, what I'm concerned about is,the clearence between the bottom of the pan [depth]and the intake piece.It all depends on how high your engine is mounted on the stringers.V-drives pose no problems with oilpan size,but jets may ,because of the suction piece interference in some boats with the engines mounted very low.Don't try to put the pan on before make some measurements.I'm sure you can return the pan for proper replacement.90 % of Fords in jetboats had oilpans with the deep sump pans forward like on cars without ill effect in boats as long as they had the baffles in the bottom.My boat has a pan like this from new ,[ only 6 QT ,no trapdoor]and never had an oil pressure problem.For the first 5 years my engine never saw RPM's below 4000 http://free.***boat.net/ubb/wink.gif until I mellowed out and came to my senses http://free.***boat.net/ubb/biggrin.gif to keep running longer.When I replaced the original engine with a 429 I built over 13 years now ,I only galvanized the pan against rusting from the moisture lingering in bilges of boats.This engine still runs without problem[knock on wood http://free.***boat.net/ubb/biggrin.gif]
[This message has been edited by spectras only (edited March 01, 2002).]