You just planning on goobering some RTV in the saddle gasket retainer notches of that pan or are you going to weld in a magnum corner? (I goobered RTV but always curious what others do when using the magnum gasket and an LA pan).
I was curious bout this, too. The LA pan is the propblem, not the timing chain cover. The LA pan has notches at the front that the Magnum gasket does not fill. You will probably have a massive leak there when you fire it up. I've seen people weld up the corners using peices from a magnum pan, cut the corners off the LA gasket and RTV them in before mounting the pan or just cut the saddle off the magnum gasket and use the LA gasket.
You can see the notch in your pan in the first picture of the oil pan, just below the welder ground clamp.
Love the build. I was headed this direction (although much less radical) on my 63 Valiant before I was forced to give up on it. Very cool.
