Will GM 200r4 work with factory floor shift location?

Well here's an interesting problem. Seems like the GM trans inspection pan wasn't designed to fit with the Mopar 318 and the TCI adapter. What a lack of shortsightedness on the part of GM???? Evidently there isn't enough room for the front part of the pan to slip between the adapter and the flex plate. It would fit if I cut off the whole bottom half of the adapter...but I'm not falling for that one. The adapter needs the bottom half to maintain a little structural integrity and provide something solid for the starter to push against. So I plan to cut a semi-circle out of the pan and leave about 3/4" extra to form a bend to retain some of the pan's rigidity.
Since much of whatever leaks from the tranny or rear main seal(s) gets slung off by flex plate I'll leave a lip that extends just past the gear teeth to still be effective as a tranny pan.
You'll have to wait and see what I mean.


Treblig