| Re: Ground Clearance: SPF vs 60īs GT 40
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Originally Posted by Mike Drew  Darryl,
When it comes to Mangusta (and presumably GT40) bellhousing bashing, there's those that have and those that will. If you should happen to get it all wrong in your Mangusta and smash your bellhousing, you are SCREWED. You might scrape it, but I've also known people who SHATTERED them upon striking something in the roadway.
It is VERY easy to fabricate an angled skidplate which attaches to the bottom of the bellhousing (or just in front of it) and angles upward, to a crossmember behind the oil pan. That way, if you are about to bottom out, the car is gently raised up and over the obstacle.
I wouldn't dream of driving a Mangusta (or GT40) without that kind of protection. | You are right of course, Mike. I actually have been working on a bolt-on skid plate that can be removed for oil pan/oil filter access.
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Daryl Adams
Superformance GT40 MKI P2123
'73 246 Dino Spyder
'69 DeTomaso Mangusta
'68 Lamborghini Espada
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