Do deep transmission pans reduce ground clearance?

[Cerwin Vega Fan]

I'm currently looking at both a B&M and Hughes Performance deep transmission pan, both pans increase fluid capacity by around 3 quarts. I was wondering on the 4L60E would the pan be so low to the ground that it might bottom out and scrap? I was hoping that someone here on the board might have a deep pan and would be able to tell me how much ground clearance they lost by switching to a deep pan.

Thanks.

[95TransAm]

I don't have a deep pan, but I do know that there is a good amount of clearance between the bottom of a stock pan and the ground. I would imagine that a deep pan wouldn't be a problem...even if your car is lowered.

[4THGEN Z]

As long as it does not hang lower than the exhaust...cause it would seem to me, for example, that when you roll your front wheels off a speed bump, its gonna head straight for the pan if it hangs lower IMO.

[95TransAm]

I just went to the B&M site and took a look at a couple of pictures of deep pans. It appears that they only come down an extra inch or two at the most...I wouldn't think it should be a problem for you.

[Dave M]

I had a deep tranny pan that held 2 extra quarts for my 700R4... can't remember the manufacturer now though... It was pretty low! I measured it once and it left exactly 4 inches of clearance between it and the ground. It would scrape on every speed bump I went over unless I went so slow that there was absolutely NO suspension travel at all coming down off the speed bump. Most speed bumps are apparently 3.99 inches tall. The first speed bump I hit with that pan on I thought I ripped it off. I went over bumps very slow, as most of us probably do in our f-bodies, but there was still suspension travel. I hit that bump at my normal speed and came down on the pan so hard I thought I was going to be mopping up tranny fluid. It turned out it was fine, but it definately reduced clearance. I'd say by about 1 - 1.5 inches. Our driveway was gravel, and it was raised up in between the two paths for the tires. It would even scrape on that if I wasn't off to one side.

[Kevin - Blown 95 TA]

Agree with Dave. I have an ATI pan and it is 4" clearance. The only thing it ever hit on was one of those triangle shaped metal speed bumps that the Walmart lawn & garden center runs its hoses thru (also about 4").

[Joe K. 99 Zeee!!]

For comparison's sake, GM says the ground clearance of a stock '02 WS6 is 4.5".