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Same in the Cherokees, it hangs WAY down. Skid plate or short pan.I'll guarantee you that it will hang low and you will run the risk of smashing it on a rock. When I had the long pan in, it was lower than any other part of my frame or drivetrain.
Lots of discussion over on Pirate about this topic.There is a different internal baffle between the short and long pan. Maybe some of those guys having problems didn't bother to use the right baffle??
So Beckys motor is the one with the garbage dump in the intake ports?well, i just took the intake off beckys motor to swap on the new one (motor had a busted intake when she got it) and it isn't very pretty in there. the motor was definatley running when the intake broke and sucked a bunch of pieces in there. you can see right to the valves in a ls motor and can get some of the pieces out, but not sure if there is any that got between the pistons and valves? i think someone has been turning the motor over by hand because all the spark plugs have been out and are still loose. looks like a part of one of the injectors in there and the valves are very rusty. what do you guys think? here are some pics.