I'm trying to install a Ford crate Z363 (Boss 302 block) into #333. I ordered the engine with a rear sump oil pan on the advice of others but the front of the factory oil pan still hits the tubular frame cross members that run diagonally in front of the engine. Not by much but they still hit. FF techs say replace the oil pan; I would be glad to do so but Ford says they don't make one and the configuration of the one that came with the engine is necessary for oil pump clearance. Jegs lists a Milodon but it's only .45" shallower and that's not enough. Has anybody had this problem and figured it out?

Thanks
Jimmy