i agree.

in fact, on this last motor, the oil pan lip and or heightseal at the oil pump/flange end was messed up alsoi. the rubber seal sat up above the pan rail ends by about 1/4" of more. I put the pan on anyways think the installation would press the seal down but it split the seal instead.

Since then, Ive read another post on this site about the same exact thing. that person spoke with milodon about it and got a new pan.

I just modified the rubber seal to shorten it and that seemed to work.

maybe i got a factory defect. i got the pan from mancini