Doing things the way the factory chose to on millions of engines over a production run of close to 40 years has always seemed to me to be the right way to go. Every time I've encountered a leaky oil pan after installing it, the reason for the problem happening was looking back at me from the mirror the next morning.
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!