I am looking for guidance from the pros. Now that I can get my car up on a lift, I get an excellent view of the bottom of the car. I now notice that my engine (bottom of the Canton 8 qt oil pan) is not as parallel to the frame as I thought. I placed a magnetic degree gauge to the bottom of the oil pan as well as the top surface of the valve covers. Both indicate the engine is 3 1/5 degrees lower in the back in relation to the cars frame. During engine installation, I shimmed the rear of the transmission up 1/5" . (You can tell from my footnote which engine and trans I have.) If I were to revisit my trans shilms, I could get the engine parallel to the frame, but i dont know whether this is important. The idea of the engine not being parallel with the frame bothers me.

Again, before I tackle this, which will be a bit of work, I thought I would consult you all.