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Whittier, CA (June 3, 2009)- Speed Bumps and dips are the arch enemy of lowered vehicles. Hit one too fast or at the wrong angle, and your undercarriage can be severely damaged. Although much of the damage may be cosmetic, if your oil or transmission pan is deformed or ruptured by the blow, the resulting lubricant starvation can be catastrophic to your engine or transmission.
Trans-Dapt Performance Products, in Whittier, California has produced a wide range of oil and tranny pans for the muscle car and hot rod markets for the better part of it's 50 year history. And, although most of these pans are chrome or aluminum models that look better, and are a step or two above the factory pans, Trans-Dapt's line of SLAM-GUARD pans go beyond simple good looks by protecting your engine and transmission lubrication systems from the type of damage that can be caused by road hazards.
Slam-Guard pans start with the same quality oil or transmission pan cores used for Trans-Dapt's standard customizing pans. Then, the factory welds on a thick 3/16" steel skid plate to the exposed underbelly of the pan. This armored skid plate curves up on the leading edge (like a ski tip), allowing it to glide over the obstacle. Short of a large caliber bullet, these pans can withstand a direct blow to their underside without being punctured or deformed. Once affixed with it's ball-milled armor plate, the pans are either Chrome plated or Silver powder coated to give them a long lasting, classic customized look.
Trans-Dapt's Slam-Guard Oil Pans are currently available Chevy, Ford and Jeep/AMC engines, and Slam-Guard Transmission pans are available for GM Turbo 350, 400 and 700R4/4L60E transmissions.
Although they were originally invented to protect lowered muscle car, hot rod and lowrider street use vehicles, Slam-Guard pans have also found a comfortable home on off-road trucks. Owners of these trail use trucks have found that they protect equally as well against gullies and rocks as the do against speed bumps and dips.
To find out more about Trans-Dapt's Innovative Slam-Guard oil or transmission pans, visit www.tdperformance.com, email the Trans-Dapt sales staff at sales@tdperformance.com, or call them at (562) 921-0404.
About Trans-Dapt Performance Products
Trans-Dapt Performance Products is celebrating it's 50th anniversary this year. As one of the founding members of the performance aftermarket and SEMA, Trans-Dapt's line of performance and customizing products is second to none. Started by Willie Garner out of his garage in 1959, the company has grown to include nearly 1400 parts ranging from carburetor spacers and adapters, engine swap and factory replacement motor mounts, oil filtration components, differential covers and much more. As a member of the Hedman Performance Group, Trans-Dapt works closely with it's sister companies Hedman Hedders and Hamburger's Performance to create products that are designed from the start to work together.
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