my pfaff large oil pans hit rear cross stringer ..
 

can i just notch that stringer to clearence to large pans ... only two inch by three inch notch cant harm mutch lol nothing is simple i swear to god ,,, ugggggg

Pics would help ! What drives are on your Top Gun?

xrs i got a pic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ8RoRoL-WU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVdxPIIyLLY

here you go thunder .. tell me omly good news

Can you record your self saying "in a world..."
:D

you got me on that one .. although im not the people in the video .. kinda lost on the world thing ..

I'm not very knowledgeable on fiberglass. It doesn't look like a whole lot of material needs to be removed from that bracing, for the clearance you need. I don't think it would be a problem notching it, as long as you glass back over what you notch out properly. I'm sure someone with more knowledge on fiberglass will chime in.

Now would be a great time to just convert to #6's. It would allow you to get those engines up higher, and better rooster tail after.. :happybirthday:

bro , my wife already up n my chit about this new boat deal , im lucky not to be sleeping in it .. thanks , no sixes for me ,,,

Dude in the vid sounds like Don LaFontaine, the voice over guy.

When your done you want about an inch of clearance. Others can chime in but if it were mine, I would cut the stringer down and radius the top. place around 3 or 4 layers of 1708 cloth going 2 or 3 inches out on the floor on each side of the stringer to maintain the stiffness. Grind off the gelcoat in the work area.

Make sure that there are no sharp angle cuts. Radius whatever you do. If a sharp angle, good place to crack and splinter. As others have said, add glass mat on either side.

Makes me cringe when people say cut the stringer. I'm guessing it's too late to get another oil pan?

Yea. Much to late. It was just a cross brace. Took 1 inch out of it. Regal asked with mesh. At the very back of boat. It will be fine. It's not like I'm out in 8 footers. Even then it's rock solid

Structurally you are probably fine...I was thinking re-sale. Surveyor will pick up on the modification and flag it as an issue possibly killing a potential deal. Sounds like it's too late anyways. Good luck with her!!!