Originally Posted by sensei
Fix the downpipe, even if you were to bash in your oilpan, the pipe would still be too close to the oilpan. You don't want to unnecessarily heat your oil...
Some people say that changing the volume of you oil pan (via a big unintentional dent) will cause you to throw a vtec oil pressure code. But I think it's more likely that you're running into oil starvation problems, and that's why vtec oil pressure code gets thrown. In short, bad idea.
-PHiZ