I've put this in my build thread (link in sig) but I think this section gets more traffic. Maybe my whole car build thread should be moved here.
Anyway, I finished building my sheetmetal oil pan last night. I cut the flange for it many months ago when I built the stage 2 valve covers, but I haven't had time to work on the oil pan until now. I'm running a belt drive external oil pump with a -16 inlet. I had bought a peterson -16 in line filter/ screen, but there is limited room around the pan to put it in line. And using the screen in line would mean I would need two more rediculously expensive -16 hose ends. So I decided to hack up the screen and use part of it as my pickup.
The pan also has a trap door that should help under braking on the big end of the track. The pan is made with a 3/8" flange and .090 3003 aluminum sheet. I bent everything using a 2x4 and my welding bench. I would have like to have used a break, but the 2x4 did a decent job. I still have to add a turbo drain back fitting and a couple cylinder head drain backs, but I need the assembled motor to do to that.
raw materials.
Bent up and welded main components of the pan.
The two halves have not been welded together at this point because I still had to install the pickup and trap door.
Finished Pan
The pan holds just over 7 quarts to the top of the sump, but I could fill it to within an inch or so of the flange.
Internal pickup and trap door. If you look at the reflection under the tube, you can see the slots that actually pickup the oil.
Modified peterson filter turned into a filter outlet fitting.
Total cost. About $150 in material including the peterson filter. Roughly 18 hours of fabbing and welding.
Anyway, I finished building my sheetmetal oil pan last night. I cut the flange for it many months ago when I built the stage 2 valve covers, but I haven't had time to work on the oil pan until now. I'm running a belt drive external oil pump with a -16 inlet. I had bought a peterson -16 in line filter/ screen, but there is limited room around the pan to put it in line. And using the screen in line would mean I would need two more rediculously expensive -16 hose ends. So I decided to hack up the screen and use part of it as my pickup.
The pan also has a trap door that should help under braking on the big end of the track. The pan is made with a 3/8" flange and .090 3003 aluminum sheet. I bent everything using a 2x4 and my welding bench. I would have like to have used a break, but the 2x4 did a decent job. I still have to add a turbo drain back fitting and a couple cylinder head drain backs, but I need the assembled motor to do to that.
raw materials.
Bent up and welded main components of the pan.
The two halves have not been welded together at this point because I still had to install the pickup and trap door.
Finished Pan
The pan holds just over 7 quarts to the top of the sump, but I could fill it to within an inch or so of the flange.
Internal pickup and trap door. If you look at the reflection under the tube, you can see the slots that actually pickup the oil.
Modified peterson filter turned into a filter outlet fitting.
Total cost. About $150 in material including the peterson filter. Roughly 18 hours of fabbing and welding.
