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Did some work on my dry sump tank today. The Patterson style tank uses a clamp style system. I felt that this could be more like the Peterson style where two aluminum rings bolt to each other with a o ring groove machined in between them as a seal.

The tricky part was not deforming the tank in anyway, cutting the flange off and making the cuts and halves straight. I think I did a pretty good job. I used the current clamp and seal as a guide and basically grind-ed down to the line. Worked pretty well and the two halves are level. I might continue to reduce the bottom portion of the tank, but going to wait until determine how much oil my whole setup will need. The tank is huge.

I ordered two 1" NPT x 4.5" long 120volt 500 watt oil tank heater probes for the bottom section of the tank and two 1" NPT aluminum weld bungs.

I plan on purchasing the metal in the next couple days for a lot of my car machining projects. Ill then have to have the tank flanges cut, drilled for bolts, and welded. Stay tuned.