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Originally Posted by FETorino
Seems to me in your case you could just buy a used pan from a NASCAR team.
They race Sonoma, Watkins Glen, Road America and Montreal.
From what I've been told the low pan isn't an issue when engineered properly. a big piece of the puzzle is properly designed tank that is large enough to eliminate the aeration created when there isn't oil at the pickup.
Remember in a dry sump the oil/air is pulled out of the pan and sent to a remote tank. As long as the tank pickup point provides oil and not an oil/air mix your motor is getting the proper lube it needs.
I'm not saying the pickup location in the pan aren't important. I'm just saying they aren't important from the same perspective as in a wet sump.
At least that is how I understand it. But I'm only an assembler so I'm always open to enlightenment.   |
Yeah the take off Nascar pans are what I was looking at. They are all deep. 6" or deeper. That ain't workin with my clearance. I found some killer pans for great prices but just wasn't ready for it.
Yes the pickup points is an apples to oranges vs wet sump, but when I explained my goals/intentions with the car I was told a typical Nascar pan with pickup locations was not ideal, but they probably would be okay. I would want to be more than "probably okay".
I was going to just have them add or relocate one of the pickups. Not a huge cost and still way cheaper than buying a brand new custom pan at over $1000.
Those damn assemblers... always meddling in others' bidness.
