Engine Relocation

[Matt@Lateral Dynamics]

Don't forget that once the engine is set back far enough, even if it isn't enough to really impact front/rear bias, the opportunity to move the engine down is presented. Good stuff there.

Everybody should have a dry sump small block!

[slow4dr]

Unless I make my own front clip to work around my front pan set-up on my engine I will have to run a dry sump.

The other option would be to set the engine back far enough to clear the cross member to which I am not against.

[Mean 69]

The other option would be to set the engine back far enough to clear the cross member to which I am not against.

Yeah, baby.....
M

[race-rodz]

Originally Posted by Matt@RFR

Everybody should have a dry sump small block!

im really suprized how few people run dry sump oil systems, in a "good" handling car it is very easy to starve a wet sump system....even on street tires.

on a side note....there is a fortune to be made if "somebody" were to whip out roadrace dry sump pans for sbc's. 99% of all dry sump pans i found were made for goin left

[Twin_Turbo]

I have a 5 stage dry sump system on my engine with the tank in the back (above the rear axle) I too wanted to move the engine back a considerable amount but ran into a problem, the transmission. Because I'm using a Zf6 with it's internal rails the shifter is in a fixed position and as it is now it's already pretty far back, just in front of the parking brake. Then again the engine is aready a considerable amount behind the front axle on the C3 corvette (about the only reasonably good thing about the chassis/suspension setup) and as low as it gets. I couldn't get it any lower without loosing a lot of ground clearance.

As for the oil pan, I have a stainless dry sump pan, it's custom made and has the 4 scavenge ports equally distributed, one in the front two the pass side front & rear and 1 on the drivers side rear so they are out there.





A big block is only about 3" longer than a small block, and that's using a long water pump so w/ a short one you win a little there.It's about 20,5" for the small block and 23,5" for the big block from water pump snout to bellhousing flange.