Looking at aftermarket oil pans for my new motor, just wanted to see what your opinions/experiences are with different brands. I have been looking at the TPIS 7 qt. pan that has a windage screen. Also the Moroso deep pan looks nice too. Anyone with experience with either of these in terms of fitment etc.? Need something that's going to clear the stock k-member and exhaust setup that runs between the two.

 

no one?

 

what's wrong with the stock one? You can typically yank one froma junkyard a dime a dozen, and they're pretty close in cost to a dozen dimes as well lol

 

I'm running the Moroso 20180 6 quart pan. It may fit with a stock sized Y-pipe, can't tell ya that for sure. If you go with a bigger Y-pipe it gets real tight around it.

 

Read the article in last months Hot Rod issue and you'll see why I want to give it a try. THey first tested a motor with the stock oil pan, and then with an aftermarket Moroso pan with a windage tray. The motor gained 20hp back that was lost to oil slapping and aeration. I also want a higher volume pan to make sure it doesn't get sucked dry with the high volume pump at 7k RPM.

Superman: is that pan you listed for the 87up with the pass. side dipstick yadda yadda yadda? Thx.

 

The 20180 is for a pre 80 block with driver side dipstick. The one for the 86 and up blocks with passenger side dipstick is 20182. This pan does not have a windage tray built into it so you would have to buy one.

 

Im running the 20182 Moroso 6qt. It did not clear my SLP ypipe, I had to get one custom-made. It also did not come with a windage tray, I had to buy that seperately. The pan fits nice, though, and it seems to seal great so far and it also sacrifices no ground clearance.

 

Gakkkk....Moroso has horrible quality control on their pans ( from my experiences and other friends who race) . Warped rails and poor fit very common. I've seen leaky welds as well. High dollar custom stuff OK...but off the shelf consumer pans are C**P IMHO. Sent three pans back to them because of poor quality control...finally got a refund and went with Canton.

Canton makes some very nice stuff for our cars. Milodon has some nice stuff as well.

http://cantonracingproducts.com/


http://milodon.com/main.htm

Edit: Canton makes a purpose built Road Race pan for our cars. Also works well on Drag cars. Will clear factory or aftermarket y-pipe. Used on SCCA road race and A-Sedan series. A very nice piece. Great quality and fit.

http://cantonracingproducts.com/pans...road_race.html

PART #’S:
#15-242T pan for direct bolt-in, '93-97 F-Bodies.
#15-244 pan for pre-80 blocks with left side dipstick.
#15-244M pan for 80 to 85 blocks with right side dipstick.
#15-244T pan for 86 and newer blocks with a one piece seal.
#15-246 pan with full length oil recovery pouch, crank scraper and Teflon coated louvered windage tray to maximize power, for 85 and earlier blocks.
#15-246T pan with full length oil recovery pouch, crank scraper and Teflon coated louvered windage tray to maximize power, for 86 and newer block

 

resurrecting an old thread to ask if anyone is running full length headers with the canton pan?
Eric B.

 

I've seen it done. Depends on headers.

 

I had a fitment issue with the Milodon 7 quart stroker pan, but only with the SLP y-pipe cross-over section.

 

thank's guys!
i haven't decided on full length or shortys w a crossover for sure just yet.if i can figure a way to run a true balanced dual system,i'll run the long tubes
Eric B