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Old 09-24-2004, 11:31 PM
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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.
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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.
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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.
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Re: aftermarket oil pans

Originally posted by NastyL98_T/A
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.
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

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resurrecting an old thread to ask if anyone is running full length headers with the canton pan?
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resurrecting an old thread to ask if anyone is running full length headers with the canton pan?
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I've seen it done. Depends on headers.
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I had a fitment issue with the Milodon 7 quart stroker pan, but only with the SLP y-pipe cross-over section.
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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
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