[DeTomaso] Oil pan gasket recommendation?

[cengles at cox.net]

Dear Dave,

Hmmm, I guess full disclosure would be good.....! On both oil pans, I simply used the oil pan gasket that came in the basic 351C FelPro kit. I was so ignorant, I didn't know about *any* trick oil gaskets. However, given the multitude of miscellaneous engine problems and misadventures in my short engine building career, I can truthfully say that the FelPro oil pan gasket has not let me down!

Warmest regards, Chuck Engles



---- adin at frontier.net wrote:
>
>thanks Chuck.
>
>I recommended to Mike Drew, the setup I recently used on my 460 motor
>- ford racing rear sump pan that came with a nice rubber over metal
>pan gasket. Mike says these are not available for the cleveland. (not
>enough market?)
>
>Anyway, it led me to wonder what a recommendation might be . . .
>
>My pet peeve (ok, one of the many) are folks that post answers based
>on opinion or "feelings" or heresay - rather than "I used a _____ much
>to my satisfaction." or even "I used a _______ and it didn't work as
>advertised."
>
>My Pantera has some kind of big pan on it, but I have no idea what
>kind of gasket was used!
>
>so, there is the long boring part of the story . . . .
>
>best regards,
>
>
>Quoting cengles at cox.net:
>
>>
>>Dear David,
>>
>>I've bought two new Aviad (sp?) pans in the last seven years.
>>Neither came with any recommendation for an oil pan gasket. I
>>suppose that any 351C oilpan gasket that suited your preferences
>>would be fine.
>>
>>FWIW, Chuck Engles
>>
>>
>>---- adin at frontier.net wrote:
>>>Anyone know what gasket Aviad and/or Armando recommend w/ the fancy pans?
>>>
>>>jus' wonderin'
>>>
>