[DeTomaso] 10 qt oil pans

Kirby Schrader kirby.schrader at gmail.com
Wed Aug 19 12:35:11 EDT 2009


All custom pans that I know of require a pickup tube that fits it.
Part of the deal, as far as I'm concerned!
:-)

Kirby

On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 11:10 AM, <asajay at asajay.com> wrote:
>
> Okay, so I think this is the first I've heard of needing a custom pump
> pickup with an Armando pan.  Please tell me more.
>
> Asa Jay
>
>
>
>> In a message dated 8/18/09 7:07:59 PM, JJD1010 at aol.com writes:
>>
>>
>>> I bought a used oil pan which I believe is a 10 qt pan. When filling it
>>> with the new oil, I want to bring it up to the full mark on the dipstick.
>>> This assumes that the dipstick is calibrated to have the oil
>>> at the right level in the crank case to get the proper splashing, etc.
>>> Then after running the engine a bit, top it off to the full mark again. This
>>> should  be about 10 qts worth.
>>>
>> First, the actual volume is less important than the presence or absense of
>> baffles with trap-doors, scrapers and splash-guards inside a pan with a
>> larger than stock sump. There are '10' qt pans out there that are simple open
>> buckets, meant for drag racing. In a Pantera that corners as hard as it
>> accelerates, these cheap pans have caused blown engines.
>> Aviaid and Armando fully baffled pans will hold 10 quarts if they're
>> overfilled as Ford advised on the 351-Boss and 351-HOs for warranty purposes.
>> Filled to 'normal' on a stock dipstick, the volume is about 8 qts
>> not counting
>> oil coolers, remote filters etc. This level works fine with these pans
>> on-track; 10 full quarts is not needed unless you're running long-distance
>> endurance races. These two very desirable pans also have custom pump
>>  pickups; a
>> stock pump pickup wil not fit an Aviaid nor Armando pan. Good luck- J Deryke
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