[DeTomaso] Cheap high capacity oil pan

Julian Kift julian_kift at hotmail.com
Thu Dec 15 23:54:14 EST 2011


> That's not an oil pan.   That's a cheap, piece of junk bucket.   Unlike 
> proper oil pans like Aviaid, Armando's etc., this thing has absolutely nothing 
> inside of it--it's just a big bucket of oil with a home-made windage tray on 
> top of it.   Pans somewhat like this were made by Miloden, although this 
> one looks almost home-made.

The first year I tracked the GT5 at Vegas the oil pressure dropped on the hard corners and I eased off, I couldn't understand why as it came with a factory pan that from the outside looked much like an Aviad or Armando. On pulling that pan I quickly learned it was just a big bucket and it has since been sat in a corner of my garage collecting dust.

> Larry Stock had a Miloden pan like that on an engine that he bought.   His 
> car was running around the track and he assumed he had proper protection 
> against oil starvation because externally it looked like a proper oil pan.   
> BOOM! went the engine, a connecting rod came zinging out the side of the oil 
> pan.   When he removed the pan he discovered it was a scam, just like the one 
> in this E-bay listing.   A bucket masquerading as a proper oil pan.

I saw the pan that Larry put the rod through and was offered it to beat out and weld up when I inquired about an Avaiad pan. The pan I saw was a baffled/trap door Aviaid pan.

> In looking at the Miloden site now, it appears they have changed their 
> ways, and they make what hopefully is a decent oil pan for the Pantera:
> 
> http://www.milodon.com/oil-pans/road-race-oil-pans.asp
> 
> It's hilariously overpriced at almost $700 including the pickup; Aviaid and 
> Armando pans are more like $440.

The Milodon pricing is a joke, Kevko make and market a Pantera specific baffled pan priced at $330, available in both 351C & 351W variants.

http://www.kevkoracing.com/ford.htm

Julian
 		 	   		  


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