[DeTomaso] Alternate dip-stick location

[Stephen Nelson]

Yup – front sump.  And yes, the cross member is back there.  It looked like
I could double the size of the sump, then angle the dipstick up from a
side-mounted boss on the pan.  Routing below the headers and likely secured
below the rear corner head bolt.  But, I will be going down to look at the
mock-up in a couple of hours and have a better feel for how it will work.

 

My bit thing is to get the pan up out of the way of the brake cables and
re-locate the drain so it doesn’t piddle on the side frame member.  Oh, and
gain some oil capacity.

 

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From: Forest Goodhart [mailto:forestg at att.net] 
Sent: Friday, November 01, 2013 8:20 AM
To: Stephen Nelson; detomaso at poca.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Alternate dip-stick location

 

Stephen, 

Doesn't your pan have a front sump? I don't believe the rear cross-member
allows for a rear sump so your dipstick would not reach the sump where the
oil is if installed at the rear. Maybe you could move it forward to the rear
of the sump but then you are looking at possible interference with headers
etc.

Let us know how it works out.

Forest

 

From: Stephen Nelson <steve at snclocks.com>
To: detomaso at poca.com 
Sent: Friday, November 1, 2013 7:20 AM
Subject: [DeTomaso] Alternate dip-stick location

 

I am planning to incorporate a dip-stick to the driver’s side rear of the
new pan for 5332.  If I had been thinking ahead I would have shot some
pictures from above of the area between the camber bar and the back driver’s
side corner of the motor.  I wasn’t thinking.  Could one of you kind souls
shoot a couple of pictures and send them to me at steve at snclocks.com?  If
you happened to have a tape measure laid so it showed the dimension between
the bar and the back of the head, all the better!

 

And yes, I fully realize I am likely wasting money and time having a pan
made when such excellent ones are available.  But I want the bottom of the
pan up ¾ inch to clear the brake cables and I want the pan sump extended to
give extra capacity.  My engine builder has done this many times and his
price is very competitive with the aftermarket pans.

 

Speaking of engines – has anyone on the forum tried the trick described on
page 58 of Reid’s Ford 351 Cleveland Engines book of drilling a 0.020” hole
in the oil galley end plug as shown in the picture.  It directs a stream of
hot oil to the timing set.  Seems like a good idea?

 

I finished said book last night and typed up my notes for things to keep in
mind as I go through my engine.  If any of you would like a copy of my
notes, send me a note offline – they are in Excel and only cover the things
that were not obvious to me before I read the book.  If you are debating if
the book is worth buying this might give you an idea of what it offers –
which includes lots and lots of great pictures of every detail discussed.

 

OK, another question – what is the preferred vibration dampener for a 351C?
I am targeting street operation and good low to midrange torque in the
rebuild.

 

Stephen Nelson

 

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