[DeTomaso] Oil pan for a '73 Cleveland recommendations

Tue Sep 7 17:11:34 EDT 2021

I think most 351C people recommends against high volume or high pressure oil pumps. Unnecessary wear on the distributor gear.

/Thomas

> 7 sep. 2021 kl. 22:41 skrev Konrad Szwab <kszwab at gmail.com>:
> 
>    I bought the Kevko with the high volumeA oil pump and specific oil
>   intake.
>   Any thoughts on using the high volume oil pump vs the original pump ?
> 
>   On Tue, Sep 7, 2021 at 3:01 PM Mike Drew <[1]mikeldrew at aol.com> wrote:
> 
>     Seconding what Julian said.
>     Aviaid has been building racing pans since the early 1960s if not
>     before. Their Pantera pan is terrific, and they are liable to have
>     them in stock.
>     Armando was an employee of Aviaid who fled to Texas and brought all
>     their intellectual property with him, in his head. So he builds
>     identical pans, and sells for a few dollars less I think. You may
>     have to wait a bit.
>     I donat know about Kevko pans. They may have reverse-engineered an
>     Aviaid pan as well? I hope they didnat copy Miloden.
>     Miloden made a Pantera pan that was absolutely shameful. It was
>     nothing but a 10-quart bucket with nothing inside. The first time I
>     got to see the inside of one was when a connecting rod came flying
>     out the side of Larry Stockas pan at the track in Vegas. He has
>     bought the motor with the pan installed and from the outside it
>     looked like an Aviaid. Only after it failed to do its job and oil
>     starvation in corners caused the engine to blow up did we all learn
>     the truth.
>     No matter what pan you go with, you do NOT need a different dipstick
>     arrangement. Your car should have a dipstick with a yellow handle
>     and measure 38 inches from tip to cup. The dipstick controls the oil
>     level relative to the bottom of the crankshaft. You could have Lake
>     Michigan hanging under your car and would still want to retain that
>     same top oil level.
>     Mike
>     Sent from my iPad
>>> On Sep 7, 2021, at 10:02, Julian Kift <[2]julian_kift at hotmail.com>
>>     wrote:
>> 
>> i>>?A  A Your choices for a 9 quart Pantera specific pan are;
>> 
>> A  A Aviaid
>     [1][3]https://aviaid.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/ws_oilpns_sbf_cleve
>> A  A land.html
>> 
>> A  A Armando's [2][4]http://www.aroilpans.com/Roadrace.html
>> 
>> A  A Kevko
>     [3][5]https://kevkoracing.com/products/part-f602-400-m-ford-pantera-
>> A  A pan
>> 
>> A  A Julian
>> A  A
>     A __________________________________________________________________
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>> A  A From: DeTomaso <[6]detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com>
>     on behalf of
>> A  A Konrad Szwab <[7]kszwab at gmail.com>
>> A  A Sent: Tuesday, September 7, 2021 9:57 AM
>> A  A To: [8]DeTomaso at server.detomasolist.com
>> A  A <[9]DeTomaso at server.detomasolist.com>; Steve Dragos
>> A  A <[10]maycoperformance at yahoo.com>
>> A  A Subject: [DeTomaso] Oil pan for a '73 Cleveland
>     recommendations
>> 
>> A  A Sooo after 6 years in the shop when we were ready to drive it
>     out, last
>> A  A weekend a spot weld broke in the oil pan baffle and rubbed
>     against the
>> A  A crankshaft.
>> A  A No damage, but I need a new oil pan.
>> A  A Hall Pantera does not sell them and Pantera Performance is not
>> A  A answering
>> A  A the phone.
>> A  A Who should I contact, maybe Summit Racing ?
>> A  A Any thoughts ?
>> A  A Thanks,
>> A  A Konrad
>> 
>> References
>> 
>> A  A 1.
>     [11]https://aviaid.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/ws_oilpns_sbf_clevelan
>     d.html
>> A  A 2. [12]http://www.aroilpans.com/Roadrace.html
>> A  A 3.
>     [13]https://kevkoracing.com/products/part-f602-400-m-ford-pantera-pa
>     n
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>   1. mailto:mikeldrew at aol.com
>   2. mailto:julian_kift at hotmail.com
>   3. https://aviaid.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/ws_oilpns_sbf_cleve
>   4. http://www.aroilpans.com/Roadrace.html
>   5. https://kevkoracing.com/products/part-f602-400-m-ford-pantera-
>   6. mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com
>   7. mailto:kszwab at gmail.com
>   8. mailto:DeTomaso at server.detomasolist.com
>   9. mailto:DeTomaso at server.detomasolist.com
>  10. mailto:maycoperformance at yahoo.com
>  11. https://aviaid.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/ws_oilpns_sbf_cleveland.html
>  12. http://www.aroilpans.com/Roadrace.html
>  13. https://kevkoracing.com/products/part-f602-400-m-ford-pantera-pan
>  14. mailto:DeTomaso at server.detomasolist.com
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