SBC stocker oil pans

[Tom Turner]

While in oil pan mode with my LT1, I fooled around (key word here being "fool") with scrapers and learned that a pan rail scraper that has no kickout into which oil can be scraped is pretty ineffective. It makes a lot more sense to put the scraper in the lower side or bottom of the pan so the oil has a place to go. The Corvette has a lot more room in the front of the pan so there is room for a full length scraper and screen; not sure what the F-body guys should do but as I understand the current rules; crossmembers can be modified to allow pan removal so that opens a window for a more desireable OE pan. By the way, Alan is correct about "welding" on stocker pans; not legal! I had Stef's do a couple of pans for me; pretty good quality, nothing visable from the outside, reasonable price, seem to work well. I think that the oil pan is a good place to look for parasitic HP losses but within the confines of a stock pan, you run out of options pretty fast.

[Todd Bailey]

Tom,

You have a PM.