Oil pan help.

[badas85]

ok it's a long story but i'm having problems with oil pan clearance from the oil pump and the oil pickup with my stock pan. it's putting quite a damper on my project so far and i don't have 300 to get a canton like i planned. so i turned to my handy dany uncle who has been racing his whole life and now has a custom bike shop. he said that he use to build oil pans for his race car and he has alot of tools for bending/welding etc. metal because of the bike shop so he told me he would build me a custom pan. but i have to have one to get the demensions and make sure it's going to fit. ok so i guess what i'm asking is if anyone has one or knows a link i can get to get deminsions. i have the stock pan like i said to make the fit but it's going to be a 7 quart so i wanted to see if there was a website with demensions. thanks for any help

 

[BarnStang]

If you don't want to use the one on your car, then try and get one from a junk yard. Or try ebay. It will be so much easier to fabricate a new pan with the old one as a reference. You are looking for the blueprint of the pan so you know where all the bolt holes are...not something to guess at. Try and find a used pan, or even a damaged pan would do...surely someone on here has thrown a rod through their pan and would send it to you for the cost of the shipping.

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[badas85]

I havn't thought about someone sending an oil pan thats beyond salvaging. i have the stock oil pan to go by but i wanted to have a 7 quart for a little better idea. if anyone has one out there let me know. i would greatly appreciate it.

 

[BarnStang]

I thought you just needed the pattern. Your Uncle should be able to fashion a 7 qt pan using the stocker as a reference...He shouldn't need an actual 7 qt pan. Clearence issues can be managed by taking measurements on the car-steering, K member etc. He will have to fab something up first. If you want to fashion a clone, you might get away with getting the specs from a dealer like Canton. They just might tell you the diminsions of the lower part of the pan. Just tell them you have a lot of custom modifications and want to make sure their 5.0 mustang 7 qt pan will clear. Might work.

 

[badas85]

yea i might be underestimating his abilities and he doesn't even need one. we will see. i can't even fathom building it from scratch so i'm kinda anxious to see how it turns out. thanks for the help barnstang.

 

[TIMMY2734]

here are the dimensions, straight from Canton's website

http://cantonracingproducts.com/pans/road_race/ford_rear_sump.html

 

[badas85]

Wow i love this place. thank you so much man thats exactly waht i was looking for. you da man that calls for a dancing bannana or two....

 

[BarnStang]

Or better yet, check their web site! Whoda thunk...thanks Timmy.