I agree, very nice work!



-Gary Burnette-

Nice work Charlie.  Having made my own windage tray and scraper for my MG race engine I know how much work goes into getting one right.
Bob

I will be trying the one with the removable screen.  I think either pickup style is adequate.  When you consider the cross sectional area of the inner diameter of the 5/8" tube, you simply don't need a huge pickup for the supply.

For those who don't use facebook, this is what I've been working on since about 2 weeks before Indiana.  Doesn't look like all that much for 4 months of work, but it was a lot of work.  Mostly weeknights.  Mostly measuring, making paper templates, checking, adjusting, repeat until the paper fits, then make it out of steel.  I think I have the dimensions of anything that drops below the pan rail now, though.  I'm sure that will be useful.

I was going to install it this weekend but the oil pickup I want to use hits a windage tray mounting stud so I have to modify a pickup to get around that.  Making the stud shorter is not an option.  I'm going to try to leave the pan unaltered, from where it already is, anyway, for now.  The difference in pickup positioning should make a big difference, along with these pieces to make sure oil gets back into the pan.

I have an oil pan from one of my parts engines that has a big hole in it for some reason.  I'm going to cut the bottom off of that pan so I can use it to make a tool so that I can have the pickup installed properly so I can see exactly what I need to do for it to work.

Windage Tray.





Crank scraper / girdle / general below the pan rail dimension checker.









Lawrenceville, GA

Charlie , the style pickup does look somewhat restrictive compared to the one with the removable screen so you might want to consider using that one just for comparison and try another oil pump just in case of a flaw in the one you've been using. I've had oil pumps go bad for no reason at all.



-Gary Burnette-

Pulled the pan off of one of my parts motors and it also has the forward positioned pickup and baffle.  So the pickup absolutely is a correct y-block part and the baffled pan comes with the forward positioned pickup.

This pan is no good so I'm going to cut it up and make a tool.





Lawrenceville, GA

Saw this on eBay.  The '57-'66 Ford Truck Parts Book also shows a similar looking pickup, along with the more common removable screen type.  So I can be sure that it is correct and not some previous owner's well made improvisation.





Lawrenceville, GA

I'm actually working with Moroso, to have one made.  They'll have all of the engine specific info to build pans for Y-Blocks.  Chassis clearance and such will be the responsibility of the buyer to provide.



Lawrenceville, GA

Here is a couple of choices, maybe you could make work.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Moroso-Oil-Pan-21960-U-Weld-It-Oil-Pan-Kit-Oval-Track-Steel-/291639690486
http://donrossfab.com/oil-pan.htm


Gary Ryan San Antonio.TX.

Yes it does, I was thinking their description of cavitation and what they did was why I placed it.

The link goes to what is essentially an advertisement for Moroso Oil pumps.  Is that what you meant to link?



Lawrenceville, GA