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FE Power Forums => FE Technical Forum => Topic started by: Mario428 on May 01, 2011, 02:04:30 PM
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The original pan I built for the T-Bird was too low by the time I got the car done. Was hitting too often and was beating up the pan so I decided it was time to build a new one.
I showed some pic's last fall of my parts, peices and the solid model from my Solidworks program
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v660/Mario428/FE%20Engine/FEpanAlum2010.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v660/Mario428/FE%20Engine/Panpartsall.jpg)
Wish I could say my alum welding skills were at a high level but they are not and the finished product does not look quite as good as the solid model. LOL
The pan is very wide so I can get lots of oil (8 quarts) in a low pan. I made an adapter that goes on the engine first and the pan bolts to that. Gives me a kickout area without having access holes and tubes to go thru
Pic of engine ready for pan, you can see the bolts outside of the windage tray which uses the actual block pattern
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v660/Mario428/FE%20Engine/ReadyforpanApr2011.jpg)
Inside of pan without and then with baffle
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v660/Mario428/FE%20Engine/Pannobaffleapr2011.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v660/Mario428/FE%20Engine/Panwithbaffleapr2011.jpg)
Pan on the engine
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v660/Mario428/FE%20Engine/Panbotsideapr2011.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v660/Mario428/FE%20Engine/Pansideapr2011.jpg)
Drainplug is just below the bellhousing and about an inch higher than before. Have some leaks to fix, no gasket on the pan and looks like I went a little light on the silicone at the back of the pan.
Engine ran today and the filter looks good
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Pan looks great if you ask me. Your aluminum welding skills are better than mine LOL! I finally struck an arc on my intake today; I went to extreme lengths to get the welding right, like a new pair of TIG welding gloves that I'm gong to dedicate to aluminum only, wire brushing all the welding areas and washing with acetone twice, Scotchbriting the welding rods, etc. etc. So far it seems to be paying off; we'll see how it looks at the end of the day...