Lovehamr, 427stang and all,
I called Milodon about my windage tray not fitting ( 322224 ). Talked to Tom. He said go ahead and cut on it. So this is what I had to do to make it fit my 410 with Eagle H-Beam rods.
First off you'll notice that the left side of the block interfers with the windage tray where the main cap forging runs up the side of the block. I notched the pan in those places. Plus, the oil pump and oil pump casting on the block interfers with the front left side so you've got to trim the windage tray there to get the oil pump and pan to fit . Now, the rods hit the windage tray. I noticed the side I notched had three tabs that extend from the rail to the windage tray so I bent those down thus raising the tray on that side. Now, the tray fit. I installed the gaskets and pan and torqued it down. I turned the engine over and I heard it hitting the pan. Pulled it all apart and found that when I torqued it down the right side drain slots ( which was punched out toward the crank, God knows why they didn't punch the cutout toward the pan where it wouldn't interfer ) were hitting the rod bolts. I took a ball peen hammer and closed the slot at the places the rods hit. You can tell because the places where it hits are shiny now. That done I put it back together and and it clears OK now.
No where, No where, did I find anything on bending those tabs for clearance. Milodon apparently thinks you'll figure out why that side of the tray is held onto the mounting rail with tabs. Also, their engineers should have known that you punch the drain slots so you don't have metal sticking up into the crank. Jim PS. Don't ask for pictures, it ain't coming apart again. PSS: The 268H comp cam with the eagle crank and G6608 Summit roller timing chain set came out at 107.25 ICL with the dots lined up. ( using .050 readings )
