Any suggestions on any kind of modifications (besides a good windage tray) that may need to be done to a full sump 9/10 qt truck pan for drag racing application's. ?  I use wheelie bars so I'm not doing giant wheels stands. I use the big fat tube rear pick-up with a good brace of course. How about any good suggestions on a aftermarket full sump pan.? Most aftermarket pans I see are either front sump, rear sump, or road race variety.  Does anyone make a stamped steel full sump pan or is a fabricated pan my only option ? ..

Any good ideas on a good aluminium cleaner ?  Looking for something to clean heads, intakes, satin finish aluminium wheels, ect. At one time there was a product called "greaseoff" that could be gotten from hardware store's.  It worked way better than any of the royal purple type stuff.. I haven't seen it for a few years though. I have really good luck with the "etching" type wheel cleaner and it makes heads and manifolds look brand new but its really exspensive to be using on large parts. Was wondering if any of you guys have ran across anything that works realy well.

Possibly an irrigation block maybe. ? A block deemed not suitable for automotive use because of thin cylinder bores or core shif or some other problems with the casting. Many Fe/Ft blocks that would not pass inspection for automotive use where used for earagation/industrial/farm use because they were deemed to be acceptable for continuous low RPM use.. just a thought, I could be wrong for sure. I found a block just a year ago that was a standard 390 bore but was cast with the cross bolt bosses and appeared to be one of the blocks with the high manganese silicon content,  thought I had a gem. The cylinders were to thin to even do a .030 over bore.  Was a heart breaker. 

It's a costly piece indeed.  I have had one in my hands and it looked like a nice piece but haven't been able to get much info from anyone useing it. I know billet fab still offers the pump/pan combo. Maybe just stick with the modified melling/milodon pumps and the old full sump truck pan.    Any views on volume versus pressure for the Fe ? Another can of worms lol.  Thanks for the link, ill deff check it out.

 Older car.. 1995 - 2001 10.90's
390- .060 over, TRW 12/1, .588 solid lift isky ,  CJ heads , c-6, ladder bar.  10.80's




2002-2004, old car



This was my race car back in 2002 - 2004, home built tube chassis, not a kit, fiberglass front end and doors and deck lid. car completely home built by me except for machine work on engine and cylinder heads. All assembled by me. I did all the fabrication, bent and fitted every stick of pipe,  welding, ect. It was my first real go at a full chassis build, it was a ladder bar car. 
The car now (avatar pict) is very different from this as i have built another chassis and made wholesale changes. 4 link and its a completely different animal now and ill be posting it in the project section as im now just waiting on getting things together. The car now is much lighter and much more of a full race piece from engine to chassis .
 I just wanted to post the old car here because i feel that for what it was it ran very well.
Performance Summary:
      1/4 mile ET: 9.93               1/4 mile MPH: 136
      1/8 mile ET: 6.18               1/8 mile MPH: 114
      60 foot time: 1.39
      Track: va Motorsports park
      Weather Conditions: very good, may 2008

Vehicle Use:

strip only


Vehicle Specifications:

Model Year: 1969

Model: ford mustang

Style: fastback home built tube chassis, not a kit.

Engine Details
390 race prep (105) truck block, enlarged oil galleys, cross bolt mains, pro-gram engineering caps from Dove,, KB oiling,  home made stud girdle, 6.490 eagle rods, 428 1ua internally balanced crank, .060 over old TRW 12.5 to 1 pistons, dove med riser heads hand ported 319 @ .750 intake (2.09) and 242 @ .750 exhaust (1.65) .  Harland sharp rockers. comp cams solid roller, .674 lift, PSE intake with tunnel ram top and two re worked 660's, (i actualy ran a 9.86 at Richmond drag-way during a test and tune with two predators and the fab intake but just before i went through the lights the 428 crank let go and that was the end of this engine :-(  ). I think it was on a low .80 pass.   MSD-6al with crank trigger.
   
Transmission:
C-6 with low gear set + rollers

Torque converter details:
GER 8" 4800 stall
Clutch details (if manual)
None

Driveshaft:
3" ford truck front shaft

U-joints:
1350's

Rear end type:
9"

Differential type:
big bearing nodular iron ford

Gear Ratio:
4:30

Axles:
moser 33 spline

Front tires:

Front wheels:
center-line 15"x3-1/2"

Rear tires:
M/T drag 29.5 X 13.5 X 15

Rear wheels:
center-line

Front suspension information:
1970's 280z front struts, coil over adjustable sleeves and springs, fabricated lower control arms, rack and pinion steering.


Rear suspension information:
comp engineering dbl adj ladder bars, housing floaters, single adj coil-overs

Ready-to-race vehicle weight, including driver:
2790 with driver.

Lets do this with a SOHC...