N8N
2008-12-19 16:22:21 UTC
Does anyone make a kit to weld on to the bottom of an existing oil pan
to turn it into a higher capacity pan? reason I ask is this, I have a
'55 Stude with an engine in it built to '63 Avanti specs, I have an
original R1/R2 oil pan, but it was well used. I thought I had brazed
up all the holes in the bottom of it before I installed it but I must
have missed a couple. These pans are pretty scarce on the ground and
it seems that the only way to really repair it would be to get a
standard Stude V-8 oil pan and cut the bottom off it, then weld it to
the pan that I have (because I don't want to lose the baffles, hole/
captive nuts for crank breather tube, etc.) rather than do that does
someone make a kit to replace just the sump of an existing pan with a
fabricated thing with kickouts like the racing pans sold by Milodon,
Moroso, etc.? or am I on my own for fabbing something like that?
thanks,
Nate
to turn it into a higher capacity pan? reason I ask is this, I have a
'55 Stude with an engine in it built to '63 Avanti specs, I have an
original R1/R2 oil pan, but it was well used. I thought I had brazed
up all the holes in the bottom of it before I installed it but I must
have missed a couple. These pans are pretty scarce on the ground and
it seems that the only way to really repair it would be to get a
standard Stude V-8 oil pan and cut the bottom off it, then weld it to
the pan that I have (because I don't want to lose the baffles, hole/
captive nuts for crank breather tube, etc.) rather than do that does
someone make a kit to replace just the sump of an existing pan with a
fabricated thing with kickouts like the racing pans sold by Milodon,
Moroso, etc.? or am I on my own for fabbing something like that?
thanks,
Nate