Thursday, February 11, 2010
Oil Pan Finished
The oil pan is back from the powder coater. I have to say that I am pleased with the outcome. Hopefully my baffles will be adequate to combat starvation at high g loads. If need be I may add a Accusump system, but I will give it a go without one first. No sense in adding unnecessary parts. I sloped it slightly from front to back to aid in drain back. The bottom of the front portion is within .500" of the front cross member The bottom of the sump doesn't hang down more than .500" below the front cross member. The donor pan was from a 3b motor and the rest was fabbed from .070" sheet stock The bottom portion is made from 13 individual pieces of material. The whole pan was assembled and then welded inside and out. The outside was then ground down for a nicer finish. So check out the pics. I don't have measurements on this part. I just fabbed as I went along but basically tried to maximize the volume of the pan an ended up with a shape that resembles the Porsche unit. I guess those guys did their homework. Sump capacity is right at seven quarts, on par with the Porsche pan. If you add in the remote filter and cooler system I will probably be pushing 9 quart system capacity I would guess.
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This is a great blog. I've long considered a project such as this. It's clear that your rotor-wrenching experience gives you an edge in doing something like this. Most of us Audi-philes are good shade-tree mechanics, but lack the talent to really map out and execute a project like this.
ReplyDeleteKeep it up man. I'm hooked.
Thanks, I've always wanted to do a big project like this. I really think that anyone could do this though, it just takes some planning to try and minimize mistakes. Lots of research helps to select the right components. Most everything that is being used in this project has been done to some other platform, I'm just collecting the needed bits and applying them here.
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