James,
been there with no money and building my own pan and 2 things i found out .
1- brazing and silver solder crack and leak later. 2- Hot oil is thinner
than the water i would use to test my fabricated pan for my 1959 ENFO
(English ford) Zephyr Convertable with a small block chevy. It was one of
the more frustrating tasks that I have done. But if you have access to a Tig
you could probably weld in those baffles to keep the oil in the pan when
braking. It never occured to me when Theo was here today but i could take
photos of my Hamburger pan to give you an idea but the "hinges" are very low
tech. you could even use a lite duty door hinge as a baffle.
regards,
Tim ronak
B382000680
----- Original Message -----
From: James Barrett <jamesbrt@mindspring.com>
To: Tim Ronak <timinvan@fox.nstn.ca>
Sent: Saturday, June 12, 1999 3:07 PM
Subject: Re: James Barret Oil Trouble
> At 01:49 PM 6/12/99 -0600, you wrote:
>
> >James and listers,
> >Oil control is a problem that I tried very hard to solve with a wet sump
> >Road race Camero on slicks. Theo can probably attest to the level of
> >frustration that we were having in trying to overcome the G-forces
generated
> >by a car with 14" wide slicks 13" JFZ disks and 620+HP. The end result
is
> >that we wound up with an in pan Dry sump but found out that companies
like
> >Hamburger Racing make incredible products that worked better than most.
We
> >also found out that a lot of these companies will seel you just the trap
> >door assemblies for those of you who wish to fab your own pan. Since a
small
> >block Ford is very common and we have little restriction due to
crossmembers
> >and stuff, Hamburger probably has a Road race pan and crank scraper that
> >would be a bolt in for around $250 US. These pans usually are not too
deep
> >as the engines in road race cars are mounted quite low and would have
> >excellent Go and stop oil baffling. I do not have the number at my
fingers
> >but somewhere i have the literature from our Hamburger pan.
> >Regards,
> >Tim Ronak
> >B382000680
> >timinvan@fox.nstn.ca
>
> Tim,
> Unfortunally I do not have $250 to spare. Therefore I am trying
> to build my own pan. Spent all day sealing up leaks with silver solder.
> This is after I Tig welded the sheet metal on and then brased the inside
> for good measure. Still had tiny leaks. I think I finally have them
> all stopped now.
> James Barrett Tiger II 351C and others
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