Best Wet Sump Pan for High-G road race car?
03-06-2010, 10:40 PM
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Best Wet Sump Pan for High-G road race car? There seems to be a lot of information/misinformation on pans, oil pumps, and just about everything else to prevent blowing up an LS1!
I just recently installed an LS6 in a Panoz race car. Well just installed LS6's in two Panoz...
They are both built fairly similar. LPE high volume oil pump, Moroso 20140 7qt oil pan, oil cooler/remote filter.
One of the cars was at a race last weekend and during practice GRENADED - See my pics in threaded labeled "HOLY ****..."
So now I am paranoid!
The Moroso pan is a 7qt pan, but the baffling in it is designed more for a drag race car(trap doors front and rear) and offers no oil control left to right. So I went and ordered the AutoKraft/Sommers oil pan that has 4 corner baffling and appears to be much more designed for oil control in a road race car. EXCEPT, its only a 5.5qt pan. I had issues with the moroso pan sloshing too much oil and I was SPEWING oil out of the PCV valve holes(capped with breather/filters) BAD!
In my MANY searches I came across a handful of threads with people complaining about the HV oil pumps flowing TOO much and emptying the pans, hence the need to run a 7qt pan. (I rarely run my car past 6500rpms)
Any road racers have an opinion on what pans are best? I do run an accusump on my car(the old that blew up did not)
Dry sump is not an option(unless you have a setup for sale cheap! ;-) ) but I'd like to do everything I can with a reasonable budget to protect my motor. i am also installing a crank scraper to try and keep as much oil in the pan as I can!
I also modified the lifter trays to help the oil drain back quicker, anything else I should be doing?
Sorry for the rambling, its getting late and I have a race on Monday!
I just recently installed an LS6 in a Panoz race car. Well just installed LS6's in two Panoz...
They are both built fairly similar. LPE high volume oil pump, Moroso 20140 7qt oil pan, oil cooler/remote filter.
One of the cars was at a race last weekend and during practice GRENADED - See my pics in threaded labeled "HOLY ****..."
So now I am paranoid!
The Moroso pan is a 7qt pan, but the baffling in it is designed more for a drag race car(trap doors front and rear) and offers no oil control left to right. So I went and ordered the AutoKraft/Sommers oil pan that has 4 corner baffling and appears to be much more designed for oil control in a road race car. EXCEPT, its only a 5.5qt pan. I had issues with the moroso pan sloshing too much oil and I was SPEWING oil out of the PCV valve holes(capped with breather/filters) BAD!
In my MANY searches I came across a handful of threads with people complaining about the HV oil pumps flowing TOO much and emptying the pans, hence the need to run a 7qt pan. (I rarely run my car past 6500rpms)
Any road racers have an opinion on what pans are best? I do run an accusump on my car(the old that blew up did not)
Dry sump is not an option(unless you have a setup for sale cheap! ;-) ) but I'd like to do everything I can with a reasonable budget to protect my motor. i am also installing a crank scraper to try and keep as much oil in the pan as I can!
I also modified the lifter trays to help the oil drain back quicker, anything else I should be doing?
Sorry for the rambling, its getting late and I have a race on Monday!
03-09-2010, 08:20 PM
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I suppose you cannot fit the batwing corvette pan in...my z06 has a lot of track miles on it and does not lose pressure. I believe the hv pumps are a big problem unless one has a very substantial sump volume. I think the accusump helps a lot...have one on my 406.
03-11-2010, 02:50 PM
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Will either of these work for you?
Part# LS F Body
LS F Body Pan
5" Deep F Body Pan with road race style gating. 5 quarts in pan plus filter and lines.
Uses Pickup# LS 103-5
Pickup Price: $45.00
$300.00
link to page. http://www.kevkoracing.com/wetsump_chevy.htm
we are a kevco dealer if you are interested.
Part# LS F Body 6.5
LS F Body Pan
6 1/2" Deep F Body Pan with road race style gating. 7quarts in pan plus filter and lines.
Uses Pickup# LS 103-6.5
Pickup Price: $45.00
$300.00
Part# LS F Body
LS F Body Pan
5" Deep F Body Pan with road race style gating. 5 quarts in pan plus filter and lines.
Uses Pickup# LS 103-5
Pickup Price: $45.00
$300.00
link to page. http://www.kevkoracing.com/wetsump_chevy.htm
we are a kevco dealer if you are interested.
Part# LS F Body 6.5
LS F Body Pan
6 1/2" Deep F Body Pan with road race style gating. 7quarts in pan plus filter and lines.
Uses Pickup# LS 103-6.5
Pickup Price: $45.00
$300.00
