droksformula

iTrader: (18)

Hey guys, like the title says, whats everyone doing for oil control? I kinda don't wana get an aftermarket pan at the moment so I've been looking at options like a canton accusump or improved racing baffle for the stock pan. But then I see all these guys going 9s and 8s with stock stuff soooo... What's the verdict?

transam69230

iTrader: (49)

Moroso oil pan or improved racing baffle.

THADD

iTrader: (12)

I have gone 8's with the stock pan turning 7800 rpms. I run 20-50 oil and I have never had any issues. The car pulled the wheels every pass

LT1TA

iTrader: (17)

That sig pic makes me want to give up on speed lol. That's bad ***.

denmah

iTrader: (2)

as you might have already guessed, i use the stock pan on everything, truck pan unmolested, or a cut truck pan for clearance.

00Wildcat

Modified F-body pan and pickup, new trapdoor baffle & extend pickup to the back of pan. $150 for mods to my pan and pickup is what The guy charges that did mine. Completely stock my oil pressure was dropping to 12 psi at 5000 rpm when I released the transbrake and launched. Without a data logger I would have never caught why my first engine ate a bearing.

Forcefed86

iTrader: (4)

Run a quart over the full line with the Oem fbody pan. Never had an issue. 1.3x 60. 8 sec 1/4. Seems to me if you were really concerned with this an oil accumulater would work better than any baffled pan?

87silverbullet

iTrader: (11)

You don't have issues with windage and oil temps with adding more oil than necessary?

00Wildcat

I was still uncovering with an extra quart.

DEFYANT

I would at least do the Improved Racing Oil Pan Baffle.

Forcefed86

iTrader: (4)

Not that I'm aware of. I had the same concerns when I built my car a year or so ago. This is the method many of the rx7 swapped LS conversions use and what was suggested to me. I have a mechanical pressure gauge, but do not log oil pressure. I don't do moon wheelies or anything, but I've watched my mechanical gauge very closely on a couple launches and it's never dropped on a launch.

This was a 1.36 60'.

Maybe you were picking up the front end much more than I am?



My thought was an accumulator would be much cheaper than the aftermarket pans and do a better job...?

MustangLS

iTrader: (5)

I run the GM muscle car pan on my swap with the windage tray and pick up that comes with the kit. I datalog my oil pressure and with 1.33 60 foots it never dips throughout the entire pass just climbs and flat lines through the end of the pass. It's a high 9 second car.

87silverbullet

iTrader: (11)

I understand you might not be uncovering the pick up and so forth, but it has been proven that adding more oil (which is an old mechanic's way to oil control) will create more heat in the engine oil and if the oil gets high enough it will cause the crank to whip at the oil and cause it to foam up plus lose hp from the crank hitting the oil.

Ask any real engine builder and they will tell you close to the same thing.

Forcefed86

iTrader: (4)

Makes sense... doesn't the OEM windage tray fight that a bit though as well? Now that you brought it up, I'll fill my fbody pan and see how many quarts of fluid it would take to raise above the pan level. Can't imagine it was up to high enough to get past the windage tray or it would have blocked the oil drain for the turbo.

No "real engine builders" here. This was a $220 JY engine and I wasn't about to blow $400+ on a baffled oil pan. I've got pleanty of HP to spare.

87silverbullet

iTrader: (11)

I guess its not high enough then if you can throw an extra quart in and the turbo still drains.

I hear ya! If it works, it works.

Gray86hatch

iTrader: (83)

Moroso pan here

As said above most don't know they have a problem without a data logger

Tim

droksformula

iTrader: (18)

Good to know guys, I just bought the improved racing baffle!

samdogmx

iTrader: (14)

autokraft pan here. has been 1.26 & I log oil pressure on every run, it has never dropped on launch.

justinkp

I am stock and my oil pressure after beating on the car on the street, it drops really low, like to 20psi, if hot outside i've even see 5-10 psi!! I think it's the gauge, I sure as hell hope so. If you cut the car off for one second and turn it back on, it reads 30. It's not making any noise.. it's not using oil, there's nothing in the oil.. there's not even metal in the filter. I just ordered an adapter from summit. so i'm going to hook up a manual gauge. I think my ceramic ball bearing turbo is heating up the oil and making the stock opsu go crazy.

Monte4ever

iTrader: (2)

Did you ever fill your F-Body pan up to see how much oil it holds?