1997bird

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Moroso just came out with a new oil pan for our LT1's!
http://www.moroso.com/catalog/images...oducts.pdf.pdf

Red97Z

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Hmm I thought Moroso already had the LT1 pan out... O well, it's cool nonetheless, I think this one looks better than the Canton.

The Big Show

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Thats pretty cool. Before you had to call them and have it made to order but I guess there is enough interest now for them to build them. Looks good too...

Ls1Bait

Looks nice but I like my canton better

BizZzatch350

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Nice, Canton came out with some nice valve covers for the LT1s not to long ago. Glad to see the after market still kicking some parts our way

Ls1Bait

^^^^^^^^^ Yea those valve covers are nice

seawolf06

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They're just so expensive! The pan and the valve covers. I got the LT1 for the cheap parts, lol.

streetwarrior96

10-4 on that

1997bird

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The only reason I posted this info was b/c I had seen a few threads where people were looking for another source on oil pans besides a stock vs. Canton. This oil pan by Moroso is about a $100 cheaper than the Canton oil pan.

streetwarrior96

I paid $275 for my 7 quart

1997bird

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I paid $260 for my Canton from my wholeseller. I had seen them being sold for around $350 depending on the business. Summit Racing is selling the Moroso for $256.

SStrokerAce

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Great!!!! Moroso rips off another company to make a buck. looks like a cheap version of a Canton, who BTW did the R&D to make that pan fit F-Bodies back a few years ago by working with NuTech. Support the company that paid to do the R&D not rip it off.

Bret

Imnotfast

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The canton is a much better pan. Remember seeing one at PRI last year and was totaly not impressed.

leadfoot4

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So, in other words, American Racing is the only company that can make a 5 spoke, aluminum wheel?? Fenton, E-T, Ansen, Cragar, Appliance, and Vintage Wheels all "ripped them off"??

Chrysler, Ford and GM are the only ones who can make a camshaft? Comp Cams, Harvey Crane, Engle, Chet Herbert, Ed Iskenderian all "ripped them off"??

Delco is the only one who can make a car radio? Alpine, Eclipse, Kenwood, Panasonic, Pioneer, and Sony all "ripped them off"??

Be reasonable....

seawolf06

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"We don't make the things you buy. We make the things you buy better (read - cheaper)."

-Moroso

Ponyhntr

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I got that Moroso pan about 6 months ago. It's actually pretty nice, pan rails are already clearanced for strokers, ect. Just bolted it on and it fit great!

SStrokerAce

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I am it's basically Moroso's R&D department for years........

http://speedtalk.com/forum/viewtopic...ghlight=moroso

If the basic design doesn't change then it's a rip off.... The Torque Thrust is a killer wheel, but you can't say a Foose or Coddington 5 spoke version is a direct copy. That pan is about as close to a direct copy of a Canton 242T as I have seen.

Bret

Ponyhntr

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I'm asking this question because I don't know... Is Canton's pan based off of a stock pan? 'Cause that's how the Moroso appears. They take a GM pan, cut out the bottom, and weld their sump on it, add a screen (somewhat of a windage tray), and clearance the rails. Is that how Canton does it, or are they 100% Canton?

SStrokerAce

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Look at the step outs and how they are formed, EXCACTLY the same. That was the hard part.

Bret

leadfoot4

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I'm not an authority on custom oil pans, as the only aftermarket pan I've ever used was an Aviad dry sump. However, you side-stepped my point on wheels...I didn't say Foose or Coddington, my specific comparisons were wheels, that for all intent and purpose, were identical in appearance. Only the manufacturer was different.

I'm reasonably certain that American Racing was the first to "mass market" the 5 spoke aluminum wheel, but a little voice way back in my memory bank is telling me that another company actually made the first few batches of the 5 spoke wheel. However, I'll again pose the question, Did Ansen, E-T, Appliance, and the rest, "rip-off" American Racing by selling a visually identical wheel??

Or, is your point that a small-scale company did the work to develop a "better pan", only to have a larger outfit copy the design? AND, factor in the point that HP oil pans for 4th gen f-bodies are not a high volume item, so the possibility of return on investment is low.....