Windage tray
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Staging Lane
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Windage tray Not sure how windage tray is supposed to fit. I have the Summit Gen IV block with the pro LS rotating assembly and ARP main studs. The tray lines up and drops right over the outer studs. Is it supposed to have any kind of spacer between it and the studs? A couple rods look close underneath. One area that I can see actually sits on the edge of one of the inner studs. How do you know if it's right. 1st LS build. Any pics showing how the tray is supposed to sit?
Set the tray on the studs and turn the crank a couple complete turns. Your listening for scrapes and watching for tray movement. If there’s no contact your fine. If it’s a 3.62 stroke, it will clear no problem. If it’s a 4” stroke, you’ll have to space the tray down (up) using washers, usually takes 2 per stud on a 4” stroke. You want it to clear the crank but you don’t need a mile of clearance. You’ll have to play with the oil pump pickup here as well. Do a mock-up fitment with pickup and stud fitment. You’ll likely end up doing some hole enlarging on the pickup bracket or maybe even some bending cutting…maybe not. Might drop right on perfectly. Depends on tray fitment. At this time play with oil pump o-rings. Make sure pickup tube with oring on it slides in pump very firmly without hurting the oring. Use ample lube on the oring. Make sure everything is super clean at final assembly. You don’t want any metal shavings or the like, in the engine anywhere.
Oil pan and front/rear cover alignment is a crucial next step here. I put covers on first and then align pan second, but there are steps to doing it correctly. Take your time there and it won’t drip any oil for years. Do it wrong and it will drip at startup. PM me for more info there. I’ll type 3 pages trying to explain proper setup on covers and pan. Seems easy enough…not.
Oil pan and front/rear cover alignment is a crucial next step here. I put covers on first and then align pan second, but there are steps to doing it correctly. Take your time there and it won’t drip any oil for years. Do it wrong and it will drip at startup. PM me for more info there. I’ll type 3 pages trying to explain proper setup on covers and pan. Seems easy enough…not.
Thread Starter
Staging Lane
Joined: Apr 2018
Posts: 56
Likes: 5
Set the tray on the studs and turn the crank a couple complete turns. Your listening for scrapes and watching for tray movement. If there’s no contact your fine. If it’s a 3.62 stroke, it will clear no problem. If it’s a 4” stroke, you’ll have to space the tray down (up) using washers, usually takes 2 per stud on a 4” stroke. You want it to clear the crank but you don’t need a mile of clearance. You’ll have to play with the oil pump pickup here as well. Do a mock-up fitment with pickup and stud fitment. You’ll likely end up doing some hole enlarging on the pickup bracket or maybe even some bending cutting…maybe not. Might drop right on perfectly. Depends on tray fitment. At this time play with oil pump o-rings. Make sure pickup tube with oring on it slides in pump very firmly without hurting the oring. Use ample lube on the oring. Make sure everything is super clean at final assembly. You don’t want any metal shavings or the like, in the engine anywhere.
Oil pan and front/rear cover alignment is a crucial next step here. I put covers on first and then align pan second, but there are steps to doing it correctly. Take your time there and it won’t drip any oil for years. Do it wrong and it will drip at startup. PM me for more info there. I’ll type 3 pages trying to explain proper setup on covers and pan. Seems easy enough…not.
Oil pan and front/rear cover alignment is a crucial next step here. I put covers on first and then align pan second, but there are steps to doing it correctly. Take your time there and it won’t drip any oil for years. Do it wrong and it will drip at startup. PM me for more info there. I’ll type 3 pages trying to explain proper setup on covers and pan. Seems easy enough…not.
