Excessive/GZ Oil Pan?
My oil pan has sprung a leak and while I have it off I am contemplating switching to the Excessive/GZ large capacity pan. However, upon researching the product it doesn't seem like a great "upgrade" without fabing up some custom baffles and extending the pick up.
I know the pan is a popular mod, but Im wondering...do any of you track guys run it? Without investing a good amount of time into the baffling Im thinking I may be better off just resealing the factory pan and calling it a day. The car is a dedicated time attack FD with proper catch can ventilation. Thanks! |
I looked into that oil pan as well.I decided to get the oil pan brace instead.what I didn't like about the oil pan ,is it's cast aluminum so if you hit something or a rock happens to bounce under and hit it,it will crack.I would rather have a dent then a mess.
The only thing about the brace is that it rises the engine a bit.if you don't have a strut tower you'll be fine. What I did was use 2 steel motor mounts. took a bit of the motor mounts for Clarence I use a surface grinder to make sure everything was true and flat,and the same height. |
I don't know anyone who runs it. The biggest issue that I have with it is that it sits too low - making it too easy for it to get damaged on track curbing or an off track excursion.
I don't think this car *needs* extra oil capacity. |
^+1, all that really matters is where and how the oil is getting into the engine. I would just reseal it or custom fab one.
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One thing that hasn't been considered here is rigidity.
The aluminum pan adds quite a bit of rigidity. I don't do many track days, but do a lot of autocross, some one somewhat rough courses, The car sits 26" at the fenders, never had an issue with the Excessive oil pan, about 7 years now. |
Thanks for the feedback guys.
Im thinking Ill just reseal it or at the most get the brace and turn the mounts a bit on the lathe. Lower temp is the only benefit I can see from running slightly more capacity without extending the pickup...and with a decent oil cooler setup I don't think you'd even see a difference. I also don't like how Id have to fab baffles. Not to mention the possibility of shattering it... |
why would you turn the mounts on a lathe? before you reseal the pan make sure that it is completley flat with no high spots, i would reccmmend putting it on a table to check for high spots and pound it flat with wood and a hammer
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Originally Posted by evo_koa
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why would you turn the mounts on a lathe? before you reseal the pan make sure that it is completley flat with no high spots, i would reccmmend putting it on a table to check for high spots and pound it flat with wood and a hammer
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In other news: This is scary.
https://www.rx7club.com/attachments/...nning-hole.jpg |
I BelieveThe reason he is using a lathe is because he is turning down the polyurethane or some sort of soild motor mount insert not the arms like I did on a surface grinder since I am running the stock liquid filled rubber mounts.they can't be turned down like the solid ones.
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Yes. Being in the race car tech forum, I didn't think to specify that. |
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