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2G Baffled oil pan discussion

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I wish to start a thread and discuss this widely on baffled oil pans for the 7 bolt, im putting this here solely to discuss alot easier on YOUR ideas and thoughts. On prices I cannot discuss this as 1 i dont know anyway but 2 its not a freelancer post. Its purely to gather info from everyone. Only prices i will discuss are already available options available for them.

I have been asked many times on this subject and since my own personal one works very well its always been on my mind to look into this and I have been slowly but now im stuck in the end goal. Mostly due to price and welding skills. So based on the Moroso thats about 800 new but only for the 6 bolt! For an oil pan that stops failiures thats still cheap but its also almost a simple bolt on engine build dependant etc.

You also have the racefab but you have to ship your pan off and can be costly but i think from reading others that done this its about 7-800ish. I will need to find the thread to confirm it properly.

With that in mind was considering about 3 options!

1. was a full diy kit you weld on and would come in plate form ready to weld on once cut out.

2. Minimal welding required IF capacity is needed!!!
This Is a vastly upgraded pickup but in the internal size of the pan! This would include baffle plates / flaps and include a new pickup tube that mounts to the pump. It would also include an internal ledge to stop oil flowing back to the drain side but will allow it to flow into the pickup area.
This version would also have a container you can weld on the front for added capacity which would be close to +1qt! That wont be tricky to do but has to make sure you clean it all well. And if you dont want the capacity you dont use it and keep the pan size stock.
This is a very upgraded system and will do alot of good for oil control. Even without capacity adding its going to do alot better in general.

3. Would be more costly but is based upon a single or dual pan and would be a completely new pan to bolt on! Tricker to do but doable once drawn up and worked out, baffles would be bolt in and would all be made from aluminum. Baffled might be another material depending on a few factors at the time.

So what i have here below currently is version 2 as a base model. I feel as if this would be the most ideal version for 2 reasons. Cost vs a new pan and its rather simple for welding on for the extra capacity if required. We all know someone who can do some welding these days.

But im all ears and willing to discuss as much as I can.

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Bobby, just to give you an idea, my Racefab pan with -12AN oil return and 1/8 npt oil temp bung came out to about $840 shipped both ways. Just the standard race pan with pick up was quoted at $550 US dollars.
So thats 550 plus shipping right? As 300 odd for a 12 an and bung seems alot LOL so i hope thats shipping ontop of that 550 to bri g is closer to the 800 area
 
Correct. Shipping costs were ridiculous.
Its likely the size vs weight but then you had shipping to and from so that did not help. Plus insurance adds up to. I think something this size from here would be close to £100 with insurance wnd size of the box. Most work on volume of the box before weight so it always makes them better off to earn more which is 1 annoying thing from a shipping company to always gain vs keeping it simplified across the range.
 
The RaceFab pan not only has the baffles but has a higher capacity from being reshaped. It’s a nice overall package. Anyway, look into InfiniteEvo’s improvements to the Evo oil pan on EvoM. If you can incorporate some of those improvements into the DSM pan, you’ll have a winner.

The oil pickup is a problem, since I don’t think RaceFab can get them new. I ordered a few from Mitsubishi Canada and had them sent over to NZ separately.

My shipping bill to NZ a couple years ago for a pan was like $100 CAD (around $80 US at the time), but the cost of the shipment coming back from NZ was like $875 CAD (around $625 US). There may be more in the box coming back though…
 
The RaceFab pan not only has the baffles but has a higher capacity from being reshaped. It’s a nice overall package. Anyway, look into InfiniteEvo’s improvements to the Evo oil pan on EvoM. If you can incorporate some of those improvements into the DSM pan, you’ll have a winner.

The oil pickup is a problem, since I don’t think RaceFab can get them new. I ordered a few from Mitsubishi Canada and had them sent over to NZ separately.

My shipping bill to NZ a couple years ago for a pan was like $100 CAD (around $80 US at the time), but the cost of the shipment coming back from NZ was like $875 CAD (around $625 US). There may be more in the box coming back though…
I was talking to infinite aiding their progression of the pump and offering some ideas and help so been in talks to them a bit but i have seem their pans but generally would be far to costly for all here as its not a cheap item.

The pickup for mine would be custom made anyway on versions 2 and 3. Version 2 is essentually a new pickup arranged baffle bolted on so no oem parts would be required there. Since some bits are hard to get now i have to shy away from oem if its not supported.

Myself in my pan i run a modified evo pickup to suit my design and it works well but requires alot of welding and im wanting to make it ideal for most and as little welding as possible and what is welded is simple. Removing the stock plate is the hardest part generally!
 
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