Does anyone know who makes custom oil pans and/or how much tooling is needed to make the block mating flange part for a stamped steel pan? (The rest of it obviously is stuff any bike tank maker or EAA'er can do-oxy/acy welded mild steel.
Who makes custom oil pans?
Sep 26, 2004
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Have you looked for a similar type of engine, back far enough to where they used steel? Then cut it in half and reverse it, if you need the sump at the other end. God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O mailto:
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Cast aluminum. Sand cast aluminum.
Bullshit.
What are you working on? I put a 99 Lumina Vortek in a Jeepster,the olny pan available was a deepsump casting, not optimal for an off-road vehicle. I made new flanges for an earlier 4.3L steel pan, and welded them on. I still have the templates.
I only know one guy who made his own oil pan. He made a lot of his own stuff though including a timber harvester from scratch. He used an old engine block for a template for the oil pan flange. The rest he put together from bits and pieces he hammered out by eye. People with these skills scare me a little.
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