Has anyone tried one of these pans on their 700 R 4?
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[Modified by Danah92LT-1, 11:12 AM 3/12/2002]

 

no but it looks nice. who makes it? How much? Does it fit or hang lower than stock? I notice on the box it says shallow. does it carry more fluid? Do you need a lnoger pickup arm?

 

It is suppose to be the same as the stock one. No need for a new pick up. Has drain plug also. It is made by the same vendor as does the Raptor transmissions, (http://www.transmissioncenter.net/performance_automotive.htm). It costs $175. I will have it put on later in the week along with the new Griffen Raditator (1" lines, 2 rows) and a new Condenser.
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Keep in mind.... Aluminum + Rock = Crack
Steel + Rock = Dent.

Just a FYI, my tranny guy says not to run the aluminum but steel with the drain built in or have a drain welded into a stocker. The pan itself is stock volume but the fins add additional height (or is that depth??) to the total size (lack of ground clearance).

 

I hadn't thought about that OuTLaw? Himmmmm, I wonder if it going to hang down too much. I will have to measure the old one before i put this one on. I just went out in the garage and measured the stock one. The new one is only 1/2" lower then the stock one. My exhaust pipes hang about 1" lower then the stock pan. The new pan is 9mm thick. I do not see any rock hits on the stock one. I would think this new one should be OK to run on the street. :flag

 

You should be OK for the streets, just hang onto the stocker to be safe. I mentioned the rock scenario just to make the point that it could happen and to bring the point up of aluminum vs steel. My main reason for sticking to steel ( I actually have a B&M chrome steel unit on the new trans) is because I have the driveway from hell. I have to bring the vette down it at a serious angle just to keep from scraping the passenger footwell. I wanted to lower the front but thats out for now. We're in the process of moving to a flatter drivewayd house.

A story comes to mind on this about odds, i'll tell it and anyone reading this should base their odds on such before performing any of the above modifications.

I used to drive a big rig for a major carier and my travels took me to some odd places at odd times. One particular night I had my driver trainee take over when we were going through a very rural part of texas. Just as I was falling asleep I hear "HOLY $h!!!ttt!!!" from the trainee. This is not a good sign, just as I opened my eyes FWUMP... FWUMP... and were pulling over. To make a long story short, it was a cold night and a group of deer had snuggled down on the road to get warm as we were coming down the road. 1 particular deer didn't get up and we went over the top of him, in the process we found out that the oil pans on the 60 series detroit engines are made out of a plastic and weren't very flexible. The deer took out the sump part of the pan and we had dumped about 5 gallons of the oil across the road. It was a mess!!

Good luck with the pan, hope your story is better than mine!!

 

If you have a vert don't get a deep pan, my new tranny came with the B&M deep pan, I had to modify the xbarce to get it back on

 

I have a steel pan with cooling tubes through it. It has held up to a few speed bumps and dogs. I don't remember the manfacturer but you can find it in Summit catalog.

 

I tried to put one on my car (TCI). It was a nogo. even if I clearanced the X_brace, the front is lower and to far in harms way for my taste.
It would be good on an F-body or truck though, I have a simular one on my Ford van.

 

Outlaw, who did you drive for? Ever been through Cordelia Insp Facility?

 

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