Well, this is a case of "while its out, may as well do it"...

We were talking about the pan today while the motor was going back together, and its lack of any real baffling inside of it.... so i decided to change that, and at least add in a couple of panels to aid in keeping oil in the pan. This is especially worrysome to me with the new tires, and the potential side-load g-forces that this thing might see, and i really don't want it to run dry again for ANY reason.

So, i grabbed the pan, and some sheet aluminum, and began making the panels...




Then, once i had the panels trimmed, i welded them in place...

 

What do the baffles do?

 

helps to keep the oil from leaving the bottom of the pan (where the pick-up is) while cornering hard.



John ... i've even seen some 'louvers' used in the baffles in an effort to make gravital flow easy and lateral flow more difficult for the oil. Just another idea for you to think about


with as much surface area you have in your baffles ... it may actually suspend the oil a little longer than natural return rate. Not sure because i can't see the rake angle you have on yours. Looks good though ... and great thinking considering the loads you look to be generating with all those 'rubber donuts'

 

They confuse you...

Get it...baffles...confuse you...get it.





Com'on...that WAS funny.




They keep the oil from sloshing around.

Nice job, John. Are you going to put a fuel cell in the car too? Or make some mod to the fuel tank to prevent fuel starvation? Or just run with a full tank?

 

That's punny, Robert.

 

lookin good . only issue I would / could foresee is the oil getting to the bottom of the pan easily . Any angle in theose baffles to allow easy flow down ?? Nice welds too BTW

 

Scott & John: Yes, the baffle on the right side of the pan is level with the ground, and the baffle on the left side of the pan is angled the same as the motor... so the drain-back is pretty good. Thats also a reason why i left a gap between the two baffles... to allow better drain-back.

negcamber: for right now i'm going to just run with more fuel in it... i'm thinking about building a cell for it, but i'll probably wait until i convert it for SM2.

 

I saw a kit like this once but I can' remember who make it.

Once again very nice work. I will have to add this mod to my 2.4.

 

baffles look good, here are some pics of some of the other mfgs.

spoon:
http://www.aj-racing.com/catalog/product.p...48&cat=0&page=4

science of speed:
http://www.scienceofspeed.com/products/eng...affled_oil_pan/

j's racing:
http://www.evasivemotorsports.com/merchant...=JS_OILPAN_AP12

WG's favorite mfg..... Mugen:
http://www.htautofactory.com/mugen-s2000-oil.html

these are the ones i could find quickly, these should help you see the options and how they are designed. i like your work!

fyi.

matt

 

Yep! Those are the ones.