DeTomaso Mailing List: January 98, Message #4
     



From: 	bo grims <bo.grims@swipnet.se>

Subject: Re: Racing Pan??

Date: 	Thu, 1 Jan 1998 16:39:12 +0000



I bought a GT3 racing pan from the DT factory.  It was one of the last

ones in storage, and it looked really handmade.  It seemed to be  a

Ford pan, cut out, and welded in, an extension of the deep part.

The deep part has a squared baffle at the back end of the pan, and

the front part of the baffle has a swing-door enabling the oil to go

in at acceleration but not out when braking.  The pump pickup is a

bigger size one than std hanging on to an extended pipe.  A crank

scraper of, what to me looked like, brass was also included in the

set.

The pan has two oil release bolts, a bigger at the side and a smaller

at the front of the pan.

The welding-job is not really professional, but maybe raceworthy.

The set seems to work anyhow, as I drow my GT5 to and back from Italy

last year at hight speeds, braking and accelerating on the German

autobahn (highway), total distance around 3100 miles.

A good welder should be able to manufacture a similar pan.

regards, Bo 84GT5

bo.grims@swipnet.se

bo84gt5@yahoo.com



JDeRyke wrote:

> 

> I did a tech-talk thing several years back on 351C pans for Nor-Cal. There

> seems to be three stock pans possible. #1 was a plain pan with zero baffles.

> #2 was a pan having a baffle around the pump pickup at the pan bottom, date-

> stamped 01/13/71, p/n DCAE6675 with a tiny Ford oval. And #3 was a pan with

> the pickup baffle AND a crank scraper set into the sloping base part halfway

> back. This last pan was date-stamped 6/6/72, p/n D2AE6675BA on the flat sump

> bottom, and was on my car when I got it. Maybe I ought to take pictures and

> spice up the newsletter a bit. J DeRyke