DeTomaso Mailing List: May 98, Message #230

Tom wrote:

>Well, maybe this will become the subject of a tech session, as my 
chassis
is not sectioned to drop the oil pan. I take it that a removable chassis
piece from Larry 

>>>...or any of the other vendors as well...

>will do the trick here? 

>>>Actually,if you make this mod at a PCNC tech day, you can get away 
with salvaging your stock piece.  

The aftermarket piece is basically a copy of the stock chassis member, 
with flanges on each end drilled for holes.  To install, you hack out 
your old piece, grind the chassis smooth, slide the new piece in, drill 
appropriate holes, and bolt it in.

Since Step One is to hack out your old piece, if you've got some 
welding-type guys handy (Jack, Jim, Roger), they can whip out some end 
plates and weld them to your stock chassis piece.  Drill a few holes in 
the end plates, and similar holes in the chassis, and now your stock 
piece is a bolt-in!

It will probably take an hour longer, require a few handshakes on your 
part, and save you a hundred bucks.

>Also, will a 10-quart pan hang
lower than the stock one? I'm wondering about clearance, as the stock
pan is less than 1" above the bottom of the nearby chassis rails, and 
I'd
really hate to knock the plug out of a shiny new 10-quart pan on some
really bad pavement...

>>>No sweat.  The 10-quart pan fits neatly between the chassis rails, 
hangs no lower than the stock unit.  The deep sump is longer 
front-to-back, and the profile is somewhat wider, which accounts for the 
additional capacity.

One of the few true bolt-in mods!

Mike

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