Attn: Every one with extended/high capacity oil pans

[420]

I am looking to get an oil pan for the new motor that is going in the truck, but ran into an interesting dilemma:

In order to get a reasonable amount of oil in the pan of these motors (7 quarts), and keep AWD, the pan ends up being 10" deep. This is if I go with an RPM pan, or the configuration that Stef's, Moroso, or anyone else has drawn up for this motor. The problem is, no one makes an oil pump with a pickup that will work in a 10" deep pan. I was planning on using the Moroso 22171 pump, but that is for an 8.25" deep pan. I have talked to both Moroso's and Melling's tech support departments, and both tell me that I am out of luck when it comes to running a 10" deep pan.

What are you guys with high capacity pans running for an oil pump?

 

[mattw]

Re: Attn: Every one with extended/high capacity oil pans

You could always cut a regular pickup and tig weld an extension in it..

-Matt

 

[420]

Re: Attn: Every one with extended/high capacity oil pans

You could always cut a regular pickup and tig weld an extension in it..

-Matt

That's what I'm looking at now, but I really wanted to run a spur gear pump, or something similar. But there's no way to extend the pick up on those, since the pick up is built into the pump body

 

[warmpancakes]

Re: Attn: Every one with extended/high capacity oil pans

Like he said or there are other ways to get more oil in the system, I ended up running a huge cooler that puts another 1.5 quarts in the engine

 

[420]

Re: Attn: Every one with extended/high capacity oil pans

What model cooler?

 

[myclone]

Re: Attn: Every one with extended/high capacity oil pans

That's what I'm looking at now, but I really wanted to run a spur gear pump, or something similar. But there's no way to extend the pick up on those, since the pick up is built into the pump body

If youve got your heart set on using that style pump why not get a local machine shop to whittle out a spacer of the right height to put between the pump and main cap? A longer grade 5 or better oil pump mounting bolt and a extended oil pump drive shaft is the only other parts youll have to source.

 

[ghettosled]

Re: Attn: Every one with extended/high capacity oil pans

fyi, our pans come with a custom pickup for a melling oil pump.

 

[Try Me]

Re: Attn: Every one with extended/high capacity oil pans

you have room, so instead of going down just go left and right.

 

[420]

Re: Attn: Every one with extended/high capacity oil pans

fyi, our pans come with a custom pickup for a melling oil pump.

Yeah, but you guys are killing me on that 4 week turn around time I need to get this thing DONE.