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| Posts: 340 | Location: Temecula, Ca | Registered: November 06, 2005 |  |
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The Pantera Pan they have quote: Part # F602-400M
Ford Pantera Pan
Call for specifications and pricing.
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| Posts: 676 | Location: Eaton Rapids, MI | Registered: August 18, 2006 | |
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"When speed is the only thing that counts"
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quote: I heard advice about the cornering issue and oil baffles/windage trays etc... But is the position well established about a regular Milodon (or other vendor' gen purpose) 351C oil pan?
I don't know about the Milodon, but if it's not a fully baffled ROAD RACE pan (NOT a drag race pan), then it will be no better than the stock pan. Most Panteras, especially those with engine, suspension, or tire upgrades (any one of the 3) can accelerate and corner well enough that all the oil is forced to one side of the pan where it climbs the side wall and leaves the oil pickup dry, which does bad things to your engine. Click this link to see what can happen to a completely stock engine (save for holley carb, performer intake, headers, and electronic ignition) when you grab second gear on a hard uphill corner to pass a lazy minivan on Hwy 9 (a driver's road!). It's not pretty. As soon as I was all the way into it on a hard inside corner the engine promptly emitted awful noises - like a tin can with ball bearings being violently shaken! http://www.banzairunnerpantera.../engine_teardown.htmUsing the factory pan on a 'driver' that's never been on a race track cost me my engine on a spirited drive on a lovely Sunday afternoon. I now have a fully baffled Armando pan for my new engine. One more thing... Be sure you have a removable cross brace in the bottom of your engine compartment otherwise you will not be able to change the pan later without pulling the engine again.
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| Posts: 1201 | Location: San Jose, CA, USA | Registered: March 23, 2003 | |
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Garth is correct- an unbaffled pan WILL waste your main/rod bearings even on a mostly-stock street Pantera! A STOCK Pantera will corner so hard that the oil will slosh away from the pump pickup and it will such air. 2 or 3 instances will wreck the bearings. One Nor-Cal owner didn't finish an 8-lap open track event in his show car....For those confused, there are three different Ford pans that may be in your car. One is an open bucket- no baffles at all. #2 has a horizontal baffle down in the sump, around the pump pickup. #3 is the so-called 'Boss' pan and has the lower sump baffle plus a bent scraper attached to the sloping part. Interestingly, this pan was on our '72L with a smogged 351-CJ, and is date-stamped on the sump bottom, right where most Panteras drag their pans so it may be obscured on some. No stock pan is as good as a good 'racing' pan, but what you often see for sale is a 'Tee" sump pan for Mustangs. This will not fit a Pantera. Finally, an Aviaid or an Armando (Armando used to work for Aviaid so they are equivalent) pan has been found to work great on street Panteras, road racing, drag racing Panteras and everything in between; experiments with other, cheaper pans might be interesting, but how much is your motor worth? $500 now or $3000 later, as they say.
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| Posts: 1065 | Location: Minden NV | Registered: December 22, 2002 | |
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