Its pretty interesting to look at the different pan designs. Just my observation on the design of the Kevco pans (some of the pictures are not the Pantera specific pan?)....some pan reservoirs sit out to the side of the pan which would seem to be better for a true road racing pan because it stores oil in a better location for lateral G's, and the flooding of the pickup area during side to side cornering motion. But with the chassis rails going fore and aft on a Pantera dictates design to fit in between the rails?
The Armando pan that I have has a very large reservoir fore and aft that stores the oil directly under the engine, but not out to the sides, probably to fit within the rails. The interesting part of cornering forces is, under acceleration/deceleration in a corner there isn't a 100% lateral force but a combination fore and aft (acceleration and deceleration) and lateral (side to side) effects on the oil and the baffles. On the Armando pan he's places a baffle box around the pickup that gives a 45 degree angle to the baffles and separate reservoirs for each baffle door which takes into account the lateral cornering/decel/accel motions. The pickup that comes with the Armando pan is also much smaller than a stock pickup. Also the largest part of the reservoir is placed at the front which would flood the pickup under acceleration.
When I bought my pan from Armando I recall the price was $350 but we did a group buy.
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