quote:Originally posted by "72 GTS:
Well
I've heard about front or rear oil pickup ?
Does this engine works two ways ?
I'll soon make my decision since Kevco has not replied my mail (rather uncomon for american guys !)
Not that I know of. There is only front pick up for a Pantera and I've not seen an application where the Cleveland oil pan needed to be modified into a rear pick-up.
What you may be thinking about is that in the 70's the 302 was being installed into the Mustang II, and in order to do that Ford had to make a duel sump pan, small one in front, bigger one in rear, in order to fit the 302 into that chassis.
There are some dual sump pans made for racing but it is the chassis configuration that determines which pan configuration to use.
Even though they are duel sump, they are still just single pick-up. The oil pump would be in the front just above the small sump and thr pickup would be in the rear sump on an extended tube to reach it.
I would call Kevko and not wait for them to email me back. For the difference in the price I'd go with the Aviaid, and did. You can't go wrong with it.
I did notice one thing with the Kevko though. The oil scraper is not the full length of the pan. On the Aviaid, it is.