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Silverlaketim
AMC Apprentice Joined: Jan/13/2023 Location: Mears Status: Offline Points: 126 |
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I have one of the prototype Moroso pans. Like John said pan fit is very good as is the finish. I fit it on 304 and 401 blocks as well as a 360 with a Garland performance main girdle cleared just fine even with the Jeep dent. I will be ordering a couple more of them.
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White70JavelinSST
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Hurst 390s oil pickup arm swings from side to side. I assume the oil gets into the pick up at the rear most part of the arm. Those features work great while accelerating and turning. How would one go about ensuring oil at the pickup while under heavy braking? Is that the dilemma that got solved by dry sumps and oil tanks instead of high volume oil pans and swing arms?
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70 Javelin SST, second owner, purchased 1972
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RobinPDX
AMC Apprentice Joined: Dec/07/2020 Location: Oregon Status: Offline Points: 184 |
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Nice MOROSO Unit yet $361.xx for a piece of tin, way over priced. I'm once again going to do another Modify of the stock pan, adding 2" Depth to it for 2 1/2 Qt capacity increase. Done this on other brand engines. Mild steel 17ga plate, cut to order from local metal market, weld sections in place. Lengthen PU tube and MFG a brace for it. Few hours work. This type of DIY MOD Is simple, I can only suggest for our engines car or truck. |
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Rob Wiley
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bvpotash1
AMC Nut Joined: Apr/02/2010 Location: Syracuse NY Status: Offline Points: 305 |
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I ordered my
pan last week and received it this week. I could not be happier with this
purchase. A quality aftermarket supplier makes a new product for our obsolete
engine and some people find a reason to complain even though they have not seen
it or held it in their hands. This pan weights almost twice as much as a stock
pan. The wielding in superb, the pan rails are laser straight and the anodized
finish is awesome! Just what I was looking for, stock depth with extra capacity
and enough room inside for my full length windage tray. This pan is so robust
it would easily take a stone hit or a curb hit. Something a 17-gauge piece of
steel would not. Some people do not realize the R+D that goes into releasing a
new part into the marketplace. That cost money along with skilled American
labor required to hand craft a product like this. I guess the same people that
complain about the price of a quality USA part hasn’t been to a gas station or
grocery store lately. |
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Hurst390
AMC Addicted Joined: Apr/20/2008 Location: secret Status: Offline Points: 5752 |
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It looks nice. It looks similar to the one I made last weekend for a street engine.
It doesnt look like it has any baffling so with a static pick-up I see no advantage over a stock pan other than volume. You would be better off with an extra quart in a stock pan because the sump box is tapered to the sump. This is just a big box with no oil control. I just cut the bottom out of a stock pan for a sump area with the stock pick-up. And welded the box around it for volume. |
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SC/Hurst Rambler
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RobinPDX
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Seriously, Anodize your and seller them for $$$365.xx. Funny the winningest cars anywhere had home made pans exactly like yours for 1/20th cost look exactly like yours. Its just a piece of 17Ga folded twice and 15 minutes MIG/TIG welding job. Ive been doing that stuff since the late 70's. Think last pan had maybe $36.xx into it. W/O stencil! Ho Hommm
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jcisworthy
AMC Addicted Joined: Jul/23/2009 Location: North Carolina Status: Offline Points: 2805 |
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The pan is very nice and will work well for most applications
I have one on my car with no issues shifting at 7k going straight This was not designed to be an all out racing pan. It is a factory replacement pan that takes a factory pickup and holds around 7qts Moroso can modify these pans how ever you want them They are supposed to be coming out with different levels of this pan for the more demanding applications There will be a price increase with each level also The Canton road race pan and pickup approached 500-600 dollars before they discontinued them if memory serves |
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Hurst390
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No problems with braking. If you look at my circle track pan it has trap doors to control the oil under braking. There is oil in the sump box under all conditions except for a roll over.
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SC/Hurst Rambler
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nitro-express
AMC Apprentice Joined: Jan/20/2024 Location: Manitoba Canada Status: Offline Points: 64 |
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At one time the speed shops sold a weld on sump kit, made the whole job easier. With a mig welder probably a DIY for most. However, you don't want to have any loose weld and other debris entering the system. On the 401 I helped install recently, it had a Milodon pan with the swinging single/dual external lines. Getting the line to clear the headers was a challenge. Not a perfect system for the tight Hornet chassis.
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