Engine Diaper

brownspirit wrote:

Please post pics of the belly pan, I need to make one as well and I’d like to see how other guys are doing them. Good luck.

I'm in desperate need go pictures myself, so that I know what to build Wink

, I thought I was smart getting the diaper.

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I guess my race car has less interference since it is a full tube frame strut car. Under the car is wide open.

good luck

Best 1/4 mile 8.99, 1/8 mile 5.71, 60 foot 1.27, no power adders

Plan B, this is what I came up with:

Not sure how much oil it would contain, but hopefully it passes inspection tomorrow.

Oh, I ran out of paint too.

Edited by WesternRed - Feb/23/2023 at 9:08am

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Running the cam in was the final straw that finished it off, also had to replace the shifter cable, so maybe I need to look at some better header options.

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The pan passed tech for this event, which was basically that you tried to do something. The oil containment requirement was a "street outlaws" event organizer requirement and not part of our local technical regulations for the level that I run at. Scrutineer did say that he didn't think it would do much as far as oil containment goes, but was happy that I had something. If you windowed the block, oil would go everywhere, but it might be effective if you just windowed the oil pan.

I have already taken it off the car as it's a complete pain not being able to jack up the car from under the engine crossmember, so this is something to keep in mind. It also hangs a little low to the ground, I think NHRA regs require the sides to be at least 2", so the cutouts under the cross member are 2" tall. If it goes back on, I would modify it so that the slope at the front starts further back. I think if you did a big wheelie with it and it hit the ground when the car came back down, it would probably tear the oil pan off the transmission and make a bigger mess that it was intended to prevent.

To work effectively, I think you would really need some upper wings, that could be bolted onto the engine behind the engine mount brackets to direct any oil from a windowed block down into the tray below.

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