oil pan

[Guest chevsun]

I am getting ready to order the oilpan for my 377 and need some input. I will be turning this motor to 7000 and here is what I am looking at. We all know groung clearance is a issue so It will either be the Milodon 5 qt claimer pan with an oil coolerthat is 7 1/2 deep or an 6qt moroso that is 8 1/4 deep. I have the milodon diamond stripper windage tray and crank scraper already fit to the crank and block and will be using the Melling M99hvs pump. I am leaning towards the milodon pan for clearance reasons but do not want to chance internal injury due to lack of lubrication. What do you think guys?

[Mike C]

I think the Milodon pan will be fine. Remember that the pan capacity does not include the filter or plumbing for the cooler and the cooler, which will be probably two more quarts. I would think the shorter would be the best. I have a Moroso 7 qt in the Camaro that is 8 1/4" and it is as low as I would want to go.

[grumpyvette]

you should be ok with that setup because of the windage screen that will help return oil faster to the sump. but 5 qts is minimal and far less than ideal, If you have room under the whole pan area they make full length sump pans that are only 7.5"deep.they are normally available from marine supply stores. but if you can weld you can cut two pans and reweld the sump from one onto the other facing the reverse direction I have done this and had a 7.5" deep pan that held 7.5 qts.and had the advantage of two drain plugs and no kick outs on the sides too.

btw if you do this you will need to put in a few one way flow baffles these can easily be done and one way doors for the flow gates are easy to make from light weight door hinges, just cut holes in the baffle walls at the bottom edges and weld the hinges with the piviot bar above the holes such that the bottom free swinging part hangs over the holes on the rear side of the baffle wall and can freely swing to the rear unblocking the holes and allowing free oil flow towards the pump but blocks flow away from the pump pickup when the brakes are applied.BTW I usually cut (5) 3/4" holes spaced across the bottom edge of the baffle walls blocked by the swinging hinge door and you should make the wall as high as possiable with out touching the windage screen and it should have a top edge with a horizontal mounted sheet metal roof about 3" wide both forward and backwards and full pan width to prevent oil from flowing over the top of the baffle wall.

or these people will make you what ever you want

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but the marine pan should work fine!it holds 6 qts and is only 6.75" deep!

[John Scott]

OK I'm reading a lot about oil pans lately, but what pans will work in the Z chassis? How deep of a sump and how wide of a pan can be used with out custom starters, scraping the ground, and header mods? Obviously not every pan is going to fit. Part #s from those with sbc Zs, already tried and true, would be appreciated.

JS