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Subject BDE bedplate aluminum oil pan, part deux...
     
Posted by LitlElvis on April 21, 2019 at 12:23 PM
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Message I tried to make this myself but failed with the welding and the time involved to fit all the parts, so I turned it over to a pro shop and this is their result - in my opinion, a functional work of art. Just a few small adjustments and the production parts will then be built. After this, I'll do a pan to fit stock main girdle applications with much of the same sump design.

Fit-testing to block/bedplate

Welds I only wish I had time to learn how to do

Rear view - rear seal holder has been removed to show the oil return slot so oil flowing past the back of the thrust bearing has a route to flow back to the sump.

Full-length louvered windage tray

Sump baffling with trap doors surrounding the pump pickup. This baffling design is the shop that built the pan; they have used this on many other of their oil pan applications, both drag and road-race.

Sump baffling view 2.

     
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