oil pans that fit the c4 corvette

[grumpyvette]

this kevco is the most common road race sbc oil pan used,
OBVIOUSLY you'll need to ask lots of questions,of the oil pan manufacturers before purchasing an oil pan for your particular application because the c4 corvettes had several engines ranging from cross fire in the 1984-thru l98 with both two and one piece rear seals and lt1-lt4 engines in the later corvettes ,I purchased an aftermarket 6-8 quart rated oil pan for my 1985 corvette with its 383, a fabricated an extended sump so if its filled to the counter weight depth it holds almost 11 quarts, I generally run 9-10 quarts, but that includes the volume in the oil cooler

you can frequently gain the required clearance for use of a stroker crank , on the stock oil pan, with a few well placed additional dents in the oil pan rail areas with a 3 lb ball peen hammer but the correct route is to buy a baffled oil pan and windage tray with the clearance built in.
when buying a corvette oil pan ground clearance is tight, a baffled 7"-7.5" deep oil pan thats designed for YOUR block that holds 7 quarts is generally the best choice youll need to know which side the dip sticks on and the gaskets thickness used so as questions before ordering to insure you get the correct oil pan for your application
reading through these links, and sub links will be useful

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Chevy-Small...ash=item5888ff955f:g:mm4AAOSwDN1USU-o&vxp=mtr

http://forum.grumpysperformance.com/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=206&p=390&hilit=+seal+thick+pan#p390

http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...s-on-building-a-383-sbc-stroker.428/#post-524

http://garage.grumpysperformance.com/index.php?threads/oil-system-mods-that-help.2187/

https://www.speedwaymotors.com/Hi-Volume-S-B-Chevy-Claimer-Oil-Pan-Combo-RH-Side-Dipstick,28103.html

http://garage.grumpysperformance.com/index.php?threads/building-a-custom-wet-sump-oil-pan.65/

http://garage.grumpysperformance.com/index.php?threads/whats-a-windage-tray-do.64/

http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...alling-connecting-rods-pistons.247/#post-1745

viewtopic.php?f=54&t=65

viewtopic.php?f=80&t=10514&p=44478&hilit=corvette+quart#p44478

https://www.cantonracingproducts.com/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&key=15-240T

http://www.summitracing.com/search/.../canton-racing-street-strip-wet-sump-oil-pans

http://www.jegs.com/i/Moroso/710/21812/ ... tId=763994
Moroso#710-21812
Drag/Road Race Oil Pan
C3 & C4 Corvette, Kit Cars
Low Ground clearance applications
Pre-1980 Small Block Chevy with Driver Side Dipstick
With 2-piece Rear Main Seal
Kicked-Out Sump
Wet Sump 7-quart capacity
Clear Zinc Finish

http://www.jegs.com/i/Moroso/710/21811/ ... tId=763994
Moroso#710-21811
Drag/Road Race Oil Pan
C3 & C4 Corvette, Kit Cars
Low Ground clearance applications
1986-Up Small Block Chevy with Passenger-Side Dipstick
With 1-piece Rear Main Seal
Kicked-Out Sump
Wet Sump 7-quart capacity
Clear Zinc Finish

swapping to a higher capacity baffled oil pan, thats no more than 7.5" deep for road clearance adds reliability
7" deep is more ideal

Chevrolet Road Race Pan - Part# 1091 RR -

Part# 1091 RR
Chevrolet Road Race Pan, its a bolt in an go.

Road Race 7 1/2" deep, 9 1/2" long, 13 1/2" wide, gates setup for road racing.

Uses Pickup #1018.

OR

http://canton.carshopinc.com/produc...1-120?osCsid=1864652061e9b34e7648e188bb985ecf
Canton Oil Pans
11-120 and 11-120T Oil Pans

YOUR GOING TO WANT TO READ THRU THIS THREAD
viewtopic.php?f=54&t=65

this 1092p is available and fits in some applications, but stock starters won,t fit, and youll need to do minor welding mods,on the front lower edge to get it to clear some applications

http://www.hrpworld.com/index.cfm?tpc=C ... on=product

these pans from midwest, can be adapted, to fit the c4 corvettes frame if you cut the front lower edge of the pan at a 45 degree angle 1" wide and patch it for k-frame clearance

http://www.milodon.com/oil-pans/street-oil-pans-sbchevy.asp

http://www.moroso.com/eb/catalog/navigationPath/1::Catalog/110000::Oil Pans/11001::Chevy Small Block/1103::Road Racing?resetOffset=true&entryId=catalog.productgroup.1110000110011103&expand=true&menuId=main.menu

http://www.midwestmotorsportsinc.com/in ... 8&parent=0

 

[Doodad]

You must know I'm shopping for these thanks for the info...I like the added protection of the impact or skid plate. Will these fit the stock or one piece pan gaskets? Does it matter what side the dipstick is on or can it be switched to the driver's side without much hassle?

 

[grumpyvette]

You must know I'm shopping for these thanks for the info...I like the added protection of the impact or skid plate. Will these fit the stock or one piece pan gaskets? Does it matter what side the dipstick is on or can it be switched to the driver's side without much hassle?

your engine block will determine which oil pan is required on a corvette youll want a max sump depth of 7" and try to get a 7 quart capacity and ideally use of an accusump as added oil pressure assurance, adding an oil cooler certainly helps.
SHOP CAREFULLY , WHEN YOU GO TO BUY AN OIL PAN for your engine or transmission, <AND ASK LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WILL FIT YOUR CAR CORRECTLY AND ASK FOR SUGGESTIONS ON MATCHING COMPONENTS OR PARTS THAT WON,T FIT

MILODON,
http://www.milodon.com/

CHAMP
http://www.champpans.com/products/c/oil-pans/

CANTON,
https://www.cantonracingproducts.com/category/1501/Chevy-SS--Road-Race-Oil-Pans/1.html

MOROSO
http://www.moroso.com/

AVIAID
http://aviaid.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/ws_oilpns_sbc.html

STEFS
http://www.stefs.com/products/oilpans/circletrackwetsump.htm

HAMBURGERPERFORMANCE
http://www.hamburgersperformance.com/

KEVKO
https://kevko.myshopify.com/

IF you've wondered why I suggest buying and using a well designed BAFFLED oil pan with 7-8 quart capacity its to prevent the oil from uncovering the oil pump pick-up under performance use.
without control baffles oil sloshes away from the oil pump pick-up

IF YOUR GOING TO GET YOUR ROTATING ASSEMBLY PRECISION BALANCED DO SOME RESEARCH ON THE LOCAL SHOPS WORK QUALITY, TRACK RECORD

Mallory metal
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mallory metal is proprietary name[1] for an alloy of tungsten, with other metallic elements added to improve machining.


Its primary use is as a balance weight which is added to the crankshaft of an automotive engine, where the existing counterweight is not large enough to compensate for the weight of the reciprocating and rotating components attached to the crankshaft's connecting rod journals. Rather than add to the counterweight by welding or fabrication, holes are drilled in structurally safe positions in the counterweights, and "slugs" (cylindrical dowels) of Mallory metal are inserted and fastened securely.


The difference in density between the replacement Mallory metal and the original steel is about 2:1, so the counterweight is heavier without changing its shape or size.

OBVIOUSLY a machine shop doing balancing work on a rotating assembly's , and adding mallory metal slugs to counter weights,on the crank must do quality work or problems with durability usually result that get damn expensive or dangerous

BTW you may find freeze plugs that look like this on blocks and cylinder heads, especially from engine rebuilder machine shops, the "exterior outside BUTTONs are made from a very special low melt metal like bismuth thats specifically designed too melt and distort if the blocks coolant temp reaches about 250-260F indicating and proving beyond question that you over heated the engine and voided your warranty
http://www.silver-seal.com/category/shop.1_cylinder_head_rebuilding.2_heat_tabs/
http://www.engineheattabs.com/products

btw torque converters are frequently painted with a very special paint that changes color at a specific temperature for the exact same reason, proof you voided the warranty and failed to run the transmission fluid thats supposed to act as a lubricant and coolant within the designed temperature range, they did not select the pink or purple because they like the color, its done to reduce warranty cost issues , if you over heat the converter its waranty is void

https://www.paintwithpearl.com/shop-custom-paint/temperature-changing-paint/
https://www.paintwithpearl.com/shop-custom-paint/temperature-changing-paint/
http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...sion-and-oil-cooler-increases-durability.176/

http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...n-cooler-info-and-derale-trans-cool-pans.662/

http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...ans-cooler-on-a-c4-corvette.10514/#post-44478

 

[Grumpy]

Grumpy I know you own a 1996 corvette so you should know the answer to my problem,
I change my oil and filter regularly but I generally have the dealership do the oil change about every 6K miles , well this time I decided Id do the oil and filter change and I put the car up on ramps and I used the wix oil filter that the counter guys suggested and added 6 quarts of mobile 10w30 and everything seemed ok, until about 150 miles later when the
"DUE FOR OIL CHANGE" light came on,
NOW WHAT DID I DO WRONG? I CHECKED THE OIL LEVEL<
ITS CLEAN AND AT THE CORRECT LEVEL?

It sounds like you did almost everything correctly EXCEPT ,
you forgot to RE-SET the computer so it KNOWS you did the oil change,
that dash light message is almost totally based on MILEAGE traveled,
between the computer suggested reset messages,
and if you don,t tell it you did the oil change it simply assumes you did not do it yet.
heres a recommended WIX 51036 oil filter, changing the oil every 6K miles, is a bit more frequent than required with MOBILE 1 oil but certainly won,t hurt
and there are other quality oil filters you could select
bosch 3430 PF52 Purolator L24011

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/...996/make/chevrolet/model/corvette?prefilter=1

buying a magnet similar to this one too place on the filter base is a bit of extra insurance
http://www.kjmagnetics.com/proddetail.asp?prod=RY084

If your reading this thread and don,t have one, you need one of these tools, ID get one of your old oil filters opened up and inspected,
and ID darn sure be using several magnets to trap loose metallic crud,
is there any chance you or the machine shop, failed to clean the oil pan or block completely and thoroughly?
the metallic debris might be left over debris from the previous engine if the parts used were not correctly cleaned before reassembly!

http://garage.grumpysperformance.com/index.php?threads/magnets.120/#post-49771

http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...himmer-in-the-oil-catch-pan.11397/#post-52207

If you have a cam or lifter , or rocker arm , fail, its going to rapidly cause a constant steam of metallic micro trash to enter the oil flowing through the engine, its only a mater of time before that metallic trash causes other moving component wear issues
this is one reason changing oil filters, rather frequently (at least every 7-8K miles)
(IDEALLY the long versions with extra surface area)
and having previously installed several high temp magnets in an engine, you build,
is rather critical too preventing similar damage in any future engine builds

http://garage.grumpysperformance.com/index.php?threads/metallic-debris-in-filter.12364/#post-61283

http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...filters-wix-vs-royal-purple.12988/#post-67560

RESET OIL CHANGE MILEAGE COUNT
Turn the key to the "ON" position, but don't start the engine.
Press the "ENG MET" button on the trip monitor and release.
Then, within five seconds, press and release the "ENG MET" button again.
Within five seconds of Step 2, press and hold the "GAUGES" button on the trip monitor.
The "CHANGE OIL" light will flash.
Hold the "GAUGES" button until the "CHANGE OIL" light stops flashing and goes out.
When the light goes out, the engine oil life monitor is reset.
If it doesn't reset, turn the ignition "OFF" and repeat the procedure.

http://garage.grumpysperformance.com/index.php?threads/inspecting-filter.4611/#post-12332

 

[Stick the Corners]

I’ve got a lot of reading ahead of me on this topic, but I’m trying to figure out how critical it is to get a properly baffled sump for the occasional autocross? It probably depends on the circuit where sustained turns, braking, accelerating all contribute to unporting the oil pickup. I can see where road courses would be a definite problem. But if I could resist the impulse to be near the edge driving the car (might be tough for me) and drive very gentlemanly constantly thinking about how to stay away from the g limits, I wonder if this would be okay for the occasional foray off the usual street driving using the stock sump.

My 1984 Z51 L83 stock C4, which has an oil cooler, has some seepage from the valve cover gaskets, possibly from the sump gasket, and hopefully not from more serious sources. So when I clean up that engine with my new power washer, and I confirm seepage from the pan, I might as well put on a proper sump.

I’ve already perused the custom sump thread, which I don’t have the skills for. The sumps I’ve found from Canton and Moroso all cost $460 and above, require a special pickup and a required change to a better (higher flow) oil pump.

Any comments or suggestions appreciated to get me on the right path.

 

[Grumpy]

if your good at measuring and fabrication, and have access to a decent place to work and a welder these thread link's below and else where in the thread should be very helpful, keep in in mind choices like headers and oil pans may cause clearance issues.
your skill fabricating a larger sump volume and internal oil control baffles may be critical.
Ideally you force oil flow to flow towards the oil pump pick-up and greatly reduce oil flow away from the pump, a good windage tray design helps.
I have always prefered a decent TIG welder for that fabrication work on custom oil pans, and custom made oil flow control baffles, and its generally a good idea to use cardboard and duct tape to make patterns to test fit before you cut sheet metal. I've used 30 caliber ammo cans as a source for sheet metal on many custom oil pans, verify the oil pump pickup has the correct floor to pick-up clearance and is brazzed to the pump.
and yes if you upgrade to a different block you may need a totally different oil pan

SBC Power Adder Short Block

The Power Adder SBC Short Block comes standard with many features designed to handle high horsepower levels (Turbo, Blower, Nitrous)The Dual 3/16" Keyway option is highly recommended for supercharger applications. The ATI Blower Balancer has both the 3 bolt SBC pattern and the standard 2.80"...

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SHOP CAREFULLY , WHEN YOU GO TO BUY AN OIL PAN & headers as not all combos work together flawlessly AND ASK LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WILL FIT YOUR CAR CORRECTLY AND ASK FOR SUGGESTIONS ON MATCHING COMPONENTS OR PARTS THAT WON,T FIT

MILODON,
http://www.milodon.com/

CHAMP
http://www.champpans.com/products/c/oil-pans/

CANTON,
https://www.cantonracingproducts.com/category/1501/Chevy-SS--Road-Race-Oil-Pans/1.html

MOROSO
http://www.moroso.com/

AVIAID
http://aviaid.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/ws_oilpns_sbc.html

STEFS
http://www.stefs.com/products/oilpans/circletrackwetsump.htm

HAMBURGERPERFORMANCE
http://www.hamburgersperformance.com/

KEVKO
https://kevko.myshopify.com/

and yes, if your fabrication/ welding skills need improving ..be honest with yourself, if in doubt,. buy the factory road race pan that fits your car
its less expensive and less work than replacing the factory oil pan you screw up, then need to totally replace!
be sure the oil pan you buy has the dipstick on the correct side and it fits your year corvette
and you use the correct one piece oil pan gasket

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1092-RR 6.5

Road Race pan 6.5" Deep Pan Depth: 6.5”Pan Capacity: 5 Quarts (4.7 Liters)System Capacity: 6 Quarts(5.7 Liters)Stroke Clearance: 4.125" (With Steel Rods, Check Crank Scraper Before Final Install) Description: Road Race Gating Oil Control, Excellent for Road Coarse racing. Oil Pump/Pickup Tube...

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adding an accumulator to the oil pan and lube system is a huge step up in reliability
careful research and measuring can save you from making a great many mistakes and spending wasted cash

Oil accumulator

an oil accumulator is basically an aux pressurized oil tank , that in most cases holds 1.5-4 quarts of oil in reserve, the engine oil pump pumps it full once the oil pressures in the engines oil passages is high enough, and feeds it back into the passages under pressure if the oil pump sucks air...

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Transmission Remote Filter Flow Rate?

I've looked all over and can't find a flow rate for any automatic transmissions going to the cooler. I'm wanting to add a remote filter and it would be helpful to know what kind of flow rate is needed thru the filter. I suspect that most automotive oil filter will have plenty of capacity, but...

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installing an oil pump pick-up tube

there's two ways ,...... you can use the correct tool, which is ADVISABLE! use this oil pump(link below) in most stock SBC builds, as it produces a 10% increase in oil volume and standard pressure which is just fine , but obviously check your bearing clearances and oil pump to oil pan floor...

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basic info on your v8 lube system

now think it thru, HERES SOME USEFUL INFO, that might help in this thread and the sub links http://garage.grumpysperformance.com/index.php?threads/crank-case-blow-bye-and-related-info.16790/ the first thing Id be doing here, if your not getting a strong oil flow at each rocker while your turn...

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Does a cooler and remote filter require a new pump?

I want to add an oil cooler to my motor. I don't think I have room for a sandwich adapter and a oil filter because my exhaust runs directly under the filter, so I want to add a remote filter as well. If I add a cooler, remote filter and all the lines associated with it, will my oil pump be able...

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building a custom wet sump oil pan

The question comes up rather frequently when I suggest buying or modifying oil pans as to "WHY BOTHER?" well its simply the fact that most stock oil pans were designed simply to be the cheapest to manufacture component that would function on an engine that would rarely be spinning over 3500rpm...

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oil system mods that help

heres a short list REMEMBER the object or goal in building and maintaining the lubrication system is too maintain a 100% dependable pressurized cooling flow of lubricant to the bearings, rockers ,valves etc. your most important tool, is your ability to think about how things are supposed to...

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whats a windage tray do?

"OK GRUMPYVETTE< I have dumb question? What is a windage tray and whats it for?" windage trays don,t provide a huge boost in horse power, the purpose is mostly in providing much improved oil control, thus they can, if properly designed provide a much more consistent oil supply, and enhanced...

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renegade intake? for cross fires

To answer your question; No I did not bore my throttle bodies out, however I did do the bushings. At the time I was having some idling issues, but it did not cure it at all. The issue turns out was with my tune. I also confirmed recently that I'm running out of "VE" fueling @ 4,000RPM with...

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[Grumpy]

TBucket Engine Project (Dart SHP)

It's time to get this party started! Last night I picked up some of my parts, the only thing left to come in, is the Mahle piston and rings. This is just the first order, mostly the things I need right now to get started. It's been over ten years since I've driven this car and I am SOOO ready to...

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a really kick butt and take names 406 sbc combo

BASIC COMPONENTS, obviously you don,t have to use the exact parts listed but the more you change things the less likely you are to have near the same results, and with you doing the assembly and careful shopping you might bring the price down slightly on either build obviously as time passes ...

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http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...sion-and-oil-cooler-increases-durability.176/

http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...n-cooler-info-and-derale-trans-cool-pans.662/

http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...ans-cooler-on-a-c4-corvette.10514/#post-44478

Adding capacity without new pan?

Good day to all. I hope everyone has had a good start to their New Year. I have a project death trap I've been working on. It is a SBC powered Subaru Forester. It is now just a rwd vehicle. (I'm sure I could of kept the awd but that wouldn't be any fun) . Mind you I have done due diligence and...

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