I'd like to hear from the folks who have more experience than me at cutting, chopping, sectioning, whatever you would like to call it, an oil pan on a duramax.
I'm in the process of putting an lbz duramax in my '67 rs camaro. I have a chassisworks front subframe that is going to allow the dmax to sit nice and low in the engine compartment, but not quite low enough to fit under a hood with the turbo sitting in the stock location.
For ground clearance I was already planning on cutting the lower pan a little. But upon a very rudimentary test fit one afternoon just to see what it looked like sitting in the engine compartment it looks like I may need to cut about an inch out of the front of the upper oil pan. Not too bad I guess, but none the less, it needs to be done.
I tried looking at DPR's website to look at their dry sump setup but their website was down. When I spoke to Curtis Halvorson about it months ago I believe he told me it was only 3 1/2 inches deep. So what have you guys done? What works and what doesn't work? My biggest concern is creating a "scavenging effect" with oiling the lower end or creating bearing failure.
I'm in the process of putting an lbz duramax in my '67 rs camaro. I have a chassisworks front subframe that is going to allow the dmax to sit nice and low in the engine compartment, but not quite low enough to fit under a hood with the turbo sitting in the stock location.
For ground clearance I was already planning on cutting the lower pan a little. But upon a very rudimentary test fit one afternoon just to see what it looked like sitting in the engine compartment it looks like I may need to cut about an inch out of the front of the upper oil pan. Not too bad I guess, but none the less, it needs to be done.
I tried looking at DPR's website to look at their dry sump setup but their website was down. When I spoke to Curtis Halvorson about it months ago I believe he told me it was only 3 1/2 inches deep. So what have you guys done? What works and what doesn't work? My biggest concern is creating a "scavenging effect" with oiling the lower end or creating bearing failure.
