Another Magnum 408 build!
I hate spirolocks! I understand they make a tool for installing them, but I guess I would rather complain! I finished assembling the shortblock, built a custom oil pan out of some sheet steel and the old truck pan, and have the heads on. Since I have a coilover plus rack and pinion steering front on this car, I have options for exhaust, not so much for oil pans. There are no pans that fit what I wanted. To get decent oil capacity and ground clearance plus clearance for the TTI headers, I went with 7.5 inches of pan depth, and a kick out of 2 inch on the drivers side to gain capacity. The dimensions are 11 inch long x 10 inch wide bottom, 5.5 quart sump capacity, allowing a full 7 quarts when you count the filter plus what is in the motor top end. The pump pickup was gotten from CNC motorsports, and is bolted to the bottom of the pump with the regular pipe thread hole plugged. It is part # 101 if I recall correctly, for a passenger side kick out pan used for roundy round racing. I shortened the horizontal part of the pickup tube, which centered it to the block. Not ideal, but this is a street car and won't be making any hard turns. Plus with a full five and a half quarts in the sump, I figure it will be fine.
I am waiting on some parts to arrive; I had to buy a remote oil filter adapter from a member here, and order a bunch of small things to finish up the build. Air cleaner, collector extensions, etc for dyno tuning, jets, bolts, and on and on. The intake manifold has to be cut .050 due to tolerance stack up and decking the block to get it square.
The welding on the oilpan is crude, I don't have very steady hands and use the welder at least once a year! After a lot of messing around I finally got all the pin hole leaks fixed! Now I realize I need pulleys to dyno this thing! I had planned on robing the ones off the 318 that this motor is replacing, but don't want to pull that motor yet or make the Dart undriveable till fall.
The oil dip stick guide inside the pan got shortened when I cut it for the new sump; Looks like the new dipstick will be for decoration! I am not pulling the pan off again, unless I have a leak or some trouble, which I am not expecting.
I hate spirolocks! I understand they make a tool for installing them, but I guess I would rather complain! I finished assembling the shortblock, built a custom oil pan out of some sheet steel and the old truck pan, and have the heads on. Since I have a coilover plus rack and pinion steering front on this car, I have options for exhaust, not so much for oil pans. There are no pans that fit what I wanted. To get decent oil capacity and ground clearance plus clearance for the TTI headers, I went with 7.5 inches of pan depth, and a kick out of 2 inch on the drivers side to gain capacity. The dimensions are 11 inch long x 10 inch wide bottom, 5.5 quart sump capacity, allowing a full 7 quarts when you count the filter plus what is in the motor top end. The pump pickup was gotten from CNC motorsports, and is bolted to the bottom of the pump with the regular pipe thread hole plugged. It is part # 101 if I recall correctly, for a passenger side kick out pan used for roundy round racing. I shortened the horizontal part of the pickup tube, which centered it to the block. Not ideal, but this is a street car and won't be making any hard turns. Plus with a full five and a half quarts in the sump, I figure it will be fine.
I am waiting on some parts to arrive; I had to buy a remote oil filter adapter from a member here, and order a bunch of small things to finish up the build. Air cleaner, collector extensions, etc for dyno tuning, jets, bolts, and on and on. The intake manifold has to be cut .050 due to tolerance stack up and decking the block to get it square.
The welding on the oilpan is crude, I don't have very steady hands and use the welder at least once a year! After a lot of messing around I finally got all the pin hole leaks fixed! Now I realize I need pulleys to dyno this thing! I had planned on robing the ones off the 318 that this motor is replacing, but don't want to pull that motor yet or make the Dart undriveable till fall.
The oil dip stick guide inside the pan got shortened when I cut it for the new sump; Looks like the new dipstick will be for decoration! I am not pulling the pan off again, unless I have a leak or some trouble, which I am not expecting.