Crank scrapers or plate...?

MOPAROFFICIAL said
What a slew of uppity spazoid reactions in the thread.lol
Any of our mopar engines with crank above pan rail 'big block' or with adeep enough sump 'milodon deep sump pan on a small block' doesnt really have the issues a windage tray would typically be used for...and that's where a scraper would benefit/be used instead.
Will it hurt to run a windage tray with a deep sump, maybe there is testing...idk..maybe its keeping oil ...maybe not... plan plan plan. Scraper and baffles for deep stumps are best...windage trays in stoker pans are better than just a scraper...one thing is pretty certain is that a scraper will help in all those for shedding what's caught on upward rotation from the pan and leak/returned oil.

Block design/oil return placement and size plays a part in how crucial one or the other..combination of what you need to use. Dont just throw it all in and assume it's working together for oil control.

Thats not true. The big blocks with the crank in the skirts have huge issues with windage control. Even with a dry sump.

Take a look at the 99 Hemi. Nickens was milling away the entire skirt on the passenger side of the block so they could get a decent pan with a kick out and a scraper on it.

He told me it took about 2 hours just to get the pan off and about 4 hours to get it on and sealed well enough to hold 20 inches of vacuum.

Someone posted on the first page that Chrysler was sung crank scrapers in the Hemi to control windage back when they ran that in Pro Stock.

Its amazing how hard it is to pull some guys out of the Stone Age.

If you get a crank scraper on that world your oil pressure WILL ago up. That right there should tell anyone that is thinking a whole bunch about that one thing.