7 qt pan that actually "bolts in" a BB A body?

AndyF said

I have a customer who needs an oil pan for a BB A body drag race car. The car is a 1975 Dart so it should have all late model suspension and steering on it. I'm not sure which K frame that he has, I need to find out. The car isn't super fast, maybe 10 or 11 second car. He is making around 650 hp. I think a 7 qt pan would be fine if there is one that actually bolts in and fits.

Last time I built a late model A body with a BB I found that very few oil pans fit. I ended up using a reproduction OEM pan. It worked, but I would've liked to have more capacity.

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Andy, I have a ‘75 K. The standard Milodon deep pan fit but hung down below the K.

The road race pan you have pictured on the left required me to cut the corners on the K-frame spool mounts.

Here you can see how low the standard deep pan was hanging down. Which became a huge problem when I hit a monster pothole in a rainstorm. It almost ripped the drain plug out. I lost several quarts in a minute. Realized what had happened before I lost oil pressure!


Modification to driver side spool mount:


Modification to passenger side spool mount and notch in the lip:


With pan installed showing clearance on driver's side after modification:


Clearance on passenger side after modification:


Biggest plus is that the pan is above the K now.