No doubt about it...I'm jealous

Always makes me wonder, what happened to these, and other unique moulds?

Another gratuitous pan shot.
Never mind the upside down 200B wagon in the background, I just park it that way when I grease the suspension.

polishing it certainly won't help if you actually want it to help cool the oil, rather than just look cool...

besides, it's not meant to be polished

This will help it to BE cool, not necessarily to RUN cool. For street use, I think it will run cool enough anyway, but rough castings are harder to keep clean than smooth surfaces.
Do you have an alternate suggestion that will shed heat & still be easy to clean?

The simple fact is that the whole thing is a wank, as both it's use, & cost, can not really be justified, but it's one of those rare parts that I wanted to use on this car,......because I can.
It will help the car to realise a good price when my kids sell it at my deceased estate auction.

That's a big one of those! Any idea how much extra oil it holds?

No, unfortunately, I don't know how much extra oil it holds, & I won't know untill I fit it to the engine & fill 'er up.

This is a later version of the oil pan & this one is [obviously] Tomei branded. This is the oil pan from Ferals A13 race engine & there are a number of differences, including more fins.

Happy to see it made it safely.

Ah..the Japan Connection puts his hand up

It's very nice dodgeman. I can see why you have lusted over it for 25 years.

Don't have us wishing your deceased estate sale comes soon!

Can't wait to see your project B10 Coupe cranking around a track in 2007 in Melbourne.

2007 should be a big DatNats. Sorry I won't be at the Sydney Mini-DatNats next week.

Sorry for the off topic content..post count doesn't mean much to me.

It was actually one of these that I had originally tried to find, but even in 1981 they were about $600 new & that was more than I had ever paid for a whole car, with the sole exception of my 1000 sedan..
This one is the 1200 pan, but when the A13 block & the pan to fit it came up at about the same time, I suddenly focused on a new love. I just loved the 'Buffle' plate in this one.

very cool Dodgeman. I want one.

dodgeman, does your oil pan have the same kind of buffle? I had to look that one up at engrish.com

one friend of mine , and also member of this site have this:




what do you people think about it?

I would think that it would almost drag on the ground. Probably not an issue for racing, but on the street it would be a matter of time before you hit something.

i think the same.

what is the idea of this???????????'

It's a FWD (N10, Cherry F10 etc) sump. The engine sits higher in the car as the gearbox mounts under the motor. In a RWD it will be too low for a road car.

Rather than spend all that time and effort polishing it why dont you just get it shot blasted then give it a thin coat of high temp clear varnish. Easy to clean if that is a concern to you and still looks clean and bling.
I guess it come down to personal taste but shot blasting allow parts usually looks pretty good.

1200coupe
Thanks for your comments.

I had thought of chemicly cleaning it first to rempve all the crud from the rough cast finish, then maybe glass beading it, followed by a coating of some sort, perhaps even powder coating in a colour with polished fins, buit it takes only a chip, or scratch in the finish & eventually corrosion works its way under the coating. At least with a natural metal finish, any surface blemishes will be easier to address.
The problem with rough cast is that it seems to suck up the dirt & stuff into the textured surface, while the smooth polished surface is basicly a wipe off proposition.

This is not a high output race engine & the pan is really for satisfying the whims of an old man more than anything else, so I have no reason to expect that heat will pose any kind of problem whatsoever. Yes, it will get some minor damage to the polished finish, but that's what Autosol polish is for, so a polished surface seems to be, at this time, the lesser of the various evils in a street driver.

All constructive suggestions warmly received.

P.S. I had no plans of spending all my time polishing it up. Thats what professional metal polishers are for.

Probably the best finish is water jet blasting. It is non destructive and remove all surface corrosion but not solid metal.
Parts do not corrode as readily after treatment.

My sump was also T% heat treated before use to strengthen the alloy.

Looks very nice Dodgeman. This car will be a stunner.

Thanks for the comments Feral.
As previously discussed, I will soon be sending it to you for restoration & replacement of a couple of missing parts. You can get a good look at it then & compare it with your own alloy pan.

I will send you an e-mail within a day or two.

A question for general comment.
Should I get a finned alloy rocker cover to match?

Well I actually have one of these factory oil pans,P/N 11110-H2310 (the one on the drawing from the race manual).It has been stored for quite some time and is a little filthy right now,but I can clean it up and post a few pics if anyone is interested.There is a threaded plug on one side that could be used for an oil temperature sender I guess,but does someone know the purpose of that cover on the other side?

I never did figure out what the side cover was for, but speculated that it was for inspection or cleaning purposes. It would be good to see your pan & have some pictures for my collection.
E-mail sent.

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Why would you bother cleaning it if you going to put a cover?
Thats how you would answer that isnt it?

Cheers, Steve Corleone.

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Since you like to edit your posts;
Its your car, your a big boy.
Build it for your own tastes. Why try and please others?
Finned rocker cover, You know you want one.

I knew I would get your attention with this Dodgeman.....but since I found myself a B110 last year I certainly will use all the nice parts I have on that car,so sorry to disappoint you but nothing will be leaving Belgium!!I cleaned the oil pan up a bit and put some pics in the album,along with a few other things I have.I have an A12 block bored to 74mm with A10 flat top pistons waiting for the car to be restored,and with a GX head and cam plus a pair of SU's I should have enough to cope with modern traffic.Promised myself the car would be on the road this year but I also know it often takes three times longer than planned ,so we will see how it ends......

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Ahh it all makes sense now......