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Cut 960 pan?
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Cut 960 pan?
...what are the advantages to using a 960 pan? I don't think I have heard of this till now.
Needed to clear the cross member when not mounted in it's "normal" transverse position. i.e. in a 240.
Slightly more elegant solution than bfh utilisation to establish clearance.
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Needed to clear the cross member when not mounted in it's "normal" transverse position. i.e. in a 240.
oh okay, that's pretty sensible as opposed to removing the cross member and steering rack and using pieces of string tied to the wheels to steer the car.
Is there any issue with taking a 5-cyl pan and cutting it so that it is 'thinner' in the required areas? The 6-cyl cut pan is probably easier but in the absence of a 6-cyl pan can a 5-cyl pan be modded to fit?
a bfh would not do it. You'd need to completely different crossmember. It's not like it's "kinda close" with the fwd pan...
Alex, I tend to clean cast parts quite a bit more than that. Hitting it with a flap disc until the material is shiny with no trace of the rough casting finish makes life easier.
I always forget how disproportionate a shortened 960 pan looks. The sump is absolutely enormous in relation to the total length
The pics make it look dirtier than it is. The pan welded surprisingly well everywhere except that one top corner that was just horrendous. Must have been a casting defect right there. The job was exacerbated by the fact that the die grinder broke and I had to file everything by hand.
One corner of the pan rail only lifted about .25mm after welding so I shouldn't have to machine off that much to bring it back to flat.