As I was going down the oil pan path, I got sidetracked designing this part. As simple as it is, aside from increasing total capacity to a US friendly 6 quarts even, it has the potential to moderately improve some other things...
The vertical wall at the front can potentially decrease slosh going into the timing cover under hard braking and right-hand turns. The vertical side-walls potentially decreasing the effects from slosh.
The 3X increase in distance from the bottom of the pan decreases the probability of sucking up some of the dreaded silicone.
The increased capacity has the obvious effect of decreasing oil temps some.
While the spacer does increase the distance to the bottom of the pan, the spacer is at the top (where the area is largest), it will also increase the oil level at the pickup when the engine is running too. In theory, this will contribute to improvements in oiling, as there will be more oil in the bottom section of the pan, where it is held closest to the pickup.
Has two ports: (1) NPT, (1) BSPT, for turbo drain back or oil temp sensor.
I hadn't initially considered going down this road, but it has the potential to add a moderate improvement in oiling performance for WAY less money than our oil pan. What price? Too early to say, but if the machining time isn't too bad to carve down a chunk of billet, we
might be able to hit the $149 mark.
Thoughts, feedback, and comments welcomed.
