I had to slow down my activity on my car the last few days because I started to get a burned out feeling. On Sunday I tried putting on my long awaited oil pan but the custom flange was off. It started out with all the bolt holes being too small. Then after that, the holes didn't line up. The fabricator of the pan took it back to his shop to make adjustments, which turned out to be opening all the holes up more. No biggie.
A new issue popped up now that the pan fits. My Morosso oil pan pickup doesn't fit. Pretty simple fix really. Cut the pickup, extend it further (straight) and then come back down at angle that parallels the side of the pan.
One thing you might notice is the location of the starter and two of the pan bolts. Spanner wrench is the only thing getting in there. Amazingly compact, but... there's a price to be paid with that. Not a bad thing but it is worth noting.
There's two reasons why the pan is custom if you happened to have forgotten. 1. There were no rear sump options for the 370z, There is now from Sikky. 2. The original Morosso pan didn't clear the steering rack. The notch is specifically for the power steering lines (PITA). I need to get with Sikky to see if they will sell me a power steering line ... hmm. Less work I need to do at this point the better.
I'm still needing to measure pushrods yet but Dave has been busy AF around the shop. I'm not a paying customer so my stuff comes last. I'm not complaining about that either. They have to pay bills first and foremost, and I don't ever expect to put my car infront of any customer.
I'm still waiting on my powder coated parts. I expect they will be done sometime next week. I'm pretty excited about that.
No other good updates other than that. ...
Spring is 60 days away... lol
