A.M. Performance Extra Capacity Baffled Racing Oil Pans

[Mike@AMPerformance]

UPDATE!

Here is the list of people who have opted in and are confirmed for this run of oil pans:

1. ChrisSlicks
2. TravisJB
3. The illustrious Shamu, whose 370Z keeps getting sweeter.
4. wstar


Thanks to all who have ordered!

We have developed an effective oil pan that addresses all the surging and starving oil pickup issues that the 370Z suffers from when put on track. We have extensively tested our solution and seen huge improvements in the consistency of our oil pressure, and have seen significantly lower bearing wear in race conditions as a result.

We are finished with the prototyping phase of this part, and have a final design that is ready for production:


oil pan 1 by A.M. Performance, on Flickr


oil pan 2 by A.M. Performance, on Flickr


oil pan 3 by A.M. Performance, on Flickr


oil pan by A.M. Performance, on Flickr

Why are we telling you guys about this? Well, we are going to be making a small run of these, and while we are going ahead with production, we'd like to offer them to the general public, as it will be some time before we need to make another run, and it is as easy to have our machine shop crank out 20 pans as it is to make 4.

This piece is machined from billet aluminum and is a direct bolt-on. It adds an extra quart of oil capacity, which combines with the finned design to help bring temperatures down. More importantly, it features a very effective baffling structure that controls the engine oil in high g-loading situations. Before installing the prototype of this pan, we saw significant loss of oil pressure in certain braking and cornering situations, affecting both engine longevity and performance (variations in oil pressure affect the ECU's movement on cam timing). After installing this pan, we have seen a huge improvement in our oil pressure data logging.

Initial price for this piece is set $1050, and in comes with the necessary oil pickup tube. This is the next best thing to dropping $10k or more to design a dry-sump system!

Please contact us here or at sales (at) amperformanceracing.com with any questions!

Thanks,

Mike