[Fot] Spitfire oil pan baffling

[John W]

This issue has been a Pain in my !%#@$@ for the last 4 years and ruined many 
Lower ends at Cal Speedway and
watching my OP drop to 20 lbs coming out of 13 at Buttonwillow drove me 
crazy knowing that can't be good- Accusumps did not solve the issue, just 
delayed the inevitable- Joe from Chequered Flag racing has a pan he now 
produces which works perfect with a stock pick up- No trap doors for another 
failure-- check it out here
http://www.chequeredflagracing.net/Custom_Parts.php
Good luck!

John W.
Spitfire #892 DP
240z CP
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barr, Scott" <sbarr at McCarty-Law.com>
To: <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 9:26 AM
Subject: [Fot] Spitfire oil pan baffling


> We're planning to improve the baffling in our Spitfire oil pans for next
> year and are looking for any input you might have.  (I say "pans",
> plural, because we hope to have more than one Spitfire next year.)  Any
> thoughts on how baffling should be done?
>
> The oil pan we're using is currently baffled as described in the
> original Comp Prep Manuals.  There's a divider down the center of the
> pan (longitudinally) which goes from the bottom of the pan (with a small
> space underneath - approx. 1/4") and extending up to the level of the
> shallow part of the pan.  In the divider is a big swinging trap door
> allowing oil to surge from the right side of the pan over to the left
> (where the pickup is), but not the other way.  There are some approx.
> 3/8th" holes (6 or 8) drilled in the trap door.
>
> For the last couple of years, we've had no luck keeping Spitfire motors
> alive for longer than one race.  We've been losing rod and main
> bearings.
>
> Given that the pan is baffled and that I've got a 3-quart Accusump, I've
> never bothered to install a big red idiot light.  Until the last race.
> (OK, call me a slow learner)  What we found out watching the big red
> light (pressure switch set at 40psi) is that we're losing oil pressure
> very rapidly every time I turn left.  Could be lots of things, including
> oil level set too low to start with, but we're going to install our new
> I-J crank scraper with directional screen windage tray, improve our pan
> baffling and see what happens next year.
>
> Scott B.
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