airrj1
01-04-2006, 04:52 PM
Has anyone ever used or seen much about Aviaid pans? I was looking at them at a Circle Track show recently, and they were rather interesting.
Most Road Race pans that I have seen are a modified version of a Circle Track pan. With an additional trap door on the right side of the pan. So there is a Left, Right, and Front trap door to create a central oil plenum. The Aviaid that I saw (SBF wet sump) had a diamond shaped plenum in the center of the sump. Rather than trying to describe it I have attached a few drawings that make up quickly. They are just rough sketchs not to scale at all.
The diamond shaped plenum is very interesting to me. It seems like a better way to maintain oil in the plenum during acceleration, cornering, and braking.
When I talked to the rep. at the show, he said that they make allot of pans for Ford Vintage Race cars. And they built allot of pans for Cobras and other Hi-Po Fords in the '60's. The different design was cool, but the pans looked almost like they were gas welded. So the construction was different than I am used to seeing.
Just looking for any comments on the design in theory and/or in practice.
Most Road Race pans that I have seen are a modified version of a Circle Track pan. With an additional trap door on the right side of the pan. So there is a Left, Right, and Front trap door to create a central oil plenum. The Aviaid that I saw (SBF wet sump) had a diamond shaped plenum in the center of the sump. Rather than trying to describe it I have attached a few drawings that make up quickly. They are just rough sketchs not to scale at all.
The diamond shaped plenum is very interesting to me. It seems like a better way to maintain oil in the plenum during acceleration, cornering, and braking.
When I talked to the rep. at the show, he said that they make allot of pans for Ford Vintage Race cars. And they built allot of pans for Cobras and other Hi-Po Fords in the '60's. The different design was cool, but the pans looked almost like they were gas welded. So the construction was different than I am used to seeing.
Just looking for any comments on the design in theory and/or in practice.