Need oil pan tapped.
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Re: Need oil pan tapped.
Originally Posted by Twelvz
or keep you from the wrong direction, Virginia speed fucked my friends up, and his shit was off the car at the time
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Re: Need oil pan tapped.
Originally Posted by mnchvgs79
If its a steel pan I will do it for a minimal charge and weld your fitting on.
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Re: Need oil pan tapped.
Originally Posted by Keepin it Klean
he said that its aluminum, how much more difficult does that make it?
I would say your best bet would be to go to a place like Hampton Rubber and tell them what you need to do, they may have a fitting that you can screw through the pan and put a nut on the other side and has some sort of o-ring seal.
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Re: Need oil pan tapped.
Originally Posted by gyl
whatever you do...do not drill the pan with it on the car still unless you want metal shavings in your oil...punch the hole with a air hammer and a specialized bit then tap it,put the fitting in it and rtv the sucker.that's how i have done the dozen or so cars i have done.as for being straight,and lined up...it's only gravity fed return style line...get it close and it will be fine.
ok this guy scares me. cutting threads with a tap will leave shit in your oil pan just as much as a drill bit. steel pans have to be welded, they are not thick enough to tap threads into. alu pans can be tapped or welded. take off the pan, machine/weld as necessary clean it up throughly and reinstall it
if you need anything like this done in the future hit me up. personally i machine down a -10 AN fitting slide it into a hole i have drilled in the pan and tig weld it all together so it looks nice when its all done. once the pans done a nice piece of -10 braided hose and a fitting for the turbo side makes a super clean, ultra reliable turbo or s/c oil return.
p.s. dont forget to mark your pan before removal. and mark it HIGH above the oil level
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Re: Need oil pan tapped.
Originally Posted by kawgomoo
ok this guy scares me. cutting threads with a tap will leave shit in your oil pan just as much as a drill bit. steel pans have to be welded, they are not thick enough to tap threads into. alu pans can be tapped or welded.
and as for tapping vs drilling....with drilling you can get long slivers of metal that will not come out when you change the oil after you perform a job like this...when you tap the pan tho,all the small shavings get drained with the oil.
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yes, aluminum is def different from steel. now you see why it's so hard for me to take care of this. the fittings and lines have been provided to me as per my vortech kit.
ill try mellinium i guess ... then performance unlimited
ill try mellinium i guess ... then performance unlimited
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Re: Need oil pan tapped.
Originally Posted by C45P312
yes, aluminum is def different from steel. now you see why it's so hard for me to take care of this. the fittings and lines have been provided to me as per my vortech kit.
ill try mellinium i guess ... then performance unlimited
ill try mellinium i guess ... then performance unlimited
this shit is easy man. you can get AN fittings in either steel or alu. i have a tig machine and know how to use it so if you want hit me up and ill get er done for ya. my setup is also mobile, so i can come to you if need be.