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Old 04-22-2004, 01:43 PM
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Which is a better Pan? I know it sounds dumb to ask but Im tring to go as light as I can on my Ls/Vtec. And do any of you know how durable they are?
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stock oil pan is not baffled, and moroso hold more oil. only good if your car is pulling lots of lateral g's in cornering (autocross,road course racing) and risk oil starvation, otherwise you dont need baffled pans.
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it would be heavier, my guess if your a drag racer so stick to stock. other wise if you wanted it for its intended purpose ( baffeling) add a baffel to your pan

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Thanks for the info!
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You could always try the Mugen pan or the Spoon pan...but the Mugen pan is $250 and is baffled ....
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Default Re: Moroso Vs. Stock Oil Pan (MaxSterling)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by MaxSterling &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">stock oil pan is not baffled, and moroso hold more oil. only good if your car is pulling lots of lateral g's in cornering (autocross,road course racing) and risk oil starvation, otherwise you dont need baffled pans.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Wrong. The Moroso is not intended for autocross/roadracing. It is designed for drag racing. A guy over in the Road racing forum had a Moroso, and through long sweepers, his oil pressure gauge would drop to zero. He switch to either spoon, Mugen or J's and had no problem after that.
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Spoon, Mugen or J's

Which is ther better buy?
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neither IMO. The Mugen is just an OEM oil pan with a baffel welded in there from mugen. There are how-to's to DIY with your OEM oil pan.

here is a big old pic of a Mugen pan...

http://www.we-todd-did-racing....D.jpg

I have only seen one spoon one and it was the race version. Had cooling baffles on it too. VERY bad ***, but very expensive.

J's, I dont have a pic of, but it is very similar to the Mugens.
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So what Im getting for everyone's input is this.....

Stay with a Stock Oil pan and save money, right?
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Well what do you do with the car? If you ever caynon carve, autocross, or roadrace, defently get a baffeled pan. If not, don't worry about it.
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i remeber reading in the Z10 page about baffeled oil pans, that the stock pan is extremly hard to weld to, something about the metal composision, and the way the pan is formed, i stoped fallow the thread, but it was an ongoing debate, never found the out come
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stick with stock save ur money
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waste of money you dont really ned it unless your doing some hard core racing
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Default Re: Moroso Vs. Stock Oil Pan (asmallsol)

"The Moroso is not intended for autocross/roadracing."


EXACTLY! I had one of the Moroso pans on my b20vtec at, and even in parking lots at 5-8mph trying to break in my Kazz, my oil pressure guage went to zero. I now have a Mugen pan and all is well.
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its not meant for roadracing/autox?? more info please!!
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Please more info
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not meant for road racing meaning that it won't effectively keep oil at the pickup during cornering.

The best thing to do is sent your pan to Doctor Cortez (do a member search). He'll mod your stock pan for a good price and he does good work.

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