I finally got my catch pan done today. I wanted to have it done for when I go to get my license tommorow. Enjoy!

 

looks good man how is ricky martins car

 

Ricky gave up and parted out the car before he got finished.

 

Damn, I really liked that car or at least from what I saw of it. Your car looks good man

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by NHRA Class Rules 3:1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ENGINE CONTAINMENT DEVICE:
Engine diaper or catch-pan device to capture oil and debris in event of engine failure mandatory. Where exhaust header passes directly under oil pan, two-piece diaper may be utilized. FWD vehicles using OEM manual-transmission case must also have such a device for the transmission, to capture oil and debris in
event of transmission failure. If catch-pan device is used, catch pan
must employ minimum 2-inch-high lips on all sides. Lips must be
coved or curved inward, so as to contain oil in pan. Catch pan
must cover entire area below engine/transmission. Catch pan must
extend from radiator support to firewall and from framerail to
framerail. In all cases, lips must be adequate enough to contain oil
in the catch pan. Should a competitor spill excessive oil from the
catch pan and debris onto the track, he or she may be disqualified
from further competition at the sole and absolute discretion of the
event director until catch pan is upgraded, regardless of height of
pan lips or pan design. Both engine diapers and catch pans
mandatory for 2008. </TD></TR></TABLE>

looks neat.but it appears it wont pass tech.

 

is it ok to notch the rear for the downpipe? that looks significantly lower than 2"

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by RPRacing &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

looks neat.but it appears it wont pass tech. </TD></TR></TABLE>
It has two inch lips and they are curved inward. The front part is two inches and you really can't tell from the pic, but the front edge has a lip turned inward " so as to contain oil in the pan"

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Jared &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">is it ok to notch the rear for the downpipe? that looks significantly lower than 2"</TD></TR></TABLE>
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Jared &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">is it ok to notch the rear for the downpipe? that looks significantly lower than 2"</TD></TR></TABLE>I was told you can notch it for the downpipe. All of the lips are 2" and at the downpipe it is 1". I thought about adding an internal 1" lip where the downpipe is just so
i could say it was 2"

 

i hitnk it looks sweet, good luck on the licensing danny

 

That will pass with no problems. They just want to see something under the motor/tranny.

 

looks great

 

how close is the pan to the ground when the full weight of the car is on it?

 

Here are some pics of my catch pan after remounting it. Now it is mounted to the engine instead of the chassis and it has 3.75" clearance at race level with 6 psi in the tires. The rear is now mounted to a flange on the downpipe to seal it.

 

you can also make it a 2-piece and put one on each side of the DP

 

I have seen someone do that but it does not say so in the rulebook. It says you can have a two piece diaper. It sas nothing about a two piece pan.

 

I like the pan. But the front lip doesn't exactly meet the rules. Has to be straight up. So the car blows you get on the brakes and the oil rolls easily out the front.

 

"Engine diaper or catch-pan device to capture oil and debris in
event of engine failure mandatory. Where exhaust header passes
directly under oil pan, two-piece diaper may be utilized. FWD
vehicles using OEM manual-transmission case must also have
such a device for the transmission, to capture oil and debris in
event of transmission failure. If catch-pan device is used, catch pan
must employ minimum 2-inch-high lips on all sides. Lips must be
coved or curved inward, so as to contain oil in pan. Catch pan
must cover entire area below engine/transmission. Catch pan must
extend from radiator support to firewall and from framerail to
framerail. In all cases, lips must be adequate enough to contain oil
in the catch pan. Should a competitor spill excessive oil from the
catch pan and debris onto the track, he or she may be disqualified
from further competition at the sole and absolute discretion of the
event director until catch pan is upgraded, regardless of height of
pan lips or pan design. Both engine diapers and catch pans
mandatory for 2008."

You may not be able to see it in the pic, but it is coved inward on the top of the front. I think it is gonna be fine, if not I can simply add an internal lip in the front. I am gonna e-mail their tech department some pics to see if it will pass.

 

Danny, where does your dumptube stop?

 

Guys has anyone actually been through tech? It'll pass just fine!

 

nice

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by tony1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Danny, where does your dumptube stop?</TD></TR></TABLE>
Right now it goes out above the traction bars on the drivers side. You can see it in the third from last pic. I am going to extend it with a turn down soon.