Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums General Autocross and Open Track Auto-x and the stock oil pan on my 2.5L SVT?

I know there is a modded pan that prevents oil starvation. I am going to race Auto-X this season and i need to know if modded oil pan is something i should look into getting on before i race. Im not going to take the chance of killing my car.

Oil pan replacement may not be allowed in your class. Adding baffling is allowed in street tire classes. But, oil pans are a patch and may not help that much. If you're modded and going to Street Prepared anyway, an Accusump would be an option that will work well.

I run without and don't worry. Use 6 to 6.5 qts and make sure it's always at least that full. I think I may be losing some power thanks to the exta oil (I do 6.5), but it's worth it.

Here are two threads:

http://www.contour.org/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=scca&Number=599862
http://www.contour.org/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=scca&Number=865103

Basically, you very rarely have long, extended turns in autocross. There's almost never enough time to get the oil away from the pickup and suck air. If there is a very long right-hander, either straighten it out into chunks (may be faster anyway) or shift up. But I haven't run into a course with one that has made me worry yet.

You should be fine running extra oil. However, if there is a part number that supercedes the original one, you can run the uprated part.

Ok thanks for the info! I was also looking into getting a DMD because i hear they are good for auto-x.. Cant wait to show the people of North Dakota my SVT.

the DMD crazy has seem to faded....I don't know if thats because we all bought them, or if because they are 'snake oil'

The result of the debate was something like this:

• They make a real improvement in percieved smoothness at high revs
  
• They probably cost a tiny bit of power - it's negligible.
  
• They don't save the engine or reduce wear by any real amount.
  

Conclusion: it's just a NVH mod. The driver may be happier, but the engine isn't really any better off.


Don't start this argument again if you don't agree with me: go read all the old posts. (Not to anyone in particular, just sayin'.)

I thought the DMD made a night/day difference with NVH at high rpm's -- nice and smooth at 6000-7000rpm.

In reguards to oiling / over-oiling... I've been autocrossing this powertrain (Cougar Feb 2000-2003, Contour 2003-current) with 1 extra quart and haven't had any oiling issues. There have been 2 courses that I may have altered my angles because of long right hand sweepers though.

Yeah, please don't take what I said to mean the DMD is no good - most people love it. It's just not needed to keep your engine in good shape.

At inspection for Auto-X do they really notice [censored] like the oil pan!? I mean on the car the visible differences between escape pan and the stock pan are hard to spot!

Inspection is not for classing it is just for safety.

You class yourself in the correct class based on the mods that you have.