Topic: cast aluminum oil pan for 22R?

[cc_rider]

I'm about to start an engine replacement in a 1983 Toy and was wondering if anyone makes a cast aluminum oil pan. I'd like to get a little more capacity, plus better cooling. Seems like SOMEONE should make one, but I can't find jack. There's a LOT of modded 22Rs out there, and this seems like it would be a common upgrade, but so far, no dice. Anyone?

c.

[boggerunner]

sounds like a bad ideal  to me, but the ghetto crossover steering on my 79 hits the pan, it would shatter it, and id be screwed

[kyle_22r]

i know moroso used to make an aluminum circle track pan for the 20R/22R, but i think it's been long discontinued(along with most of the other "cool" stuff like edelbrock manifolds).

i don't see any benefit to cooling the oil on these engines, and if you want more oil capacity put a bigger filter on(like a wix 1515 filter).  i could just imagine what it'd look like after my drag link makes sweet love to it on the rocks.  instead of a big dent you'd have a shattered oilpan and no oil...

[Ramrod]

i saw someone selling a polished aluminum one a while back but its pretty much worthless besides looks.  if people get 400,000+ miles out of the motor stock i dont think it has oil cooling issues

[cc_rider [OP]]

Thanks all. I guess I was barking up the wrong tree. I just put an aluminum tranny pan on my girlfriend's F250, and it looks cool and is STIFF, plus holds a couple extra quarts (that trans takes FOUR GALLONS of ATF!). I just know Toy oil pans (and sheetmetal in general) are pretty dang thin, and have a tendency to warp, so I was looking into an upgrade. I'm not gonna be rock-crawling, or anything more serious than off-road bush-bombing; we have twenty wooded acres and the Toy is PERFECT for getting into the tight spots. WAY better than an ATV or buggy, and you can drive it into town for beer runs too. I'll probably just add an oil cooler and/or remote filter instead.

FYI I bought the engine from 'John's Foreign Engines' on EBay. John was GREAT to work with. I asked for a custom painted engine (long story), and he built one up special; he said they look better without the freezeplugs painted, so he started from scratch. Class act all the way.

Rock On!

c.