Font or Rear Sump Oil Pan

[pjdavis]

Hi Guys,

I am going to put a Ford Racing 363 crate in my MKIV. The depth of the oil pan for rear sump is 9.25 inches. The max depth for the front sump pan is 7.5. Can a front sump oil pan fit in the MKIV? The tech support at Ford racing says it can in a FFR. Any experience here?

Thanks!

PJ

[68GT500MAN]

My roadster has a front sump pan from Canton.
Doug

[OVCobra]

Like Doug, I am using a front sump pan from Canton as well, no fit issues at all. Reduces the length of the oil pump pick-up...shorter path from sump to pump.
Dave

[CraigS]

I prefer rear sump. Figuring that no baffles are perfect, I'd rather have oil while accelerating than braking. It's a Canton I got in 07 or so from Breeze. They have a different style now which looks to be an improvement.
http://www.breezeautomotive.com/details.php?prod_id=796&cat_id=8

[edwardb]

I couldn't decide. So went with front and back sump. :)

This is a Moroso 20509 7qt pan. Has pickups in the front and back. My builder mainly uses Moroso pans, and this is one they have that is 7-1/2 inches deep, required to not go below the 4 inch tubes. So we went with it. Actually intended to clear a Fox body Mustang. But works well here also. Just dropped it into the Mk4 a couple weeks ago.

http://i867.photobucket.com/albums/ab234/edwardb123/Factory%20Five%20Mark%204%20Roadster%20Build/Engine/IMG_0128_zps4da720ac.jpg (http://s867.photobucket.com/user/edwardb123/media/Factory%20Five%20Mark%204%20Roadster%20Build/Engine/IMG_0128_zps4da720ac.jpg.html)