jumper5836

My new oil pan came in.
No more will the oil sway back and forth as if it were like the ocean.

Bahama

Hey Jumper,
A sweet looking piece of fabrication. Here's to no motion in your ocean. Just remember the tide level

carrera

Nice !

I guess we will have to call you "Moses" now.

Sputter

Any pics of the old one for comparison? It certainly is shiny.

It holds an extra 1/4 liter or so?

jumper5836

Not yet. Having it bolted on today.
It doesn't hold any more oil. There is a deep sump spacer that you could install but it still doesn't help the oil starvation problem when cornering.

jumper5836

Here is the old pan, no baffles.

The black piece is plastic and the X51 pan does weight a bit more.

jumper5836

When I say baffles these are the baffles. I was confused at first thinking it was the rubber flaps.

jumper5836

It looks like it may prevent 1/4 liter from moving from one side to the other. The hole openings are slightly higher with the x51 pan

Mark Lue

Hey Ted, I guess your demonstration at the GTG on how the oil was splashing around in the 996 helped Greg decide on the X51 oil pan.

Good move Greg, I don't think plastic stands up too well when exposed to petrolium products over the long haul,... it usually becomes brittle.... time will tell tho.

redridge

I like this mod... some have even put alum doors with hinges to replace the rubber ones.

jumper5836

Yup I saw Chad's post doing that. Though after looking at my nearly 8 year old pan the plastic and rubber are perfect. So I am not to worried about it.

redridge

yeah... I like how these rubber flaps are normally open as opposed the to the hinged setup which are normally closed.... since the oil filler nozzle is outside of the baffles, oil can freely fill the baffled area. With the hinge setup, the weight of the oil has to push the flap doors open to get into the baffled area.

Sputter

Thanks for the pics. The x51 does looks more substantial.

carsareart

Just got mine x51 pan this week! Any tips on the install? I was thinking I would do this project this weekend.

jumper5836

drain the oil first, other then that it is simple.

Shots of my latest mod.