Man, glad to hear that you didn't lose too much oil!Originally Posted by Pranav
Got four sessions in today, seems to shift fine and that rear seal leak is gone.
Unfortunately during my fourth session I went two wheels off in 7/8 and dinged the oil pan, and cracked open a weld.
I pulled into my paddock spot to check things over and saw that I was losing oil.
It was a small dribble but I had time to lift it and get a pan under it, a quick smear of rtv completely sealed the leak. By my calculation I lost well under 1/2 quart before shutting it off; never lost oil pressure or even leave a visible oil trail or anything so I got lucky this time.
I had a gut feeling that this could happen, this stupid canton pan sticks out 3/4" below the subframe unlike my previous lt1 pans. I welded a piece of 1.5" bar stock to subframe in front of it try protect it but it wasn't enough.
If I'd known this in advance of the 5.3 swap I would've found a stock Camaro pan and put the improved racing baffle in it.
I've always had sealing issues with their lt1 pans, and their "fill" dipstick level recommendation is downright negligent; lost a motor a couple of years thanks to that. After this incident I'm done giving them any of more of my money.
Welding this crack for now and will likely swap it out this summer after Hallett, before I ever go back to TWS again. I once dinged the much better clearance lt1 pan a couple years ago in the same series of turns, but nowhere near as bad as the LS1 pan today. Haven't touched pan to ground at any other track ever.
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