Currently everyone owns a 30 lb brick of aluminum!

I will have the production running some time this week. :tup:

I sure hope to get them done faster than that!!! I will be refining the programming as I go, and tomorrow Im going to overnight a couple different tools for the CNC that can speed it up. I also activated a (paid) option in my machine that allows it to accept higher feed rates for this project.

I was just looking at the renderings of the pan and noticed that the vertical baffles have no corner radius where they meet the bottom of the pan. Are the vertical baffles solidly machined into the bottom of the pan or are they fastened in place with the socket head screws? If they are machined in place, shouldn't there be a corner radius to prevent fracturing at their base?

Yup its one solid piece, and nope its totally fine, no way its going to fracture.

Its very strong... probably thicker than you are imagining. Also, the baffle plate ties it all together.

In the CNC, machining them!

While you guys are patiently waiting, I will share a couple pics I just took off my phone. Heres some showing the prototype test fit to my Z.

The purpose of this was to verify the bolt pattern before production, and to double check height versus the crossmember. The front-on picture isnt the clearest but if you look carefully you can see the crossmember is well lower than the pan.

http://i.imgur.com/wpF2FbW.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/XcrAwVH.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/mp7Kdio.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/NrNDxlC.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/VjW2mnm.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/5tEPsJl.jpg

Here are some more photos showing fitment to an extra upper pan I have, showing a little more detail inside and out.

http://i.imgur.com/GbPwgV5.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/GDKLZZ2.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/fQKXsJl.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/a7DlX6P.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/OPnXuA8.jpg

Lastly, here is a photo from the production pieces showing the discussed and added sealant grooves and the 2 tabs for banging in a screwdriver without damaging a visible surface.

http://i.imgur.com/YzdIEk6.jpg

Charles

This gets my vote for "ducks-guts" of the year (Ozzie-speak for really, really good !!!).

Top job man

RB

Awesome. This is going to look real good to whomever I run over.

It's a shame that you can't see works of art like this under the car. Unless you park over a mirror all the time.

Yeap, it is a shame. The saying I have for this is listed above.... LOL It actually came from a good friend who was the resident VW Beetle guru in my home town. He helped me rebuild my starter one day. When we got finished he said " We need to paint it, that way if someone see's it when you run over them they will see how perty it is". Gene Brown was a good man.

You guys just dont wheelie high enough!

Did you ever find out how much more oil this holds than the stock pan?