millennium200- Sounds as if you got things figgured out. Good luck on your choices. This is directed to other folks that may be thinking about this thing,
As for me I have a bit different way to look at this thing. For the life of me don't understand why a 400$
oil pan ends up on a very expensive engine when for just a few more bucks (sometimes less too!) a custom
oil pan will most allways be the answer to
oil problems, together with oil recovery systems.(accusumps) No, they don't have the neat COBRA logo's on them.
I am using a Stefs oil pan that is really a Pantera style that has 4 way trap doors and baffles, a pickup well, and holds 10 quarts and sits 3/4 inch shorter than a stock pan.
www.stefs.com
There are other folks that do them to. Ask for Armondo at
www.geocities.com/motorcity/flats/1624/
The merrits of using a custom pan far outweighs the increased costs you MAY have to pay. Also if you use a main girdle as is popular on 460/429's you will have to use a custom pan anyway, as there is nothing out there for that. The costs of a engine failure due to oil problems makes a custom pan look mighty good to me. As for a stock pan with a accusump, I've seen that 3 quarts in the accusump go south on long fast sweeper turns or interstate exit ramps with a stock pan setup. Just isn't enough. You need the extra oil if you are going to hot dog your car any way at all, so get a larger pan.
cobrashock