I ran my Aviad pan at the Pantera Club, Willow Springs this weekend.
The engine is a 65-289" in a ERA 289 FIA car.
I think a big factor in how any pan works is HOW MUCH
OIL is in the PAN.
NOT...the
oil in the cooler and lines, which is always there...but if you filled your remote filter at the change...(a vertically mounted filter in my case, Fram HP that holds about 3/4's quart.)...the pan ended up with about 7.25 quarts, (I used two gallon bottles)......so after I thought about it, there was only 7.25 in the PAN>, not 8.
OOPS!
Anyway, everything was fineallday Saturday, and then I saw drops from 65 to 55lbs
oil psi in turn #2, the long rigth hand sweeper at Willow Springs, CA... this after 40 laps of Saturday burn off .
So I added one quart, the problem went away.
Hmmmm.
I think the Aviad needs about 8 minumum IN THE PAN, 10 would be better...due to the width, doubt if that would be an overfill.
Be very carefull...think about how much oil is in the pan vs. total system capacity when trying to evaluate a system.
My ignorant thoughts, really!
I learned a little this weekend!
Hey...if you run and KNOW Aviad, post the correct oil amount!!!! for a small block 289/302.
Thanks,
Pete