Oil pan swap

The original oil pan that is used on the engine is flawless but does not work for my cobra. The reason being is that it's too tall. The engine sits much lower in cobra and the tall oil pan protrudes way too low. The risk of puncturing the oil pan and loosing all the oil is unacceptably high. Therefore the oil pan needs to be replaced with something that works for my application. The Factory Five was supposed to include the oil pan with my kit but they choose not too. Shame on them. After long arguments with them I did not get the part nor the money. I am disappointed how they handled this but what can you do. Luckily, there are other sources. I placed an order with North Racecars and got a Camp oil pan. It's supposed to be great in almost every condition: street, strip or circle track. To save on shipping I sent my parts to CBI. Now that I had a trip to US in my future, I decided to make it worth while. After some time on Summit Racing and Jegs a rather noticeable dent was made on my credit card. A few weeks later, I got the fruits of my investment. 

So onto the oil pan replacement. Flip the engine.

 

Grab a wrench and take the original off. So we have this

 

This is not the end yet, the oil pick up must go too. This one is designed for the deeper original pan.

You can see how much shorter the right side is on the one on the top. The original is the bottom one on the picture.

The new oil pick up in place. It's probably safe to reuse the old gasket. It's a well made gasket with rubber insert. However, I wanted to go extra mile and got new one by Fel-Pro. Remember to apply bead of gasket maker on the spots where block joins with various covers.

At last, the oil pan comes on. I had to shorten the mounting bolts a bit so they fit. The new oil pan design does no allow the bolts to go in some locations.

It's very important for the uniform seal to follow Ford's instruction on the tightening order of the bolts.

Flip the engine over, pull the deep stick out. It too needs to be adjusted. Measure and clip the end off to ensure it fits the new oil pan. The markings on the deep stick are correct but the length is a bit too long. The new pan is 8 quarts in capacity. Fill up the engine with oil and have a beer. :)