Now that the pistons and girdle are in it's time to install the windage tray and oil pan

This windage tray is also the gasket as it has a double rubber bead on both sides. I've built a few with this tray and have had good luck with no oil leakes. I have modified the tray with additional drain slots to get the oil where it belongs faster

Looks good.

Nice pics, whos windage tray is that?

Magnum Automotive Group. Mancini has them along with Summit and Jegs

Looks nice. How did you make those extra slots?
I wish they sold a slightly deeper version for the 4.25" stroke.
I was able to get the 4.15" stroke tray to work on a 4.25" stroker, but I had to "massage" the tray a bit for clearance.
I would have fit easy if I had a stud girdle.

The slots were made with a dremel tool then finished with a file.

I looked on Summit different brands and they don't list that company, do you have their(Magnum CO.) Part #

I dig that concept right there a 2 for 1 deal............

Very good idea there. Gen 3 has had it since 2003, it's high time some of that technology fed back into the older stuff.

The only problem I had with one of them is if you are using a stock type oil pan with the dimples on the rails. Not a flat pan rail. But I use one on my Milodon pan as well. Never any problems

If you have any leaks you might consider the oil pan rail supports that i sell now. I had some engine builders ask me for these so I started to make them. They are common on SB Ford engines so engine builders are used to using them.

http://arengineering.com/products/oil-pan-support-rails/

Thanks Andy, just ordered some from Mancini.

Ordering a set of those hold downs for this build

I have used grey RTV or Valspar to fill the dimples on the oil pan making the pan rail flat for stock pan builds. It's a pain but it works.

That's what I did too.

Thanks for the link

Made these for our 512 a few years ago after torquing my new flimsy flanged cheap Milodon Road Race pan to recommended 15 pounds and severely dimpling the flange.

Prefer not to use normal prerequisite silicone sealers as next removal is a bear and cleanup can take longer than removing the pan.

These with 15 pounds torque did the job,,,no silicone, no dimpling, no leaks.

All Mopar pans deserve one. You should sell many. Nice elegant looking job.

The other photo is what I found after removing oil pan after having installed it. During installation and torquing the 2 rear oil pan nuts onto studs that I had placed in retainer
holes, suddenly my torque wrench went slack.

Fearing that I had pulled threads in aluminum retainer, I pulled pan. Photo shows a perfect image in pan where rear main bearing ARP stud had caught on Milodon pan, thereby causing the torque relaxing that I had experienced.

One guess only as to where Milodon manufacturing is located.

What is the part number for the oil pan studs?