Don't get me wrong...the AWR pan is very good for what it was intended for. It does have a variation on the theme of the gates with the directional tabs. However, if you are expecting some real movement of the oil in the pan there is nothing around the bottom of the pan where the head of the pickup sits. Due to the nature of the AWR pan with the upper plate welded in it looks like it might be quite a lot of work to add a gated system. I think it might be easier (and less expensive) to have a pan fabbed like the one we use. (just my 2 cents)
Tom. I am looking at building a pan like yours. Just turned my boost up a little more and figured I'd push it around a couple corners harder than normal. I watched the oil psi drop from 80 to 60. ...... Is it a DocB trade secret or would you be willing to post up some pics and some measurements..... I have my old stock pan which has a huge dent in it, that I thought I could cut the bottom off and weld up a rectangular section onto the bottom.
Can you elaborate as to how the gate system works? I see in the other pic you have that the gates are on hinges. Do they open toward or away from the pickup? Do you still use the stock oil pickup or have you modded that too?
Let me know if I have too many questions or ask too much.
. Hope you are okay? Will you be able to fix it or is it a total?
