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Greetings,
The UPS man
just stopped by, and I got my Moroso oil pan. It's a thing of beauty, but
unfortunately, it doesn't fit. These pans appear to be made for the
old first gen and earlier front covers, which were thicker than
the 2nd gen cover. In other words, the distance between the front and rear
holes on my engine (2nd gen cover) is about 13.75", and the distance on the pan
is about 14.5". Bummer.
You can use a
first gen cover, as long as you aren't using an engine mount plate that was made
for the 2nd gen front cover. I happen to know this well, because my engine
originally came with a first gen cover, and I traded it to Bruce for a 2nd gen
so it would fit the CCI mount plate.
In other
news, the rotors are back from Performance Coatings. The coating is
beautiful, and I might add free. Brad felt bad about dropping
my new rotor, so he not only sent a check to pay for the rotor, but didn't
charge me for the coating of the other two. Boys and Girls, this
is first class, grade A customer service. They also
returned the bad rotor, and it really is toast. Talk about a bad
bounce... It hit right on the corner, so the apex seal is squeezed, along
with the corner seal, and even the side seal. Couldn't possibly have hit
worse. I'll post a pic if anyone actually cares to see
it.
Rusty
(T-Minus about half a day to reassembly)
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