Steel oil pan?

[Simon S]

lol

[BimmerTim]

Also, this thread will not be complete until there is vid of someone's car doing a 360 flip.

[mkcman17]

There is a steel m20 pan, from an e28 I believe. Dont know why you would want one. Dont drive like a douche, and if you are low on the street, get a plate. Problem solved. If you are using a steel pan in place of a plate for rub and scrub, all that force will then be transfered to your motor mounts any time the pan sees contact.

i think this is referring to his drift eta, which is pretty dang low and driven pretty dang hard.

[Van Westervelt]

Annnd where is it drifted?

[mkcman17]

Annnd where is it drifted?

adams, I'm not sure where else though.

[einstein57]

this thread is funny. you guys must not have ever driven a fwd car made in the 80's. The steel oil pans are less rigid then the aluminum pans and bend like crazy to the point where it would break your oil pump. But last i checked they were only $20 for my VW so its pretty much a disposable design like a condom.

[LJ851]

E21 323s (m20) all have steel oil pans. Also all 2002s (m10) and i believe all E21 320s (m10) have steel oil pans.

[Eecen]

E21 323s (m20) all have steel oil pans. Also all 2002s (m10) and i believe all E21 320s (m10) have steel oil pans.

That is correct. E21 318i has a steel pan as-well.

[James Crivellone]

My E28 M20 motor has a steel oil pan, they are VERY common

[blunttech]

Im having a guy I just met on another forum modify a 318 steel pan for my M52 turbo. He just got a job at a machine shop and thinks he can do it.
He also said he could fab all sorts of custom parts and some carbon fiber too

[DrJosh]

Why not just a rubber oil pan?

[Stephen]

this thread is funny. you guys must not have ever driven a fwd car made in the 80's. The steel oil pans are less rigid then the aluminum pans and bend like crazy to the point where it would break your oil pump. But last i checked they were only $20 for my VW so its pretty much a disposable design like a condom.

Yea, but ive seen some non vw steel pans take a beating (see byrons car)

My E28 M20 motor has a steel oil pan, they are VERY common

would they even fit on an e30?

[gearheadE30]

Screw rubber! Use clear lexan! fuh raze easy oil level checking!



Seriously, though, I drive an M42. I have 3, maybe 3.5 inches from pan to ground. Knock on wood, I haven't even scraped anything yet, and I've been driving it for 2 years like this.

[bzboardz]

[kway]

Great idea. Like when I smacked the lower (steel) oil pan on my m10 318i and instead of just busting open like an aluminum pan would have, it folded under, taking the upper pan and oil pump with it.

Aluminum is fine. Get a skid plate if you're that worried.