I need help identifying this oil pan.

[Twentysixouncer]

I know that this is THE site for complete Z-car knowledge and history and I was wondering if anyone has any ideas about this oil pan I stumbled across? It is apparently a dry-sump setup, but it is much deeper than any other I have seen, and the pan is offset to the opposite side compared to a normal Z-car wet-sump pan. There are no identifying marks on it. Any help would be appreciated; i.e. who made it, specific purpose, etc.

[Nigel1943]

Looks like an L28 turbo racing wet sump with the turbo oil return on the side.

[HS30-H]

Certainly not a conventional dry sump pan with that depth..... and it has no 'trap door' sections like you'd see on a race-oriented wet sump with that amount of capacity.

Marine application, possibly?

[John Coffey]

I'm with Alan. Looks like a marine setup.

[carguyinok]

Wow, dose anyone have a photo of a L28 in a boat??????

[240ZGL]

It got to be a dry sump, I don't see any cut out in the windage tray for a pickup. Nice pan.

[blue 72]

Wow, dose anyone have a photo of a L28 in a boat??????

No, but I've got pictures of an LD28 in a boat. You can find 'em on the Nissan Diesel boards if you search around on the net.

I also thought it could be from a turbo application when I saw an extra tapped hole in the pan.

Edited March 13, 2009 by blue 72

[zcarnut]

Wow, does anyone have a photo of a L28 in a boat?

The first edition of the book "How to Modify Datsun 510 610 240z Engines and Chassis" by Bill Fisher & Bob Waar has a small black-and-white photo (on page 220) of the engine bay of a boat with two triple-carbed L24 engines.

The caption reads:

"This is an installation in an offshore racing boat. These two Z engines built by E.B. Parkinson will be doing salt-water duty in a class that has been Volvo-dominated for several seasons."

E.B Parkinson prepared cars for his son, Dan Parkinson, who raced Datsuns Roadsters in the late 1960's and early 1970's.

Edited March 13, 2009 by zcarnut