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.

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

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?

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

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

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

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, 200916 yr by blue 72

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, 200916 yr by zcarnut