I decided to do the oil pan baffle upgrade in preparation for more track events.

The oil pan baffle prevents engine oil starvation by keeping the oil in the center of the pan where the oil pickup is.

Without the swinging baffle gates installed in the pan, the oil is free to flow from cavity to cavity and under some track conditions, the oil could be forced away from the oil pickup and cause severe engine failure.

This was a very easy engine upgrade which only took about 90 minutes to do.

Shown below is all that is needed:   10 quarts oil, Oil filter, Baffle kit.  I bought the Oil Pan Baffle kit from Dave. C.  www.davesbigbrakes.com

I put the car up on my lift, but this can also be done with the car on jack stands.

I drained the oil from the pan and removed / replaced the oil filter.

Once the oil was all out, I removed the 11 mm bolts which hold the pan on (30 of them)

The pan came right off.  Be very careful not to damage the re-useable gasket.

There are 8 phillips screws holding in the sheet metal tray which need to be removed. 

Once the tray is out, you can see the 3 sections of the pan, and the oil pickup screen.

The replacement tray is shown above, with the OEM tray below.

The swinging baffle gates allow the oil to flow, but helps to keep oil in the center section since the gates only swing inward.

It is very important to make sure that the gates swing freely.  The front gate was hitting the oil screen screws.

I filed the bottom corners of the gate back to clear the screws.

Once I was sure that the gate swung freely, I put the new tray in and screwed it down. Make sure that you put the tray in the right way.  Notice the small hole in the bottom right where the Dip Stick goes through.

I put a drop of Blue Loctite on each of the screws.

The oil pan is now ready to install.

I put a small amount of Permatex RTV silicon on the 4 corner seams to prevent any oil leaks.

Shown above is a close up of the seam that needs to be sealed.

I cleaned the gasket and installed the pan.