[Supras] Windage tray

[Rich Peacock]

One time I bought a junkyard 7M and it had a MHG and JE pistons...  No 
BS!  :o)

If the oil pan is tampered with, and the head surface is also not good 
then some mechanic, somewhere, screwed someone over on a repair job.  If 
I had to guess without seeing it, the windage tray might have been 
removed to allow for a shady oil pump install, or the engine might 
already be a Jap motor with a front sump pickup that's been "modified" 
to work instead of installing the right oil pump/pickup.  I would take a 
close look at some photos of a stock 7M bottom end and make sure the oil 
pump & pickup look like stock pieces and aren't bent to hell.  The link 
below has some photos of the internals of my engine in the "engine" folder.

Generally speaking, if I find "that kind" of repair work inside the 
motor, I opt for a used Jap motor + new head gasket + new oil pump.  
That ends up being the cheapest reliable option assuming you aren't 
looking for a built up motor.

http://www.poweredbythought.com/suprarebuild2006/

In case you were wondering about the photos...  I put a 7M crank into an 
early block which normally has a 6M crank.  The photos actually show 
where I ground the engine block near the oil pump to give the crank 
clearance to rotate...  But also show the stock oil pump nicely.

-Rich 87T 422RWHP/19psi/93octane



Bill wrote:
> The saga continues: I yanked the engine out to check the rings after what seemed to be a big overheat, due to a BHG. It would appear that someone has been there before me, and cut the windage tray/baffles out of the oil pan. Someone went to a great amount of trouble to do it, even having to weld the pan in two spots after ripping holes in the pan. Is there some good reason this was done?
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> Also, it seems that the metal rings of the head gasket have left grooves in the aluminum head, some at LEAST .005" deep. I also think this head has been surfaced, very poorly, once already. Is there a maximum that can be removed?
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> Thanks for any input. (Suggestions to have the car crushed will be considered. Ha ha.)
>
> Bill
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