If you plan on turning 4k with that motor don't forget the trailer with gas tanker on it. your looking at gallons to the mile. You will be burning north of 30 gallons an hour under full load. I had a small cabin cruiser with a 350, running 4k rpm would burn that much or more. Snow cats are like boats or a truck pulling a load uphill, the engine always has a load on it.OMG.
Jumping for joy.....GOT THE NEW "FrankenPan" for the Cat....Will fit any small block Chevy with two piece rear main seal.
3 gates, designed for "ROAD RACE" application.....7 quart capacity should be fine for a hobby cat.
Arrived about 30 minutes ago via FEDEX.....
Box was a tad thrashed....but the pan is fine
Lovely windage tray system too.
This will certainly help keep the oil in the sump.
Running 3500-to 4000 RPM at max road speed will churn a froth in the pan for sure......nice to be able to keep it controlled.
Well made too.
Drain plug on the RH rear,
Plugs for a flex dip stick on the LH SIDE....and a plug for oil temp sender or ??????
Getting at the drain plug will be tough.
Likely suck it out with a pump......
I have a pic of an Astro grafted onto a Spryte. I'll post it when i get home tonght.Sitting here nursing a cup A Joe....pondering the back half of the cat.
I had abandoned the Astro idea simply because I can't handle the entire body and lift it on the cat chassis.
The S10 was/is easy to handle.......
But the crew compliment is 2.
Adding the pickup box on the back is an option then put on a canopy....
What about taking an Astro and cutting the body off just at the front edge of the B pillar.....
Be rid of the entire front end and all it's weight.
Remove the rear axle and all the sub frame (Further lightening the beast)
Close in the NOW OPEN body at the B pillar.
Sliding side door.... Hatch or Dutch rear doors and two 3 places seating.
This much of the body will not weigh a lot and can likely be handled easily with my lifting rig used to lift the S10 cab......
If serious maintenance is needed the S10 cab can come off easily....and leave the Astro rear half...or vice versa.
A dead Astro should be easy to dig up......CHEAP......
This sounds like it might make the original idea possible.....
Just some thoughts........
You still have the original 2100 cab, that would fix a lot of problemsThat might be a plan.
Never have those a thought.
Going to have to do some snooping on that.
Mount the cab opening to the rear and add a door facing rearward.
Maybe make this a Veranda Cat...walk down the tracks and around back