Changing oilpan from dual to rear sump

[68rockcrawler]

I am almost done putting a dana 60 front axle in my Bronco with a 3-link suspension and wheelbase stretch. All of these modifications has put my trac bar right under the front hump in the oilpan with only about 1" of clearance at rest. On the trail the trac bar will be re-shaping the oil pan unless I go to rear sump. I have 2 questions:

1. Will I need to change the pick up tube or oil pump?

2. Does anybody have recommendations on what pan to look for (i.e. Ford, 5.0, F-150, etc) and are there any options I should be looking for? I know I need to check to see if my dipstick is in the pan or the block.

 

[KyleQ]

This is a van pan for reference-

Its so damn close I had to drop the track bar to mate the motor to an existing transmission - mine is totally straight and beefy 2" x 3/8" DOM. If your current pan has dual pickups you will want a single - without that pesky engine cross member I change my oil pan in minutes...

The zip ties holding the hydraulic lines have taken off the paint and the steering cylinder alen cap bolts and the driver's side fitting have bashed into the pan a few times. Luckily so far it's been a draw and nothing has started leaking... yet

 

[68rockcrawler]

Wow, yours is that close and it's a rear sump? That's definitely what I need. I guess I'll just assume that I can order a pick up that goes to a rear sump pan along with my new pan and don't have to change my oil pump.

 

[KyleQ]

Yeah - I would say it would be easy to pull the pan and pickup from the junkyard, but probably not, lol.

Check car-part.com for the pan, probably get the pickup from the same place too.

 

[68rockcrawler]

I ordered a 91 F-150 5.0 oilpan and it worked great. The pan was cheaper at Carpart.com than Summit Racing, but Summit had free shipping so I ended up getting it from them. I ran it all weekend at the MEB Roundup with my new 1-ton swap and dropping my suspension down to only 1-1/2" things are still a little tight. I ran without bumpstops because I didn't have time to install them and only "clearanced" the oilpan with a very minor dent in the pan.

 

[68rockcrawler]

Here are a couple of pics. You can't even see the small dent.

 

[KyleQ]

Yeah - dented mine there too, lol.

Just like everything else, its a tight fit