I done a ton of research and there is a controversy if an oil pan spacer with tap can be used with a Vortech s/c kit.

My Question is, how many have an oil pan spacer with a Vortech s/c and have NOT experienced any problems?

And how many have a Vortech s/c with the oil pan spacer and HAVE had leakage problems?

 

Although I have my upper pan tapped . Ive been following any post on this to find out the same question . Most agree it should be ok to tap the lower pan . But I still havent heard or read about any one that has done it .

 

The spacer will probably work BUT if you have a problem with the blower, Vortech will void the warranty ....

 

It seems like no one really knows. Till this day I have not ran into anyone that has a spacer and have a problem with the blower. And I have heard of many people running the spacer with the blower and everything is okay. I'm wondering how many people out there have had an issue?

 

It's not the oil pan spacers and the vortech that has the problem, it's tapping the oil pan spacer instead of the upper part of the oil pan that has the issues.
AAM and vortech BOTH told me they had experience problems in the pass with the blower when ppl tapped the oil pan spacers. And as stated before, vortech will void the warranty.

 

is vortech going to come out and examine your car???? how long is the warranty anyway? 1 year?

 

^Haha! Very true. I had mine for 1K miles before I got rid of it, no problems whatsoever! Spacer is the only way Id do it.

 

they can figure it out by examining the internal of the blower. If u using stock pulley 3 yrs.

 

Simple Solution: Just get the oil pan spacer, but tap the oil pan.

 

I see that 3 people voted that it will not work and that they have had problems with it. I'd like to know if this is just speculation or do you have some documented proof that there was a problem. Hearing that AAM doesn't suggest using it is not enough proof for me.

 

AAM was in fact going to use it as part of the line kits/spacers they make, then Dave who used to work for AAM called Vortech and they expressed their feeling on it, so they decided to not sell a spacer/line kit for the Vortech. Thing is, most manufacturers dont recommend it, but it is/has been done on every FI kit out there with no issues. Just make sure your oil return line is always gravity fed, and not extra long so that the oil may not go into the pan/spacer and/or get hung up along the way-you would be surprised how many people dop this!! I run it and have had no issues with oil return, smoking, etc.

 

Nice avatar Alberto I ran mine from my S/C about 18" straight as I could get it down to the oil pan spacer. Thats a really important thing if you kink it or tie it to this or that it wont flow well and you will get bad things happening!

 

Yet another "No" on the poll and still no explanation. Please don't bias the poll unless you plan to give some sort of explanation!

 

I gave my explanation/belief and I didnt vote yes or no, because I dont have a Vortech. +1 on all the giys votin gno providing personal proof/reason....

 

I vote no (pan spacer) until and if it can be shown that the return oil outlet pressure (into the pan spacer) is greater than the static pressure at the pan return location..Delta P would have to be positive for the oil to freely flow into the pan..

 

How can you vote no without any personal experience with it? The poll was in relation to actual use of the part, not about speculation of how it works.

 

My fellow zzz'r sometimes common sense and physics can provide an OP with an answer to a concern he may have where actual experience may be less than helpful.. i.e. those that have the set up may be lucky, might in the future develop blower problems (inadequate lubrication), as for speculation what is speculated in my response..Cool down and try to be open minded and helpful..

 

This is like beating a dead horse, everybody usually has an opinion with the guys that vote no not having real proof-only specualtion, while many vote yes, and have no real issues, so believe who you want. Companies like HKS/Greddy have been returning oil into the pan for years with no issues, I guess they dont know anything....

 

I noticed that some people are voting without any use of the product. This pole was actually for the people who are running this setup to see how many people are receiving problems.

It sort of makes the pole pointless to vote for one or the other if they are only voicing what they heard or what they believe could have happened.

 

Do you by chance happen to sell pan spacers ??