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Originally posted by SLICKSTER:
Ok guys after 40 years of assembling glides you have sparked my intrest in this. The deep finned alumnium pans we are using at present seem to work fine. No problems in that area at present time. The Hughes is little more money but certainly cant hurt and the added cost over what we have grown to know as standard is minimal,so will try one on next glide I do. Cant hurt.

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Originally posted by BG7X77:
How much less fluid does it hold?

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Originally posted by BG7X77:

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Originally posted by BG7X77:
How much less fluid does it hold?

I obviously haven't measured, however description for both the BTE cast finned pan(which I have) nice piece! And the Hughes slopped baffled pan reflect having a 2 additional quart capacity over stock. Hence why I am curious on the statement they hold less. I won't buy a new pan just to have that feature but if I had to buy new I would certainly consider the Hughes.

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Originally posted by SCDIV1:
I recently bought a Coan aluminum TB valve body

They supply the Mopar style Dacron filter with the VB

I like the brass screen so I just bought one....

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Originally posted by 1320racer:
I have a new glide being built right now and it too will have the same cast aluminum finned pan that is on my other two glides.

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Originally posted by Mike Rietow:
I obviously haven't measured, however description for both the BTE cast finned pan(which I have) nice piece! And the Hughes slopped baffled pan reflect having a 2 additional quart capacity over stock. Hence why I am curious on the statement they hold less. I won't buy a new pan just to have that feature but if I had to buy new I would certainly consider the Hughes.

Hughes pan doesn't hold less oil. Who said that?

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Originally posted by imakehp:

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Originally posted by Mike Rietow:
I obviously haven't measured, however description for both the BTE cast finned pan(which I have) nice piece! And the Hughes slopped baffled pan reflect having a 2 additional quart capacity over stock. Hence why I am curious on the statement they hold less. I won't buy a new pan just to have that feature but if I had to buy new I would certainly consider the Hughes.

Hughes pan doesn't hold less oil. Who said that?

Do you really have to ask??

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Originally posted by Big Steve:
When I switched from a standard deep cast pan to the Hughes pan I put the same amount of fluid back in.

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Originally posted by RPROGAS:
Wow, I didn't mean to start a shyte show, it really was a simple question.

All the pans mentioned (BTE/ATI/Sonax/Hughes,FTI, Moroso plus several I'm not listing) all work I bought a Hughes because I have a connection at Hughes and trust their products. Price wasn't a consideration, design and quality were.

I have resect for all you guys, otherwise I would not have asked for your opinion.

Bob

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Originally posted by 1320racer:
if you believe there is merit to this tappered pan, you'll buy it, I don't and apparently I'm in good company with the who's who of race trans builders and the who's who of TD, TS and bracket racers who don't use this pan.

As to the amount of fluid this pan holds compared to the benchmark cast non tapped finned pan, the tappered pan can't hold the same volume of fluid with 3 of it's side reduced in height.

That said, there are few that post here who's info, data, replies I take as fact and Big Steve is one of them.

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Originally posted by Will Harrison:
I have the very first hydroformed tapered pan that is now the sonnax pan, it was designed and manufactured by Dedenbear (Reid racing) and later sold the Pan deal to Sonnax. It's been in service on my car since 2001, never, not once had any kind of an issue. And the capacity has never been an issue making back to back runs 10-15 minutes apart in a 7.0X 1/4 mile car.

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Originally posted by Big Steve:

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Originally posted by Will Harrison:
I have the very first hydroformed tapered pan that is now the sonnax pan, it was designed and manufactured by Dedenbear (Reid racing) and later sold the Pan deal to Sonnax. It's been in service on my car since 2001, never, not once had any kind of an issue. And the capacity has never been an issue making back to back runs 10-15 minutes apart in a 7.0X 1/4 mile car.

The Hughes pan is of the same design as the Sonnax pan except it is cast aluminum instead of stamped aluminum. It even uses the tapered Sonnax filter spacer.
Like I said earlier I have no clue on where the taper makes any performance difference but at the time I wanted a pan with a baffle because I was seeing some cavitation in my trans pressure during the run. My choices for pans with a baffle were Sonnax or Hughes and at my HP level I felt the cast pan would add some strength to the case so I choose Hughes. Plus Hughes was sponsoring the #1 qualifier award in TD and TS. I received 4 of those awards last season.

A couple of facts I can attest to, it is a quality piece with a lot of thought put into it and not some chinese knock off pan.

My trans pressure is extremely stable at both ends of the track now, not showing any cavitation.

And also my trans with 10 inch converter took 9 qts of fluid before I put it on and still takes 9 qts after. You would think it holds less but apparently it does not.