im intrested in running a finned aluminum valley pan ,i see some for sale on ebay and socal speed shop has one ,but i noticed that they dont have the oil fill tube! where is the oil supposed to go if you use this??? i figure the only other way isto run valve covers with oil and breather holes in them??but what if you wanted to run the finned valve covers that dont have holes also ??? is there something im missing?? heres a link at what im looking at:

http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=y+block+finned&_sacat=See-All-Categories

I’ve been welding aluminum tubing to those valley pans to have a place to put the oil in in lieu of a valve cover that has an oil entry.  Here are a couple of pages out of a past thread on the subject.

http://www.y-blocksforever.com/forums/Topic19139-6-1.aspx

http://www.y-blocksforever.com/forums/Topic19139-6-2.aspx

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)

wow those look great!! might have to send you one ....thanks for the info

this ones complete with tube AND fins - http://www.y-blocksforever.com/forums/Topic27056-6-1.aspx?Highlight=duck

BOO- YA!!!

I am running fin valley cover and valve covers, I am also running an electric fuel pump and using a big block chevrolet feul pump block off plate and machined a rectangle in it to fit an oil tube in it.  I took one of the stamped steel valley covers with the tube in it, cut the tube off, and made the angle and persuaded the end to fit in the rectangle and match the angle of the cylinders on the left side.

Dont judge me, you dont know my situation.

So do I understand right, that you have a draft tube now setup for the fuel pump opening in the front timing cover?

Mike, located in the Siskiyou mountains, Southern, OR 292 powered 1946 Ford 1/2 ton, '62 Mercury Meteor, '55 Country Squire (parting out), '64 Falcon, '54 Ford 600 tractor.

The motor I am running does not have a road draft tube but i did use the old oil filler tube cut from an old valley cover, modified into a big block chevrolet fuel pump block off plate.  So pretty much I fill the oil up in the feul pump hole in the front timing cover And i use the push on chrome breather cap.  I machined off some fins in the rear of the finned valley cover to use a screw in type pcv valve pretty much under where the throttle bracket bolts to the intake. 

Dont judge me, you dont know my situation.

Interesting setup.  The ventilating fresh air entering lower in the engine sounds good.

Mike, located in the Siskiyou mountains, Southern, OR 292 powered 1946 Ford 1/2 ton, '62 Mercury Meteor, '55 Country Squire (parting out), '64 Falcon, '54 Ford 600 tractor.