As noted on the prior page, while the alloy sump is a halmark of the Twin Cam engine, you can make service life easier by installing an oil cooler and using a mostly standard steel sump from a pushrod engine.

On 10/13/2021, Bill Spohn wrote: "Sensible people use steel sumps if they drive hard or race. We have modern oil coolers for cooling so neither the better conductance nor the larger oil volume of the Twin Cam sump are of any benefit, and if you ever have an 'off' all it takes is a bump on a rock to give you an ex-sump with the alloy variety. (If you think that is unlikely ask any racer if they have ever done an off-road excursion and ended up with the floor of their steel sump getting banged".

On 10/16/2021, Ralph Zbarsky wrote:
"I use a steel sump, from a typical 3 main engine. I deepened it by 1-inch�, and also installed some baffles. The dip stick location is now on the outside of the sump, by means of a short vertical tube plumbed in through a welded bung on the sump".

On 10/17/2021, Neil Burnside wrote:
Sump modification. Here's how to do your sumps. Baffled, 1-inch added, and dip stick tube. Have fun, takes a day. -- Neil

While this is very nice, I might be concerned about ground clearance for the deeper sump, especially if the suspension was also lowered for a race car. If you make such a custom part, you might want to have a second one handy for quick repair to avoid excessive down time in case of a shunt. -- Barney