Just like the question says...bang for buck, what oil pan should I upgrade to on a gen VI 502 (575sci)? Anything to look out for?

Hardin has a nice 10 qt for about $600

I went with a nice Dooley 14 gt offshore style pan. To help with oil temp and get a few more hrs out of the oil changes.

But make sure to put the starter on before oil pan or on before u set motor in boat. If u don't its a ***** to get the second bolt on the starter.

I went with Hardin 14Qt pans with my Whipped 509 efis to help keep oil temps down[ATTACH=CONFIG]507788[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]507789[/ATTACH]

Stef's by far. Class of their own...

how will these pans keep your oil temp down?

Well that's the way Dustin at whipple explained it to me, the more oil the longer it take to heat up, just like putting a cup of water on the stove will heat up fast than 2 cups of water, than we have the luxury of cooling it back down with oil coolers, that's the way he explained it to me Mike, sound good...plus I got $700 a piece pans, for $200 each, and Mike if it doesn't help keep the temp down please explain what is the advantage of going with a bigger pan? why does everybody go with more oil? not trying to be an a** just asking...

One reason to go with larger pan is extended high rpm running .Without enough capacity you can end up with most of your oil up top and actually suck air into oil pump. I have used Hardin 14 quart pans on several builds through the years and and have found the quality to be good.

a pan with more capacity will not keep oil cooler,but it will take longer to get the oil to operating temp.it is the oil cooler,s job to remove the heat from the oil.the advantage of a larger capacity pan is to keep the oil pump pickup submerged in oil during long hard runs.it is a common misconception that a larger pan keeps the oil cooler.

One thing I learned with transmissions, higher capacity pan takes longer to get hot, also takes a lot longer to cool back down.