Paul,  here is my first attempt on the strut bracket.  This will be
welded   to the rear face of the pan.  The center taped hole is the
drain.  I don't know what it weighs but not much.  The flanges are .
375 thick.    Jerry

Looks good Jerry. Don't forget to make the back panel of
the oil pan .125" or .190" thick. The part you weld it to.

I would still take the wall of the bracket down to .25" thick to even
out the stress concentrations between the bracket and the
oil pan. Tapered side flanges would be even better.

Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

There is a welding flange all the way around the outside that is .190
thick.    I  had planed to use .125 for the back panel.  Do  you
think .190 is a better choice?    Jerry

p.s.  I can't visualize the tapered flanges.


190 would be better with this bracket.
Thicker is not always better when you are welding two parts
together. The thick part will try to put too much concentrated
load into the thin part so that is where the cracks occur.

I'll do a 3D tapered flanges.