Pre-orders open · 50 per month · Australian made · Spots filling fast
The 6R80 deep cast pan everyone's talking about.
Cast and machined in Dandenong, twenty minutes from the workshop. Fifty per month, already not enough. Pre-paid orders go out first the moment the next batch lands.
"I've been rebuilding 6R80s long enough to know every weak point on the factory pan."
No drain plug. No temp sender port. Magnetic catch the size of a thumbnail. Marginal fluid volume the second you hook up a trailer or sit in summer traffic. I got sick of pulling pans to change fluid on cars I'd serviced two years earlier, so I designed one that fixed the lot.
Demand on these has been ridiculous. I've got fifty getting cast every month at TP Castings in Dandenong and workshops are already buying them by the pallet. If you want one, the move is to pre-order — your pan goes out first the moment the next batch lands at the workshop.
— James Garzia, owner / Auto Labs Performance Centre
Everything the factory pan should have been.
- +Drain plug + temp sender portService it yourself. Run a fluid temp gauge. Stop guessing.
- +3.5L extra capacity + cooling finsMore fluid + more surface area = lower steady-state temps.
- +Two internal magnet postsRetains both factory magnets. Three places for shavings instead of one.
- +Thicker casting + new hardwareRevised Aus-made casting is thicker. Every bolt and gasket in the box.
- +Premium DIY install bookletClear photos, plain English. Do it in your driveway on a Saturday.
Cast in Dandenong. Patented in my name.
The first small run came from a supplier who told me they were Aus-made. They weren't. When demand picked up and they started quoting me sea freight, I cut them out, paid for the patent here, and moved everything to TP Castings in Dandenong — twenty minutes from the workshop.
The revised pan is slightly thicker, picked up a second internal magnet post, and is legally patented in my name. I'm paying more to make them here. The price hasn't moved.
If you bought one believing it was Aus-made and you'd rather have the patented Aus-made version, reach out. I'll change your pan for free. You backed the business — I'm backing you. Tick the box on the form below.
Pan only, full DIY kit, or every weak point fixed.
Pick what suits. Pricing and freight to your door come back with the reply.
Pan only
- +Patented Auto Labs deep cast pan
- +Drain plug + temp sender port
- +All bolts + hardware
- +DIY install booklet
For when you've already got fresh filter + gasket on hand.
Pan + filter + gasket
- +Everything in Option 1
- +New deeper filter (sized for the deep pan)
- +New pan gasket
The DIY favourite. Every consumable in the box — no parts-shop hunt.
The full upgrade
- +Everything in Option 2
- +New transmission case connector
- +Upgraded thermal bypass valve
Case connector + TBV pictured. Fixes the leak-prone factory plastic connector and forces fluid through the cooler sooner.
20L drum of premium transmission fluid — one drum covers any option with a bit in hand. The right fluid for a deep pan + filter change. Helps lower temps, cleans the internals while it runs, improves clutch grab. Tick the box on the form below to add it to the quote.
Get on the list.
Before this batch is gone.
One minute to fill out. I read every one of these personally — you'll get pricing and freight to your door back within a day.
Don't want to wait? Call James — 0475 310 766
I answer the phone myself. No call centre. No receptionist. No hold music.