Oil Pan Modification

[dec010974]

Hello to all. I am in the process of modifying my oil pan. I am no expert, but I think I have the knowledge to pull this off. The reason for modifying my oil pan is My quest is be very low (low Life). How low can I go? Until I have the coins for porterbuilt's Extreme Drop Member, who knows. I don't. But I 'm sure my fellow techies will chime in. We will start with this:

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This was my next step:

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Step number Three:
I cut about 1 3/4 inches out of the bottom of the pan. The pick up must be modified. I assume I need to cut out 1 3/4 inches. I should of taken measurements of the oil pick in relation to the oil pan before I cut it but oh well.

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Step #4:

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Step #5: Welding the oil pick up. This step I used a professional welder. A friend of mine told me this twice, "the Oil Pick Tube must be air Tight." This step was Critical. I would hate to save $500.00 And Spend $1500.00 on another Lq4, cam, push rods, etc. To me that is bad math. He guaranteed this pickup
95%. I like 95%.

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Step #6:Test fitting time. I also had to weld the oil pick up brace back
together again. like I said on post #1, I am no expert but I get the job done. Oh BTW, this oil pick up & pan was my spare. the original stuff is currently on the truck.

[79azc10]

Looks good so far, good luck

[truckdude239]

umm for 150 buxs i'd just get the gm perforace pan that si shorter comes with pan , gasket, new dip dtick and pick up tube

[truckdude239]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/GM-PERFORMAN...f47bca&vxp=mtr

[truckdude239]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Chevrolet-Pe...ad0657&vxp=mtr

[dec010974]

Good evening truckdude239. It's funny you should say that, I did think about that long and hard. If you look up the measurements that's posted on the web of the gm muscle car oil pan or the LH8 oil pan measurements in relation to the standard truck oil pan, they have the same shape but are different about 3/4 of an inch. The Holley oil pan(302-1), has the same shape is about 6 inches deep at the rear. I didn't want to buy an oil pan and come up with the oil pan extending pass the front cross member. There are countless threads on this forum explaining different options. I wanna thank "low elco"for this idea. Also, hart rod gets some credit also.

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Tinydb84, yeah rite. You are a moder. You'll be at this step soon enough. The oil pan is at the welder. It was dropped of today. The f body oil pan has to much length. Also, think about the engine placement. We all did stuff a little different. All of us used different parts, which made our swaps work.

[jtp67-72]

If you plan later on using Nates extreme dropmember it's the front of pan that won't clear steering rack.....That's where the f-body pan comes in....jim

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Jtp67-72, Damn. It is always something. This way threads are posted. Information is critical. When I looked at the extreme drop member, it said nothing about needing a special f body oil pan. Can you confirm this? I would like to see " how low the the truck gets (the front) with simple mods. Spindles, control arms, etc.

[tinydb84]

The muscle car pan is 6.75 the the truck is 8.25. By the looks in the picture I dont know if 1.5 inches would be enough based on the picture.

Looks good Clark. Id buy the fbody pan but I'm lazy. hahah

[tinydb84]

Ouch. That sucks.

Z it!

[dec010974]

Huh? I'm lost. Can you please explain this a little better.

[Art delete]

Can anyone provide part#'s for a pan the will work, im putting a 6.0 with 4l65e in a 71swb with poterbuilt extreme drop. I see ebay has some low profile pan's around 5.5" tall. I never thought about the front drop member causing problems.

[crazy longhorn]

Talk with Porter....he is well respected here, & will tell you how to fit the "mix"? Longhorn

[jtp67-72]

The f-body pan in this thread....I'll see if i can find u a link on ebay for the package..............Jim

http://ls1tech.com/forums/conversion...-oil-pans.html

[Art delete]

Thanks, I see your in Louisiana Jim, I'm up around monroe.
Thanks for the link.

[Low Elco]

If it's workin' for ya- I'm glad it helped. All credit for my pan shortening goes to Vic1947. He's the man!

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Just to update this thread, the oil pans looks great. I'll post pics Tamara. i have one slight problem, the oil pressure gauges shows no oil pressure. God I hope it's the gauge. Oh God please be the oil pressure oil gauge. Good night.

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Hello to all. Here are a few pics.

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Well the verdict is out. Or shall I say, I'm willing to bet it's not the oil pressure gauge. @&!& jgtvjg. That was a bad word in computer world. This means I gotta pull the motor back out and find the problem. &$?kuvyht@@@'b. That was another bad word. Wish me luck. This time I'm gonna test the LSx on my buddies engine test stand. This is definitely gonna be a mission. And for those who say I should have bought the oil pan kit, I'll say, life is one big lesson. I'm down for the challenge any day. Deuces.