jaddld454

I am in the middle of replacing my stock lq9 truck oil pan with the GM muscle car pan kit. I measured pan to pickup clearance and its an unacceptable 1 and 1/16 of an inch!!! Wtf is GM doing? Good thing I am **** and always check. I triple checked and even had my brother measure it to make sure I'm not crazy. Well, not in this case anyway.

IMHO my two options are: weld a small extension on the pickup tube to get 1/4 to 3/8 clearance or buy the f body pan kit and have my exhaust guy rework my Y pipe to clear it. I measured and it would be really close and would probably hit the pipe the way it is. What do you think is the best option???

I am open to other suggestions so please share.

Thank you!

psiconversion

iTrader: (5)

May have missed it, but what is this going in?

Jon
Psi

jaddld454

Hey John it's Jim. It's in my jeep wrangler. You built the harness which works perfectly. Lol

soundengineer

iTrader: (16)

Clay it to be sure(just like doing PTV Clearance)

you may just need to buy a pan spacer(which I'm not sure if one is made for that pan...but there are LS oil pan spacers made that may work correctly..same bolt pattern)
or cut/weld the pickup tube as necessary to make it to your personal requirements.

jaddld454

Yeah I clayed it as well and my brother too.

Wouldn't a pan spacer make the clearance wider? Think I'm just gonna order the f body pan and return this POS. I've read posts of other people having the same issue and I have way to much money in this motor to risk blowing it over a difference of $100. Agreed?

soundengineer

iTrader: (16)

sorry...my bad... I just saw the 1/16 inch
didnt see the 1" part of it....
yes... only option is adding more tube or getting a different one
should be more like 3/16 of an inch for oil pan to pickup

also, are you using the correct pickup for that pan???
you cant just change the pan and not the pickup tube....both are a set...sometimes the windage tray is also part of the oil pan pickup picture..

ls1nova71

iTrader: (4)

This has been a known problem with that pan. There have been threads on here about it before, with GM saying it's OK, but I wouldn't be OK with it either.

jaddld454

The pan came as a kit with the windage tray and pickup. I really dont have much of a choice because i actually tried the truck pickup but as i expected itdidnt work. I read on here about this problem so i called a dealer for GM perf parts and they said they never heard of this issue. That pisses me off!

Oh well whats done is done. Just ordered the f body pan, pickup etc from an ls1 tech sponsor. Maybe ill get lucky with the exhaust but i doubt it. Lol

Thanks for the help!

Sideways LS

check with Canton. I know they have started coming out with a bunch of different LS pans. I'm not sure if they would suggest buying their pan and pickup combo or if there is a pickup they have that might work for you. Just my .02 cents.

jaddld454

Thanks but i already order the f body pan pickup etc. should b here next week.