68rustbucket

Just finished bolting in a LQ4 with a 4l60 in my 68 firebird, and my LH8 oil pan is hanging real low, like 4 inches of ground clearance low. Anyone else have their oil pan this low?

loweredd

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That would be a little too low for my tastes with a cast aluminum pan, without anything like a crossmember in front of it.

Bad Chad

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X2, race car it may be OK but not on a street car

726.0chevelle

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mines that low too i have a truck pan on my chevelle what headers did you use rustbucket?

bluchev

i heard s and p makes an oilpan that doesnt hang as low?>

dhutton

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What mounts are you using?

Don

stealth71

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One reason I would never use a truck pan on an A-Body swap. I didn't want any pan to hang below the crossmember, so I went with a stock F-body pan. I think I have ~4" to the bottom of the crossmember.

Ackattack1

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I had a truck oil pan on mine too. It was too low for me (below the crossmember) so I put on a F-body oil pan.

6spdgto

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Off the subject, but why is your sway bar upside down and on the bottom instead of the top of the lower control arm?

loweredd

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Probably the same reason I can't even fit a swaybar on mine. Really low.

kvanmaanen

I have had mine in my 68 Camaro for two years now and it hasnt broken yet but it does have a few scrapes on it

the_merv

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I'd go with a F-body Pan.. you get alot more clearance..

loweredd

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Dang stealth71, after looking at your picture NOT on my phone, I think I am going to try your swaybar trick when I get home.

Slow 346

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I didnt think an F Body pan would work without mods on a 1st gen f body?

68rustbucket

loweredd

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Holy Macaroni!!

That is just looking for a chunk of metal, or a big rock to ruin your day.

frojoe

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And this is with almost 3" chopped off the bottom...

69LT1Bird

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I ended up modifiying my LQ4 truck pan. I tried every GM pan I could get and nothing would fit the first gen and not hang down. The CTS-V was the closest fit but it hit the steering linkage, if you had a rack and pinion it would work.

stealth71

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When these things get low you run into tie rod to sway bar clearance issues. This is one of the solutions so I'm trying it out.

Nick_Rapitis

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that is pretty damn low man...better hope you never come across any speed bumps