massen1981

Hi i am putting a lm7 motor in my 72 el-camino.
it is going in front of the org th400 gearbox. and the lm7 will sit in the stock location of the 350smallblock.
now i have read that som use the cts-v oilpan in ther chevelles, but no one has postet pic off the fitment...

if you have som info, and or pic of the cts-v pan on a gen motor stock locatet ind a 72 a-body please post...

thanks Mads from Denmark

garys 68

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I just dropped one in a 72 Olds 442 last week. 05 L59 (flex fuel LM7), SBC frame mounts (in the chevelle mount position), speedhound plates (same as Edelbrock setback), short wide poly engine mounts, CTS-V oil pan, but with a muncie.
The plates move the engine forward about 1/4-1/2", but there's enoungh clearance with the crossmember.
I added 1/4" spacers to the engine mounts to clear the tie rods. They barely clear the pan on one side and barely touch on the other...go figure.
What specifically do you want pics of?

massen1981

i am thinking of the stering rods and the crossmenber to pan clerings...
I think I have to set the motor 1" back to boldt it to the th400

chuckd71

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People have posted pics, here are the two I can locate most easily. Hope it helps.

https://ls1tech.com/forums/14445409-post63.html

Bowtie70SS

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See the build pics in my link below. I put spacers under the frame mounts. https://ls1tech.com/forums/conversio...lba-toast.html

bczee

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I have one on my 71 Chevelle.. pictures are also in the link of my sig... I did use the early style BRP plates..

massen1981

thanks guys, just the pics i was lokking for, now i just hope the cadilac deler in Denmark will sell the pan for a good price....

garys 68

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Pan pic:


Mount and tie rod pic. You can see a gap on the drivers side at full lock, but there's contact on the passenger side. I'll probably put a bolt on the frame to space out the stop.

71 chevelle

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here is what I have

massen1981

so I callet the Cardilac deler in Denmark today and her is the price for the cts-v oilpan, blafplate, and picup in Denmark

oilpan 410$
blafplate 76$
picup 166,4$

that is just made...

John McGraw

I used the CTSV pan on my 67. The tie rods clear fine, but I fabricated my own mounts, so can't comment on other mounts. While the pan cleared the crossmember fine. it was clear that I would not be able to pull the engine with the trans attached to it in the future, without hitting the crossmember and the firewall. I made an angle cut on the top, rear edge of the crossmember that was about 2" in width and welded in a new plate. After I ground it down and painted it, you really don't even notice it. It gives a nice clearance ramp to allow the oil pan to clear coming out of the car at the steep angle that is necessary with the trans attached.

Here is a pic of the modification to the crossmember. It was pretty subtle, but will save a lot of headaches in the future.

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-...3/IMG_0378.jpg


Regards, John McGraw