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Old Jun 18, 2010 | 05:36 PM
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i am doing a budget swap and i am using a 5.3l out of a truck i want to know if the truck oil pan will work and if not why?
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It would help if you tells us what it is going in
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i am doing a budget swap and i am using a 5.3l out of a truck i want to know if the truck oil pan will work and if not why?
Sooooo...you gonna make us guess what you are putting it in? My ESPN ain't worth a **** these days.......

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Yea, The guys on here have a world of knowledge, but you have to give them something to go on...
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i am doing a budget swap and i am using a 5.3l out of a truck i want to know if the truck oil pan will work and if not why?
Sure, it'll work fine! No problems at all with fit or ground clearance!

If you're using the vehicle I'm thinking of...

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About the only thing the truck pan does work in is another full sized truck swap
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thats funny that i forgot that part, it is going into a 1998 firebird
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it is going into a 1998 firebird
That's gonna be a big NO.
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ahhh heck...it'll work....maybe some REAL good grease on the bottom of the pan...or maybe casters???
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