3 months later and he is still telling guys to use the truck pan when he knows theres a problem with it...

 

I'm really happy to see all the good info in here! Keep the pics and info coming guys. I'm sure this thread is going to help a lot of people.

 

For those guys with a aje kmember can you pull the oil pan with the motor bolted in? Only reason I asked is I'm going to be putting a turbo in and Im not sure if what side I'm going to run it on so I'm not sure where the drain is going yet

 

Don't think so. If not for the pickup maybe, but I just don't think it would slide out....that being said, I plan to tap my pan with it in place then just flush it super well with cleaner and oil. I think with a good amount of grease on the drill bit it should catch most of the shavings...we will see!

 

Which engine mounts are you using?

 

Can't you use that oil drain adapter that bolts up to the oil cooler line flange?

 

You won't like the aje unless you have adjustable low control arms, my car has the aje stuff that it was A pain to try to and get every thing straight

 

My car has the ls1 pan, my dads 5.3 we used a truck pan, he hit a pot hole and busted the pan and the transmission case , so I got another truck pan and shortened it up so the factory K member was flush with the pan, it holds about 4 quarts of oil now

 

Anyone using AJE with stock control arms and struts? I used AJE with coil overs and tubular control arms on my Mustang, but Don't wanna go that route with my Fairmont build unless I have to

 

With Tim's (Grey86Hatch) mounts the CTS-V oil pan worked perfect with the Team-Z K-member. For at least one person that will always come in here and gripe about how bad they think Team-Z sucks, and that you have to spend extra money on mounts, and buy a $500 oil pan, I'll go ahead and cut that off right now. I definitely don't care for the Team-Z mounts, and they definitely need to be redesigned. Tim's mounts were less than what I paid for the Team-Z mounts. If I would have skipped the Team-Z mounts to start off with I would have actually come out cheaper. So that cancels out the extra cost argument.

Like I said, the CTS-V oil pan fit PERFECT. Here are a couple of pictures (which are very hard to take by the way lol)




Just for reference, I tried different sockets until I found one to fit in between the oil pan and the K-member. Ended up with a 5/8" socket, which has an outside diameter of .85".






The pan tucks up behind the K-member a whole lot better than the truck pan did.



Its about 3/4" below the bottom of the K-member




So for anyone that has been wondering, questioning, doubting, etc.....YES THE CTS-V OIL PAN WILL WORK WITH THE TEAM-Z K-MEMBER!!! lol

It will probably even work with the Team-Z mounts with a little tweaking, but would be too close for comfort for me. So my recommendation is pass on the mounts that Team-Z sells and either fab your own, or find someone to make you a set. As I've said before, I've always been VERY pleased with my all the Team-Z products I've had before, and also love this Team-Z K-member. The quality of the construction, welds, etc is top notch. I'm sure they will get this mount situation lined out at some point.

 

thanks for the insight- im not happy about the team mount fitment and the truck pan only setup.


Ill PM grey86hatch about some mounts.

 

Yes,this is the route I went.i bought there upper spring perches because I didnt want noise issues.be fore warned,the springs are no fun to put in

 

Here are Tim's mounts (black) compared to the Team-Z mounts (silver)

 

Has Team Z redesigned their mounts yet?

Seems like the Team-Z K member with a CTS-V pan would be a no brainier, if the mounts positioned the engine properly.

Tipsy

 

I used an aje with kooks headers worked well. Maximum motorsports makes stout looking k-member for $669

 

Well we finally got a block, heads, oil pan and headers, Manual rack and steering shaft, and most important thing TIME! We built the K member to fit the LS/LSX block with the stock F body pan! this is the first one out of the JIG.








It is a complete re design so people can use the F body pan, we will have a TH350 and power glide Cross member next week! The K member will be an LS specific K member and should work with any pan!

 

Very cool.

Dumb question but will a power rack/steering shaft work as well?

Tipsy

 

Yes it will work with offset bushings and positioning the rack up!

 

here is my UPR setup with a cts-v pan...steering rack clears by over an inch and the pan sits about a half inch below the k member... my only complaint is that it puts the motor close to the firewall...it doesnt touch when its leveled out. i have yet to fab up my th400 crossmember

price was hard to beat for me being a dealer for them.

 

We will be sending one to Kooks next week to have headers made, the ones pictured are the off the shelf Dyna tech headers