72 Chevelle conversion
If you use a stock 4th Gen F-Body.. it will fit.. but it will be a tight fit to drop the engine in. You will have about 1/4"-3/8" between the pan and crossmember and about 1/4"-3/8" between the passenger Head and the Firewall. I pretty much had to pry the engine in and out with the F-Body pan.
I dropped it in but didn't like the tight clearance and ended up pulling it out and using a CTS-V pan.
BC
I dropped it in but didn't like the tight clearance and ended up pulling it out and using a CTS-V pan.
BC
Oil pan clearnace. I used the GM Muscle car pan. It hangs 1.5" below the crossmember so ground clearance is terrible. I lost 3/4 turn in steering from lock to lock, I welded the steering stops so as not to hit the pan. I also cut the chunk of unneccesary aluminum off the oil pan and installed plugs in the grease fittings(after greasing them) to improve steering. If you have an F-body oil pan send it to Street and Performance for one of their modified pans. I have one but yet to install it. It has all the benefits everyone states and much better crossmember clearance. A little pricey though.
Last edited by fox12303; Sep 9, 2012 at 04:57 PM.
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I'm running the autokraft pan but with the s&p style plates and I have 1/4" tie rod clearance on both sides. Depending on which 1" setback plates you use you should end up with the same clearance or more as some raise the motor about 1/2" also.
I checked my clearance yesterday I have carshop 1" setback plates I also have about 1/4" on each side of f-body pan to tie rod. If that helps. Do you have tall mounts or shorter mounts? Also is the motor at -3 I now when I raised the transmission to remove trans mount it did hit.
