Oil pan suggestion
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Oil pan suggestion I am doing an ls3 stroker swap into a 69 Camaro and tryig to decide which oil pan to use. I am looking at the mast or the new holley 302-03. My car sits very low. Let me know which one you would pick and why. I also have an f-body oil pan that i could notch but i think it will hang to low, not sure. So any comments about that would be nice also.
I thought the fbody pan(notched) was even with crossmember. Place that notched my pan is out of business.
How about the vette pan? Don't know much about the Holley pans, they were not out when I swapped pans.
How about the vette pan? Don't know much about the Holley pans, they were not out when I swapped pans.
Found this, may be helpful
https://ls1tech.com/forums/conversio...o-ls-swap.html
edit: the fbody pan will need to have pickup tube lengthened as well as the pan notched ( not sure if you were aware of that). It may be cheaper and easier to buy Holley pan and sell the fbody one.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/conversio...o-ls-swap.html
edit: the fbody pan will need to have pickup tube lengthened as well as the pan notched ( not sure if you were aware of that). It may be cheaper and easier to buy Holley pan and sell the fbody one.
Last edited by reedld; Jul 8, 2018 at 06:47 PM.
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Check out Ryan's build. He is very good at detailing all the steps. People like me are thankful for people who do that. I feel like a schmuck I forgot to post a link to his build.
Looks like no clearance issues at firewall..best of luck to you!
Leon
Looks like no clearance issues at firewall..best of luck to you!
Leon
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I used the Mast in a different application. Very compact. Note -- the lower two bell housing bolts DO NOT bolt into the pan like they do with the GM factory or Holley pans. Great customer service from Mast. And, the cross section of the pan at the front is one of the thinnest available - allowing the engine to be mounted very low over the cross member or rack.
Having the bell and cast pan bolt together helps reinforce the structural “bottom end” of the engine making everything stiffer. I asked Mast about it - their reply was generally this - “We build LOTS of very high-perf/racing engines around this pan - never a problem.” I’ve not experienced any problems.
To clarify - I went with Mast because it allowed me to mount the engine significantly lower than the Holley 302-1. At that time, they hadn't come out with the 302-3 yet which also allows for an even lower mounting of the engine.
To clarify - I went with Mast because it allowed me to mount the engine significantly lower than the Holley 302-1. At that time, they hadn't come out with the 302-3 yet which also allows for an even lower mounting of the engine.
Last edited by Michael Yount; Jul 10, 2018 at 06:53 AM.
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The 302-3 pan was developed as a fine-tuned version of the 302-2. It will fit any installation that the 302-2 will fit in, but the 302-2 pan cannot be used in certain applications the 302-3 can be used in (i.e. Fox Body Mustang LS swap using Hooker engine brackets on the stock K-member, A-body swaps using the Hooker forward-bias engine mounting brackets, or any 4" stroke application that the 302-2 would be required to be used).