LS1 AWD S-10 question
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Originally Posted by airwrench
One more thing to consider, there is a LS2 oilpan that has a horizontal "tube" through it to allow for an axle to pass through it. It came with my 05 SSR LS2 engine (even though that truck does not have AWD, I think it is the same engine they are going to use in the Trailblazer SS which does have AWD). If you are going for a hunkered down AWD, like the Syclone/typhoon, the oil pan could be just what you need. 
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V8_DSM_V8again,
Unfortunately, I can't get a good pic of it right now - the engine is sitting in my Cobra replica and I'm in the process of welding in the mounts. It's roughly 7" back from the front edge of the pan and around 2" in diameter.
Unfortunately, I can't get a good pic of it right now - the engine is sitting in my Cobra replica and I'm in the process of welding in the mounts. It's roughly 7" back from the front edge of the pan and around 2" in diameter.
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I think in the case of the Lingenfelter truck that they modified the floor pan to avoid modifying the oil pan. I can't come up with any other explanation, because they used the same transmission that comes stock (700R4 / 4L60 / 60E / 65E) in those trucks. Might have also needed to move the engine up for downpipe / exhaust clearance, can't say. Even the big 4L80E fits without the kind of floorpan modifications they did (assuming you put the crank centerline of the LS1 in the same basic spot as the 6cylinder.)
I personally think they should've put the 4L80E in that truck. But hey, they're the pro's, I'm just an amature who doesn't like rebuilding transmissions every other month. Seems like a needless drain on the bank account. And it would have cost them some power. But the payoff is reliability....
'Dreamin'
I personally think they should've put the 4L80E in that truck. But hey, they're the pro's, I'm just an amature who doesn't like rebuilding transmissions every other month. Seems like a needless drain on the bank account. And it would have cost them some power. But the payoff is reliability....
'Dreamin'
