Oil Pan Support Engine?
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I remember hearing about Team Corvette having to make a super long pitstop because they lowered the car with a lugnut or something under the pan, and it broke the pan. It was probably a custom dry sump system on the car, but I still don't want to mess around with the AL pan on a C5 Lsx motor.
#6
TECH Resident
The pan on my C5 is pretty thick and strong. I have had the jack under it, and had the motor out sitting on it for weeks. I just shipped a motor from west coast to east sitting on the pan in a plywood box. No problems. I think that the cast pans are stronger than any of the sheetmetal pans that we used for years on the small blocks.