Can it handle the weight?

 

I have used my oil pan to support engine during clutch replacments. With motor mounts still installed. That is about the most weight I have put on mine, good question.

 

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.

 

I supported mine with the pan for the motor mount swap. It was up over six hours on the jack with a 8x8x2 piece of wood between them, and no problems here. Just make damn sure that you center it and jack SLOWLY.

 

Yeah just put a block of wood under it.

 

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.

 

Yeah, with a block of wood, you should be fine.

 

Thanks, it worked fine.