Rob07002

Those running stock oil pans, do you run an extra quart or more to compensate for the oil going to the turbos?

silvea

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I believe some run upwards of 8 quarts with turbos. However if you don't experience sustained high G's you can use the full line on your dipstick as long as your turbos are primed with oil

yenkomike

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I run the muscle car pan with 6.25 qts of retell t 15/40. no issues .

Gunters96lt1

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I ran 6quarts in a stock fbody pan and spun multiple bearings....now running 7quarts. So far so good!

Rob07002

^^^ This is my worry. Depending on the turbo, line size and length, there could be as much as 2 quarts of oil in the turbo feed/return system and starving the bottom end under accel.

How many passes on your new setup?

3 window

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I run a CTS-V pan (5.5 qts) with 7 qts. All good pressure on the datalogs. My return line is 5/8 and about 24” long. My feed is 4an and about the same length. Hope this helps.

Rob07002

It does. Sounds running an extra quart or so is a good idea. I thought so, but wanted to verify.

Gunters96lt1

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No passes yet! Haven't had time. So far on the street my logs look fine running the 7qts.

Stampede4ever

If/When do you start running into foaming issues when running extra oil in the system?

Thanks.

ls3fox

has any one used the holley 302-3 pan yet i wanna swap out my truck pan

truckdoug

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we used it on a fox body swap. fits nice, but the ******* oil drain plug was tapped for some random *** thread like m14x1.75.

summit offered to swap pans...but it was in the car already so we just turned one on a cnc at work.

moral of the story, check that your drain plug fits before you install it

or better yet use a ctsv pan. its cheaper and does the same thing

ls3fox

i did think about a cts v pan as well maybe thats the route ill go thanks

truckdoug

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i use them on all my personal swaps (chevy trucks) but i'm 99% sure it woud have fit with the AJE k member we used on the zephyr wagon

you can get them for ~150 as new take-offs on ebay

just make sure you get the pick up too.

the dipstick and the windage tray are the same as the truck stuff so dont sweat that

brandon6.0

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My turbo 5.3 sbe just spun 2 rod bearings last week. #2 & #4 i was running 6 qrts of rotella 15/40. Its a truck pan setup with turbo drain right below starter. -10an drain and -4 feed. Do u think running 6 qrts could have been my issue? It lost oil psi on a street pull. No knock etc. Just low psi once warm.

truckdoug

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why the 15w40?

probably pushed all the oil to the top of the motor and it took forever to come back down since it was syrup.

Nali6.2

15w-40 in a hot motor is hardly syrup.

01ssreda4

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Fbody oil pan, 8 quarts. I run 7.

rt338b

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I run a fbody pan and use 6.5 qts. 15/40 rotella oil, never any problems with 1.40 60 ft

ls72nova

Anybody running the Holley 302-2 pan for first gen Camaro’s and second gen Nova’s? I’d like to know how much they are running with boost

Suncc49

I am... I used the recommended 6.2 quarts w filter... using 10-40 valvoline conventional and change it out every other month or so as it is just a weekend street car and not a daily

I recently didn't check for awhile and it got down to 5 quarts seeing a drop in pressure to 20ish psi from the normal 35orso.... fresh 6.2 quarts and filter and all good