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Old Apr 3, 2011 | 06:54 PM
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Car: 1992 camaro z28
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oil pan delema

anyone know of any oil pans that are 6qts,driverside dipstick,1pc rms,that are 383 stroker friendly. still using y pipe and headers and y pipe will not fit with kicked out pans[7qts]cant seem to find right combo.also can i just cut into the 7qt pan i have to accomadate for y pipe ?motor has high volume pump. thanks
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Old Apr 3, 2011 | 07:14 PM
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Re: oil pan delema

you should be able to cut the pan and reweld it. Not sure what a 97 tahoe uses for a pan but it cleared my stroker crank with no problems. If you want to keep the pan then cut it and reweld. If you change to a smaller pan then replace the high vlume pump aswell
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Old Apr 5, 2011 | 08:09 PM
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Re: oil pan delema

How do you have a driver side dipstick and a 1pc Rear main seal?
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Old Apr 5, 2011 | 08:14 PM
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Re: oil pan delema

Aftermarket pan probably.
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