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Engine SwapEverything about swapping an engine into your Third Gen.....be it V6, V8, LTX/LSX, crate engine, etc. Pictures, questions, answers, and work logs.
I got this 383 with low miles i pulled out of my suburban due to burning oil, only to find out thay some valve seals popped up. Thinking about running it in my camaro until I get the money to swap a ls in it. That's if everything else checks out with the motor. But I'm concerned the oil pan may not work. I can't remember if it's a 6 or 7 qt pan. I think it's a 7 iirc. But what do.you guys think? Will if work?
Most truck pans are too tall in front of the sump, roughly about even with the motor mounts. Truck and B-body pans will interfere with the K-member in our cars at that point. Hard to tell from the pics whether that one will work or not.
Beyond that, depends on what exhaust you have; and whether it will drag on the ground. Which that thing, ... might.
Commonsensical thing to do would be to get a pan that YOU KNOW will fit. Unless you don't mind awholebuncha trying to put it and whatever all else in and then taking it all back out again.
I got this 383 with low miles i pulled out of my suburban due to burning oil, only to find out thay some valve seals popped up. Thinking about running it in my camaro until I get the money to swap a ls in it. That's if everything else checks out with the motor. But I'm concerned the oil pan may not work. I can't remember if it's a 6 or 7 qt pan. I think it's a 7 iirc. But what do.you guys think? Will if work?
It fits with no issues. That's with Hedman LT headers (68460), a long oil filter and a mini starter. The AC Delco battleship sized starter wouldn't be a fitment issue though. It's more of a header thing.
Just estimating the dimensions of your pan are similar to the Canton.
EDIT. I see that you have the large starter and it all fits.
Just got done adjusting valves, had like 5 valve seals pop off the guides. Motor was suffering from blow by and burning oil, having less then 3000 miles on it. Its a 383 stroker with world product iron heads. Hopefully the blow by was just from timing and oil burning from valve seals. Because blow by was so bad it was pushing oil up into distributor. It was only on drivers side head that valve ssals popped. Cylinders 1,3(only exhaust),5. . Also literally just came in from doing compression test. All cylinders were 170-177 except no7 which was 165 and no1 which was 150. It's concerning but motor hasn't run in about 4years. Also day before I just picked up a th350 transmission so I still gotta buy a crossmember before I can put motor in.
Compression could be telling although a leak down test would tell more. It'd be nice though to have some heat in it.
Perhaps something to consider post installation.
