Ok Ladies and Gents,

I have to replace my oil pan thanks to my cousin taking one of those gas things sticking up at the gas station. You know where they fill up the main station. So after looking around I was wondering if an aluminum pan will fit my car. I asked the guy at the speed shop and the said, "Its a universal pan and should fit fine". Well I dont have his confidence. The box did say it was a 1985+ years pan. And it was a passenger side dip stick. But my question is.... Do I have to consider anything else in this? Will the aluminum one fit? do i have to get the OEM one?

Thanks,

Demo

P.S. I dont want the chrome...IT LEAKS.......or at least my valve covers do.....

 

the car is an 1989 Ponitac firebird. 305 TBI with the 700R4... My bad I just havent posted in awhile.

 

You have to measure the sump area. I know most of the universal pans are too big if you have factory exhaust, some aftermarket Y pipes make it worse some make it better.

 

My main concern is the cross member. Has anyone put an aftermarket pan on their car? I just need to know because i will have the money tomorrow to get the pan. I want the aluminum for the cooling it has. The fact that its pretty dont matter to me...

Please help guys......

 

I ran the summit aluminum pan on my 350...

http://store.summitracing.com/partde...t=SUM%2D121010

i'm pretty sure that was it, i did have to use longer bolts due to the thickness but it worked n fit...

I wouldn't recommend one though...

 

http://store.summitracing.com/partde...t=SUM%2D121010

Im pretty sure that was the one i had on my 350, its driver side though.. but none the less, it fit fine.

 

Hydric,

Why wouldnt you recomend it? I mean you had one on yours....if you had known what you know now would you have gone with the Original Equipment?

Thanks,

Demo

 

oops i didnt know i posted twice, the first it gave me an error...

yeah if i would have known now what I did before i would have bought an OEM steel 5 quart one like i got now...

the alu... pan shatters if u hit a bump, it cracks and the oil leaks out badly...

A steel one might bend a lil, least would bend in n hit the pump, but none the less...

Plus i see no difference in peformance and if u want to treat your car to something nice, buy an oil cooler for it if u dont have one instead of a alu.. oil pan...

that will be much much better for you. someone can disagree with me all they want but i wouldn't recommend one unless u did heavy heavy street racing but even at that i wouldnt

 

Thanks Hydric...

I guess thats what I needed to hear. I will just get the OEM. And put the 10 bucks I save on the aluminum pan for the oil cooler. I hadnt even thought of that... Again thanks

Demo