what oil pan does a 97 350 vortec use? is it 86 and up oil pan?
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Right; 97 would be consistent with 86-up.
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Right; 97 would be consistent with 86-up. 
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As long as it's a pan for a one piece rear main seal motor (86-up UNTIL you get to the completely different LS-series of motors!!) and it fits your chassis, it'll work. So, yes, you can definitely reuse say, an original 3rd gen F-body pan on a Vortec engine. Frankly, I'm not sure the original Vortec truck pan is any different than a much older 3rd gen F-body pan. Really, the Vette oil pan is about the only "oddball" pan that won't drop into most other GM cars.
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fork lift driver put a fork threw the oil pan loading the motor. dumb @ss! but it didnt hurt anything. it going in my s10 which has 86 305 in it.Originally Posted by Damon
As long as it's a pan for a one piece rear main seal motor (86-up UNTIL you get to the completely different LS-series of motors!!) and it fits your chassis, it'll work. So, yes, you can definitely reuse say, an original 3rd gen F-body pan on a Vortec engine. Frankly, I'm not sure the original Vortec truck pan is any different than a much older 3rd gen F-body pan. Really, the Vette oil pan is about the only "oddball" pan that won't drop into most other GM cars.