Ok so just to give u guys a heads up if ur replacing the oil pan or gasket dont attempt to use a 1 piece oil pan gasket get the old style 4 piece one for one u wont be able to get the oil pan out cause the flex plate or flywheel will be to dang big i tried today with the motor in the car using the 1 oil piece gasket an 2 of them failed so i got a 4 piece an a ton of rtv sealer to do the job an i started at 4 o clock an here its now 11 word of advice just pull the motor out alot easier an less time consuming hope this will help out alot of f body people