I recently purchased an oil pan from summit racing for 25 dollars, it looks to be the same size as my old one, but the shape is a lot different, especially towards the front half of the pan it is more of a steady slope towards the sump than the step of the old pan, and the drain plug is on the side instead of in the middle, baffling also has a differrent configuration than the one I took off, also the sump is about a 1/2 in shallower than the old pan, but measuring the bottom of the pump pickup to the oil pan rails, it seems I will still have a 1/2 inch clearance( pickup to bottom of oil pan). They advertise that it fits all small block Chevy , but will have to use thicker front seal. Does anyone foresee any problems with this replacement pan? Should the system hold 5 quarts including the filter?
I tried to upload a picture to show the comparison, but I dont know how, so how do people put pictures up?
I was also looking in the paragon catalog and they say to always use a new oil pump bolt, I have never read this before, well it started bothering me today, so I took it back off and brang it to my local Chevy dealer, they had no such bolt, so I went to the local nutty bolt company and they sold me a grade 8 bolt, The grade 8 bolt looks like a regular bolt, and the original has a 0 on the head and a narrower shoulder, but gets wider right underneath the head, will this work OK, or should I just reuse the old one?
Thanks for any help in advance.
I tried to upload a picture to show the comparison, but I dont know how, so how do people put pictures up?
I was also looking in the paragon catalog and they say to always use a new oil pump bolt, I have never read this before, well it started bothering me today, so I took it back off and brang it to my local Chevy dealer, they had no such bolt, so I went to the local nutty bolt company and they sold me a grade 8 bolt, The grade 8 bolt looks like a regular bolt, and the original has a 0 on the head and a narrower shoulder, but gets wider right underneath the head, will this work OK, or should I just reuse the old one?
Thanks for any help in advance.
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