{"id":350,"date":"2016-06-07T10:30:33","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T18:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/?p=350"},"modified":"2016-12-09T12:47:49","modified_gmt":"2016-12-09T20:47:49","slug":"lt4-pan-modification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/?p=350","title":{"rendered":"Gen V LT4 Pan modification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The LT4 engine is a very tall configuration, much taller than an LS or a conventional SBC, because of this I was unsuccessful installing the engine\/drivetrain combination because I couldn&#8217;t get enough angle to slip it past the crossmember because the top of the engine kept hitting the firewall.<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/modified-pan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-352\" src=\"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/modified-pan-577x1024.jpg\" alt=\"modified pan\" width=\"577\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/modified-pan-577x1024.jpg 577w, http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/modified-pan-169x300.jpg 169w, http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/modified-pan.jpg 581w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">I<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0also had a problem with the stock oil cooler which is bolted on to the side of the pan, this interfered with the Morrison frame <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/?p=277\">(see previous post)<\/a>. After several very hard and forceful knocks on the pan it came free. \u00a0The LT series of engines do not use an oil pan gasket, they are sealed using GM&#8217;s engine sealant.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1st-install.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-366\" src=\"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1st-install-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"1st install\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1st-install-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1st-install-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1st-install-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1st-install.jpg 1032w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> We decided to remove one inch from the front of the pan and then welded in AN10 oil fittings to solve the problem. \u00a0You cannot move the oil passage location because there are built in oil galleries inside that pan that connect to the oil filter. \u00a0Once the pan was modified the engine\/drivetrain just barely fit it and everything settled in, on to the next challenge.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/pan-install.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-363\" src=\"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/pan-install-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"pan install\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/pan-install-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/pan-install-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/pan-install-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/pan-install.jpg 1032w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The LT4 engine is a very tall configuration, much taller than an LS or a conventional SBC, because of this I was unsuccessful installing the engine\/drivetrain combination because I couldn&#8217;t get enough angle to slip it past the crossmember because&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/?p=350\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-z06-camaro"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=350"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":474,"href":"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350\/revisions\/474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}