Harbinz51

Will an LS2 corvettes oil pan come out with the engine in the car?

skamp

Yes but the cradle needs to be dropped so the engine must be braced from above. The factory manual calls for a bunch of expensive tools to do this. Check this thread on a modifed harbor freight engine brace that will help to do this. You could also use an engine hoist but is more riskly if the hoist fails.

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-t...he-engine.html

It looks like the pictures are gone from the link above but I hope it helps.

Here is a link where I had to swap the craddle and used a hoist. The hoist only held the engine for maybe 5-10 mins and my body was never under the engine. Not sure if I would feel ok using this method for a pan change unless I could lock the hoist and not rely on the hydraulics.

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-t...lp-advice.html

Hope this helps.

Steve