BB oil pan question
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Burning Brakes
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BB oil pan question
I have an anniversary ZL-1 in my 66 coupe. Pan has about 4'' of road clearance. Today while out I hit a really good dip in road and bottomed out on the pan. It has a 2'' crack at the back end by the oil drain plug. So this pan is too low !!! Motor is fine just needs a new pan. The new ZL-1 have a one piece rear seal . I need a pan with more ground clearance. The old BB pans won't work account the seal difference. I checked with Milidon and they don't make a pan for the new Big Blocks. Other brand I used years ago was Aviad but they also do not offer one for the new Big Blocks . I see a GM # 14103141 pan that comes with the Ram Jet ZL-1 . Any one out there have any idea if this pan allows more road clearance ?
----------- Ken
----------- Ken
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Milodon and Moroso offer lots of pans to fit one piece seal big blocks. Look for the GenV and Gen VI versions.Some call them MK V also.
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You might do some measuring. That's a truck pan they throw on everything. It's 8-3/4" deep.
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Burning Brakes
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Yup your right. It's not the pan I want. I did find another GM pan that might work # 12495360. only problem is it's a 4 quart pan so I would lose two quarts oil capacity. I did find that Moroso and Canton make pans that will fit the new ZL-1. Will see what the other GM pan looks like first, all depends on the sump depth and steering clearance . ------------- Ken
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Nope another dead end pan# 14091356 is for a Mark 4 BB. Intersting that the part number came off the spec sheet for the Ram Jet ZL-1 that GM built in 2002 !!! I did come up with a correct pan from Canton racing so my search is finished ---- I hope !! ----- Ken
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If you believe what Chevy says all BB's after 1990 have one piece rear seals. All the newer ZL-1 and 502 versions have them. I now have a very nice Canton Racing 7 quart pan with plenty of ground clearance so my quest is over !!! --------- Ken
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I used the Moroso Gen V/VI 1 piece seal # 20411 and was happy with the fit. If you do a search on the forum for this pan you will find more info and others that have used it as well.
It's the one at the bottom of the linked page.
http://www.moroso.com/catalog/catego...?catcode=10411
ikwhite
It's the one at the bottom of the linked page.
http://www.moroso.com/catalog/catego...?catcode=10411
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Ditto on the morose 20411 pan. I've used these on a couple of gen 6 installs. They're about 8 inches deep. Make sure and buy the oil pickup tube and dipstick that compliment this pan when you order.
