OK.... I'm putting a 383 stroker into a 69 Camaro. I pulled it out of my 85 Camaro, not thinking it might need a different oil pan: it does. (Too thick over the cross member)

So, I've pulled the oil pan on the 5.7 (casting number 14093638 5.7 LG SGI - 1987-1995) and it has 10 holes on it: 3 on either side, 2 on each end.

Every time I try and look up an oil pan that will fit in a 69, it shows a gasket with roughly 22 holes:


FEL-PRO OS 34508 R Oil Pan Gasket Set

THIS, however, is the oil pan that came off the engine:


Oil pan that came off the stroker

First, I need an actual pan that will support this swap and second, I need an oil pan gasket that will work with it,

Do I use this gasket and just ignore the extra holes? Do I get a regular oil pan for a stock 350 69 Camaro?

I've spent hours trying to figure this out, but as a TBI'd disabled veteran, I fear all I'm doing is killing off brain cells.(Which I can't afford to do)

I appreciate your help.in advance.

Thanks!

KJH

 

A stock small block pan for a '69 should fit.

 

The problem is the only small block pans I can find have like 20 holes on them and this block only has 10 (5 on each side)

Do I just get a small block pan for a 350 (and gasket) and ignore the extra holes in the pan and the gasket and RTV the whole thing?

 

Hmmm,didn't know they changed the bolt pattern in the block before the gen III engines,good question.

 

Most of them have 18 holes,I couldn't even find a pan online with only 10,does your block only have 10 holes?

 

The lowest picture in my op is the oil pan I took off, IT only has 10 holes. The gasket that was on there is still on, so if it's got more holes, they are covered, but the gasket on there has no additional holes. I'll take pics tomorrow.

 

I was wondering about the bottom of the block,how many threaded holes are in the engine block.
Something else to consider is some oil pans have the dipstick on the right and others on the left.

 

I can't make it out to the shop today, but will in the morning. I have to pull the gasket that's on there to double check.

The gasket that's on there only matches up with the ten holes on the oil pan, but that doesn't mean the gasket isn't covering others.

 

PROBLEM SOLVED: As the picture shows, the motor mounts that were on the big block ALSO worked on the small block. It was suggested that I swap the mounts off the big block and drop those in, and the holes on the mounts line up while the pan is just barely off the cross member... no need to replace or modify the 3rd gen pan.

Thanks for everyone's assistance. It's appreciated!



Occam's Razor cuts again!

 

But I'm still curious about that late small block and how many holes were in the block itself,was it just the pan with 10 or the block also?