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LS short box · 12-28-2022, 06:09 PM

I wouldn't run the truck pan. It hangs below the cross member. The LS pan will not dent if you hit something with it that is fairly solid it will break.
A buddy of mind bought a super low mileage 6.0 with a broken oil pan from a local salvage yard. He put it in a 71 Nova with a swap LS1 type oil pump and when he started it he had an oil leak from the back of the block. Thought it was a main seal. In went a new main seal but it still leaked. Engine comes back out and upon closer inspection the block was cracked right thru an oil passage in the back of the block. The back bolts in the oil pan run real close to an oil passage.
The salvage yard bought him a new block.

12-28-2022, 06:09 PM	#9
LS short box Registered User Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Carlos MN Posts: 1,927	Re: LS 6.0 oil pan fitment question... I wouldn't run the truck pan. It hangs below the cross member. The LS pan will not dent if you hit something with it that is fairly solid it will break. A buddy of mind bought a super low mileage 6.0 with a broken oil pan from a local salvage yard. He put it in a 71 Nova with a swap LS1 type oil pump and when he started it he had an oil leak from the back of the block. Thought it was a main seal. In went a new main seal but it still leaked. Engine comes back out and upon closer inspection the block was cracked right thru an oil passage in the back of the block. The back bolts in the oil pan run real close to an oil passage. The salvage yard bought him a new block.