Thread: Oil pan size. Does it matter?
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Old 05-02-2008, 06:02 PM
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Originally Posted by hertelbr View Post
What is the down side of using a stock pan to increase clearance? The car will be mostly used for recreational street driving.
If you run a HV oil pump on your FE with a stock oil pan you are absolutely guaranteed to have an oil starvation condition and significantly shorten the life of your engine. No two ways about it.

EDIT -- This is the most recent thread (week before last) from the FE forum on how much oil stays up top in an FE http://www.network54.com/Forum/74182...il+in+the+pan-
Last edited by patrickt; 05-02-2008 at 06:13 PM.. Reason: Added the link to the FE thread on Oil in the Pan
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