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antonson_sara

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what style oil pan for bb?
« on: January 21, 2009, 04:19:25 AM »
I have a 67 camaro, putting a 454 big block in it, what style oil pan to fit in it? Standard??? Help!

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Re: what style oil pan for bb?
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2009, 11:50:04 PM »
I have a 67 camaro, putting a 454 big block in it, what style oil pan to fit in it? Standard??? Help!
All  67,68,69 factory installed BB Camaro oil pans were the same.
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Re: what style oil pan for bb?
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2009, 01:45:14 AM »
All  67,68,69 factory installed BB Camaro oil pans were the same.

The P&A has a different part number for the '67-68 big block (396 cid) oil pan vs. the '69 big block oil pan...

'67-68:  3929257
'69:      3958657

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Re: what style oil pan for bb?
« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2009, 12:17:04 AM »
It will depend on what pan came with the 454 and the vintage of the engine.

There were 2 bb pans over the years; 5 quart for B-body, Corvettes, trucks 4 quart for Camaro, Chevelle, Nova. By the late '70s BBs were truck-only engines with 5 quart pans. Some time in the '80s the BB was re-designed for a 1-piece rear main seal. This required a new-design oil pan which was of course 5 quart; earlier 4 quart Chevy pans will not fit the 1-piece rear main engine. There is an aftermarket 4 quart pan for 1-pc rear main engines, do not know who makes it but it isn't Chevy.

Figure out what you have and go from there.
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