hey, i have a 96 hardbody, its goin to the doors and im keepin the stock motor under the stock hood,....i need my motor dropped between 2"-2.5" to clear the highest part of my motor(valve cover)....i can drop my motor about an inch before the oil pan will hit, so im gonna have to section it. have any of u guys done this, i know i can cut and weld it back together im not worried about that. but what about oil capacity, the oil pick up and all that?? thanks
just cut the pickup tube and weld it back too, or bend it up. make sure its off the bottom of the pan, so it doesnt stop sucking up oil.
thanks man, should i worry about how much oil capacity or will i still have enough to keep my engine oiled?
you will only lose maybe 1/2 a quart, id still use the same amount of oil as its supposed to have and make a new mark on the dipstick after you add the oil the first time.
i ouwldnt put the same amount in. id fill it to where the mark is on the dipstick.
overfilling the oil may cause the crankshaft to come in contact with the sitting oil in the pan, causing the oil to cavitate and lose protection ability. honestly i doubt 1/2 a quart would cause this, but if you are worried about loss of capacity, run an oil cooler. the lines and cooler itself will make up for any lost capacity.
i know ur doing a hardbody but for my toyota i used an oil filter that is out of a ford, it has the same threads and seal size so it fits perfect but it holds like 4 times as much oil, and if still doesnt hold enough a remote filter setup will add even more capacity because the lines hold oil as well, they even make dual remote filter setups and filters that are like 10 inches long by GM so you can get a ridiculous amount of oil just stored in the filters. but you still need a lot in the pan so the pickup doesnt even sucjk air.
my point was find a filter that is compatible that is just larger and holds more capacity.
they also sell remote mount filter kits that allow you to run 2 filters and you gain extra capacity there.
the amount of oil pan height is probably not enough to get the oil even close to hitting the crank. not unless you plan on cutting more than an inch or so out of the pan.
I cut 3/4" off the bottom of mine on a smallblock chevy and plated the bottom of the oilpan with 11 guage because it sits 1/2" off the ground when layed out.
didnt even have to cut the pickup tube, just tilted it up a bit.