shortened oil pans

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shortened oil pans
slamsuzu avatar
slamsuzu
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Edited: 9/19/2006 12:34:48 PM by dedicatedccvp

Im with sicpupidaho - We cut about 1" to 1.5" out of mine and it works fine. Drove it over 4 hours to heritage and back with no problems. We sectioned the original pan and cut the pickup tube.

I have the 2.6L motor by the way.
mmrcustoms avatar
mmrcustoms
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i have a 2.4 and i never had a problem with dragging the oilpan and i drag the ft. crossmenber all the time
dam03n avatar
dam03n
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Edited: 9/21/2006 2:26:19 AM by dam03ns2h

yeh i setioned mine the other afternoon, took out a little more than 1", heres some pics of the aftermath, just tacked for now till i get the time to weld it up







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untamedprez avatar
untamedprez
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so the 2.3 oil pan will bolt right up in place of the 2.6? =?
MDcrew208 avatar
MDcrew208
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mine did... like i said though it's a pain in the ass to get it off of the 2.6..
gtpunk18 avatar
gtpunk18
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I have the rodeo 3.1 anyone ever sectioned one??
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FreakwitaFro
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here is my sectioned pan that wes did. my pan looks WAAAAY different than yours though.
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dam03n avatar
dam03n
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its totally different. but thats for a 2.3?