I am swapping a LS1 into my S10 pickup and have come across this problem. I had to use a LS truck oil pan because of how far forward the fbody and Vette pan would sit it would require me to cut even more of my front frame crossmember. http://home.earthlink.net/~jasonsimm...ruck%20001.jpg
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http://home.earthlink.net/~jasonsimm...ruck%20003.jpg The result of using a LS truck pan is that the sump is just way too deep for a lowered S10. As a result I have to have 2" cut off the bottom of it to get it above the front frame crossmember. With that I'm going to lose about 2 quarts of oil capacity. I am having a kickout welded into the side of the pan, but I'm only going to get about 1 quart of oil back by doing that. I am using a 2 row radiator out of a 2wd blazer with a 5 speed which several guys have used with LT1 swaps with little trouble. The radiator has a built in oil cooler and I was looking to have custom lines made. I noticed that there was a blockoff plate on the pan above the filter. I suspected this was for a oil cooler. I inspected a HD 6.0 equipped truck and I'm correct it is for a oil cooler. Now my question is where can I find the block unit that bolts to the pan? I'm trying to do this as factory looking as possible and I figured this would give me back about another 1/2 quart of oil which is about as close as I can hope to get I guess, maybe a taller filter would help as well if it doesn't go below the bottom of the pan. Any ideas would be appreciated. If somebody has a junk set of lines laying around with the block on them let me know what you want for the block. Thanks a bunch.
