Holley LS oil pan

[cwylie]

Who here has used one? Which motor mounts did you use?

[toddoky]

Originally Posted by cwylie

Who here has used one? Which motor mounts did you use?

Hey cwylie, I assume you're speaking in terms of a 1st gen F-body/3rd gen Nova, which means it will work will any mounts that don't position the engine any further forward than 2" between the firewall and passenger side head. Figuring how using a 4th-gen F-body pan requires you to jam the engine up against the firewall unless you notch it, that's gives you a whole lot of bolt-in leeway.

[Swain]

Originally Posted by cwylie

Who here has used one? Which motor mounts did you use?

Have one on my LS3 on a DSE Sub. Its tight I mean realllllly tight. Im using there mounts not the set back ones.

[Che70velle]

I have the Holley pan on my car. Great quality pan. I built my own engine mounts, as well as my own trans. crossmember, and mount.

[andrewb70]

Holley has a new pan now. It works much better in swaps, especially in A-bodies.

Andrew

[cwylie]

Sorry yes I am looking to use it on a first gen. I already have the old style holley pan and I am using a stock subframe. Has anyone done this? What mounts did they use. I keep finding conflicting information.

[Cunning69]

This past summer I installed a LQ4 into a 69 camaro. I used the Holley pan with the Holley engine mount swap plates. I found that using the stock location plates set the engine to far back, almost against the firewall and the pan rested on the subframe.

To fix, I ordered the .5 inch forward plates. Using the stock location plates and the .5 inch plates stacked together, I was able to raise the engine 3/8 inch so the pan cleared the crossmember. I drilled out the threading in the stock location plates so the two plates can be used together.

I hope that helps.

[67Rally]

Originally Posted by cwylie

Sorry yes I am looking to use it on a first gen. I already have the old style holley pan and I am using a stock subframe. Has anyone done this? What mounts did they use. I keep finding conflicting information.

I have a '67 Camaro, stock subframe, LQ9 swap.

I used the older Holley pan with Energy Suspension 3-1117G motor mounts and Dirty Dingo sliders. My frame mounts are #3945507 and #3945508 (high performance tall & narrow '69 302/350 mounts).

The pan would have rested on the subframe without the reinforcing plate that comes with the ES mounts. They act like a spacer and the extra 1/4" was just enough. The DD sliders let you move the engine forward or back a couple of inches.

You need to match you engine mounts to the style of frame mounts you have (tall and narrow, or short and wide).