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Hello Everyone.
My name is Seth, I have had an account on here for awhile and use to be on here before making an account since I usually only read on forums, not post often.
I have searched on here for a way to relocate the LT1 oil pump/pickup but was only able to find tutorials for a dry sump setup which is more than I want to do.
Here is my situation, I am swapping my 1996 LT1 out of a Corvette into one of my other cars. (Import if you all want to yell at me). The issue comes to the oil pan. The engine fits perfect with my transmission (T56) but only when the oilpan is not on the block. The oil pan itself is too large and the room to expand is in the front but the rear has to go closer to the block.
Here is an example of how I made and need my oil pan:
The front is where I need the pickup. Not a difficult task but the real issue is the size of the oil pump in the rear. It sits too low and I am unable to find a way to relocate it or shorten the pump.
I was hoping someone may have an idea that will work.
Here is the ideas I have come up with and the reasons why they will not work according to research.
1) Dry sump stage 1 pump with the inlet line hooked up to the welded in oil pickup on the front and the output side of the pump to a AN fitting to a hose that will go to the back of the oil pan, and bolt into an adapter made to go over the oil pumps bolt on section (Basically pushing the oil into where the oil pump pushes oil).
Reason it wont work: The dry sump pumps will basically create too much pressure causing rings and seals to blow. They are normally putting pressure downwards an into an open area instead of a tight spot and upwards. If there was a way to bring the pressure down little more than half, than it may work but then there is also the price of $800. Worth it in my opinion but still a con.
2) Power steering pump instead of the dry sump pump.
Now this would seem like a silly stupid idea but if you think about it a little more, it is one of those (maybe it could work) possibilities. Oil is thicker than power steering fluid so you would have to bore the PS pump a bit to allow it to push the oil in.
Issue:
No high enough volume and possibly not enough pressure. Simple issue.
Now a lot of people tell me to cut the steering frame and move the rack more but the issue is that I am not able to cut the frame or modify the frame at all. Moving the rack forward was the most I could do which it is moved all the way forward. The reason I cannot modify the frame is because this car is being built for competition and one of the rules is that you cannot modify the frame.
Hope to try and keep this thread clean and I will do my best to contentiously check it when I have time and answer any questions about my stupidity you may have.
Hopefully someone can help me out with my project so I can get this up and running.
Thank you for your time and sorry for the long post. :LS1LT1flag:
My name is Seth, I have had an account on here for awhile and use to be on here before making an account since I usually only read on forums, not post often.
I have searched on here for a way to relocate the LT1 oil pump/pickup but was only able to find tutorials for a dry sump setup which is more than I want to do.
Here is my situation, I am swapping my 1996 LT1 out of a Corvette into one of my other cars. (Import if you all want to yell at me). The issue comes to the oil pan. The engine fits perfect with my transmission (T56) but only when the oilpan is not on the block. The oil pan itself is too large and the room to expand is in the front but the rear has to go closer to the block.
Here is an example of how I made and need my oil pan:

The front is where I need the pickup. Not a difficult task but the real issue is the size of the oil pump in the rear. It sits too low and I am unable to find a way to relocate it or shorten the pump.
I was hoping someone may have an idea that will work.
Here is the ideas I have come up with and the reasons why they will not work according to research.
1) Dry sump stage 1 pump with the inlet line hooked up to the welded in oil pickup on the front and the output side of the pump to a AN fitting to a hose that will go to the back of the oil pan, and bolt into an adapter made to go over the oil pumps bolt on section (Basically pushing the oil into where the oil pump pushes oil).
Reason it wont work: The dry sump pumps will basically create too much pressure causing rings and seals to blow. They are normally putting pressure downwards an into an open area instead of a tight spot and upwards. If there was a way to bring the pressure down little more than half, than it may work but then there is also the price of $800. Worth it in my opinion but still a con.
2) Power steering pump instead of the dry sump pump.
Now this would seem like a silly stupid idea but if you think about it a little more, it is one of those (maybe it could work) possibilities. Oil is thicker than power steering fluid so you would have to bore the PS pump a bit to allow it to push the oil in.
Issue:
No high enough volume and possibly not enough pressure. Simple issue.
Now a lot of people tell me to cut the steering frame and move the rack more but the issue is that I am not able to cut the frame or modify the frame at all. Moving the rack forward was the most I could do which it is moved all the way forward. The reason I cannot modify the frame is because this car is being built for competition and one of the rules is that you cannot modify the frame.
Hope to try and keep this thread clean and I will do my best to contentiously check it when I have time and answer any questions about my stupidity you may have.
Hopefully someone can help me out with my project so I can get this up and running.
Thank you for your time and sorry for the long post. :LS1LT1flag: