Magnum oil pan for LA 360
I was wondering if anyone has swapped a magnum oil pan onto a LA 360, I have read, putting a LA 360 on the newer 5.2 and 5.9 magnums, you just have to use the pan gasket that goes with the pan. Has anyone attempted this.
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Not I. Why would you want to do that?
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might depend on availability.
also; the discrepancy between 318 and 360 pans "went away" with the Magnum series of engine coming out; they are both the same (and the same as the older 360) I am putting a 318 Mag into my Volare, and had to get a 360 LA "car" pan. |
So i can use the one piece oil pan seal, That comes on the magnum engines.
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I think you can do that . I read the Frank Adkins book and I cant remember exactly but I seem to remember something about using the magnum gasket with some minor mods. I dont have the book handy right now. i do know the oil pan will fit right on.
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I have heard you can swap them if you use the proper gasket, and a one piece rubber gasket would be worth it to me.
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It won't work. The magnum and LA blocks are not the same.
I learned this the hard way. There are a bunch of other things that didn't directly swap when going from LA to magnum block in a 70's car.... But for SURE they are not interchangable. |
then how did they put the "crate" motors into a car??? The newer versions are based on the Magnum. this is the 1st I have heard that it "won't" work.
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