Holley 302-1 Oil Pan + Suitable Dipstick

From: Holley
Date: Sat, Aug 29, 2015 at 3:52 AM
Subject: RE: HLY-000000000141427
To: J

J,

First page of the instructions had this little clip. Which means they are only designed to fit the LS3 tube unfortunately.

The Holley® LS Swap oil pans are designed to work with an LS3 dipstick and tube (if desired). Below are the part numbers:

· LS Dipstick – GM P/N 12634547

· LS tube – GM P/N 12625031

Thanks, Holley

From: J
Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2015 4:25 PM
To: Holley
Subject: Re: HLY-000000000141427

Thanks Holley,

I am using the pan on an L76. Can I use my standard dipstick, or do I need to go to an LS3 dipstick?

Best Regards, J

On Friday, August 28, 2015, Holley wrote:

Thank you for contacting Holley Performance Products.
The pan is designed to hold the 5.5 Qts.  The over all capacity with a filter is 6 Qts.  The filter hold oil as well creating the half qt extra.
Sincerely,
Holley

Your question was:
The product technical information makes the comment that the sump oil capacity = 5.5 Quarts Total Oil Capacity with stock oil filter. 6 Quarts Requires use of LS3 dipstick (GM P/N 12634547) and tube (GM P/N 12625031). My question is, what drives the decision to go to 6 quarts over 5.5 quarts?

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Out!

One week later, the engine and gearbox was out of the VZ...






Now the fun begins...



J

A new chapter begins...

So, it has been a little while between posts. The Impala has been out and about, clocking up the miles, however that is set to change in the not too distant future; this turned up on the weekend...




Complete with this under the bonnet...




With low compression in a couple of cylinders and oil leaks everywhere, the factory original 327 has been on borrowed time since 2011.

After much umming and ahhing over rebuild/crate motor/2nd hand/conversion options, the decision was finally made to go with an LS swap from a later-model Commodore.

I was keen for a 6.0 litre for the low-down torque (over an LS1) and 4-speed auto (smaller than the VE Commodore's six speed, so a simpler fit into the Impala's transmission tunnel).

This left a very narrow Holden model range to look in, VZ Series II only... less than a year's production as VT Series 2 through to VZ Series 1 only had the LS1 and VE onwards had the 6L80E six speed.

Enter one statutory write-off VZ Series 2 SS-V Thunder ute, complete with L76 and 4L65E with less than 100k km on the clock. Perfect!

So let the fun begin!




J