oil pans

[poppa]

What are the numbers stamped in the oil pans for??

[terrible one]

They identify the pan and application AFAIK

[Ghoste]

There are different pans for different applications.

[moparguy01]

the same reason any numbers are stamped into any parts. identification along the assembly line. It helps us now to keep this stuff sorted.

[poppa]

Where would I find these numbers ? Book? Web site? Oil pan # 971???

[moparguy01]

oil pan 971 is a big block pan with a mid hump, its also the one you need to put a big block into a non big block 73-74 charger, or cordoba. I think one of Galens small books covers that, he sells them even though he's a shit he put the info into a small easy to use book. so I have to give him credit for that.

[JimShine]

Here is one with some of the numbers.

http://mymopar.com/oilpanspecs.htm

[firefighter3931]

The 971 Pan fits nicely into a second gen chassis with no interferance (in case you were wondering)....i had one on my old 440 and it was passed on to a buddy where it now resides in a 64 Polara 500 with a 426ci Wedge. It also holds 5 quarts in the sump and is the only factory wedge pan to do so other than the 440 6-pack pans which held 6 qts.


Ron