I am fairly sure you can swap a stock pan from any 361-383-400-440 Mopar, there
may
be an old 383 newport or something laying in a local salvage yard. They are all
big
block Mopars and use the same bolt pattern for the pan, the only thing you may
want
to watch is the depth of the sump, but every big block stock oil pan I have seen
has
been fairly shallow due to the deep skirt design of the Big Block Mopar. The
motors
are all basically the same except for stroke and deck height, which doesn't
enter
into whether the oil pan will fit or not, so check out the local junkyards,
someone
may have a 383 or something laying upside just waiting for you and your sockets.
PS:
You may want to consider adding a windage tray at this time, Mopar Performance
and
several others have them, it just sandwiches between the block and the oil pan
with
another set of oil pan gaskets. You don't have to mess with changing the main
cap
bolts like you do with a small block Mopar or a lot of other engines. Just
something
to think about, but another pan may be closer then you thought, good luck and
hope
this helps!
Phil Patterson
Jeffrey S Trudeau wrote:
> Help!...I'm in desperate need of an oil-pan that will fit an early 361, the
> forward edge of the
> sump must be at least 6 1/2" back from the forward outer lip of the pan. I did
> an engine swap
> on my 61 Desoto with a 383 and chucked the old pan cause it was badly smashed
> the new
> chrome one I got from P.A.W. wont clear the crossmember so I need to find a
> stock one in
> short order, I'm in the military and need to get the car shipped to japan by
the
> 15th so I'm
> quickly running out of time!! any help would be greatly appreciated, If you
can
> help please
> feel free to call me collect at (505)784-9060......
> Thank You!!
>
> Jeffrey S. Trudeau
> (1961 Desoto 4 Door)
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