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Patrick 11-30-2009 04:49 PM

Amount of oil in your C3?
 
I know that there is quite a bit of room for variance to this question, but how many quarts of oil does your C3 take? What engine?

SCHOON 11-30-2009 05:53 PM

5 quarts with the filter

Patrick 12-01-2009 02:51 PM

and thats for a 350?

SCHOON 12-01-2009 04:10 PM

For a 350

Texas Jim 12-02-2009 08:53 AM

Five(5) quarts of oil w/ the filter is pretty much the norm w/ a V8 engine. There are afew high performance V8s that came from the factory w/ a bigger oil pan that holds more oil, ie; a six(6), seven(7), or eight(8) quart pan. I personally have seen factory six(6) quart pans only, but others do exist.

1974corvetteowner 12-03-2009 05:19 PM

another factor in the amount of oil used is the size of the oil filter...the different manufactures have differ filter that will fit the 350 and some are longer than others

Patrick 12-04-2009 09:23 AM


Originally Posted by Texas Jim (Post 63121)
Five(5) quarts of oil w/ the filter is pretty much the norm w/ a V8 engine. There are afew high performance V8s that came from the factory w/ a bigger oil pan that holds more oil, ie; a six(6), seven(7), or eight(8) quart pan. I personally have seen factory six(6) quart pans only, but others do exist.

that is an excellent reply...thank you very much. i know that most V8s from that era (as far as stock, street cars) used 5-6 quarts, but i wanted to hear what some c3 owners had to say...

good point on the filter, as well...but i think that even from a very small to very large filter, the variance is less than a quart.

blueshark 12-05-2009 07:30 PM

The 454 I built for my '73 takes 8, 7 in the pan and one for the long filter.


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