new motor/build pics& NEED HELP...

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exracer330
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hows it goin guys...so after two days of me and my boy in tha shop it luks like this...haha bright green and lovin every minute of it! new block paint and re-measured all the head and purchased proper shims etc. i bought it blown and had it honed and decked and absolutly everything has measured out in spec and capo. uno.dos.tres.NOW! my #1 Q is.... on the ends of the cams where the oil feed lines are help on top of the cap, are they not supposed to be banjo bolts?! i had the same amount of bolts and tht matched the cam caps. & there are no other bolts like these and that are black in the engine. N0NE of mine are banjo bolts and no waay am i torquing it down untill i figure it out.

NUMBER #2! heres a pic of the oil pan i got with tha car.... upper&lower right?? now this might be the ultimate noob question but HTH do you get it to fit up right? ive got the fsm and all tht jazz, but its like this pan couple dont match! or is there a plate or part im missing...someone plzz make me look like a noob so i can get this thing in the CAR!and...Thanks for any help...and i no lime green might not be your taste but i work at autozone and it was free and whats it about if you dont stand out... the sooner i fix the bolt and pan the sooner i can get sum new pics of the o so gutted interior and IT IN!


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The bolts aren't banjo bolts. The shanks should be thin enough to let oil up into the squirter tubes.

As for the oil pan, you have a FWD upper oil pan from the looks of it. Your lower is correct though.

exracer330
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OK! im havin sum problems and the engines just sitting there next to the hoist begging for it! haha so i have a fwd upper oil pan. bolts to the block correct and all that jazz but as you can see the lower is way off...buut kan i use a FWD lower or are the pick-ups in different spots? anyone done this before? i know i need to get an ebay peice and roll with that but this is just to get it in and break in on! any kind of help wuld be great. im tryin to get this thing in and take pics. thanks guys LMK!


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