In a recent thread I mentioned that I planned on doing the Camaro deep transmission pan upgrade to my '09 Pontiac G8 GT. Well I finally received my CAM2 Dexron VI ATF order to complete the items I needed for the job so I did the upgrade a couple days ago.
I won't bore you with procedural details but here's the stock, low-profile pan than comes on the G8 with the 6L80E transmission (pic taken after the upgrade):
For those unfamiliar with this application, there is no transmission dipstick so what looks like a drain plug at the rear of the pan is used to obtain the correct fluid level in the transmission; there's a fill plug on the passenger side of the case. I refilled the transmission per the procedure (I threw in a few ounces of Lubegard red while I was at it) and took the car out for a shake down run - no leaks, no CELs, no difference in shift quality. The pan increases fluid capacity a bit, it was an opportunity to an ATF d&f and the filter has a larger opening (it's referred to as the "big mouth" filter on some message boards) so there's less chance of fluid starvation under hard acceleration. I was so anxious to do the upgrade that I didn't take a bunch of pictures but I did take a pic of the stock pan on the ground under the upgrade pan so you can see the diffference between the two. You can see where the deep pan steps down for additional fluid capacity.
It's about flush with the exhaust so there is little impact to ground clearance. I'm happy with how it came out and I completed my list of upgrades on the car.
Thanks for reading my post.
I won't bore you with procedural details but here's the stock, low-profile pan than comes on the G8 with the 6L80E transmission (pic taken after the upgrade):
For those unfamiliar with this application, there is no transmission dipstick so what looks like a drain plug at the rear of the pan is used to obtain the correct fluid level in the transmission; there's a fill plug on the passenger side of the case. I refilled the transmission per the procedure (I threw in a few ounces of Lubegard red while I was at it) and took the car out for a shake down run - no leaks, no CELs, no difference in shift quality. The pan increases fluid capacity a bit, it was an opportunity to an ATF d&f and the filter has a larger opening (it's referred to as the "big mouth" filter on some message boards) so there's less chance of fluid starvation under hard acceleration. I was so anxious to do the upgrade that I didn't take a bunch of pictures but I did take a pic of the stock pan on the ground under the upgrade pan so you can see the diffference between the two. You can see where the deep pan steps down for additional fluid capacity.
It's about flush with the exhaust so there is little impact to ground clearance. I'm happy with how it came out and I completed my list of upgrades on the car.
Thanks for reading my post.