360 rear main

junkyardhero said
pardon my lapse in clairvoyance (it's early! and i'm nocturnal!), but can you even fit the 318 pan on a 360? i thought that the rear was too chunky and the 318 pan won't even come close to tightening up.

i know you can go the other way with a 360 pan on a 318 and it'll pour oil.

skep419 said
It shouldn't fit, your 360 is either a 318 or your oil pan is off a 360 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Other way around, boys. (look close at skep's pan pics)
360 uses a smaller diameter rear pan seal. It's a 360 pan that won't fit a 318 block.
If you put a 318 pan on a 360, you'll have a 1/2" gap in there and oil will just pour out of the rear of the pan all over the back of the engine and bellhousing.
The pan will bolt up, but you may as well just leave the drain plug out- you'll lose that much oil.