Hi Phil thank you for all your input I've searched for hours I wonder if you know the so answer , I have a 89 s10 blazer , I'm going to buy a truck 5.3 , I've seen only 1 photo from one guy saying that you can use the stock oil pan knot hinge the cross member but you can only use this on the 1st gen s10 blazer because the engine sits higher , ... Is this true , I'm trying to do a budget build