My take on the oiling system crossover tube for the small block

Oil Pump Mods

All these oil system mods will amount to a pile l of scrap metal if you can't get enough oil thru the pump. Milodon and Moroso no longer make the high volume rotor pump kits. The hv pumps are still restricted by the 3/8 npt inlet. Then comes Kelvo and Canton oil pans, they use the bottom pump plate pickup for oil intake on their rear sump pans. These pans and pickups are great if you have the room, and aren't running in stock eliminator where a stock pan is required.
What I am doing where a stock pan is needed, is to drill the inlet out to 1/2 npt on a HV pump.

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Then the 18650 Milodon pickup is fitted with a new 1/2 pipe thread end.

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The left pickup is 1/2 npt inch and the middle and the right are 3/8 npt.

While the pump is apart it gets the output passage drilled to 1/2 then deburred, cleaned and a new Hi Pressure bypass spring installed.

I found those on eBay for around $50.
It says in one description the inner tube diameter is even bigger than the Factory installed street Hemi pickups.
The pump has plenty of meat around the inlet to bore and tap oversize it appears.
OD of drill required is .718 showing on Home depot website.

Drill America 1/2 in. Carbon Steel NPT Pipe Tap and 23/32 in. High Speed Steel Drill Bit Set (2-Piece)-POU1/2NPTW/DRILL - The Home Depot

These pickups from what I see are for stock depth oil pans. Yikes!!

Will we run the sump dry with all this added flow?
Will all I need to do is baffle the pan?
What about cutting and extending the tube if I add a couple inches for more volume?