BWDart
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LA 360 how much clearance should I have between pickup and stock pan?
Thanks
Thanks
Pickup clearance
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Don't quote me on it, but I think mine is around 1/2 inch.
Garry in AZ
Building a 9 second Valiant
I generally use 5/16 to 3/8 for clearance on pretty much any motor. No problems so far.
yellow rose
Overnight Sensation
If it's a stock pan and pickup the pickup MUST touch the bottom of the pan. That's zero clearance with the gasket and bolted down.
If it's not touching the floor of the pan it's too far away.
If it's not touching the floor of the pan it's too far away.
nm9stheham
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What pickup type OP?
BWDart
Well-Known Member
Stock pan and pickup
With a stock pan and pickup the pickup is against the bottom of the pan. No gap.
Interesting on the no gap, I'm gonna have to recheck mine, I know it's close, but I don't think it is touching. I'll get a chunk of clay and check.
This is an everyday mopar stock oil pick-up, the hood over the screen set the distance from screen to oil pan, the hood rests on the oil pan floor.
BWDart
Well-Known Member
Thanks for all the help guys gonna get the motor together and back in the Dart been lazy lately
Imprint in the muck, stock p/u touches the pan.
I ALMOST said to fold a piece of paper twice and use that, but then I realized this was about an oil pan pickup and not a distributor pickup. LOL
The way I do it on the oil pickup. I leave the pickup a little high and when I put the pan on I push the pickup down with the pan and bolt the pan on.
The way I do it on the oil pickup. I leave the pickup a little high and when I put the pan on I push the pickup down with the pan and bolt the pan on.
Garry in AZ
Building a 9 second Valiant
Interesting. I have never re-used a stock pickup. Makes sense that it's designed to be "self-spacing". Gotta love the knowledge in this forum!
famous bob
mopar misfit
I knew this was coming, we`ve been thru it before. I`ll go with what Tom Hoover told me !
3/8'' on a drag engine, 1/4" on a hot street car.
That being said, I have at least 3/8" on a swinging pick up/single line system------
yellow rose
Overnight Sensation
And thats NOT with a stock pick up. If he said that with a stock pick up, he was wrong.
famous bob
mopar misfit
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A stock st. hemi can pump a qt. a second at 6000 or above, the stock pick ups on them weren`t on the bottom of the pan, at leawst on the 2 I had. IF they were it would cause a vortex that would starve the system---------
nm9stheham
Well-Known Member
Well, actually, that would work too! LOL
Lets start the thread over again from the beginning.....
Lol
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