I was trying to get into this thread. Looks like its a little old now. Hope I can get some valuable help here. Putting together a 440 for a project and was concerned about the oil pan pickup clearances. I have a Hemi oil pan P/N P4529884 and Mopar windage tray and 3/8" pickup P/N 2899808. When I dry fit it, it seems like the pickup was too long. I adjusted for gasket and windage tray thickness and added approx .200" extra clearance. It seems like it will fit however the pickup is right there on the bottom of the pan. I'm sure they're touching. Is this normal or should I get another pick up? Also there is no way X 10000 I could torque these to 200 inch pounds without all the gaskets cracking and smooshing out. When the time comes I was thinking I should tighten until the RTV pooks out and then stop and let it cure, check later etc. The original torque specs were assuming that the pan would be right on the block, right? thanks in advance. ...... Don