if a shoe were needed to be added to a pickup to maintain support, what kind of clearance would be generally accepted ? 1/8"? 3/16"? 1/4"? i'm thinking you could make a shoe from 1x1/8" angle shaped to fit your application/pan , then tacked to your pickup. thoughts on this ?
No shoe support needed for support on any of the Mopar stock oil pickups, as far as clearance from the bottom of the pickups to the oil pan I use the oil dipstick to measure through the oil pan drain plug
If it will slide under the pickup on the flat side and not slide through turned sideways I use it, if it won't slide through all the way on the flat side I'll use that also
If it is more than the width of the dipstick off the bottom I correct it by pushing(bending the tube) the pickup forward towards the timing cover a little at a time with my hands
